bfd_get_relocated_section_contents on hppa and ia64

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Thu Apr 15 16:46:00 GMT 2010


Hi Camm,

> To your knowledge, are there
> any current platforms supporting open source software besides Windows
> and Mac OSX which *do not* use elf?

Sure - VAX (which uses VMS), various embedded OS which often use AOUT or 
PE formats.  HP machines use the SOM format.  I am sure that there are 
others as well.

> But it would appear the the many other non-elf bfd-supported
> target formats are defacto legacy at present.  True?

Yes.  Well yes-ish.  ELF is the format of the future (IMHO) but these 
legacy environments are going to be around for a long time to come.

Cheers
   Nick



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