Subject: Re: Linux binary compatibility
To: John Klos <john@sixgirls.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@netbsd.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/14/2001 07:23:09
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 12:10:10AM -0500, John Klos wrote:

> For as long as I can remember (OK, only a year), Linux/m68k emulation has
> always been off in all the kernel config files.
> 
> Is this broken?
no idea

> Are we waiting for ELF?

we _have_ ELF. (add options EXEC_ELF32 to your kernel - needed for COMPAT_SVR4).

Thats independent of the question whether we use it for _our_ binaries (we
don't yet), and whether Linux /m68k will run (Linux likes to use different
syscall and even sometimes errno numbers on each of their hardwares, so
they're not easy to emulate. And given that we were the first, I guess nobody
bothered yet. Although I might be wrong.

Regards,
	-is