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Re: Adding support for core files to DJGPP
> From: jtc@redback.com (J.T. Conklin)
> Date: 30 Mar 2001 11:43:59 -0800
>
> For a host environment like DJGPP, I agree with the recommendation for
> ELF crash dumps.
>
> However, I wanted to mention that for embedded environments, it may be
> better to use a custom crash dump format. One requirement I had was I
> had to write dumps to streaming media (in other words, no seeks). I
> suspect I could have written ELF dumps by doing two passes over the
> system (one to compute the offsets, another to write the dump), it was
> simpler to use a format designed for streaming from the get go.
Is there any place one can see the code or docs of what you've
written?