Xref: news2.mv.net comp.arch.embedded:6586 comp.os.msdos.djgpp:2177 From: yabuki AT sra DOT CO DOT JP (Yabuki Youichi) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.arch.embedded Subject: Re: COFF Documents needed Date: 26 Mar 1996 10:02:21 GMT Organization: Software Research Associates, Inc., Japan Lines: 30 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: Reply-To: yabuki AT sra DOT co DOT jp NNTP-Posting-Host: sramhc.sra.co.jp In-reply-to: ken@rahul.net's message of Fri, 22 Mar 1996 17:26:49 -0500 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp In article gumby AT cygnus DOT com (D.V. Henkel-Wallace) writes: > In article , ken AT calast DOT com wrote: > The O'reilly book was full of incorrect info anyway; I know because I > attempted to depend on it when designing bfd. > Instead, look at bfd. Each COFF is different, and bfd implements many of them. > > I suddenly have a need to obtain a good reference book on the COFF format > > for a program under development at my company. In the past, I have > > recommended the O'Reilly & Associates COFF book as being the best > > reference around. Unfortunately, not enough people were interested, > > because O'Reilly ran out and decided not to restock. It seems they had > > books sitting about in their warehouse for years. Thus, the book is now out > > of print, they will not come out with a new version, and the local tech > > bookstores are out of stock (as is O'Reilly). So, > > > > 1) Anyone out there willing to part with their copy? > > > > 2) Alternatively, can anyone recommend a different book that contains the > > COFF specification? I have refered "UNIX System V Programmer's Guide Release 3.1" from AT&T when implementing bfd for some COFF machine. > Instead, look at bfd. Each COFF is different, and bfd implements many of them. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I agree. I have to read system header files very carefully. # YABUKI Youich, SRA Inc., Wingnut project