binutils-gdb/ld
H.J. Lu 76052d04e0 2006-09-15 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* ld-scripts/overlay-size.t: Discard .reginfo sections.
2006-09-15 16:19:33 +00:00
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emulparams * emulparams/h8300elf.sh: _tinydata should not be placed in relocatables. 2006-09-07 17:01:10 +00:00
emultempl 2006-09-05 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2006-09-05 16:26:29 +00:00
po * po/zh_TW.po: New Chinese (traditional) translation. 2006-07-10 14:30:41 +00:00
scripttempl * scripttempl/elf.sc: Ensure that crtbegin and crtend entries will 2006-08-28 01:52:56 +00:00
testsuite 2006-09-15 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2006-09-15 16:19:33 +00:00
acinclude.m4 ./ 2005-05-15 18:19:45 +00:00
aclocal.m4 binutils/ 2006-05-02 14:20:46 +00:00
ChangeLog PR ld/3107 2006-09-15 09:48:58 +00:00
ChangeLog-0001
ChangeLog-0203
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-9197
ChangeLog-9899
config.in * config.in: Regenerate. 2006-06-05 12:30:16 +00:00
configure * po/zh_TW.po: New Chinese (traditional) translation. 2006-07-10 14:30:41 +00:00
configure.host 2005-07-19 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com> 2005-07-19 12:43:19 +00:00
configure.in * po/zh_TW.po: New Chinese (traditional) translation. 2006-07-10 14:30:41 +00:00
configure.tgt * configure.tgt: Set targ_emul to arm_wince_pe for ARM Windows CE targets. 2006-08-22 11:50:33 +00:00
deffile.h 2006-01-31 Filip Navara <navaraf@reactos.com> 2006-01-31 22:08:14 +00:00
deffilep.y * deffilep.y (def_image_name): If LIBRARY or NAME statement 2006-04-01 04:51:23 +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 * ld.texinfo: Document PowerPC and PowerPC64 options. 2006-05-05 00:51:37 +00:00
genscripts.sh * Makefile.am (GENSCRIPTS): Pass prefix. 2006-04-05 15:40:40 +00:00
h8-doc.texi
ld.h bfd/ 2006-07-19 01:50:23 +00:00
ld.texinfo 2006-09-08 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2006-09-08 13:43:54 +00:00
ldcref.c bfd/ 2006-07-19 01:50:23 +00:00
ldctor.c Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldctor.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldemul.c * ldlang.h (lang_input_section_type): Remove "ifile" field. 2005-11-17 00:10:05 +00:00
ldemul.h * ldlang.h (lang_input_section_type): Remove "ifile" field. 2005-11-17 00:10:05 +00:00
ldexp.c * ldexp.c (fold_name <LOADADDR>): Return an absolute value 2006-08-23 01:35:31 +00:00
ldexp.h bfd/ 2005-08-05 13:52:13 +00:00
ldfile.c Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldfile.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldgram.y bfd/ 2006-09-07 17:16:34 +00:00
ldint.texinfo Fix spelling typos 2006-07-24 13:49:50 +00:00
ldlang.c PR ld/3107 2006-09-15 09:48:58 +00:00
ldlang.h bfd/ 2006-09-07 17:16:34 +00:00
ldlex.h bfd/ 2006-09-07 17:16:34 +00:00
ldlex.l bfd/ 2006-09-07 17:16:34 +00:00
ldmain.c bfd/ 2006-09-07 17:16:34 +00:00
ldmain.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldmisc.c * ldmisc.c (vfinfo): Revert 2005-10-05 changes. If 2006-03-31 11:23:55 +00:00
ldmisc.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldver.c Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldver.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
ldwrite.c * ldlang.h (lang_input_section_type): Remove "ifile" field. 2005-11-17 00:10:05 +00:00
ldwrite.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
lexsup.c bfd/ 2006-09-07 17:16:34 +00:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am bfd/ 2006-09-07 17:16:34 +00:00
Makefile.in bfd/ 2006-09-07 17:16:34 +00:00
mri.c Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
mri.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
NEWS bfd/ 2006-09-07 17:16:34 +00:00
pe-dll.c bfd 2006-08-21 08:12:46 +00:00
pe-dll.h Update FSF addresses 2005-05-12 07:32:09 +00:00
README
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h configure clean up patch from Steve Ellcey. 2005-06-09 18:39:34 +00:00
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.