Compilation/Link Error with cygwin

[chrisa128]

Hi all,

I just started using cygwin after hardware problems with my linux box on which my kernel compiled fine.

However with CYGWIN with gcc, nasm, and make installed I get the following error when it comes to link it...

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PE Operations on non PE file.
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [kernel32] Error 1

Any ideas appreciated people, thanks in advance.

[beyondsociety]

PE Operations on non PE file.
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [kernel32] Error 1

With cygwin, ld isnt compiled to support elf out the gate. You would have to either cross-compile it to supprt elf or what I have done is set the OUTPUT_FORMAT in the linker script to "pe-i386" and compile the kernel to .exe format.

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OUTPUT_FORMAT = pe-i386
kernel_name = kernel.exe

Then use OBJCOPY to convert to whatever file format you want.

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OBJCOPY -O elf32-i386 kernel.exe kernel.elf

Hope this helps.

[df]

I think I'll put something in the FAQ about this..... it seems to pop up all the time..