> I actually usded the ld-linux.so.3 instead of /system/bin/linker of
> android.

> So we will start with a simple program
> hello.c
> #include<stdio.h>
> int main()
> {
>         printf("\n Hello World \n");
>         return 0;

> }

> Toolchain is from Code Sourcery (arm gnu/linux)
> arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc -o hello.out hello.c -Wl,-dynamic-linker=/
> system/lib/ld-linux.so.6  (...DO NOT USE -static let it link
> dynamically )

> Just check the hello.out to findout the dependencies.
> I just guessed(because i dont have ldd in my cywin) that it needs
> ld-linux.so.6,
> libgcc_s.so,
> libc.so.6

> I took these files from toolchain library (libc/usr/lib) and pushed
> into the emulator directory /system/lib

> Now push the hello.out to the emulator and give the permission to
> execute (chmod) and u can see ur output
> without static linking.

> So every program whether it is DSO or any thing , if it is created
> successfully with the toolchiain in
> ur host system it can be executed in the emulator. U have to only push
> the needed dynamic shared libraries
> into the emulator system library and whenever u r linking dynamically
> use the option " -Wl,-dynamic-linker=/system/lib/ld-linux.so.6 "

> Good Luck ..
> Best Regards
>  Susmith M R

> Just wondering.
> I think this "3rd" linking system is based on the "Symbian way".
> Because name resolution is expensive, whenever you compile a library,
> it has to have a table that associate integers with function names.
> Then, at linking time, you call these integers instead of names, so
> it's much faster.
> (Obviously, this is a raw explaination).

> On Feb 9, 1:36 pm, Susmith M R <susmith...@india.com> wrote:

> > Hai all,
> >     Anroid is using a linker that is different from historical linux
> > linkers like ld.so,ld-linux.so.2,ld-linux.so.3.
> > I think ld.so is for a.out ld-linux.so.2 is for elf and ld-linux.so.3
> > is the new one which is different
> > from normal elf linker. Correct me if i am wrong.

> > I actually usded the ld-linux.so.3 instead of /system/bin/linker of
> > android.

> > So we will start with a simple program
> > hello.c
> > #include<stdio.h>
> > int main()
> > {
> >         printf("\n Hello World \n");
> >         return 0;

> > }

> > Toolchain is from Code Sourcery (arm gnu/linux)
> > arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc -o hello.out hello.c -Wl,-dynamic-linker=/
> > system/lib/ld-linux.so.3  (...DO NOT USE -static let it link
> > dynamically )

> > Just check the hello.out to findout the dependencies.
> > I just guessed(because i dont have ldd in my cywin) that it needs
> > ld-linux.so.3,
> > libgcc_s.so,
> > libc.so.6

> > I took these files from toolchain library (libc/usr/lib) and pushed
> > into the emulator directory /system/lib

> > Now push the hello.out to the emulator and give the permission to
> > execute (chmod) and u can see ur output
> > without static linking.

> > So every program whether it is DSO or any thing , if it is created
> > successfully with the toolchiain in
> > ur host system it can be executed in the emulator. U have to only push
> > the needed dynamic shared libraries
> > into the emulator system library and whenever u r linking dynamically
> > use the option " -Wl,-dynamic-linker=/system/lib/ld-linux.so.3 "

> > Good Luck ..
> > Best Regards
> >  Susmith M R