Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 09:20:54 +0400 (MSD)
From: "Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav AT video DOT yars DOT free DOT net>
Message-Id: <199605160520.JAA13977@video.yars.free.net>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, lehmann AT mathematik DOT th-darmstadt DOT de
Subject: Re: ELF wanted

> I think ELF places more restrictions on code style than COFF (if COFF does
> at all). The code is usually position independent (probably only for libraries)
> but you have to keep one register unused that is used for making calls
> position independent. So converting from COFF to ELF is probably not possible.
> (Well, that's what I gathered from some announcements with Linux moved to
>  ELF, maybe I'm incorrect)

The conerson is definitly possible. SCO OSE5 linker automatically starts
such a converter (don't remember how it is called) if some object files
are coff and some elf.