Binary File format

Hi all,

I am investigating the potential to initiate a project to port a Linux kernel to a new processor. This processor lacks of MMU so we have to adopt the uClinux approach.

Currently, the available tools can generate only COFF executable files.
What are the restrictions imposed by this ?? Can we initiate the project and wait a couple of months until the ELF tools are available ?

From what I found until now it *seems* that we will not able to compile the 2.4.x kernel. Is this true ? Are there any parts that cannot be compiled ? or the functionality of the tools will not be able to produce image ??

TIA

Yannis

From: Yannis Mitsos <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 11:48:08 +0300

From what I found until now it *seems* that we will not able to compile
the 2.4.x kernel. Is this true ?

There are quite a few dependencies on ELF, such as the ability to put code/data into arbitrarily named sections. If COFF can do this, you're fine.

There are other dependencies on ELF, I just can't name them off the top of my head right now.