lfs-book/appendixa/bin86-desc.xml

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<title>Contents</title>

<para>
The Bin86 contains the as86, as86_encap, ld86, objdump86, nm86 and
size86 programs.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>as86</title>

<para>
as86 is an assembler for the 8086...80386 processors.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3><title>as86_encap</title>

<para>
as86_encap is a shell script to call as86 and convert the created binary 
into a C file prog.v to be included in or linked with programs like boot 
block installers.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3><title>ld86</title>

<para>
ld86 understands only the object files produced by the as86 assembler, it 
can link them into either an impure or a separate I&amp;D executable.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3><title>objdump86</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3><title>nm86</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3><title>size86</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

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