Binary file format.

[Giorgos Keramidas]

Yannis Mitsos <gmitsos at telecom.ntua.gr> wrote:
: Mhpws gnwrizei kaneis an einai dynaton na kaneis
: compile ena kernel 2.4.x me tools pou yposthrizoun
: *mono* COFF file format. Anaferomai mono sto
: compilation tou pyrhna kai oxi gia pi8ana
: application pou mporei na tre3oun apo epanw.

Basika, to ti format einai o purhnas apasxolei theoritika
mono to boot loader.  Afou jekinhsei o pyrhnas, mporeis
na exeis oti ektelesima theleis.

: Basika prospa8oume na doume an einai efikto na
: 3ekinhsoume ena porting gia ena processora tou
: opoiou ta tools bgazoun COFF executables.

    :-)

Den jero an se boh8aei katholou, alla mporei to Linux
opws einai shmera na min einai oti pio katallhlo gia
na jekinhseis kapoio porting effort. Isos an katafereis
kai "xtiseis" to shmerino Linux apo kapoio paliotero,
p.x. ena pou gia na kanei boot apaitei mono a.out support?

Epishs, einai mallon kalh idea na deis pos exoun kanei oi
tupoi tou NetBSD port se toses polles arxitektonikes.  Ta
ergaleia kai bootstrap tools pou exoun gia na kanei kapoios
compile to leitourgiko tous, apaitoun (etsi lene) mono ena
"sxetika POSIX" periballon.

: Profanws xwris ELF den mporeis na exeis dynamic libraries
: alla auto einai allounou papa euaggelio kai sigoura einai
: gia poly meta !!!

E nai, swsta :)