elf2ecoff
—
convert a NetBSD ELF-format executable to NetBSD ECOFF
format
elf2ecoff |
elf-file ecoff-file |
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.
elf2ecoff
was originally developed for
NetBSD/pmax by Ted Lemon and was first distributed
with the pmax port of NetBSD 1.1.
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 elf2ecoff
.