Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 12:06:24 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Co=EFdanSm=F8rgrav?= ), Yoav Cohen-Sivan <ycs@netvision.net.il> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Info on link-editing Message-ID: <199809161807.MAA03821@lariat.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <xzp90jlff6e.fsf@skejdbrimir.ifi.uio.no> References: <Yoav Cohen-Sivan's message of "Tue, 15 Sep 1998 18:31:03 %2B0300"> <35FE8837.E24C5AA1@netvision.net.il>
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There should be some documentation for the binary and object formats independent of the source if it's to be anything like a "standard." One shouldn't have to look through the linker, AND the loader, AND the GNU C Compiler (which, in fact, you CAN'T look through unless you want your work to come under the nasty GPL). --Brett At 07:39 PM 9/15/98 +0200, Dag-Erling CoïdanSmørgrav wrote: >Yoav Cohen-Sivan <ycs@netvision.net.il> writes: >> Can anyone point me to a good in-depth discussion of the link-editing and >> loading processes? I am looking for info on how the linker and compiler use >> symbols and relocations to generate the various object files. > >Use The Source, Luke! > >DES >-- >Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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