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Re: COFF File Format Spec
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- To: gh299 at ecs dot soton dot ac dot uk
- Cc: harshad dot joglekar at wipro dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, mahesh dot hirehal at wipro dot com
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 09:00:53 -0500
- Subject: Re: COFF File Format Spec
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203171352480.10570-100000@ugnode1.ecs.soton.ac.uk>
> I have just discovered an urgent need for information on the COFF format
> myself, particually relocation. So if you do find any information I would
> greatly appricate it if you could forward it to me.
>
> What I have found so far is that COFF and Portable Executable (PE files)
> seem to be pretty much identical. I am not sure, but I believe that ECOFF
> (Microsofts flavour of COFF) is the same as PE.
Unfortunately, relocations are one of the things that differ quite a
bit between COFF and PE, usually in subtle and nasty ways.