b.out/COFF/ELF Converter (cof960/objcopy)

The b.out/COFF/ELF object converter copies its input file to an output file, performing any specified conversions. There are three kinds of conversion: byte order, object format, and stripping.

• If no byte order options are given, output byte order matches input byte order. Actual 80960 code is always in target order, but the headers, symbol information, and relocation directives can vary.
• If no object format options are given, the object format is not changed.
• If the output format is does not match the input format, a strip (S option) is performed automatically.

The invocation command is:

cof960 | objcopy -option ... infile [ outfile ]

Each option must be preceded by a - character. (On DOS, you can also use a / character.) The options are listed below.

The infile is an object file or an object file archive. If outfile is omitted, or if the p option is used, the converter transforms the file in place.

• b
  Outputs in big-endian byte order.
• C
  Strips CCINFO from output file.
• c
  Copies the file rather than moving it.
• Fbout
  Outputs in b.out format.
• Fcoff
  Outputs in COFF format.
• Felf
  Outputs in ELF format.
• h
  Outputs in host's byte order.
• help
  Displays help information and exits.
• J
  Removes unneeded COFF storage class tags from output symbol table with System V R3.2-style compression (cprs).
• l
  Outputs in little-endian byte order.
• p
  Converts in place. Overwrites the input file with output (the converted file). This option allows you to specify a list of files (for example, *.o) to be converted in place.
• q
  Suppresses printed information about current processing. This is the default.
• r
  Converts a little-endian file to a big-endian file.
• S
  Strips the file. This is performed automatically if the input file format differs from the specified output file format. The S option generates an error if used for an object file archive.
• V
  Displays version information and then processes the rest of the specified options.
• v
  Prints information about current processing.
• v960
  Displays version information and exits.
• x
  Reduces the size of an object file by stripping global symbols that were promoted from locals. Do not use this option with two-pass compilation.
• z
  Suppresses writing a time stamp in the COFF file header.

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