From: Antonio Vargas <windenntw@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fat / multi arch binaries?
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:29:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <69304d110509281029a1b028a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200509281918.56386.aj@dungeon.inka.de>
On 9/28/05, Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> does linux support binaries with code
> for several architectures? I read that
> elf allowes that, and for example
> apple plans to use it on mac os X,
> but I couldn't find anything whether
> such binaries would work with linux
> or not. can you tell me?
OSX begat from NeXT and NeXT had these same "fat binaries". They are not new :)
> if linux supports that, it should
> also work for merging x86 and x86_64
> into one binary? would ther be a way
you don't want that ;)
> to run the 32bit version in the 64bit
> kernel, if requested? are there any
32bit user-space can run 100% on 64bit kernel, this is usual in sparc
if i'm not mistaken
> tools to create such binaries?
>
> with google I found info from 97
> that indicades elf format has no
> provision for fat binaries and linux
> doesn't support them. is that still
> true?
just remember that linux is mainly about source access, so having
"fat" binaries is just wrong because the one-true-way is to get the
sources and compile for your arch directly. this can be done by hand,
semi-automated (aka gentoo) or automated (aka debian, fedora, etc...)
by just installing from precompiled binaries
> Thanks, Andreas
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-28 17:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-28 17:18 fat / multi arch binaries? Andreas Jellinghaus
2005-09-28 17:29 ` Antonio Vargas [this message]
2005-09-28 21:58 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2005-09-29 0:30 ` Alan Cox
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