Re: Linking object files in Microtec format with GNU ld

Pete Fenelon wrote: 
Karl-Heinz <karl-heinz.rossmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

does anybody know where to find information about different object file
formats? 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_code has links to pages on lots of
object code formats, most of which have links to the proper specs. Treat
the proper specs as definitive; treat Wikipedia as "possibly correct
today".

Is there an object format which every linker understands? 

No. Standards are wonderful, that's why there's so many of them.

I'm
especially interested if there is a way to link object files in
Microtec format with GNU ld.


The GNU binary utilities (binutils), including assembler, linker,
librarian, copy and format conversion tools, all use a common
object format handler library, BFD. It determines which object
file formats can be handled.

The linker, as such, does not know about the details of the
binary file format. It just handles the virtual object file
interface provided by BFD.

For more information, see
<http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/manual/bfd-2.9.1/bfd.html>.

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Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi


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