Subject: Re: Linux ELF binaries on current
To: Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/21/1995 15:35:14
On Sat, 21 Oct 1995 13:48:12 -0400
Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com> wrote:
> Linux ELF binaries make a particular system call (SYS_personality,
> using the Linux int $0x80 convention) first thing. This is how SVR4
> and Linux ELF binaries are distinguished on Linux. The emulation code
> could grko this and win if someone wanted to bother hacking it.
I guess one might argue that if this were to be emulated "correctly" that
the exec stuff should try Linux emulation before SVR4 emulation if the
executable is ELF...
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