On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 9:04 AM, David Edelsohn wrote:
> The attached patch is a start at libiberty simple object support for
> AIX XCOFF file format. With this patch, the simple object API can
> read and write XCOFF files. I need to investigate a little more about
> the proper attributes for XCOF
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Steven Bosscher wrote:
>>
>> Does XCOFF differ a lot from COFF?
>
> In a word, yes. While COFF and XCOFF share a distant ancestor, they
> are in effect completely different object file formats.
simple-obj
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Steven Bosscher wrote:
>
> Does XCOFF differ a lot from COFF?
In a word, yes. While COFF and XCOFF share a distant ancestor, they
are in effect completely different object file formats.
Ian
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 6:04 PM, David Edelsohn wrote:
> There are open questions about how to wedge GCC LTO support into the
> AIX XCOFF file format. I am unsure if LTO can be an additional section
> in the XCOFF file or should be new CSECTs in an existing section.
> Maybe CSECTs in the XCOFF comme
The attached patch is a start at libiberty simple object support for
AIX XCOFF file format. With this patch, the simple object API can
read and write XCOFF files. I need to investigate a little more about
the proper attributes for XCOFF sections written using sobj.
There are open questions about