Loading shared objects in an l4env_freebsd application

[Derick Swanepoel]

On 6/9/05, Frank Mehnert <fm3 at os.inf.tu-dresden.de> wrote:
> On Thursday 09 June 2005 14:06, Derick Swanepoel wrote:
> > I need to load shared objects in my application. I've got .so loading
> > working in a loader-mode app, but my app uses the l4env_freebsd mode
> > so I cannot link against libloader.s.so. I've tried to link against
> > libloaderif.a, but the l4loader_attach_relocateable() function is only
> > available in libloader.s.so.
> 
> I do not fully understand your problem. Why do you cannot link against
> the libloaders.s.so when you are using l4env_freebsd_mode?

The example loader applications use the loader mode, which links the
application dynamically, and it links against libloader.s.so (it uses
-lloader.s as a linker argument). When using the l4env_freebsd mode
the application is linked statically so it wants to link against
libloader.s.a (which doesn't exist) when using -lloader.s. I see that
there is a static loader library (libloaderif.a), but it doesn't
contain the l4loader_attach_relocateable() function which I need.
 
> And what do you mean by "need to load shared objects". Do you need
> dlopen() functionality or do you want to link against other shared
> libraries?

I need dlopen() functionality. I already have a dlopen()
implementation that makes use of the L4 loader API.
 
Derick