old-cross-binutils/ld
Nick Clifton ea5cae92bd * script-sections.cc(class Memory_region): Remove
current_lma_offset_ field.  Rename current_vma_offset_ to
        current_offset_.  Add last_section_ field.
        (Memory_region::get_current_vma_address): Rename to
        get_current_address.
        (Memory_region::get_current_lma_address): Delete.
        (Memory_region::increment_vma_offset): Rename to
        increment_offset.
        (Memory_region::increment_lma_offset): Delete.
        (Memory_region::attributes_compatible): New method.  Returns
        true if the provided section is compatible with the region.
        (Memory_region::get_last_section): New method.  Returns the last
        section to use the region.
        (Memory_region::set_last_section): New method.  Stores the last
        section to use the region.
        (Script_sections::block_in_region): New method.  Returns true if
        a block of memory is contained within a region.
        (Script_sections::find_memory_region): New method.  Locates a
        memory region to be used to set a VMA or LMA address.
        (Output_section_definition::set_section_addresses): Add code to
        check for addresses set by memory regions.
        (Output_segment::set_section_addresses): Remove memory region
        walking code.
        (Script_sections::create_segment): Add a warning if a header
        segment is created outside of any region.
        * script-sections.h (class Script_sections): Add prototypes for
        find_memory_region and block_in_region methods.
        * testsuite/memory_test.s: Use .long instead of .word.
        * testsuite/memory_test.t: Add some more output sections.
        * testsuite/memory_test.sh: Update expected output.

        * ld.texinfo: Update description of computation of VMA and LMA
        addresses for output sections.

        * ld-scripts/rgn-at5.t: Add some more output sections.
        * ld-scripts/rgn-at5.d: Update expected output.
2010-10-06 08:58:59 +00:00
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emulparams * emulparams/elf32_sparc.sh: Set NOP to 0x01000000 2010-09-20 18:41:15 +00:00
emultempl bfd/ 2010-10-04 14:13:10 +00:00
po remove maxq-coff port 2010-06-29 04:17:34 +00:00
scripttempl * scripttempl/armcoff.sc: Revert 2010-09-22 change. 2010-09-24 04:41:12 +00:00
testsuite * script-sections.cc(class Memory_region): Remove 2010-10-06 08:58:59 +00:00
aclocal.m4 bfd/ 2010-05-07 12:28:50 +00:00
ChangeLog * script-sections.cc(class Memory_region): Remove 2010-10-06 08:58:59 +00:00
ChangeLog-0001
ChangeLog-0203
ChangeLog-2004
ChangeLog-2005
ChangeLog-2006
ChangeLog-2007
ChangeLog-2008
ChangeLog-2009
ChangeLog-9197
ChangeLog-9899
config.in
configure Fix unportable shell quoting. 2010-09-27 20:23:01 +00:00
configure.host
configure.in gold: 2010-04-27 14:12:32 +00:00
configure.tgt Select 32-bit pei for 64-bit pei configurations. 2010-09-02 22:54:44 +00:00
deffile.h
deffilep.y 2010-05-25 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2010-05-25 10:05:16 +00:00
dep-in.sed
elf-hints-local.h
fdl.texi etc/ChangeLog 2010-06-08 10:30:56 +00:00
gen-doc.texi
genscrba.sh
genscripts.sh
h8-doc.texi
ld.h
ld.texinfo * script-sections.cc(class Memory_region): Remove 2010-10-06 08:58:59 +00:00
ldcref.c
ldctor.c
ldctor.h
ldemul.c
ldemul.h
ldexp.c PR ld/12066 2010-10-01 08:15:42 +00:00
ldexp.h
ldfile.c
ldfile.h
ldgram.y
ldint.texinfo etc/ChangeLog 2010-06-08 10:30:56 +00:00
ldlang.c * ldlang.c (lang_place_orphans): Zero vma when relocatable or non-load 2010-09-29 06:17:12 +00:00
ldlang.h PR ld/11931 2010-09-10 01:23:12 +00:00
ldlex-wrapper.c
ldlex.h
ldlex.l * ldlex.l (WILDCHAR): Add the caret and exclamation point 2010-08-31 16:08:24 +00:00
ldmain.c
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c
ldmisc.h
ldver.c
ldver.h
ldwrite.c 2010-09-22 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2010-09-22 14:20:24 +00:00
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am Fix typo in ld dependency commit. 2010-10-06 06:01:53 +00:00
Makefile.in Fix typo in ld dependency commit. 2010-10-06 06:01:53 +00:00
mri.c
mri.h
NEWS binutils/ 2010-09-09 10:46:33 +00:00
pe-dll.c fix set but unused variable warnings 2010-06-27 04:07:55 +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
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.