binutils-gdb/ld
Ian Lance Taylor 4602e5f401 Mon Jun 16 19:18:21 1997 Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>
* scripttempl/elfppc.sc: Correct .rela.sdata entries.

	* scripttempl/elfppc.sc: Put the PLT between the small and large
	BSS segments.
	* emulparams/elf32ppc.sh (TEXT_START_ADDR): The ABI says `A
	program base of 0x02000000 is recommended...' because otherwise
	shared libraries are less efficient.  We use 0x01800000 because
	otherwise it's impossible to branch to location 0, for instance if
	you have an undefined weak symbol.
1997-06-16 23:21:18 +00:00
..
emulparams revert Alpha/OpenBSD patches 1997-04-30 16:18:37 +00:00
emultempl * emultempl/m88kbcs.em: Remove. 1997-02-28 04:17:50 +00:00
scripttempl Mon Jun 16 19:18:21 1997 Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au> 1997-06-16 23:21:18 +00:00
testsuite * ld-elfvers/vers6.ver: Update for recent elflink.h patch to 1997-06-06 21:36:11 +00:00
.Sanitize * mpw-idtmips.c: Rename from mpw-emipsidt.c. 1997-04-03 05:50:32 +00:00
acconfig.h Thu Feb 13 20:31:37 1997 Philippe De Muyter <phdm@info.ucl.ac.be> 1997-02-14 01:36:24 +00:00
ChangeLog Mon Jun 16 19:18:21 1997 Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au> 1997-06-16 23:21:18 +00:00
config.in
configure
configure.bat
configure.host
configure.in
configure.tgt Mon May 5 18:19:55 1997 Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk> 1997-05-05 22:56:03 +00:00
dep-in.sed
genscripts.sh
h8-doc.texi
ld.1 * ld.h (args_type): Add filter_shlib and auxiliary_filter_shlib 1996-12-31 19:50:29 +00:00
ld.h
ld.texinfo * ld.texinfo (Options): Improve documentation of --filter and 1997-01-16 22:08:23 +00:00
ldcref.c
ldctor.c
ldctor.h
ldemul.c
ldexp.c
ldexp.h
ldfile.c
ldfile.h
ldgram.y
ldint.texinfo
ldlang.c Sat Mar 15 18:10:38 1997 H.J. Lu <hjl@lucon.org> 1997-03-15 23:17:46 +00:00
ldlang.h
ldlex.h
ldlex.l Mon Jun 16 12:49:36 1997 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> 1997-06-16 16:56:22 +00:00
ldmain.c * ldmain.c (multiple_definition): Only skip the warning if the 1997-03-13 02:34:33 +00:00
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c
ldmisc.h
ldver.c
ldver.h
ldwrite.c
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c
mac-ld.r
Makefile.in * Makefile.in (INSTALL): Set to @INSTALL@. 1997-04-15 17:21:15 +00:00
mpw-config.in * mpw-idtmips.c: Rename from mpw-emipsidt.c. 1997-04-03 05:50:32 +00:00
mpw-elfmips.c * mpw-idtmips.c: Rename from mpw-emipsidt.c. 1997-04-03 05:50:32 +00:00
mpw-eppcmac.c Mon Jun 16 12:49:36 1997 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> 1997-06-16 16:56:22 +00:00
mpw-esh.c
mpw-idtmips.c Mon Jun 16 12:49:36 1997 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> 1997-06-16 16:56:22 +00:00
mpw-make.sed * mpw-make.sed: Use NewFolderRecursive for installation. 1996-12-19 19:46:32 +00:00
mri.c
mri.h
NEWS improve format 1996-12-31 19:12:03 +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.