Re: shared libraries for MiNT

[ersmith@netcom.com (Eric R. Smith)]

>Just as a thought - Linux has had shared libraries since day 1, so the
>format must be fairly standard/robust by now. If there are problems with
>using the Amiga standard format (I didn't realise they had shared libs -
>one in the eye for me!) then why not use the Linux standard. (I believe
>there are attempts underway to port Linux to the 68k series anyway.)

I believe that Linux implements shared libraries by assigning a fixed
virtual address to each library. This requires virtual memory, which
means that it could be made to work on the 68030, but not on the
68000. This is a very significant disadvantage.

Eric