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** Question about binutils/GNU binutils

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From: Nikolaus E Schuessler
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 13:33
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I got the binutils (1.94-beta) to compile as a cross compiler for
680x0 platforms.  Here is my configuration line:

 configure -target=m68k-sony-bsd mips-dec-ultrix4.2

I also have gas configured as as68, or the 68000 assembler...

So, I now can ask my questions:

1) Are there any docs on the assembly syntax used by gas? I was told by
   someone that it is a pseudo-mit syntax.... I'm not familiar with
   the mit format however...

2) Are there docs on the object format that gas/gld produce... it is possible
   to get header structs, etc, from the gld source, but it isn't exactly
   clear what's going on there....

3) gld -r obj1 obj2 obj3  is supposed to keep the relocation info, right?
   Is it supposed to even though all the references resolve? I don't seem
   to be getting any relocation info...

4) On UNIX systems, do all programs get compiled to run at one address,
   whereafter memory mapping/hardware stuff is used to do the translation
   as opposed to the loader? If so, what affects the decision on what
   that address is? does it matter?

Thanks in advance ...

-- 
Niko Schuessler               
Project Vincent Systems Manager              email: niko@iastate.edu
Iowa State University Computation Center     voice: (515) 294-1672
Ames IA 50010                                snail: 272 Durham 
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