NAME
elf2ecoff
- convert a NetBSD ELF-format executable to NetBSD ECOFF format
SYNOPSIS
elf2ecoff
elf-file
ecoff-file
DESCRIPTION
Reads a fully-linked ELF executable (such as a linked kernel)
and produces an equivalent ECOFF format executable file.
The
elf2ecoff
utility is used to convert native
NetBSD
ELF binaries
to ECOFF format, for compatibility with DECstation diskless-boot
PROM code and diskless-boot servers that require ECOFF format binaries.
SEE ALSO
elf2aout(1),
ld(1),
kvm(3),
a.out(5),
elf(5),
kvm_mkdb(8)
HISTORY
elf2ecoff
was originally developed for
NetBSD/pmax
by Ted Lemon
and was first distributed with the pmax port of
NetBSD1.1.
BUGS
elf2ecoff
assumes there are no multiply-referenced symbols in the input ELF symbol
section.
It may be necessary to link with
-x
to avoid duplicate symbols.
In some environments, the GNU binutils
objcopy(1)
utility may be a better solution than
.