Re: Possible issue with in-kernel ELF loader.

2003-07-21 Thread Matthew Dillon
:>It turns out that the kernel's internal ELF loader is misinterpreting :>an ABS symbol (i.e. set with .SET in assembly) whos value is 0 as being :>'not found', and once that is fixed it was also confusing the absolute :>symbol with a COMMON symbol. : :Thanks for the pointer. FWIW,

Re: Possible issue with in-kernel ELF loader.

2003-07-20 Thread Peter Wemm
Matthew Dillon wrote: >I got an odd bug report for DragonFly today. Apparently the module loader >was broken, the kernel complained about not being able to find >'globaldata'. > >It turns out that the kernel's internal ELF loader is misinterpreting >an ABS symbol (i.e. set wit

Possible issue with in-kernel ELF loader.

2003-07-17 Thread Matthew Dillon
I got an odd bug report for DragonFly today. Apparently the module loader was broken, the kernel complained about not being able to find 'globaldata'. It turns out that the kernel's internal ELF loader is misinterpreting an ABS symbol (i.e. set with .SET in assembly) whos value is