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Where can I find the documentation for the GNU tools used by EDK?

EDK uses a selection of GNU tools. The appropriate documentation can be found at the following location:

In particular, the documentation for some of the more commonly used GNU tools can be found at the locations listed below:

GNU Compiler (GCC) Documentation Homepage

To find out what the current version of the GCC compilers are, open a cygwin shell and run the following commands:

$ powerpc-eabi-gcc -v

$ mb-gcc -v

GAS - GNU Assembler

GLD - GNU Linker

GAR - GNU Archiver

ObjCopy - Copy and translate object files

ObjDump - Display information from object files

ReadElf - Display the contents of ELF format files.

AR# 20666 11.1 EDK - Where can I find the documentation for the GNU tools such as GCC, GAS, GAR and GLD?