Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 04:43:49 -0500 (EST)
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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Adding support for core files to DJGPP
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> From: jtc AT redback DOT com (J.T. Conklin)
> Date: 30 Mar 2001 11:43:59 -0800
> 
> For a host environment like DJGPP, I agree with the recommendation for
> ELF crash dumps.  
> 
> However, I wanted to mention that for embedded environments, it may be
> better to use a custom crash dump format.  One requirement I had was I
> had to write dumps to streaming media (in other words, no seeks).  I
> suspect I could have written ELF dumps by doing two passes over the
> system (one to compute the offsets, another to write the dump), it was
> simpler to use a format designed for streaming from the get go.

Is there any place one can see the code or docs of what you've
written?