old-cross-binutils/ld
Alan Modra 4a89cbfcf5 * ld-selective/selective.exp: Use check_gc_sections_available.
Remove redundant xfails.
	* ld-selective/sel-dump.exp: Likewise.
2011-10-20 12:34:20 +00:00
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emulparams bfd/ 2011-07-26 01:57:18 +00:00
emultempl PR ld/13254 2011-10-19 04:13:28 +00:00
po Updated Bulgarian, Spanish, Finnish, French, Russian and Ukranian translations. 2011-10-10 16:12:24 +00:00
scripttempl * scripttempl/pe.sc (.text): Add support for 2011-09-27 15:59:55 +00:00
testsuite * ld-selective/selective.exp: Use check_gc_sections_available. 2011-10-20 12:34:20 +00:00
.gitignore bfd/binutils/gas/gprof/ld/libiberty/opcodes: add .gitignore 2010-12-09 09:03:18 +00:00
aclocal.m4 bfd/ 2010-05-07 12:28:50 +00:00
ChangeLog PR ld/13287 2011-10-20 09:50:59 +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-2004 Fix a typo. 2009-01-13 15:49:13 +00:00
ChangeLog-2005 split changelogs 2006-01-16 23:15:07 +00:00
ChangeLog-2006 Move 2006 ChangeLog entries to ChangeLog-2006. 2007-01-09 14:29:31 +00:00
ChangeLog-2007 Move 2007 ChangeLog entries to ChangeLog-2007. 2008-01-02 21:41:02 +00:00
ChangeLog-2008 2009-01-03 Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com> 2009-01-03 17:43:45 +00:00
ChangeLog-2009 Move 2009 binutils ChangeLog to ChangeLog-2009. 2010-01-01 18:06:10 +00:00
ChangeLog-2010 Rotate binutils ChangeLogs. 2011-01-01 16:43:53 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197 * ChangeLog-9197: Fix typos. 2003-10-25 16:26:30 +00:00
ChangeLog-9899
config.in Regenerate. 2011-06-06 14:51:42 +00:00
configure * configure.in: Check for windows.h, not Windows.h. 2011-03-28 10:27:07 +00:00
configure.host Add support for DragonFlyBSD target. 2011-03-28 11:18:27 +00:00
configure.in * configure.in: Check for windows.h, not Windows.h. 2011-03-28 10:27:07 +00:00
configure.tgt Add initial Intel K1OM support. 2011-07-22 20:22:38 +00:00
deffile.h 2011-04-13 Kai Tietz <ktietz@redhat.com> 2011-04-13 12:53:36 +00:00
deffilep.y 2011-04-18 Kai Tietz <ktietz@redhat.com> 2011-04-18 15:40:27 +00:00
dep-in.sed * dep-in.sed: Don't use \n in replacement part of s command. 2009-06-04 06:57:56 +00:00
elf-hints-local.h 2007-08-10 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2007-08-10 12:25:30 +00:00
fdl.texi etc/ChangeLog 2010-06-08 10:30:56 +00:00
gen-doc.texi include/elf/ 2011-03-31 08:58:28 +00:00
genscrba.sh ld: 2008-01-11 09:11:18 +00:00
genscripts.sh Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY. 2010-12-15 14:56:40 +00:00
h8-doc.texi Replace occurrances of 'Hitachi' with 'Renesas'. 2003-04-15 08:51:55 +00:00
ld.h Implement ld --print-output-format. 2011-07-16 07:58:40 +00:00
ld.texinfo * ldmain.c (add_DT_NEEDED_for_dynamic): Default to FALSE. 2011-08-22 12:35:10 +00:00
ldcref.c PR ld/11367 2010-03-10 22:44:01 +00:00
ldctor.c PR ld/12356 2011-01-13 13:06:22 +00:00
ldctor.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldemul.c Update copyright dates. 2011-01-13 13:34:54 +00:00
ldemul.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldexp.c * ldlang.c (print_assignment): Use the symbol's section if we 2011-05-16 11:34:48 +00:00
ldexp.h PR ld/12726 2011-05-03 14:56:14 +00:00
ldfile.c PR ld/12365 2011-04-20 00:22:08 +00:00
ldfile.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldgram.y include/ChangeLog 2011-07-11 15:03:09 +00:00
ldint.texinfo Add directory section for info document. 2010-10-28 11:40:26 +00:00
ldlang.c PR ld/13287 2011-10-20 09:50:59 +00:00
ldlang.h PR ld/12301 2011-09-20 04:58:56 +00:00
ldlex-wrapper.c ld/ 2010-02-10 19:48:16 +00:00
ldlex.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldlex.l include/ChangeLog 2011-07-11 15:03:09 +00:00
ldmain.c * ldmain.c (main): Move code twiddling various config and link_info 2011-10-10 12:43:14 +00:00
ldmain.h * lexsup.c: Rename --add-needed to --copy-dt-needed-entries. 2009-11-05 15:35:50 +00:00
ldmisc.c * ldmisc.c (vfinfo): Add %H. 2011-05-23 06:13:35 +00:00
ldmisc.h Applied patch series for LD plugin interface (six parts). 2010-10-14 01:31:33 +00:00
ldver.c Update copyright in comments to 2011. 2011-01-01 21:42:17 +00:00
ldver.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldwrite.c * ldwrite.c (build_link_order <lang_data_statement_enum>): Don't 2010-10-21 23:28:06 +00:00
ldwrite.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
lexsup.c * ldmain.c (main): Move code twiddling various config and link_info 2011-10-10 12:43:14 +00:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am Add initial Intel K1OM support. 2011-07-22 20:22:38 +00:00
Makefile.in Add initial Intel K1OM support. 2011-07-22 20:22:38 +00:00
mri.c include/ChangeLog 2011-07-11 15:03:09 +00:00
mri.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
NEWS binutils/ 2011-09-22 08:11:16 +00:00
pe-dll.c * pe-dll.c (generate_reloc): Don't emit a base reloc for an 2011-10-13 02:34:36 +00:00
pe-dll.h 2010-04-05 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2010-04-05 09:04:09 +00:00
pep-dll.c 2010-04-05 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2010-04-05 09:04:09 +00:00
pep-dll.h 2010-04-05 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2010-04-05 09:04:09 +00:00
plugin.c PR ld/13287 2011-10-20 09:50:59 +00:00
plugin.h PR ld/13287 2011-10-20 09:50:59 +00:00
README Add --with-lib-patch configure switch. 2002-08-23 08:03:32 +00:00
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h Provide win32-based dlapi replacements on windows platforms without dlfcn.h. 2010-10-15 16:21:41 +00:00
testplug.c PR ld/13329 2011-10-06 10:07:17 +00:00
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.