![]() | |||||||||||||
Messages in this thread |
ralf@uni-koblenz.de said:
> That's what PIC code is required for ELF DSOs on most architectures.
> The Intel code would use large amounts of memory for trying to build
> DSOs without using PIC for them. Other architectures are even less
> forgiving.
> A small amount of RAM is used for PLT and GOT when using PIC code but
> the win in memory by sharing code exceeds it. Aside of that many
> glibc programs will pull a second, shared copy of libc into memory via
> the NSS stuff, anyway, so the DSOs are out there to assimilate you
> anyway ;-)
OK. PIC has to be Position Independent Code?
ELF I can't remember but I know what it is.
WTF do the rest of the TLAs mean?
:)
---- ---- ----
David Woodhouse, Robinson College, CB3 9AN, England. (+44) 0976 658355
Dave@imladris.demon.co.uk http://dwmw2.robinson.cam.ac.uk
finger pgp@dwmw2.robinson.cam.ac.uk for PGP key.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
| ||||||||||||
| Last update: 2005-03-22 12:41 [W:0.157 / U:0.080 seconds] ©2003-2008 Jasper Spaans | |||||||||||||