NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     elf2aout - convert a NetBSD ELF-format executable to NetBSD a.out format

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     elf2aout elf-file aout-file

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     Reads a fully-linked ELF executable (such as a  linked kernel) and produces
 an equivalent a.out format executable file.

     The elf2aout utility is used to convert native NetBSD ELF binaries to
     a.out format, for compatibility with bootblocks and kernel-reading utilities
 like kvm(3) and kvm_mkdb(8), which currently expect an a.out format
     kernel.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     elf2ecoff(1), ld(1), kvm(3), a.out(5), elf(5), kvm_mkdb(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     elf2aout was originally developed for NetBSD/pmax by Ted Lemon and was
     first distributed with the pmax port of NetBSD 1.1.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     elf2aout assumes there are no multiply-referenced symbols in the input
     ELF symbol section.   It may be necessary to link with -x to avoid such
     duplicate symbols.

     In some environments, the GNU binutils objcopy(1) utility may be a better
     solution than .

BSD                           September 30, 1996                           BSD