Re: Implementing Meta File information in Linux

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
1 Sep 1998 23:39:37 GMT

Followup to: <19980901183044.A6338@caffeine.ix.net.nz>
By author: Chris Wedgwood <chris@cybernet.co.nz>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 11:54:51PM +0200, poipoi@famipow.com wrote:
> > do i miss something ? why the solution of using elf chunk has been given
> > up ? only user space, dont need change in cp,tar, etc..., and perhaps
> > even not in exe loader.
> > in my opinion, it is a good solution.
>
> What if the base file isn't ELF?
>

Most of the uses for "forky files" apply to executables, though.

-hpa

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