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From: "Kevin D. Kissell" <kevink@mips.com>
To: "Jay Carlson" <nop@nop.com>, <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com>,
	<linuxce-devel@linuxce.org>
Subject: Re: snow, a statically linked shared library MIPS ABI
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:21:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <013a01c0b2db$749249a0$0deca8c0@Ulysses> (raw)
In-Reply-To: KEEOIBGCMINLAHMMNDJNAEHDCAAA.nop@nop.com

> Instead, we can build shared library images located at fixed locations
> in memory, with the location configured at library creation time.
> Stub libraries are generated that hold the absolute addresses of
> functions and data within the library image; programs (and other
> libraries) link with the stubs.

In fact, this is exactly how shared libraries worked under
UNIX System V.  It is inelegant, but economical.

            Kevin K.

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From: "Kevin D. Kissell" <kevink@mips.com>
To: Jay Carlson <nop@nop.com>,
	linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, linuxce-devel@linuxce.org
Subject: Re: snow, a statically linked shared library MIPS ABI
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:21:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <013a01c0b2db$749249a0$0deca8c0@Ulysses> (raw)
Message-ID: <20010322142148.qJ3bj-h-gMLGxsujb3vxXtmuUYvsXnfKhE-MRLZeK5Y@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: KEEOIBGCMINLAHMMNDJNAEHDCAAA.nop@nop.com

> Instead, we can build shared library images located at fixed locations
> in memory, with the location configured at library creation time.
> Stub libraries are generated that hold the absolute addresses of
> functions and data within the library image; programs (and other
> libraries) link with the stubs.

In fact, this is exactly how shared libraries worked under
UNIX System V.  It is inelegant, but economical.

            Kevin K.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-03-22 14:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-22 13:23 snow, a statically linked shared library MIPS ABI Jay Carlson
2001-03-22 13:23 ` Jay Carlson
2001-03-22 14:21 ` Kevin D. Kissell [this message]
2001-03-22 14:21   ` Kevin D. Kissell
2001-03-22 15:28   ` Jay Carlson
2001-03-22 15:28     ` Jay Carlson

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