old-cross-binutils/ld
Ian Lance Taylor ed1f99e770 * configure.host: Change existing Linux HOSTING_CRT0 to be used
for a.out only, and put in appropriate HOSTING_CRT0 and
	HOSTING_LIBS values for Linux ELF.
1996-01-04 22:10:00 +00:00
..
emulparams Keep PowerMac emulation file. 1995-11-18 00:55:22 +00:00
emultempl * emultempl/aix.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Only set 1995-12-19 22:36:03 +00:00
scripttempl Expose .edata section 1995-11-30 18:18:38 +00:00
testsuite * ld-srec/srec.exp: If powerpc*-*-eabi*, use --defsym to define 1995-12-26 22:35:31 +00:00
.Sanitize Reflect file rename. 1995-12-12 22:37:05 +00:00
acconfig.h * configure.in: Use BFD_NEED_DECLARATION. 1995-11-21 23:32:33 +00:00
ChangeLog * configure.host: Change existing Linux HOSTING_CRT0 to be used 1996-01-04 22:10:00 +00:00
config.in * config.in: Rename from config.h.in. 1995-09-07 17:20:53 +00:00
configure * configure.in: Use BFD_NEED_DECLARATION. 1995-11-21 23:32:33 +00:00
configure.bat
configure.host * configure.host: Change existing Linux HOSTING_CRT0 to be used 1996-01-04 22:10:00 +00:00
configure.in * config.in: Rename from config.h.in. 1995-09-07 17:20:53 +00:00
configure.tgt use motorola-sysv*, not sysv3* 1995-11-03 20:10:50 +00:00
dep-in.sed
genscripts.sh
h8-doc.texi
ld.1 * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Use the 1995-11-14 22:10:14 +00:00
ld.h
ld.texinfo * ld.texinfo: The linker does not use _main as an entry point. 1995-11-07 16:48:29 +00:00
ldctor.c
ldctor.h
ldemul.c
ldexp.c
ldexp.h
ldfile.c
ldfile.h
ldgram.y
ldint.texinfo
ldlang.c * ldgram.y (PHDRS): New token. 1995-12-01 21:49:51 +00:00
ldlang.h
ldlex.h
ldlex.l
ldmain.c * ldmain.c (main): Initialize new field link_info.static_link. 1995-10-25 15:48:53 +00:00
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c * ldmain.c (main): Initialize new field link_info.static_link. 1995-10-25 15:48:53 +00:00
ldmisc.h
ldver.c
ldver.h
ldwrite.c * ldmain.c (main): Initialize new field link_info.static_link. 1995-10-25 15:48:53 +00:00
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c * ld.h (parsing_defsym): Declare. 1995-09-28 19:18:07 +00:00
mac-ld.r * mpw-config.in: Recognize mips-*-* as equivalent to 1995-12-12 22:35:48 +00:00
Makefile.in * Makefile.in (CC_FOR_TARGET): Use @host@ and @target@, not 1995-11-17 15:38:44 +00:00
mpw-config.in * mpw-config.in: Recognize mips-*-* as equivalent to 1995-12-12 22:35:48 +00:00
mpw-emipsidt.c
mpw-eppcmac.c * mpw-config.in: Recognize mips-*-* as equivalent to 1995-12-12 22:35:48 +00:00
mpw-esh.c
mpw-make.sed Fix MPW tool installation 1995-11-30 02:55:03 +00:00
mri.c
mri.h
NEWS mention creating SunOS shared libraries 1995-09-28 16:41:31 +00:00
README
sysdep.h
TODO

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.