From: Mats Karlssohn <mats@mida.se>
Subject: Re: GNAT output file format
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 08:54:47 +0200
Date: 2001-04-12T06:54:48+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AD55137.65A1F25C@mida.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 0m4B6.4764$Ow3.1023327@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com
"chris.danx" wrote:
>
> > > What is the GNAT binary output format?
> > >
> > > I looked in the manuals but there's not much info. I'm trying to get a
> > > program to load it up and execute it on bare hardware (or rather i will)
> for
> > > OS development. Does GNAT use GCC output formats?
> >
> > Yes, GNAT uses GCC output formats - i.e. ELF, a.out, etc.
>
> That mean i can change the output format via switches? I'm using GNAT on
> Windows 9X.
Well, sort of... It really depends on wich options were used to
configure the libbfd that is used by your GNAT/GCC. I seem to recall
that the public versions of GNAT from ACT has a rather 'slimlined'
libbfd that can only handle ett Windows .OBJ and .EXE formats.
Please correct me if I'm wrong!
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2001-04-10 20:25 GNAT output file format chris.danx
2001-04-10 21:03 ` Gerhard Häring
2001-04-10 23:59 ` David Starner
2001-04-11 21:52 ` chris.danx
2001-04-12 6:54 ` Mats Karlssohn [this message]
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2001-04-11 13:09 ` Mats Karlssohn
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