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authorTom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2008-12-23 01:22:57 +0000
committerTom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2008-12-23 01:22:57 +0000
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Add a basic manual page for elf2aout.
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+.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Tom Rhodes
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.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 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 jake@FreeBSD.org .
+This manual page was written by
+.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .