From: Jani Monoses <jani@iv.ro>
To: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [ECOS] ELF redboot with COFF linux image
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:50:11 +0300
> Hi All,
>
> I'm in a situation where I have redboot image which is in elf format
> for our custom board (PXA255 based) and the linux kernel+apps in coff
> format. I don't think an ELF application can start an application
> which is in COFF format.
>
> Can redboot be built in COFF format? If yes, do I need to build the
> toolchain for PXA255 processor or is it downloadable somewhere?
> The Linux kernel+apps image I have is hard to change to ELF format,
> because third party libraries that some of the applications are using
> are in coff format.
>
> Did anyone face similar problem before? I'd be glad to hear how you
> solved and any suggestions are appreciated.
Ignorant question: why does the kernel have to be COFF if some
libraries in userspace are? Are you linking them to the kernel or what?
and redboot only starts the kernel..
I am just curious.
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