Thanks everyone for the ideas on decompiling. I now have several options to pursue, along with a commercial solution, should I need it.
James, I'm not sure where you get that bit about decompiling one's employer's code being illegal. Although, it might be a breach of contract if there is some signed document that was part of the hiring process or at some later date. If, that information were disclosed, there might also be trad secret issues, but to the best of my knowledge, that would be a civil complaint. Now selling that information to competitors that's corporate espionage and is criminal.
However, since, I am my employer, I'm free to do anything I want with my company's code. This however is for a product I purchased years ago and still has no Linux driver.
Thanks all, Brian JD
--- On Fri, 10/2/09, jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com wrote:
Subject: Re: Decompilers Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 10:38 PM I am just saying that if you have information to leak, then wikileaks is the place to do it. For example, object files to be decompiled....
The problem with decompilation of your employers code is that it is illegal, and any derived works from it are also illegal.
The technical details, objdump from the gnu binutils, and the gdb would be the first tools to use in a decompilation. You would first need to build them for the chipset.
mike
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Jeffrey Watts jeffrey.w.watts@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps I'm missing something, but I'm not sure
Wikileaks is exactly the
best place to go for someone wanting help using a
decompiler...
Jeffrey.
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 1:32 PM, jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com
wrote:
I suggest you watch this video on this topic :
http://xml.truveo.com/eb/i/2417592453/a/5f62953ab8dba73576711df5b5a4d647/p/1...
Check the site: http://www.wikileaks.org/
Nothing can stop the signal....
h4ck3rm1k3
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