X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:20:38 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: rebaseall rebasing dlls into cygwin address range? Message-ID: <20110424162038.GF23944@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20110421010657.GA24483@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <61374.99.237.216.211.1303653436.squirrel@www.sidefx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <61374.99.237.216.211.1303653436.squirrel@www.sidefx.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 09:57:16AM -0400, Edward Lam wrote: >On Wed, April 20, 2011 21:06, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> But, for now, just setting the base to something higher: >> >> rebaseall -b 0x77000000 >> >> would solve some of the problems we've seen. >> >> I don't know if that stomps on system routines or not, though. > >Just curious, why is this even a problem? If the system libraries happen >to use some base address that is already taken up, the loader is supposed >to just choose a different spot. Maybe you don't understand what rebaseall is used for? It's purpose is to eliminate collisions with other dlls. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple