From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA26422 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:13:12 -0700 Received: from udlkern.fc.hp.com (root@udlkern.fc.hp.com [15.1.52.48]) by hpfcla.fc.hp.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA11062 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:14:39 -0700 (MST) Received: from debian.fc.hp.com (root@debian.fc.hp.com [15.1.48.119]) by udlkern.fc.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.7.1) id JAA14191 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:14:39 -0700 (MST) Received: from debian.fc.hp.com (bame@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by debian.fc.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian/GNU) with ESMTP id JAA19293 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:14:38 -0700 Message-Id: <199911111614.JAA19293@debian.fc.hp.com> cc: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] _end symbol in parisc linux? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 11 Nov 1999 08:51:27 MST." <8933.942335487@upchuck> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:14:38 -0700 From: Paul Bame List-ID: = Parse the som exec header. I guess I mangled my earlier note. I also want a language-system independent method since we'll not always be wedded to SOM. More urgently, the SOM header is apparently unavailable to a program launched from the hpux bootloader. I just checked, and HP-UX doesn't parse the SOM header either -- it uses _end and _edata. Perhaps you'd be kind enough to write a scrap of assembly magic which performs the subspace trick you mentioned earlier? Yeah it may be ugly and still language-system dependent, but without access to the SOM header at boot time there's not a prettier option. Thanks! -P