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.Dd December 23, 2008
.Dt ELF2AOUT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm elf2aout
.Nd "Convert ELF binary to a.out format"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl o Ar outfile
.Ar infile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility is used to convert an ELF formatted binary,
namely a kernel, to an a.out formatted one.
Most
.Tn OpenBoot
firmware require an a.out format or FCode boot image
and this utility is designed to accommodate.
If
.Ar infile
is not in ELF format, an error message will be presented.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr elf 3 ,
.Xr a.out 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Fx 4.6 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Jake Burkholder Aq Mt jake@FreeBSD.org .
This manual page was written by
.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org .
