New object file parser?

[Dan Towner <dant at picochip dot com>]

Hi all,

I am porting gdb to a new processor architecture (embedded
multi-processor DSP). Currently, although we use gcc as our compiler, we
have a proprietary assembler and linker, which generate non-standard
object and executable files. Now, faced with the task of getting the
symbol table information from the object file through to gdb, is it
easier to:

 1) Write a new parser for BFD.

or

 2) Write a converter which generates a standard object file format from
our proprietary format.

Whichever route I take, which object file would be the easier to deal
with? From what I have seen, I think that a.out would be the best, but
is there anything simpler? 

Dan,

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Daniel Towner
picoChip Designs Ltd., Riverside Buildings, 108, Walcot Street, BATH,
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