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56 lines
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Hi,
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This is a new ELF patch, 1.28.elf, for Linux 1.2.8. It makes Linux
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1.2.8 compatible with both ELF and a.out formats. I fixed a few bugs
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in driver/scsi/53c7,8xx.c. I added the ELF module support. You need
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modules-1.1.87.5 or newer to use it.
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You can edit arch/i386/Makefile to choose which binary format you want
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to compile the Linux kernel in. I only tested it on my machine.
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I also added the kernel ELF core dump, which is taken from the
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patch made by jeremy@sour.sw.oz.au (Jeremy Fitzhardinge). I think
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there may be an ELF bug somewhere:
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--foo.c--
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#include <stdio.h>
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main ()
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{
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const char * const sd1 = "1.8976931348623157e+308";
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*sd1 = 1;
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}
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----
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I cannot get it core dump under ELF if I use -static. This bug has been
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fixed for the next kernel release.
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You also need a gdb patch to read the ELF core dump.
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I think if everything goes well, we should be able to totally move
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to ELF real soon.
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This patch needs the following packages from me:
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1. binutils 2.5.2l.15 or newer.
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2. libc 5.0.3.
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3. gcc 2.6.3/ELF.
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The primary ftp sites for the compiler/C library are tsx-11.mit.edu
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under pub/linux/packages/GCC and sunsite.unc.edu under pub/Linux/GCC.
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After applying the patch, you can compile the kernel in ELF:
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# cd linux
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# gzip -dc ...../linux-1.28.elf.diff.gz | patch -p2
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# make zImage
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The resulting arch/i386/boot/zImage is compiled in ELF.
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After editing arch/i386/Makefile, you can compile the kernel in a.out.
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H.J.
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hjl@nynexst.com
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05/20/95
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