Sounds like Linux needs an intermediate "byte-code" format, so you could
use gcc to compile to this byte-code and then have gcc on the
destination machine compile the byte-code in to it's natural machine
code.
Heh, just a random thought...
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Frank Swarbrick
Senior Developer/Analyst - Mainframe Applications Development
FirstBank Data Corporation - (303) 235-1403
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/27/2005 1:51:48 PM >>>
>
> I've got a customer here that's all excited about ELF binaries. They
have a
> product they'd like to see run on z/Series linux but there is no
> declaration that z/Series is a supported platform. They do state that
their
> binaries are 100% ELF compatible. What exactly does that mean for an
intel
> based product when someone wants to have you try it on z/Series cuz
it's
> ELF binary compatible. Shouldn't work regardless, should it?
>
Hi James,
ELF is an object file format...
The ELF on x86 Linux follows the same ELF as z/Series does, but the
bytes in there don't. Your product will need to be rebuilt for
z/Series
Linux. Mainframe linux won't run PC linux programs (at least
directly.)
- Dave Rivers -
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