From: alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Alaric B. Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: wanted : Loadable Module support Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:06:27 GMT Lines: 39 Message-ID: <843077147.28180.3@abwillms.demon.co.uk> References: <323F4F44 DOT 5F18 AT spy DOT isp DOT nsc DOT ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: abwillms.demon.co.uk To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp "Ilya P. Ryzhenkov" wrote: >Hello all djgpp users ! ;) > I'm searching for any lib which support Loadable Modules under > djgpp. Have heard of one ? Mail me, plz ! > If there are ABSOLUTLY no lib of that kind I propose to start > discussion at this subject. Welcome ! This is really interesting > topic of discussion. It's something we all dream of. Having written many such module loaders for Turbo C++ in the past, I would try and find the time to write same for DJGPP if I understood the COFF format. You'd need to put some level of debug info in the executables, so as to find them symbols, or change the stub to be a "runtime linker", such that we just link in standard .o and .a files. Unresolved references point to the NULL minefield, in case they get called before being resolved. Also, there should be the power to query a module's symbols and access them numerically (like an array of void*). Thus, we can do things like printer drivers as well. Regards, ABW --- COMPUTER: We are in position over the Rebel homeworld. VADAR: Engage the Death Star primary weapon, let those rebel worms die! COMPUTER: Sorry, your evaluation version of Battle Computer 3.0 has expired. Please send 2.6 billion dollars to the address in REGISTER.TXT Alaric B. Williams Internet : alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk Hello :-)