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Subject: Re: gcc object format -> need motorola s-records.
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Josef Karthauser wrote:

>Does anyone know how to control the type of output files that gcc
>creates?  I need to generate motorola S-records instead of ELF files,
>but I can't find a switch to make this happen.  Do I need to build a new
>compiler by hand, and if so, does anyone know what the backend object
>format is called?
>
>Thanks,
>Joe
>  
>
you need to option this capability into gcc on the build, it's not 
automatically brought in.