> I don't think COFF extends across operating systems?? Syscalls and
> such are inherently non-portable.
Wasn't the ABI interface defined as a shared library,
not the actual syscall instruction?
> Mark J. Reed wrote:
> >
> > My last question was a little vague. Let me be more specific.
> >
> > I have a library of COFF executables with which I wish to link.
> > These are all, according to file(1),
> >
> > 80386 COFF executable not stripped - version 30821
> >
> > However, nm(1) and ld(1) give me
> >
> > malformed input (not a rel file or archive)
> >
> > Rumor has it that Linux supports COFF, so what do I need to do to be
> > able to link with these guys?
It support the execution of COFF, not the development of COFF
binaries.
Eric Gisin, ericg@unixg.ubc.ca