Re: ELFOSABI_NETBSD

To: NetBSD Kernel Technical Discussion List <tech-kern%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: ELFOSABI_NETBSD
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 18:21:01 +0200

On Sat, Apr 08, 2017 at 01:28:34AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2017 at 07:17:05PM +0200, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
>  > What's the purpose of ELFOSABI_NETBSD on NetBSD?
> 
> Short answer: the OSABI field in the elf header was added way too late
> for it to be widely adopted or honored. :-/

Longer answer: the OSABI field means that the platform is not honoring
the generic ABI definition. The only system I know that widely sets it
unconditionally is FreeBSD.

Joerg

References:
- ELFOSABI_NETBSD
  - From: Kamil Rytarowski
- Re: ELFOSABI_NETBSD
  - From: David Holland

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