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fix up .Nm usage

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lukem 1997-10-18 13:50:02 +00:00
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.Os NetBSD 1.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm elf2ecoff
.\" Why doesn't this work right? mdoc(7) nor mdoc.samples(7) lists
.\" .Nd, except for a passing reference in the latter.
.Nd convert a NetBSD ELF-format executable to NetBSD a.out format
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm elf2ecoff elf-file ecoff-file
.Nm elf2ecoff
.Ar elf-file
.Ar ecoff-file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Reads a fully-linked ELF executable (such as a linked kernel)
and produces an equivalent ECOFF format executable file.
.Pp
The
.Nm elf2ecoff
.Nm
utility is used to convert native NetBSD ELF binaries
to a.out format, for compatibility with DECstation diskless-boot
PROM code and diskless-boot servers that require ECOFF format binaries.
@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ PROM code and diskless-boot servers that require ECOFF format binaries.
.Xr kvm 3 ,
.Xr kvm_mkdb 8 .
.Sh BUGS
.Nm Elf2ecoff
.Nm
assumes there are no multiply-referenced symbols in the input ELF symbol
section. It may be necessary to link with
.Nm -x
.Fl x
to avoid duplicate symbols.
.Pp
In some environments, the GNU binutils
.Nm objcopy
.Xr objcopy 1
utility may be a better solution than
.Nm elf2ecoff .
.Nm "" .
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm Elf2ecoff
.Nm
was originally developed for NetBSD/pmax by Ted Lemon
and was first distributed with the pmax port of
.Nx 1.1 .