[Bug binutils/196] objdump fails to read a .sys file

[James at superbug dot demon dot co dot uk]

------- Additional Comments From James at superbug dot demon dot co dot uk  
2004-06-10 12:58 -------
I don't understand why this has been requested. That url mentions a number of
different thing.
1) A simple one line change to libbfd lets objdump work as
IMAGE_SCN_MEM_NOT_PAGED was not supported.
2) In fact it is not clear of the specification for this format is in the public
domain. <- This seems to be untrue.

I prefer the following suggested solution:
3) BFD does not currently support the concept of a
non-paged section.  (It supports non-paged binary object files, where
all of the sections are not paged, but not on a per-section basis).

Such support could be added of course, but it would involve someone
doing the work.

If the only problem you had was bfd barfing on the
IMAGE_SCN_MEM_NOT_PAGED flag however, then it might well be possible
to add a switch to change the error message to a warning and allow the
dump to continue.

Summary:
I think "allow the dump to continue" is the best solution.


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