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- From: hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
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- Subject: Re: iBCS2 / SCO 3.2.4
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.000154.14950@serval.net.wsu.edu>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 00:01:54 GMT
- Article-I.D.: serval.1993Jan1.000154.14950
- References: <1992Dec30.154921.23024@cognos.com> <1ht6dsINNo3g@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> <RICH.92Dec30224113@superego.Rice.edu>
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- In article <RICH.92Dec30224113@superego.Rice.edu>, rich@Rice.edu (& Murphey) writes:
- |> Dave> In article <1992Dec30.154921.23024@cognos.com> nigelc@cognos.com
- |> Dave> (Nigel Campbell) originally posted in comp.unix.misc:
- |> >This follows a recent post looking for a list of vendors who are
- |> >'binary' compatible with SCO UNIX (I assume 3.2.4). Is there
- |> >a list somewhere of these vendors and commercial software known
- |> >to run/not run on systems other than SCO. How does one certify
- |> >adherence to the iBCS2 definition. What is it.
- |> >
- |>
- |> Dave> I was wondering if any of the 386bsd developers had ever heard of the iBCS2
- |> Dave> definition, and is it reasonable to try to get 386bsd compliant with it. If
- |> Dave> this 'standard' is reasonable, it would seem a good thing to be binary
- |> Dave> compatible with somebody, n'est pas?
- |>
- |> Lynne Jolitz posted a bibliography a few days ago in which she
- |> suggested we use '"The Intel 386 Architecture and System V BCS" for an
- |> understanding of defined interfaces.'
- |>
- |> Intel's publishing/sales dept (1-800-548-4724) says it isn't available
- |> yet. They do have a generic "386 BCS Spec 2" that Lynne suggested
- |> would not be as useful as the System V BCS specific book. Rich
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- I got this
-
- ------------
- Here it is:
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- "SYSTEM V
- APPLICATION BINARY INTERFACE",
- UNIX Press, 1990
- ISBN # 0-13-877598-2
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- "SYSTEM V
- APPLICATION BINARY INTERFACE
- Intel386 Processor Supplement",
- UNIX Press, 1991
- ISBN # 0-13-877689-X
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- The first deals with ABI issues generally, the second deals with 386/PIC/etc
- specifically.
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- H.J.
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