Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [tkreuzer] 52133: [OBJ2BIN] - Add new tool obj2bin, that converts a coff object file into a raw binary file - Move pe/coff types into a common header file pecoff.h

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On 08/06/2011 1.13, Timo Kreuzer wrote:
> >   Why is this
> > needed? ie: what missing functionality of obj2dump does
> >  this tool add?
> >  I'm only asking because whenever I build ARM binaries with GCC I use
> >  obj2dump to do exactly this -- convert a PE/COFF to a raw binary for
> >  the boot-loader or firmware.
> >  So maybe I'm missing something?
> >  Best regards,
> >  Alex Ionescu
> >  
>  This is for MSVC builds. MSVC doesn't come with such a tool and I don't
>  want to depend on installation of extra tools. 
... we already need binutils for gas, especially now that you're phasing
out nasm, so I don't see why objdump is out