Subject: Re: XFree dynamic loader
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: tech-x11
Date: 03/26/2005 16:36:58
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Hello,

> I'm told the point of XFree's own built-in loader is so that IT 
> defines the ABI for the modules, and how they're loaded.  This 
> theoretically allows XFree modules for e.g. Linux load on NetBSD.
Exactly, for instance the 'Linux driver' from Matrox works perfectly 
well on NetBSD/i386, even though part of it is binary.

have fun
Michael
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