From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eli Zaretskii To: taylor@cygnus.com Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com, sandmann@clio.rice.edu, djgpp-workers@delorie.com Subject: Re: Adding support for core files to DJGPP Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 07:49:00 -0000 Message-id: <200103301534.KAA28533@indy.delorie.com> References: <200103301443.JAA24895@texas.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-03/msg00326.html > Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:43:39 -0500 > From: David Taylor > > If you are designing the core file format for DJGPP, I would recommend > making it an ELF file. It sounds like that: you are the second person (out of two who replied) who suggested that. Thanks. > I believe that the Sys V ABI specifies for Sys > V systems much of the core file layout stuff; rather than invent a new > format, I would suggest using that. Where can I find these specifications that you mention above? > If you really want a custom core file format, for the GDB part, look > at the struct 'core_fns' (gdbcore.h) and the functions in corelow.c. > For examples, look at core-*.c. Thanks again. > Good luck. We'll need it, I know ;-)