From: Claudio Nieder <private@claudio.ch> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 13:05:20 +0200

Then once the linker has the proper address of B.P it will consult the fixup table ...

So to my naive thinking, the fixup process appears as a "completion of compilation". After fixup the executable is a monolith. One interesting aspect. If a module is unloaded the linkages will be broken. Reloading must fix them again.

... the linking table is a structure which needs to be kept in RAM after loading ...

In this case, unloading a module and reloading would be easier. Go through the table and update the entries pertaining to the module. Thanks! ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +13606390202 Bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca http://carnot.yi.org/ "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary "