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Re: Linking EFI applications with x86_64-pc-mingw32-ld


On 04/02/2012 03:50 PM, Kai Tietz wrote:
2012/4/2 Andreas Schwab<schwab@linux-m68k.org>:
NightStrike<nightstrike@gmail.com> writes:

I don't know the answer to your question, but at the very least, you
should try using the x86_64-w64-mingw32 target.  Notice that the
middle part of the triplet is not -pc-.
The vendor part of the triplet is just for information.

Andreas.
Right,  the vendor-part in triplet for binutils is just for
information.  But yes, it is possible to link EFI COFF code by it.
You need to specify the proper entry-point (by -e option) and you need
to set the proper sub-system  There are pre-defined aliases for
sub-systems

"native" (1)
"windows" (2)
"console" (3)
"posix" (7)
"wince" (9)
"xbox" (14)

So can specify subsystem by ld's option '-subsystem=".  The argument
of this option is either one of the strings above or a number.

Regards,
Kai

Thanks, this is getting me closer to what I want. Now, I have an object file that just has a .text section, but, when linked with x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld -e main -subsystem=10, a .idata section is added. Additionally, .text is extended with several zeros (for alignment I'm guessing?) and the symbol table is claiming there's a (completely 0-filled) __CTOR_LIST__ and __DTOR_LIST__ in the middle of the added 0s. Can the added section and padding be safely removed?


Cheers,
Shea Levy


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