On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:03:24AM +1000, nigel@ind.tansu.com.au wrote:

 > 	Hmmm. Hadn't thought about this. DDB compatibility matters.
 > 
 > 1) Does DDB _require_ the Elf header to be loaded in the kernel?

Yes.  That's how the DDB symbol stuff I pointed out to you previously
works.

 > 2) Does DDB _require_ the exec header from an a.out kernel?

No.  DDB for a.out symbols works completely differently (I wish it
would have required the header, but the code for a.out was written
eons ago).

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