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Re: Porting issues [please advice]
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- To: Balint Cristian <rezso at rdsor dot ro>
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:08:11 +0100
- Subject: Re: Porting issues [please advice]
- References: <49686.212.93.155.158.1123835115.squirrel@email.rdsor.ro>
Hi Cristian,
I try to respin up openrisc alias "or32" target wich is dead since 2001
Good luck!
1) Where can i found good ELF layout docs to understand things
what binutils done.
A simple web search can give you this information. eg:
www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall05/cos217/reading/elf.pdf
or
http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/ELF.txt
2) Is somewhere a good porting guide for binutils ?
No. :-( The best advice is to use the source code as your guide, ask
questions on the mailing when you get stuck, and base you work on a port
that is similar to the one that you are targeting.
3) how can i analyse whats happen during linking ? Or can I
analyse the validity or elf compliance of a elf file ?
The readelf program is pretty good at finding mistakes and problems in
ELF format files. Try "readelf -a <name of file>".
Cheers
Nick