Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!tjs From: tjs@cs.monash.edu.au (Toby Sargeant) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Yaroze & Linux & a NEW version of ARS Date: 22 Feb 1999 22:25:48 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <36C5CAF1.7773F045@hinge.mistral.co.uk> <36C611C4.1EF2546F@identicalsoftware.com> <36C67CBD.1CC0A5C4@hinge.mistral.co.uk> <36C8EC95.220D6B38@identicalsoftware.com> <36C9397B.5C03CC4A@hinge.mistral.co.uk> <36CA25D4.21C19918@identicalsoftware.com> <36CA5CBA.C769392@hinge.mistral.co.uk> <36CE144B.79322E1F@identicalsoftware.com> <36CEA3AC.C1A4151E@hinge.mistral.co.uk> <36D13554.9E398A4A@hinge.mistral.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: longford.cs.monash.edu.au X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.3 UNIX) On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:45:40 +0000, Craig Graham wrote: > > >Toby Sargeant wrote: >> Is this done using BFD? Because if it is, I just automatically gained >> support for psx-exe format executables. Gotta love GNU. > >I'm not sure - I haven't downloaded it (I pay for my phone myself these >days). >I presume so - maybe I'll download it myself sometime. >Although, I would point out that it says it's an EGCS based compiler, not >GCC 2.7.7.2 as the Yaroze PC/Linux compiler most folks use (don't know >if that makes a difference). I'm using 2.8.0 (or possibly .1, I can't remember). It doesn't make a difference though. I downloaded the patch, which was very small, and I couldn't see _anything_ related to writing out psx-exe executables, which makes me highly suspicious that such a thing actually exists. Although it would be very easy to write, I don't think anyone's bothered. (Of course if anyone can verify that it _does_ exist, I'd be interested to hear about it) It's a little bit of a waste for the linker to output psx-exe executables, simply because they don't keep any debugging info. Building a psx-exe from an ecoff image works just as well, can be wrapped in a makefile, and has the benefit of leaving the debugging info intact in at least one place. The only real advantage is in upload tools, where it can dramatically cut down the number of cases that need to be handled. Toby.