Elf vs Coff

[Langerholc, Larry]

How do you know if a Gnu based compiler is using elf or coff format? For
instance I build a native compiler for HP-UX and a cross-compiler (that runs
on HP-UX) for SCO . then there's the compilers that run on Unixware - UDK
and EGCS Skunkware. Do you know the format for each of those or how to find
out? Nothing critical, but I'm just curious.

Larry Langerholc 
e-mail: larry.langerholc@icn.siemens.com 
phone: (561)-997-3789
fax:   (561)-997-3708


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey A Law [ mailto:law@cygnus.com ]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 11:19 PM
> To: crossgcc@cygnus.com
> Subject: Re: Elf vs Coff 
> 
> 
> 
>   In message 
> < 01BEBD60.FDCAF7C0.davidwilliams@ozemail.com.au >you write:
>   > Does current GCC (ECGS) support M68K-ELF?
> Yes.  Configure a recent snapshot for m68k-elf and all should be well.
> 
> Far more folks designing new systems are using ELF as the 
> object format of
> choice.  It's a more descriptive format and as a result fewer 
> folks have had
> the need to extend it in incompatible ways.
> 
> You also get to ride on the backs of a much larger 
> user/developer base to
> help keep the tools solid.  coff gets far less attention than 
> ELF from a
> development standpoint.
> jeff
> 
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