old-cross-binutils/ld
David Edelsohn a1613b5f35 * scripttempl/pe.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): New function.
(gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_section): New function.
	(hold_{section,use,text,rdata,data}): New static locals.
	(ld_${EMULATION_NAME}_emulation): Update orphan field.
1996-05-07 17:58:43 +00:00
..
emulparams Don't do SunOS style dynamic linking for sparc-aout: 1996-03-12 17:04:25 +00:00
emultempl * scripttempl/pe.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): New function. 1996-05-07 17:58:43 +00:00
scripttempl * scripttempl (h8300.sc, h8300h.sc): Place .rodata sections 1996-05-07 17:33:17 +00:00
testsuite Mon Apr 29 10:33:10 1996 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> 1996-04-29 14:34:44 +00:00
.Sanitize Reflect file rename. 1995-12-12 22:37:05 +00:00
acconfig.h * configure.in: Use BFD_NEED_DECLARATION. 1995-11-21 23:32:33 +00:00
ChangeLog * scripttempl (h8300.sc, h8300h.sc): Place .rodata sections 1996-05-07 17:33:17 +00:00
config.in * config.in: Rename from config.h.in. 1995-09-07 17:20:53 +00:00
configure * configure.in: Call AC_PROG_CC before configure.host. 1996-02-15 21:32:43 +00:00
configure.bat changes from gas-2.3/binutils-2.4 dist (details in branch log msgs, changelogs) 1994-05-27 16:58:05 +00:00
configure.host * configure.host: Check for 'do not mix' from native linker before 1996-02-18 20:06:40 +00:00
configure.in * configure.in: Call AC_PROG_CC before configure.host. 1996-02-15 21:32:43 +00:00
configure.tgt Fri Apr 5 18:11:25 1996 James G. Smith <jsmith@cygnus.co.uk> 1996-04-05 17:17:06 +00:00
dep-in.sed New file used for rebuilding dependencies. 1993-12-13 19:37:22 +00:00
genscripts.sh The default script is now compiled in; the others are still in the filesystem. 1993-07-22 00:33:10 +00:00
h8-doc.texi ld.texinfo: 1993-03-30 23:25:03 +00:00
ld.1 * ld.texinfo, ld.1: Mention -E as a synonym for -export-dynamic. 1996-04-09 16:19:51 +00:00
ld.h * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections): If _cooked_size is not 0, then 1996-04-22 21:32:58 +00:00
ld.texinfo * ld.texinfo, ld.1: Mention -E as a synonym for -export-dynamic. 1996-04-09 16:19:51 +00:00
ldctor.c * ldctor.c (ldctor_add_set_entry): Don't dump core if a 1995-01-24 15:34:16 +00:00
ldctor.h Initial revision 1991-12-08 01:21:25 +00:00
ldemul.c * ldemul.c (ldemul_list_emulations): New function. 1995-03-06 19:21:33 +00:00
ldexp.c * ldexp.c (fold_binary): Correct handling of subtraction with 1996-04-16 20:53:55 +00:00
ldexp.h Fixed some grammer ambiguities 1991-04-03 22:03:55 +00:00
ldfile.c * ldemul.h (ldemul_open_dynamic_archive): Add search parameter to 1995-07-12 15:37:12 +00:00
ldfile.h * ldfile.h (search_dirs_type): Move from ldfile.c, and add cmdline 1994-06-02 21:30:57 +00:00
ldgram.y * ldgram.y: Tweak casesymlist to avoid bison errors. 1995-08-16 16:26:57 +00:00
ldint.texinfo minor fixes 1993-12-31 21:08:12 +00:00
ldlang.c * ldlang.c (section_already_linked): Fix typos. 1996-05-02 00:51:15 +00:00
ldlang.h * lexsup.c (parse_args): Recognize --no-whole-archive. 1996-02-27 17:59:46 +00:00
ldlex.h Use getopt instead of lex and yacc to parse the command line. 1994-02-25 03:26:25 +00:00
ldlex.l * scripttempl/elf.sc: Use PROVIDE to define etext, edata, and end. 1994-07-22 20:55:45 +00:00
ldmain.c * ldlang.c (longest_section_name): Remove. 1996-04-29 21:12:49 +00:00
ldmain.h Made many changes to eliminate gcc warnings. Made various 1993-12-11 22:55:55 +00:00
ldmisc.c * ldmisc.h (demangle): Declare. 1996-04-26 22:15:10 +00:00
ldmisc.h * ldmisc.h (demangle): Declare. 1996-04-26 22:15:10 +00:00
ldver.c updated version 1994-10-17 20:33:46 +00:00
ldver.h Initial revision 1991-05-18 02:58:02 +00:00
ldwrite.c * ldmisc.h (demangle): Declare. 1996-04-26 22:15:10 +00:00
ldwrite.h Initial revision 1991-03-21 21:29:06 +00:00
lexsup.c * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections): If _cooked_size is not 0, then 1996-04-22 21:32:58 +00:00
mac-ld.r * mpw-config.in: Recognize mips-*-* as equivalent to 1995-12-12 22:35:48 +00:00
Makefile.in * ldmisc.h (demangle): Declare. 1996-04-26 22:15:10 +00:00
mpw-config.in * mpw-config.in: Recognize mips-*-* as equivalent to 1995-12-12 22:35:48 +00:00
mpw-emipsidt.c * configure.in: Rewrite to use autoconf. 1995-09-06 18:58:05 +00:00
mpw-eppcmac.c * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections): If _cooked_size is not 0, then 1996-04-22 21:32:58 +00:00
mpw-esh.c * configure.in: Rewrite to use autoconf. 1995-09-06 18:58:05 +00:00
mpw-make.sed * mpw-make.sed: Edit out shared library support. 1996-02-27 23:21:35 +00:00
mri.c Made many changes to eliminate gcc warnings. Made various 1993-12-11 22:55:55 +00:00
mri.h Made many changes to eliminate gcc warnings. Made various 1993-12-11 22:55:55 +00:00
NEWS mention creating SunOS shared libraries 1995-09-28 16:41:31 +00:00
README Initial revision 1991-10-15 06:57:32 +00:00
sysdep.h * configure.in: Rewrite to use autoconf. 1995-09-06 18:58:05 +00:00
TODO * ldver.c: Bump to version 0.98. 1992-09-03 06:02:56 +00:00

This is a BETA release of a completely rewritten 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 new 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 support 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 contains a control language.

* There is a manual.

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.

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

A new target configuration may need a new linker script (.sc file)
to specify linker actions (such as the layout of the output).
See if one of the existing ones are suitable.
Note that the Makefile generates variants of the standard script
that are used when ld is passed -r -Ur -N or -n options.
These variant default scripts are generated from the "master"
script using sed scripts that may not work in all cases.
Look at the rules and comments in ld/Makefile.in to make sure
you stay with the rules.

Otherwise, you may need to add a new "emulation" (a sample of a
recently added target and emulation is for the SOny 68k News
family - look for files named *news*).

Also see the notes in ../binutils/README.

Reporting bugs etc
===========================
See ../binutils/README.