[Mingw-users] Generating HAL.DEF File from HAL.DLL

[Miller, S. <sha...@yr...>]

Good day to all,

I've been trying to figure out how to get past some linking problems
(missing symbols from libXXX.a) and wanted to summarize what I've gotten
so far as well as to ask 2 questions:

  echo Generate .DEF for HAL.DLL
  pexports.exe hal.dll > hal.def

  echo Generate .a from .DEF
  i586-mingw32msvc-dlltool --kill-at --output-lib libhal.a --def hal.def

  echo Confirm symbols.
  i586-mingw32msvc-nm libhal.a | grep KfRaise

I had come across the 'dlltool' line while reading a message from Danny
Smith in the thread "Re: [Mingw-users] _imp functions not found when
linking" on Jun 22nd, 2008.  In his e-mail, Danny attached a HAL.DEF
file.

I am wondering: What process is used by MinGW developers to generate
these .DEF files?  In Danny's .DEF file, 'KfRaiseIrql' is commented-out.
Are such commented-out functions a matter of contributors contributing
the proper @xx ?

Thank you for MinGW!

- Shao Miller