From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: newsham@lava.net (Tim Newsham)
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 14:00:27 -1000 (HST)
Subject: [Unix-jun72] 0407 binaries on 1ed
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> Excellent stuff Tim. I've had a quick look; I suspect the existing code:
>
>        cmp     r5,u.count /
>        bgt     1f / branch if r5 greater than u.count
>        mov     r5,u.count
>
> checks to ensure that the new a.out is small emough to fit into the
> address space left by the executable that called exec(2).

Right, but after it branches it goes ahead and reads anyway(!?)
Thats the part that confused me.. perhaps there's a line or two
missing somewhere in the code here?

> 	Warren

Tim Newsham
http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/