Re: [ros-dev] Proposal to change .sym files

[Hartmut Birr]

Ge van Geldorp schrieb:

> >  From: Hartmut
> > Birr
> >
> > I'm not sure if you mean objcopy instead of objdump. Objcopy
> > for pe images isn't usable, because it changes the file and
> > section allignments. I think that we need a tool which creates
> > our new debug section as coff object file from the *.nostriped.*
> > and that we need our own linker scripts which adds the section
> > at the correct position within the image. This needs also a
> > little change in freeldr, because the symbol section must be
> > located after the bss section in ntoskrnl.   
> >     
> >  
> This is getting a bit over my head, I'm no hero with COFF, linker scripts
> and binutils in general. If I code the generation of the basic symbol file,
> would someone else be able (and willing) to change it to a COFF object file
> and do the linker magic?
>
> Gé van Geldorp.
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Hi,

the coff format is very simple if no relocation and debug infos are 
needed. A good starting point is http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/coff. 
I've add a little diff. Rsym puts each symbol info in a file named 
symbol.coff. Ntoskrnl is build with the symbol section. While inspecting 
ntoskrnl.exe, I've found some other bugs. Ntoskrnl.exe contains always a 
.stab and a .stabstr section. There exist relocation entries for the 
.stab and .stabstr section. There exist relocation entries for addresses 
after the end of the image.

- Hartmut