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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: rahul dev <rahul_dev_agg@yahoo.co.in>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: elf core file format for powerpc
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:19:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080205131927.GC10652@caradoc.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <212813.1619.qm@web94607.mail.in2.yahoo.com>

On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 06:37:08PM +0530, rahul dev wrote:
> Also, is anyone aware of any link that describes the core file format (elf, linux over powerpc) ?  I particulary need information about "note0, .reg, .reg2" sections.

You're using objdump; try using readelf instead.  That gives a more
accurate picture of the contents.  Then read the ELF gABI which
describes the format of core files.

> Also, is the code for "gcore" available on the internet. I need the
> source code for "gcore" that creates a core file in elf format and
> also adds sections "note0, .reg, .reg2".

Of course it is.  It's in the source package for GDB.  But it uses the
BFD library, so it's a little complicated to find out where each piece
is implemented.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


  reply	other threads:[~2008-02-05 13:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-05 13:07 rahul dev
2008-02-05 13:19 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
2008-02-05 13:26   ` rahul dev
2008-02-05 13:31     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-02-05 13:43       ` rahul dev
2008-02-05 19:32         ` Jim Blandy
2008-02-05 19:37           ` Jim Blandy
2008-02-05 19:45           ` rahul dev

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