From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stuart Anderson Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:06:19 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: [Xpert] XFree 4.0.1 module loading Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Exactly; the patch we have does that, it just doesn't quite work yet. > They way the loader is (please, correct me if I'm wrong) is that > it can load modules in various ways: there's an a.out module > loader, a dlopen() based loader, and an 'elfloader' that does > all the elf relocations/symbol resolution itself. Correct. You can even mix & match between ELF, a.out & COFF on architectures that support multiple formats. The dlopen() loader does it's bookkeeping seperately, so you can't mix and match it with the other formats. > If the X people want me to post what we have, I can do that; That would be good. > it's obviously hard to debug the module loader without the > actual hardware. :) Hardware does make it easier 8-) Stuart Stuart R. Anderson anderson@metrolink.com Metro Link Incorporated South Carolina Office 5807 North Andrews Way 129 Secret Cove Drive Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309 Lexington, SC 29072 voice: 954.660.2500 voice: 803.951.3630 fax: 954.938.1982 SkyTel: 800.405.3401 http://www.metrolink.com/