Re: 2.2.8pre6, can't run ZMAGIC binaries
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 13 May 1999 11:57:19 +0100 (BST)
> >I have a patch (I'm planning to submit in early 2.3) that causes
> >a.out binaries that ar 1kB aligned to be read totally into anonymous memory
> >when they are started, keeping functionality but not optimum memory sharing...
>
> As someone who's got a 99.44% [1] a.out linux distribution, I think
> this is a really REALLY bad idea. Building a.out objects is
> already, umm, interesting enough without having to worry about an
> ongoing war against the kernel.
Your a.out binaries will be 4K aligned.
BTW does this mean you've done the fixes to make libc4 believe in years after
1999 ?
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