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From: Mats Karlssohn <mats@mida.se>
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Subject: Re: GNAT output file format
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 08:54:47 +0200
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"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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