From: wkt@tuhs.org (Warren Toomey)
Subject: [Unix-jun72] Early a.out headers
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 08:28:23 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080501222823.GA75548@minnie.tuhs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080501222355.GA75266@minnie.tuhs.org>
On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 08:23:55AM +1000, Warren Toomey wrote:
> I haven't read the the OCR'd kernel source fully yet; in the section for
> exec(), there must be code to parse an a.out header. Does it only know
> about 0405, or 0407, or both?
I'll answer myself. sysexec() in u2.s has this:
cmp core,$405 / br .+14 is first instrution if file is
/ standard a.out format
bne 1f / branch, if not standard format
So the kernel is definitely 1st Edition, then.
Warren
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-01 22:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-01 16:09 [Unix-jun72] more corrections Brad Parker
2008-05-01 17:03 ` Tim Newsham
2008-05-01 17:10 ` Al Kossow
2008-05-01 17:19 ` Brad Parker
2008-05-01 17:10 ` Tim Newsham
2008-05-01 17:22 ` Brad Parker
[not found] ` <Pine.BSI.4.64.0805010726040.20990@malasada.lava.net>
2008-05-01 17:47 ` Brad Parker
2008-05-01 17:54 ` Tim Newsham
2008-05-01 18:15 ` Tim Newsham
2008-05-01 18:21 ` Tim Newsham
2008-05-01 18:34 ` Tim Newsham
2008-05-01 22:51 ` Warren Toomey
2008-05-01 23:31 ` Tim Newsham
2008-05-01 19:02 ` John Cowan
2008-05-01 21:18 ` [Unix-jun72] 11/20 handbook Al Kossow
2008-05-01 23:09 ` Hellwig Geisse
2008-05-01 22:23 ` [Unix-jun72] Early a.out headers Warren Toomey
2008-05-01 22:28 ` Warren Toomey [this message]
2008-05-01 23:01 ` Al Kossow
[not found] ` <Pine.BSI.4.64.0805011927100.20114@malasada.lava.net>
2008-05-02 10:24 ` [Unix-jun72] more corrections Brad Parker
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