Top "Binutils" questions

objdump and ARM vs Thumb

I'm trying to disassemble an object built for ARM with gcc. Unfortunately, objdump is trying to guess whether the code …

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An objcopy equivalent for Mac / iPhone?

I would like to rename symbols inside object files (.o) with something that would be the Mac equivalent of binutils' …

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How to link a gas assembly program that uses the C standard library with ld without using gcc?

As an exercise to learn more precisely how c programs work and what minimum level of content must exist for …

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How to compile an assembly file to a raw binary (like DOS .com) format with GNU assembler (as)?

I want to compile this source code in Windows (It just an example): start: NOP NOP When I compile it …

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cross compiling, why "checking whether we are cross compiling... no"?

I'm trying to compile cross-platform tools-chain by myself. When I compiled binutils-2.22, it success but why appear "checking whether we …

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unable to compile: unrecognized relocation 0x2a in section text

I have received an error message when compiled "make" $ make g++ -fopenmp -o lang.test main.o -I../../../include/Lheader …

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Difference between nm and objdump

Looking at the manuals, objdump and nm have overlapping features. When would you use each one? What was the original …

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Glibc vs GCC vs binutils compatibility

Is there a sort of official documentation about version compatibility between binutils, glibc and GCC? I found this matrix for …

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When to use --dynamic option in nm

Sometimes when I do nm on a .so file (for example, libstdc++.so.6), it says no symbols, and I need …

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Does the order of -l and -L options in the GNU linker matter?

The -l option tells the linker to search the libraries in the standard dirs. And with -L, we can specify …

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