old-cross-binutils/ld
Richard Sandiford e68ed250e8 ld/testsuite/
* ld-arm/vxworks1.ld: Swap .bss and .data.
	* ld-arm/vxworks1-lib.rd: Update accordingly.
	* ld-arm/vxworks1-lib.td: New test.
	* ld-arm/arm-elf.exp: Run it.

	* ld-i386/vxworks1.ld: Swap .bss and .data.
	* ld-i386/vxworks1-lib.rd: Update accordingly.
	* ld-i386/vxworks1-lib.td: New test.
	* ld-i386/i386.exp: Run it.

	* ld-mips-elf/vxworks1.ld: Swap .bss and .data.
	* ld-mips-elf/vxworks1-lib.rd: Update accordingly.
	* ld-mips-elf/vxworks1.rd: Likewise.

	* ld-powerpc/vxworks1.ld: Swap .bss and .data.
	* ld-powerpc/vxworks1-lib.rd: Update accordingly.
	* ld-powerpc/vxworks1-lib.td: New test.
	* ld-powerpc/powerpc.exp: Run it.

	* ld-sh/vxworks1.ld: Swap .bss and .data.
	* ld-sh/vxworks1-lib.rd: Update accordingly.
	* ld-sh/vxworks1-lib.td: New test.
	* ld-sh/sh-vxworks.exp: Run it.

	* ld-sparc/vxworks1.ld: Swap .bss and .data.
	* ld-sparc/vxworks1-lib.rd: Update accordingly.
	* ld-sparc/vxworks1-lib.td: New test.
	* ld-sparc/sparc.exp: Run it.
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emulparams * emulparams/elf32_sparc.sh: Update comments. 2007-04-27 00:09:31 +00:00
emultempl * emultempl/ppc64elf.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_new_vers_pattern): 2007-05-14 08:53:23 +00:00
po bfd/ 2006-12-11 15:09:46 +00:00
scripttempl * scripttempl/elfxtensa.sc: Merge changes from elf.sc. 2007-05-03 19:31:03 +00:00
testsuite ld/testsuite/ 2007-05-15 12:22:34 +00:00
acinclude.m4 ./ 2005-05-15 18:19:45 +00:00
aclocal.m4 binutils/ 2006-05-02 14:20:46 +00:00
ChangeLog * emultempl/ppc64elf.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_new_vers_pattern): 2007-05-14 08:53:23 +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 split changelogs 2006-01-16 23:15:07 +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-9197 * ChangeLog-9197: Fix typos. 2003-10-25 16:26:30 +00:00
ChangeLog-9899 Fixtypos in ChangeLogs, fix copyright dates in files 2001-03-13 06:14:29 +00:00
config.in * Makefile.am: Add dependency on ldemul-list.h for powerpc and 2007-03-26 11:10:44 +00:00
configure * Makefile.am: Add dependency on ldemul-list.h for powerpc and 2007-03-26 11:10:44 +00:00
configure.host * configure.host: Add i[3-7]86-*-mingw* case. 2007-01-08 16:53:33 +00:00
configure.in * Makefile.am: Add dependency on ldemul-list.h for powerpc and 2007-03-26 11:10:44 +00:00
configure.tgt 2007-04-04 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com> 2007-04-04 18:02:39 +00:00
deffile.h 2006-01-31 Filip Navara <navaraf@reactos.com> 2006-01-31 22:08:14 +00:00
deffilep.y bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
dep-in.sed ld/ 2005-10-30 17:40:28 +00:00
elf-hints-local.h * emultempl/elf32.em: Add support for elf-hints.h on FreeBSD and Dragonfly targets. 2006-04-11 10:36:26 +00:00
fdl.texi Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
gen-doc.texi bfd/ 2007-04-30 14:06:40 +00:00
genscripts.sh * genscripts.sh: Respect LIBPATH_SUFFIX when not using sysroot. 2006-10-06 20:10:37 +00:00
h8-doc.texi Replace occurrances of 'Hitachi' with 'Renesas'. 2003-04-15 08:51:55 +00:00
ld.h * ld.h (args_type, ld_config_type): Reorder fields. 2007-05-07 15:04:53 +00:00
ld.texinfo bfd/ 2007-05-11 06:39:05 +00:00
ldcref.c * ldcref.c (struct cref_hash_entry): Make "demangled" const. 2007-04-28 06:04:28 +00:00
ldctor.c bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
ldctor.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldemul.c bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
ldemul.h * ldlang.h (lang_input_section_type): Remove "ifile" field. 2005-11-17 00:10:05 +00:00
ldexp.c bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
ldexp.h ld/ 2007-04-02 16:32:04 +00:00
ldfile.c * ld.texinfo (--no-warn-search-mismatch): Document. 2007-05-03 09:24:16 +00:00
ldfile.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldgram.y bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
ldint.texinfo Fix spelling typos 2006-07-24 13:49:50 +00:00
ldlang.c commit the Robert's removal of "warning:" 2007-05-02 01:22:40 +00:00
ldlang.h ld/ 2007-04-18 03:55:10 +00:00
ldlex.h bfd/ 2006-09-07 17:16:34 +00:00
ldlex.l bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
ldmain.c * ld.h (args_type, ld_config_type): Reorder fields. 2007-05-07 15:04:53 +00:00
ldmain.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldmisc.c bfd/ 2007-04-30 14:06:40 +00:00
ldmisc.h * ldcref.c (cref_fill_array): Call bfd_demangle rather than demangle. 2007-04-19 10:45:59 +00:00
ldver.c bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
ldver.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldwrite.c bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
ldwrite.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
lexsup.c * ld.texinfo (--no-warn-search-mismatch): Document. 2007-05-03 09:24:16 +00:00
MAINTAINERS add MAINTAINERS files 2000-07-05 19:28:06 +00:00
Makefile.am bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
Makefile.in bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
mri.c bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
mri.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
NEWS ld/ 2007-03-29 17:16:05 +00:00
pe-dll.c bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
pe-dll.h bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
pep-dll.c * pe-dll.c: Include pe-dll.h. 2007-01-02 07:43:13 +00:00
pep-dll.h bfd/ 2007-04-26 14:47:00 +00:00
README Add --with-lib-patch configure switch. 2002-08-23 08:03:32 +00:00
stamp-h.in 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
sysdep.h configure clean up patch from Steve Ellcey. 2005-06-09 18:39:34 +00:00
TODO 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00

		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.