tech-kern: Re: Using Etherboot ELF/FreeBSD loader to netboot ELF/NetBSD

Subject: Re: Using Etherboot ELF/FreeBSD loader to netboot ELF/NetBSD
To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/28/2003 07:52:28

On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:58:31PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:

 > i'm asking again:
 > 
 > how can i detect that ELF Image is NetBSD and not FreeBSD other way than
 > checking memory for "NetBSD foundation" string?

For the kernel, there are no identifying marks in the ELF image.

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