================================ Documentation for /proc/sys/abi/ ================================ kernel version 2.6.0.test2 Copyright (c) 2003, Fabian Frederick For general info: index.rst. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This path is binary emulation relevant aka personality types aka abi. When a process is executed, it's linked to an exec_domain whose personality is defined using values available from /proc/sys/abi. You can find further details about abi in include/linux/personality.h. Here are the files featuring in 2.6 kernel: - defhandler_coff - defhandler_elf - defhandler_lcall7 - defhandler_libcso - fake_utsname - trace defhandler_coff --------------- defined value: PER_SCOSVR3:: 0x0003 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | WHOLE_SECONDS | SHORT_INODE defhandler_elf -------------- defined value: PER_LINUX:: 0 defhandler_lcall7 ----------------- defined value : PER_SVR4:: 0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO, defhandler_libsco ----------------- defined value: PER_SVR4:: 0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO, fake_utsname ------------ Unused trace ----- Unused