Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.2.8pre6, can't run ZMAGIC binaries | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 12 May 1999 03:31:03 -0500 |
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>>>>> "LT" == Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:
LT> On Tue, 11 May 1999, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: >> >> I think this will fix your problem:
LT> Oh, f**k.
LT> Yes, we're screwed by old 1kB-aligned binaries - I forgot that we still LT> had things like that. Oh, well..
LT> Interesting that anybody still runs the old kind of a.out binaries, and LT> that there are actually commercial binary-only stuff that depends on it.
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...
That way in 2.3 we can just drop support for them. But if you want the patch sooner I can pick it up and send it to you.
Eric
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