RE: New file system IDs and others.

[Sven Karlsson <sven@it.lth.se>]

> >Does linux 68k have shared lib? if yes, the question is, would GEM
> >cope with that kind? if yes or no, Well do we have to always keep in
> >mind ST users? If yes, still keeping ST user, wouldn't be possible to
> >propose versions? WITH shared lib/without? 
> >(just curious to know all that, scuse me for my ignorance, I know it
> >bugs the hell out of knowledgable people).
> 
> Linux/m68k has the same shared lib structure as Intel/SPARC/Alpha
Linux, so
> the answer to your first question is, yes.
> 
> As for the other questions.. GEM wouldn't need to know anything about
it as
> the it would be called in the same way whatever (as far as I can see, 
> though
> I could well be wrong). ST users wouldn't be able to use it as far as
I'm
> aware, and yes, I think MiNT should continue to support them. As for 
> whether
> MiNT should support shared libs for ST's..  that's another matter
entirely.

Now one must also remember that ELF shared libs that Solaris and Linux
have is only one way of implementing shared libraries. A MiNT shared
library scheme doesn't need to be based on ELF and also it doesn't need
to be compatible with any other OS. 

I proposed a week ago to use Fenix libraries in MiNT but nobody seemed
to be interested.

Regards
 Sven