ELFOSABI

Jason R Thorpe thorpej@wasabisystems.com
Tue Jan 14 16:02:00 GMT 2003


On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 03:55:13PM +0100, Fabio Alemagna wrote:

 > In case I don't get any feedback, or any positive one, what route do you
 > suggest I should take? The aim of allocating an AROS-specific ID is to be
 > able to recognize AROS-specific executables without mistakely loading
 > other OS's executables and by distinguishing  amongsts different versions
 > of the AROS-ELF ABI.

For this, you should use the method employed by GNU/Linux and NetBSD,
which is to use a separate ELF note in the executable that contains
this information.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>



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