From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Toshi Morita <tm2@best.com>
To: mnshukla@cirrus.stpp.soft.net (MNShukla)
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Query...
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:47:00 -0000
Message-id: <200104191646.JAA24282@shell14.ba.best.com>
References: <3ADEBD3D.EE537BDA@cirrus.stpp.soft.net>
X-SW-Source: 2001-04/msg00927.html

> Hi,
> 
> I am generating obj files by using ARM-gcc, gcc-for-PC(intel) and
> ARM-ADS. I am getting difference in the ELF-header, the values of EI_PAD
> of e_ident[] is as follows--
> 
> EI_PAD = 0x61 for ARM-gcc and
> EI_PAD = 0x00 for ARM-ADS and PC-gcc.
> 
> Can somebody point me what does it signify?
> Now, if I want to link obj's generated by ARM-ADS with obj generated by
> ARM-gcc, it is not able to link and says format difeerent.

GCC doesn't generate binary file formats. That is the job
of the assembler, which is not a part of the GCC package.

You need to ask this on the binutils mailing list.

Toshi