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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5801 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:56:17 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!serval!hlu From: hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd 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> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: School of EECS, Washington State University Lines: 44 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 I got this ------------ Here it is: "SYSTEM V APPLICATION BINARY INTERFACE", UNIX Press, 1990 ISBN # 0-13-877598-2 "SYSTEM V APPLICATION BINARY INTERFACE Intel386 Processor Supplement", UNIX Press, 1991 ISBN # 0-13-877689-X The first deals with ABI issues generally, the second deals with 386/PIC/etc specifically. ------------ H.J.