ELFTOAOUT(1)ELFTOAOUT(1)NAMEelftoaout - ELF to a.out convertor
SYNOPSISelftoaout [ -b ] [ -o outfile ] [ -V ] infile
DESCRIPTIONelftoaout converts a 32bit or 64bit SPARC ELF image to a.out format.
This is needed for SPARC bootstraps, as Sun PROM expects a.out image
when booting via net or tape or from the disk. On the disk, most of the
people use SILO, which uses elftoaout to create first stage loader, but
understands ELF format, so you don't need to convert a kernel if you
will boot it with SILO.
OPTIONS-b sun4 format. Unlike other PROMs ( sun4[cdemu] ), sun4 PROM does
not understand the 32bit a.out header and thus this option
strips the header from the image. Other PROMs need such a
header, so use this only if you are building an image for sun4
or other architectures that explicitly reqire a headerless
image.
-V Print elftoaout version and exit.
-o outfile
Specify output file name, instead of the default a.out
-c Compute an image checksum and store it in a.out header.
infile Required parameter which specifies the ELF image to be con‐
verted.
BUGS
This utility can handle just a couple of specific cases needed for ker‐
nel and SILO conversions, but is not able to to convert all ELF bina‐
ries to a.out. It can only convert static binaries and has a couple of
other limitations.
AUTHORelftoaout has been written by Pete A. Zaitcev <zaitcev@vger.rut‐
gers.edu>, support for 64bit ELF has been added by Jakub Jelinek
<jj@ultra.linux.cz>.
AVAILABILITYelftoaout is available for anonymous ftp from sunsite.mff.cuni.cz in
/OS/Linux/Sparc/local/elftoaout/.
SEE ALSOsilo(8)Elftoaout version 2.3 June 2000 ELFTOAOUT(1)
