Subject: Re: preparation for ELF
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/22/2001 11:14:10
the large attachment I sent with this message may cause problems
for some people so I'm resending with a pointer to the diff instead.
the diff mentioned below is at:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/chs/mac68kelf/diff.mac68k-elf.prep
-Chuck
On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 05:48:21PM -0700, Chuck Silvers wrote:
> hi folks,
>
> I sent this out a while back and got no response, so here it is again.
> the attached diffs are 98% of the changes necessary for ELF.
> I'd like to make sure I don't break anything though, so I'd like
> people to try them out in the current a.out environment first.
> just apply the diff and rebuild your kernel. there should be no
> functional change, everything should work exactly as before.
> please try this out soon and let me know if there are any problems.
> if I don't hear of any problems by next weekend, I'll go ahead and
> check in these changes.
>
> after that, the remaining source changes for ELF are trivial and
> hopefully will be less intimidating for people.
>
> -Chuck