Re: Object Module Formats

Paul Carroll <p_carroll@yahoo.com>
11 Sep 2001 00:22:34 -0400

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From: Paul Carroll <p_carroll@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 11 Sep 2001 00:22:34 -0400
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Keywords: linker
Posted-Date: 11 Sep 2001 00:22:34 EDT

ELF seems to be the most standard file format nowadays. Of course,
then you have to ask which debug format, since that isn't part of the
ELF specification. The choices would be between DWARF 1.1 and DWARF
2.0, although some other debug formats are also used. I'm not sure
that I can say which DWARF format is more widely supported. It just
seemed like DWARF 1.1 had a greater following, due to being older.


As for IEEE-695, it was developed at HP and Microtec, mainly for the
68k. Most of the IEEE-695 format is known, although the C++
extensions aren't documented outside of those companies, or at least
not widely.


"Oleg T." wrote:


> What is the most suitable Object Module Format for cross assemblers,
> compilers? It must be relocatable, machine independent, supported by
> most ICE vendors, with no limits regarding debugging process.. I
> learn IEEE-695(Rev4.1) and ELF formats now, but it is not so easy to
> me to compare them at this moment.

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