Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 2 May 1996 13:04:58 -0400 (EDT) | From | brian mitchell <> | Subject | Re: loadable modules |
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On Thu, 2 May 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
> > There are reasons I do not want to do this with libc - basically, a libc > > approach can be bypassed with static bins, which I cant allow in this case. > > In which case you'll need to modify the actual kernel. The syscall map is > static and its a very dangerous thing to play with as you shouldnt assume > its just going to be a vector table. We pull tricks already - eg the sparc > uses the low bit of the vector to indicate a call it can skip the expensive > window saving on. > > Alan >
Thats what I am currently doing, but I was hoping there was a way to use modules to make it a little easier; I am told dosemu does what I am looking to do, although I have yet to check out the source yet.
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