<html lang="en"> <head> <title>TI COFF - Untitled</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Untitled"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.7"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Machine-Dependent.html#Machine-Dependent" title="Machine Dependent"> <link rel="prev" href="SPU-ELF.html#SPU-ELF" title="SPU ELF"> <link rel="next" href="WIN32.html#WIN32" title="WIN32"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- This file documents the GNU linker LD (GNU Binutils) version 2.19. Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.--> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <p> <a name="TI-COFF"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="WIN32.html#WIN32">WIN32</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="SPU-ELF.html#SPU-ELF">SPU ELF</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Machine-Dependent.html#Machine-Dependent">Machine Dependent</a> <hr><br> </div> <h3 class="section">4.12 <span class="command">ld</span>'s Support for Various TI COFF Versions</h3> <p><a name="index-TI-COFF-versions-612"></a><a name="index-_002d_002dformat_003d_0040var_007bversion_007d-613"></a>The <span class="samp">--format</span> switch allows selection of one of the various TI COFF versions. The latest of this writing is 2; versions 0 and 1 are also supported. The TI COFF versions also vary in header byte-order format; <span class="command">ld</span> will read any version or byte order, but the output header format depends on the default specified by the specific target. </body></html>