From:	tkuehne <tkuehne AT gwdg DOT de>
Subject:	Reusing precompiled object code
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date:	Tue, 31 May 1994 18:26:26 +0200 (MET DST)

Hi everybody!
Here is my problem:
I want to use DJGPP to do some serious programming
for my diploma. I have to be able to drive an A/D-Converter.
There are pre-compiled libraries available for C, FORTRAN, Pascal.
Unfortunately the C libraries are intended for use with the compilers
by Borland and Microsoft. I have been able to extract the object codes
from the libraries. However, when I try to get DJGPP to recognize them
using 
  
   objdump -x xxxx.obj

I get a 'xxxx.obj is no object file' error. Using 'objdump -i' shows
the expected result. Only 'COFF'-style objects are supported. I'd
like to know if there is any chance to get the code to work with DJGPP.

Next, setting aside the legalese of such an action would it be possible
to disassemble the object modules and just pipe the output through GAS
to produce sensible object files?

Forgive me if these questions are pretty dumb (keywords: huge memory model <->
32-bit flat memory, real mode code <-> 32-bit code) , but I simply had to ask.
Pointers, remarks etc. are highly appreciated. 


Bye,

  Thomas Kuehne
  (tkuehne AT gwdg DOT de)

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