coff! coff ... i want to go to ELF
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2002 9:50 am
Hi there. Up to now, i've been using COFF file format as a input for my kernel, mainly because DjGpp produces COFF and because it's a very simple format that let me do everything i need to do (and believe me, i have gone through symbol tables, relocations, etc. i've nearly written a linker of my own to produce "proprietary" module files 
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Now, unfortunately, there is no COFF output options in Linux tools and it's not pleasant to switch three times between DOS and Linux to produce a boot disk image ... so i wonder if some of you can guide me to a _comprehensive_ and _clear_ (something looking like Deejay delorie infos about COFF structure) informations on ELF format (i already have the file format description but this is a huge bag of infos, what i'm looking for is some kind of summary)
)Now, unfortunately, there is no COFF output options in Linux tools and it's not pleasant to switch three times between DOS and Linux to produce a boot disk image ... so i wonder if some of you can guide me to a _comprehensive_ and _clear_ (something looking like Deejay delorie infos about COFF structure) informations on ELF format (i already have the file format description but this is a huge bag of infos, what i'm looking for is some kind of summary)