Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: 2.2.8pre6, can't run ZMAGIC binaries | Date | 12 May 1999 10:01:23 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.m1675yelko.fsf@flinx.ccr.net>, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm+eric@ccr.net> wrote:
>I have a patch (I'm planning to submit in early 2.3) that causes >a.out binaries that ar 1kB aligned to be read totally into anonymous memory >when they are started, keeping functionality but not optimum memory sharing...
As someone who's got a 99.44% [1] a.out linux distribution, I think this is a really REALLY bad idea. Building a.out objects is already, umm, interesting enough without having to worry about an ongoing war against the kernel.
____ david parsons \bi/ [1: except for ldd and ldconfig, which are statically \/ linked so they're safe against libc vagaries.]
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