On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Anders Magnusson wrote:

> > 
> > What is the "default" .text start address for NetBSD-vax binaries?
> > On ultrix the default start address is 0
> One logical page; 4096.
> 
> > What should i set as "TARGET_PAGE_SIZE"? Default for a.out on vax
> > (ultrix) is 1024.
> > 
> 4096. 
> 
> Note that NetBSD have the a.out header first in the binary, so that 
> it occupies the first 32 byte. This means that the actual start
> address is 4096+32. This is unlike Ultrix that has the a.out header
> on a separate page before the text starts.

There seems to be more to it than this. Ld still doesn't produce
executables that work. When i try to run them i only get "Abort trap".
The object files are OK though, they can be linked to working executables
with ld on a VAX. 

I'm getting closer...

-- 
cheers,

/Anders

 
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