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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:14366 comp.os.linux.misc:29404 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!news.ans.net!news.nynexst.com!jalod!hjl From: hjl@nynexst.com (H.J. Lu) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: ELF and dynamic loading (Re: 386BSD vs Linux) Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux.misc Date: 11 Nov 1994 04:02:46 GMT Organization: Nynex Science & Technology, Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <39uqd6$5uq@news.nynexst.com> References: <39tu2u$o8r@styx.uwa.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: jalod.nynexst.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Peter Caffin (ptcaffin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au) wrote: : I'm thinking of setting up a network of 386s, with a large number of : external modem lines. At this stage, I'm undecided between 386BSD and : Linux. Having seen the results of the Linux vs Netware flame-fest, I'd : have to agree that a more open architecture is definitely the go (see : what it did for IBM (resulting in quite nice add-on cards, and continuing : improvement) and that smashing game, Doom. : Without wanting to start a flame-war here, what are the comparative : advantages and disadvantages of both systems? What would you people : suggest is the best OS for my needs? If you care about the software development, maybe Linux has an edge over xxxBSD. We are finishing the ELF and dynamic loading implementation under Linux. Right now, there are two subtle bugs in gas and gld which prevent the release of the ELF and dynamic loading for Linux. The gas bug has a work around. But the one in gld is nasty. As a matter of fact, it cripples our dynamic loading and makes Linux just like SVR4. The fix is relatively simple. H.J.