Re: [Mingw-users] The difference between pe and pei ?

[Kai T. <kti...@go...>]

2012/10/12 Dieter Verfaillie <di...@op...>:
> On 2012-10-12 05:51, Dongsheng Song wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> What's the difference between pe and pei ?
>
> This nugget of info might be useful. Start reading from line 40:
> http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/bfd/libpei.h?annotate=1.25&cvsroot=src
>
> mvg,
> Dieter

Hmm, not sure if that description is very understandable.  pe-coff is
the PECOFF object file format, and pei-coff is the PECOFF IMAGE
format.  One difference is that within object-files long sections
names are allowed, but in final-image they are not (yes, they get
emulated, but they aren't supported by spec).

Regards,
Kai