Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Oct 2002 01:36:08 +1000 | From | Greg Ungerer <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH]: linux-2.5.42uc1 (MMU-less support) |
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Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>This isn't old. It is the primary format used on uClinux. ELF >>and a.out are not practical, since you would need to do the final >>link/locate on them at exec load time (you won't know what address >>in memory they will get loaded to until them). You don have the >>VM luxary of just locating it at a fixed address at compile time. >> >>FLAT format is a light weight, mostly architecture independant >>way to carry around relocs, and to keep the program binaries >>small. >> > > I don't meant binfmt_flat itself but the support for the old-style relocs > that is still in the code.
OK, I'll have a look at that.
> BTW, does binfmt_flat for for any non-uClinux port?
Don't beleive so.
Regards Greg
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