old-cross-binutils/ld
Nick Clifton c38f024c3d PR 600
* emulparams/shelf.sh (.stack): Increase stack start address to 0x300000.
2004-12-23 12:27:45 +00:00
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emulparams PR 600 2004-12-23 12:27:45 +00:00
emultempl 2004-11-30 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com> 2004-11-30 17:45:54 +00:00
po * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am". 2004-09-17 06:15:39 +00:00
scripttempl * scripttempl/pe.sc (.data): Add .jcr subsection. 2004-11-30 23:54:53 +00:00
testsuite 2004-12-21 Tomer Levi <Tomer.Levi@nsc.com> 2004-12-22 08:14:38 +00:00
acinclude.m4
aclocal.m4 * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am". 2004-09-17 06:15:39 +00:00
ChangeLog PR 600 2004-12-23 12:27:45 +00:00
ChangeLog-0001 Split ChangeLog files. 2004-01-02 11:16:21 +00:00
ChangeLog-0203 Restore 2002 ChangeLog history. 2004-04-16 23:56:29 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197
ChangeLog-9899
config.in * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am". 2004-09-17 06:15:39 +00:00
configure * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am". 2004-09-17 06:15:39 +00:00
configure.host Add PowerPC LynxOS support 2004-05-17 19:50:16 +00:00
configure.in * configure.in: Set EXTRA_SHLIB_EXTENSION to .a for LynxOS. 2004-06-18 16:13:13 +00:00
configure.tgt Add support for s390x-ibm-tpf target 2004-12-16 16:02:59 +00:00
deffile.h
deffilep.y
dep-in.sed
fdl.texi
gen-doc.texi
genscripts.sh 2004-10-21 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2004-10-21 15:20:35 +00:00
h8-doc.texi
ld.h ld/ 2004-10-04 16:45:51 +00:00
ld.texinfo Add support for --subsystem:xbox as well as --subsystem:<number>. 2004-11-26 09:42:04 +00:00
ldcref.c PR 44 2004-10-13 02:28:01 +00:00
ldctor.c * ldctor.c (ldctor_add_set_entry): Fix comment typo. 2004-10-15 05:54:11 +00:00
ldctor.h
ldemul.c * ldemul.c: Convert to ISO-C. 2003-12-07 23:52:44 +00:00
ldemul.h * ldemul.h: Forward declare struct option. 2004-12-07 12:29:41 +00:00
ldexp.c * ldexp.h (exp_data_seg): Add min_base and maxpagesize fields. 2004-12-17 15:50:02 +00:00
ldexp.h * ldexp.h (exp_data_seg): Add min_base and maxpagesize fields. 2004-12-17 15:50:02 +00:00
ldfile.c PR 423 2004-10-11 02:40:47 +00:00
ldfile.h * ldfile.c (ldfile_set_output_arch): Add defarch param. 2004-01-03 11:09:07 +00:00
ldgram.y Add ORIGIN and LENGTH linker script operators. 2004-11-19 09:31:55 +00:00
ldint.texinfo
ldlang.c * ldexp.h (exp_data_seg): Add min_base and maxpagesize fields. 2004-12-17 15:50:02 +00:00
ldlang.h * Makefile.in (earmsymbian.c): Depend on armbpabi.sc, not elf.sc. 2004-10-26 18:41:52 +00:00
ldlex.h
ldlex.l Add ORIGIN and LENGTH linker script operators. 2004-11-19 09:31:55 +00:00
ldmain.c Issue an error message if -static and -shared are used together. 2004-12-20 15:16:06 +00:00
ldmain.h bfd/ 2004-07-19 16:40:52 +00:00
ldmisc.c * ldmisc.c (vfinfo): Handle the case where %B is passed a NULL BFD. 2004-12-16 15:40:36 +00:00
ldmisc.h bfd/ 2004-08-13 03:16:01 +00:00
ldver.c * ldemul.c: Convert to ISO-C. 2003-12-07 23:52:44 +00:00
ldver.h
ldwrite.c bfd/ 2004-06-24 04:46:28 +00:00
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c bfd/ 2004-11-15 23:21:27 +00:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am Change LOCALEDIR to $(datadir)/share. 2004-11-30 17:20:48 +00:00
Makefile.in Change LOCALEDIR to $(datadir)/share. 2004-11-30 17:20:48 +00:00
mri.c ld/ 2004-10-04 16:45:51 +00:00
mri.h
NEWS Add ORIGIN and LENGTH linker script operators. 2004-11-19 09:31:55 +00:00
pe-dll.c * pe-dll.c (process_def_file): Don't export all symbols by default if 2004-10-24 01:00:12 +00:00
pe-dll.h
README
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h
TODO

		README for LD

This is the GNU linker.  It is distributed with other "binary
utilities" which should be in ../binutils.  See ../binutils/README for
more general notes, including where to send bug reports.

There are many features of the linker:

* The linker uses a Binary File Descriptor library (../bfd)
  that it uses to read and write object files.  This helps
  insulate the linker itself from the format of object files.

* The linker supports a number of different object file
  formats.  It can even handle multiple formats at once:
  Read two input formats and write a third.

* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.

* The linker supports a control language.

* There is a user manual (ld.texinfo), as well as the
  beginnings of an internals manual (ldint.texinfo).

Installation
============

See ../binutils/README.

If you want to make a cross-linker, you may want to specify
a different search path of -lfoo libraries than the default.
You can do this by setting the LIB_PATH variable in ./Makefile
or using the --with-lib-path configure switch.

To build just the linker, make the target all-ld from the top level
directory (one directory above this one).

Porting to a new target
=======================

See the ldint.texinfo manual.

Reporting bugs etc
===========================

See ../binutils/README.

Known problems
==============

The Solaris linker normally exports all dynamic symbols from an
executable.  The GNU linker does not do this by default.  This is
because the GNU linker tries to present the same interface for all
similar targets (in this case, all native ELF targets).  This does not
matter for normal programs, but it can make a difference for programs
which try to dlopen an executable, such as PERL or Tcl.  You can make
the GNU linker export all dynamic symbols with the -E or
--export-dynamic command line option.

HP/UX 9.01 has a shell bug that causes the linker scripts to be
generated incorrectly.  The symptom of this appears to be "fatal error
- scanner input buffer overflow" error messages.  There are various
workarounds to this:
  * Build and install bash, and build with "make SHELL=bash".
  * Update to a version of HP/UX with a working shell (e.g., 9.05).
  * Replace "(. ${srcdir}/scripttempl/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sc)" in
    genscripts.sh with "sh ${srcdir}..." (no parens) and make sure the
    emulparams script used exports any shell variables it sets.