Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:42:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:42:47 -0400 Received: from phoenix.mvhi.com ([195.224.96.167]:8717 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:42:47 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:48:42 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Greg Ungerer Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH]: linux-2.5.42uc1 (MMU-less support) Message-ID: <20021016154842.A13211@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Greg Ungerer , linux-kernel References: <3DAC337D.7010804@snapgear.com> <20021015181609.A31647@infradead.org> <3DAD7AA9.1060207@snapgear.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3DAD7AA9.1060207@snapgear.com>; from gerg@snapgear.com on Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 12:41:45AM +1000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 875 Lines: 20 > 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. BTW, does binfmt_flat for for any non-uClinux port? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/