[gmpi] Re: Reqs draft
- From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:27:59 -0800
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 10:55:40PM -0500, Michael Gogins wrote:
> Loading a shared library, and reading a shared library, are not the same but
> perhaps this has not been distinguished in the the discussion. Discovering
> static metadata can be done by merely reading the shared library file.
> Calling into a capability function requires the OS to load the shared
> library and memory map its symbols, which already takes a little more time.
> Copy protection or encryption or loading samples adds time on top of that.
A Good point. But without invoking some runtime, I don't know that there is
a portable way to open a shared object and find meta-data inside it. I
wouldn't know how to do it on Linux without dredging up a spec on ELF.
Further, if (as Vincent asserts) the entire plugin is encrypted, what can
you do?
--
Notice that as computers are becoming easier and easier to use,
suddenly there's a big market for "Dummies" books. Cause and effect,
or merely an ironic juxtaposition of unrelated facts?
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