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40 lines
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Hi,
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This is a new ELF patch, 1.3.4.elf, for Linux 1.3.4. It makes Linux
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1.3.4 compatible with both ELF and a.out formats. You need modules
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1.2.8 or newer to use module in ELF. I fixed a few bugs here and there.
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I am afraid the longer this patch is postponed to put into the
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official tree, the more conflicts/bugs we will see. Linus, could
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you please take a look this patch? Thanks a lot.
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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).
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You also need a gdb patch to read the ELF core dump.
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This patch needs the following packages from me:
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1. binutils 2.5.2l.17 or newer.
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2. libc 5.0.9.
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3. gcc 2.7.0/ELF or above.
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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-1.3.4.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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06/27/95
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