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* New script function REGION_ALIAS to add alias names to memory regions.
bfd/ChangeLog * coff-alpha.c (alpha_ecoff_backend_data): Initialise fields which control long section name handling with ECOFF_NO_LONG_SECTION_NAMES. * coff-mips.c (mips_ecoff_backend_data): Likewise. * coff-rs6000.c (bfd_xcoff_backend_data): Initialise fields which control long section name handling with XCOFF_NO_LONG_SECTION_NAMES. (bfd_pmac_xcoff_backend_data): Likewise. * coff64-rs6000.c (bfd_xcoff_backend_data): Likewise. (bfd_xcoff_aix5_backend_data): Likewise. (xcoff64_write_object_contents): Delete unused long_section_names local variable. * coff-sh.c (bfd_coff_small_swap_table): Initialise long section name members using COFF_DEFAULT_LONG_SECTION_NAMES and make entire struct non-const. * coffcode.h (documentation): Update to describe long section names. (COFFLONGSECTIONCATHELPER): New helper macro. (BLANKOR1TOODD): Likewise. (COFF_ENABLE_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES_SETTER): Likewise. (COFF_DEFAULT_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. (bfd_coff_set_long_section_names_allowed): New function. (bfd_coff_set_long_section_names_disallowed): Likewise. (struct bfd_coff_backend_data): Add new backend hook function pointer _bfd_coff_set_long_section_names. (bfd_coff_set_long_section_names): New backend hook. (coff_write_object_contents): Only generate long section names if bfd_coff_long_section_names() indicates they are currently enabled. (bfd_coff_std_swap_table): Make non-const, and initialise long section name fields using COFF_DEFAULT_LONG_SECTION_NAMES. (ticoff0_swap_table): Likewise to both. (ticoff1_swap_table): Again, likewise to both. * coffgen.c (make_a_section_from_file): Allow long section names as inputs even if not currently allowed for outputs. * ecoff.c (_bfd_ecoff_no_long_sections): New function. * efi-app-ia32.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Define to 0, not blank. * efi-app-ia64.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * efi-app-x86_64.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * efi-bsdrv-ia32.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * efi-bsdrv-ia64.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * efi-bsdrv-x86_64.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * efi-rtdrv-ia32.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * efi-rtdrv-ia64.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * efi-rtdrv-x86_64.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * pei-arm.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * pei-i386.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * pei-mcore.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * pei-mips.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * pei-ppc.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * pei-sh.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * pei-x86_64.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. * libcoff-in.h: Update copyright year to cause updated copyright year in generated libcoff.h, and fix typo. * libcoff.h: Regenerated. * libecoff.h (ECOFF_NO_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): New macro. (_bfd_ecoff_no_long_sections): Add prototype. * libxcoff.h (XCOFF_NO_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): New macro. * pe-mips.c (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Define empty if not already defined by an including .c file. * ticoff.h (ticoff0_swap_table): Make non-const, and initialise long section name fields using COFF_DEFAULT_LONG_SECTION_NAMES. (ticoff1_swap_table): Likewise to both. ld/ChangeLog * ld.texinfo: Update to mention long section name options. * NEWS: Mention new behaviour and command-line options. * pe-dll.c (pe_use_coff_long_section_names): New global variable. (pe_output_file_set_long_section_names): New function. (pe_dll_build_sections): Call it on output BFDs. (pe_exe_build_sections): Likewise. (pe_dll_fill_sections): Likewise. (pe_exe_fill_sections): Likewise. * pe-dll.h (pe_use_coff_long_section_names): Declare extern. (pe_output_file_set_long_section_names): Add prototype. * pep-dll.c (pe_use_coff_long_section_names): Define pep_ alias. (pe_output_file_set_long_section_names): Likewise. * pep-dll.h (pep_use_coff_long_section_names): Declare extern. (pep_output_file_set_long_section_names): Add prototype. * pe.em (OPTION_ENABLE_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): New getopt value macro. (OPTION_DISABLE_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Likewise. (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_add_options): Add new options to xtra_long[]. (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options): Describe them. (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_handle_option): Set or clear global pe_use_coff_long_section_names flag when options recognised. (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): En/disable long section names for main output bfd by calling pe_output_file_set_long_section_names. * pep.em (enum options): Extend enum with new getopt option values. (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_add_options): Add new options to xtra_long[]. (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options): Describe them. (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_handle_option): Set or clear global pe_use_coff_long_section_names flag when options recognised. (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): En/disable long section names for main output bfd by calling pep_output_file_set_long_section_names. ld/testsuite/ChangeLog * ld-pe/longsecn-1.d: New test file. * ld-pe/longsecn-2.d: Likewise. * ld-pe/longsecn-3.d: Likewise. * ld-pe/longsecn-4.d: Likewise. * ld-pe/longsecn-5.d: Likewise. * ld-pe/longsecn.d: Likewise. * ld-pe/longsecn.exp: New test control script. * ld-pe/longsecn.s: New test source file.
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* PE targets no longer make use of the long section names PE extension to
the COFF format when generating executable images, by default. The old
(slightly non-conformant) behaviour can still be invoked by using the
new '--enable-long-section-names' command-line option.
* --as-needed now links in a dynamic library if it satisfies undefined
symbols in regular objects, or in other dynamic libraries. In the
latter case the library is not linked if it is found in a DT_NEEDED
entry of one of the libraries already linked.
* Add a new command line option, -Ttext-segment ADDR, for ELF targets
to set the address of the first byte of the text segment.
2009-03-02 11:33:08 +01:00
* Add support for Sunplus score architecture.
* Add new option --use-nul-prefixed-import-tables to ld for PE targets to
allow fallback to old import table generation with null element prefix.
* NEWS: Mention new feature --exclude-modules-for-implib. * ld.texinfo: Document new --exclude-modules-for-implib option. * pe-dll.c (exclude_list_struct): Change type member from int to new enumeration exclude_type. (pe_dll_add_excludes): Accept exclude_type instead of int param. (auto_export): Replace magic constants by exclude_type values and handle new choice EXCLUDEFORIMPLIB. (pe_dll_generate_implib): Accept a pointer to the link_info and iterate all input BFDs looking for EXCLUDEFORIMPLIB modules; re-open fresh BFDs for any found and link into import lib archive chain. * pe-dll.h (exclude_type): Add new enumerated type to replace magic constants previously used for exclude_list_struct type member. (pe_dll_add_excludes, pe_dll_generate_implib): Update prototypes. * pep-dll.h (exclude_type, pe_dll_add_excludes, pe_dll_generate_implib): Likewise to all the above. * emultempl/pe.em (OPTION_EXCLUDE_MODULES_FOR_IMPLIB): Define new getopts long option code for new --exclude-modules-for-implib option. (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_add_options): Add new entry to xtra_long[]. (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options): List usage for it. (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_handle_option): Use exclude_type enumerated values when calling pe_dll_add_excludes, and handle EXCLUDEFORIMPLIB. (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_finish): Pass pointer to link_info when calling pe_dll_generate_implib. * emultempl/pep.em (options): Define new enumerated value for getopts long option code for new --exclude-modules-for-implib option. (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_add_options, gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options, gld${EMULATION_NAME}_handle_option, gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_finish): Again, likewise to all the above.
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* Windows PE systems now support a new --exclude-modules-for-implib option,
allowing users to partition object files and archive members between a DLL
and its associated import library as they are generated during linking.
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* Add support for Lattice Mico32 (lm32) architecture.
* Add CR16 ELF --embedded-relocs (used to embedded relocations into binaries
for Embedded-PIC code) option.
* Add to the PE/PE+ targets the support of two different kinds of
pseudo-relocations. They can be selected by the switches
--enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc-v1 and --enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc-v2.
For the switch --enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc it uses for 32-bit
runtime pseudo relocation version one, for 64-bit the version two.
Changes in 2.19:
* Linker scripts support a new INSERT command that makes it easier to
augment the default script.
* Linker script input section filespecs may now specify a file within an
archive by writing "archive:file".
* The --sort-common switch now has an optional argument which specifies the
direction of sorting.
Multi-GOT support for m68k. bfd/ * elf32-m68k.c (struct elf_m68k_link_hash_entry: got_entry_key, glist): New fields. (struct elf_m68k_got_entry_key, struct elf_m68k_got_entry, struct elf_m68k_got, struct elf_m68k_bfd2got_entry, struct elf_m68k_multi_got): New data structures. (struct elf_m68k_link_hash_table: local_gp_p, use_neg_got_offsets_p, allow_multigot_p, multi_got_): New fields. (elf_m68k_multi_got): New macro. (elf_m68k_link_hash_newfunc): Initialize new fields of struct elf_m68k_link_hash_entry. (elf_m68k_link_hash_table_create): Initialize new fields of struct elf_m68k_link_hash_table. (elf_m68k_link_hash_table_free): New static function implementing hook. (elf_m68k_init_got, elf_m68k_clear_got, elf_m68k_create_empty_got): New static functions for struct elf_m68k_got. (elf_m68k_init_got_entry_key, elf_m68k_got_entry_hash, elf_m68k_got_entry_eq): New static functions for struct elf_m68k_got_entry. (ELF_M68K_REL_8O_MAX_N_ENTRIES_IN_GOT, ELF_M68K_REL_8O_16O_MAX_N_ENTRIES_IN_GOT): New macros. (enum elf_m68k_get_entry_howto): New enum. (elf_m68k_get_got_entry, elf_m68k_update_got_entry_type, elf_m68k_remove_got_entry_type): New static functions for struct elf_m68k_got_entry. (elf_m68k_add_entry_to_got): New static function. (elf_m68k_bfd2got_entry_hash, elf_m68k_bfd2got_entry_eq, elf_m68k_bfd2got_entry_del, elf_m68k_get_bfd2got_entry): New static functions for struct elf_m68k_bfd2got_entry. (struct elf_m68k_can_merge_gots_arg, elf_m68k_can_merge_gots_1, elf_m68k_can_merge_gots): New traversal. (struct elf_m68k_merge_gots_arg, elf_m68k_merge_gots_1, elf_m68k_merge_gots): Ditto. (struct elf_m68k_finalize_got_offsets_arg, elf_m68k_finalize_got_offsets_1, elf_m68k_finalize_got_offsets): Ditto. (struct elf_m68k_partition_multi_got_arg, elf_m68k_partition_multi_got_1, elf_m68k_init_symndx2h_1, elf_m68k_partition_multi_got): Ditto. (elf_m68k_find_got_entry_ptr, elf_m68k_remove_got_entry): New static functions. (elf_m68k_copy_indirect_symbol): New static function implementing a hook. (elf_m68k_check_relocs): Update to add entries to multi-GOT. (elf_m68k_gc_sweep_hook): Update to remove entries from multi-GOT. (elf_m68k_always_size_sections): Assign BFDs to GOTs. (elf_m68k_relocate_section): Update to properly handle GOT relocations. (elf_m68k_finish_dynamic_symbol): Update to traverse all GOT entries of a global symbol. (bfd_elf_m68k_set_target_options): New function. (bfd_elf32_bfd_link_hash_table_free): Define hook. (bfd_elf32_bfd_final_link): Change expansion to bfd_elf_final_link to skip generic calculation of GOT offsets. (elf_backend_copy_indirect_symbol): Define hook. * bfd-in.h (bfd_elf_m68k_set_target_options): Declare function. * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate. ld/ * configure.in (--enable-got): New option. Handle it. * configure: Regenerate. * config.in: Regenerate. * emultempl/m68kelf.em: (got_handling_target_default): New shell variable. (GOT_HANDLING_TARGET_DEFAULT): New macro. (GOT_HANDLING_DEFAULT): New macro. Initialize it from configure option if one was given. (got_handling): New static variable. (elf_m68k_create_output_section_statements): New static function implementing hook. (PARSE_AND_LIST_PROLOGUE): Define shell variable. (OPTION_GOT): New macro. (PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS): Define shell variable. Specify --got option. (got): New linker option. (PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTIONS): Define shell variable. Print help string for --got option. (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES): Define shell variable. Handle --got option. * ld.texinfo: Document --got=<type> option. * gen-doc.texi: Add M68K. * NEWS: Mention the new feature. ld/testsuite/ * ld-m68k/got-12.s: New file. * ld-m68k/got-13.s: New file. * ld-m68k/got-14.s: New file. * ld-m68k/got-15.s: New file. * ld-m68k/got-34.s: New file. * ld-m68k/got-35.s: New file. * ld-m68k/got-single-12-ok.d: New dump test. * ld-m68k/got-single-13-er.d: New dump test. * ld-m68k/got-negative-14-ok.d: New dump test. * ld-m68k/got-negative-15-er.d: New dump test. * ld-m68k/got-negative-12-13-14-34-ok.d: New dump test. * ld-m68k/got-negative-12-13-14-35-er.d: New dump test. * ld-m68k/got-multigot-14-ok.d: New dump test. * ld-m68k/got-multigot-15-er.d: New dump test. * ld-m68k/got-multigot-12-13-14-34-35-ok.d: New dump test. * ld-m68k/xgot-15.s: New source. * ld-m68k/got-xgot-15-ok.d: New test. * ld-m68k/got-xgot-12-13-14-15-34-35-ok.d: New test. * ld-m68k/m68k.exp: Run new tests.
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* The M68K linker now supports multiple GOT generation schemes controlled via
the --got=<type> command line option.
* The ARM EABI linker will now generate stubs for function calls to symbols
that are too far away. The placement of the stubs is controlled by a new
linker command line option: --stub-group-size=N.
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Changes in 2.18:
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* Linker sources now released under version 3 of the GNU General Public
License.
* ELF: New --build-id option to generate a unique per-binary identifier
embedded in a note section.
* Added support for National Semicondutor CompactRISC (ie CR16) target.
* -l:foo now searches the library path for a filename called foo,
without converting it to libfoo.a or libfoo.so.
* Add a new command line option '--default-script=FILE' or '-dT FILE'
which specifies a replacement for the built in, default linker
script.
bfd/ 2007-01-16 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> PR ld/3831 * elf-bfd.h (bfd_elf_link_mark_dynamic_symbol): Add an argument, Elf_Internal_Sym *. * elflink.c (bfd_elf_link_mark_dynamic_symbol): Mark a data symbol dynamic if info->dynamic_data is TRUE. (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Updated call to bfd_elf_record_link_assignment. (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Likewise. Always call bfd_elf_link_mark_dynamic_symbol. include/ 2007-01-16 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> PR ld/3831 * bfdlink.h (bfd_link_info): Rename dynamic to dynamic_list. Add dynamic and dynamic_data. ld/ 2007-01-16 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> PR ld/3831 * NEWS: Mention -Bsymbolic-functions, --dynamic-list-data and --dynamic-list-cpp-new. * ld.texinfo: Document -Bsymbolic-functions, --dynamic-list-data and --dynamic-list-cpp-new. * ldlang.c (lang_append_dynamic_list_cpp_new): New. (lang_process): Change link_info.dynamic to link_info.dynamic_list. (lang_append_dynamic_list): Likewise. * ldmain.c (main): Likewise. Initialize link_info.dynamic and link_info.dynamic_data to FALSE. * ldlang.h (lang_append_dynamic_list_cpp_new): New. * lexsup.c (option_values): Add OPTION_DYNAMIC_LIST_DATA and OPTION_DYNAMIC_LIST_CPP_NEW. (ld_options): Add entries for -Bsymbolic-functions, --dynamic-list-data and --dynamic-list-cpp-new. Make -Bsymbolic-functions an alias of --dynamic-list-data. (parse_args): Change link_info.dynamic to link_info.dynamic_list. Set link_info.dynamic to TRUE for --dynamic-list and --dynamic-list-cpp-typeinfo. Handle --dynamic-list-data and --dynamic-list-cpp-new. ld/testsuite/ 2007-01-16 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> PR ld/3831 * ld-elf/del.cc: New. * ld-elf/dl5.cc: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl5.out: Likewise. * ld-elf/new.cc: Likewise. * ld-elf/shared.exp: Add tests for --dynamic-list-data and --dynamic-list-cpp-new.
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* ELF: Add -Bsymbolic-functions, --dynamic-list-cpp-new, which puts C++
operator new and delete on the dynamic list, and --dynamic-list-data,
builtin list for --dynamic-list, which puts global data symbols on the
dynamic list.
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* Add support for x86_64 PE+ target.
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* Add support for Score target.
bfd/ 2006-09-07 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * elf-bfd.h (elf_link_hash_entry): Add a dynamic field. (bfd_elf_link_mark_dynamic_symbol): New. (SYMBOLIC_BIND): New. * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Replace info->symbolic with SYMBOLIC_BIND (info, h). (elf_i386_relocate_section): Likewise. * elf64-x86-64.c (elf64_x86_64_check_relocs): Likewise. (elf64_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewise. * elfxx-ia64.c (elfNN_ia64_check_relocs): Likewise. * elflink.c (bfd_elf_link_mark_dynamic_symbol): New. (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Call bfd_elf_link_mark_dynamic_symbol on new entry. (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Likewise. (_bfd_elf_export_symbol): Return if the symbol isn't exported. (_bfd_elf_fix_symbol_flags): Replace info->symbolic with SYMBOLIC_BIND (info, h). (_bfd_elf_dynamic_symbol_p): Likewise. (_bfd_elf_symbol_refs_local_p): Likewise. (bfd_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Updated. include/ 2006-09-07 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * bfdlink.h (bfd_elf_dynamic_list): New. (bfd_link_info): Add a dynamic field. ld/ 2006-09-07 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * Makefile.am (CXX): Set to g++. (CXX_FOR_TARGET): Likewise. * Makefile.in: Regenerated. * NEWS: Mention --dynamic-list. * ld.texinfo: Document --dynamic-list. * ldgram.y: Support dynamic list. * ldlang.c (lang_process): Call lang_finalize_version_expr_head on link_info.dynamic if needed. (lang_append_dynamic_list): New. (lang_append_dynamic_list_cpp_typeinfo): New. * ldlang.h (lang_append_dynamic_list): Likewise. * ldlang.h (lang_append_dynamic_list_cpp_typeinfo): Likewise. * ldlex.h (input_enum): Add input_dynamic_list. * ldlex.l: Handle it. * ldmain.c (main): Initialize link_info.dynamic. * lexsup.c (option_values): Add OPTION_DYNAMIC_LIST and OPTION_DYNAMIC_LIST_CPP_TYPEINFO. (ld_options): Add entries for OPTION_DYNAMIC_LIST and OPTION_DYNAMIC_LIST_CPP_TYPEINFO. (parse_args): Handle OPTION_DYNAMIC_LIST and OPTION_DYNAMIC_LIST_CPP_TYPEINFO. ld/testsuite/ 2006-09-07 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * ld-elf/dl1.c: New file. * ld-elf/dl1.list: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl1.out: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl1main.c: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl2.c: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl2.list: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl2a.out: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl2b.out: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl2main.c: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl2xxx.c: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl2xxx.list: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl3.cc: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl3.list: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl3a.out: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl3b.out: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl3header.h: Likewise. * ld-elf/dl3main.cc: Likewise. * ld-elf/shared.exp: Updated. * lib/ld-lib.exp (run_ld_link_exec_tests): Take an optional argument for source language. Use CC/CXX for link, depending on source language. (run_cc_link_tests): Likewise.
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* ELF: Add --dynamic-list option to specify a list of global symbols
whose references shouldn't be bound to the definition within the
shared library, or a list of symbols which should be added to the
symbol table in the executable.
* The default output section LMA has changed for allocatable sections from
being equal to VMA, to keeping the difference between LMA and VMA the same as
the previous output section in the same region. This is a more useful
default when using overlays and other cases where you specify an LMA
differing from the VMA for some sections.
* New switch: --print-gc-sections to list any sections removed by garabge
collection.
* ARM: Added --vfp11-denorm-fix option to work around an erratum in current
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VFP11 coprocessors.
Changes in 2.17:
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2006-02-17 15:36:28 +01:00
* Support for the Infineon XC16X has been added by KPIT Cummins Infosystems.
* Modify the Linux linker search order to better match ld.so search order.
Look for DT_NEEDED libraries in paths specified by ld.so.conf before
searching the default directories, rather than vice versa.
Use $prefix/etc/ld.so.conf if it exists, otherwise /etc/ld.so.conf.
* PE-COFF: Forward exports from DLL's can now be specified in .def files
passed directly to ld.
* Support for the Z80 processor family has been added.
* Add support for the "@<file>" syntax to the command line, so that extra
switches can be read from <file>.
2005-03-15 18:49:15 +01:00
Changes in 2.16:
* Support for the R_ARM_V4BX relocation as defined in the ARM AAELF
specification has been added via the --fix-v4bx command-line option.
* New linker script construct AS_NEEDED(), which sets the --as-needed flag
for input files listed inside of it.
* A new command-line option, --sysroot, can be used to override the
default sysroot location. It only applies to toolchains that were
configured using --with-sysroot.
* New linker script functions: ORIGIN() and LENGTH() which return information
about a specified memory region.
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* Port to MAXQ processor contributed by HCL Tech.
* Added SEGMENT_START to the linker script language to permit the user to
override the base address for a segment from the command-line.
* ELF: --warn-shared-textrel option to warn if adding a DT_TEXTREL to a shared
object.
ld/ 2004-10-04 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * NEWS: Mention SORT_BY_NAME, SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT and --sort-section name|alignment. * ld.texinfo: Document SORT_BY_NAME, SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT and --sort-section name|alignment. * ld.h (sort_type): New enum. (wildcard_spec): Change the type of `sorted' to sort_type. * ldgram.y (SORT): Removed. (SORT_BY_NAME): Added. (SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT): Added. (wildcard_spec): Updated `sorted'. Handle SORT_BY_NAME and SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT. (input_section_spec_no_keep): Updated `sorted'. (statement): Replace SORT with SORT_BY_NAME. * ldlang.c (compare_section): New function to compare 2 sections with different sorting schemes. (wild_sort): Updated. Use compare_section. (update_wild_statements): New function. (lang_process): Call update_wild_statements before map_input_to_output_sections. * ldlex.l (SORT_BY_NAME): New. (SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT): New. (SORT): Return SORT_BY_NAME. * ldmain.c (sort_section): New. Defined. (main): Initialize it to none. * lexsup.c (option_values): Add OPTION_SORT_SECTION. (ld_options): Add an entry for OPTION_SORT_SECTION. (parse_args): Handle OPTION_SORT_SECTION. * mri.c (mri_draw_tree): Updated `sorted'. ld/testsuite/ 2004-10-04 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * ld-scripts/sort.exp: New file for section sorting tests. * ld-scripts/sort_b_a.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_a.s: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_a.t: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_a_a-1.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_a_a-2.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_a_a-3.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_a_a.t: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_a_n-1.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_a_n-2.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_a_n-3.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_a_n.t: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_n.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_n.s: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_n.t: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_n_a-1.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_n_a-2.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_n_a-3.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_n_a.t: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_n_n-1.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_n_n-2.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_n_n-3.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_b_n_n.t: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_n_a-a.s: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_n_a-b.s: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_no-1.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_no-2.d: Likewise * ld-scripts/sort_no.t: Likewise
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* Added SORT_BY_NAME and SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT to the linker script
language to permit sorting sections by section name or section
maximum alignment.
* Added a new linker command line switch, --sort-section name|alignment,
to sort sections by section name or maximum alignment.
* ELF: --add-needed/--no-add-needed options to control if a DT_NEEDED tag
should be added when a shared library comes from DT_NEEDED tags.
2004-07-07 19:28:53 +02:00
* Support for the crx-elf target added.
* Support for the sh-symbianelf target added.
2004-07-07 19:28:53 +02:00
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* A new linker command line switch has been added which allows the hash table
size to be set to a suitable prime value near to its argument. This switch
is --hash-size=<NUMBER>. Also if the switch --reduce-memory-overheads is
used, and --hash-size has not been used, then the default value will be set
to 1021.
* Linker map files are now generated with an O(N) algorithm for finding symbols
that are defined in each section. This uses about 40% more memory for
symbols than the old O(N^2) algorithm. You can use the new
--reduce-memory-overheads option to select the old algorithm; this option
might also be used in the future to select similar tradeoffs.
2004-05-21 17:38:04 +02:00
Changes in 2.15:
* ELF: --as-needed/--no-as-needed options to control if a DT_NEEDED tag should
be added only when a shared library is referenced.
* PE: --large-address-aware option to indicate executables support virtual
addresses greater than 2 gigabytes.
* DWARF 2 support for i386pe added.
* The linker script operator DEFINED() will now yield 1 only for a symbol that
is defined before the statement where DEFINED is used.
* The MIPS --embedded-relocs (used to embed relocations into binaries for
Embedded-PIC code) is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
* cr16c support added by NSC.
* m32r Linux (ELF) support added by Renesas.
2003-08-20 10:37:19 +02:00
* Improved linker's handling of unresolved symbols. The switch
--unresolved-symbols=<method> has been added to tell the linker when it
should report them and the switch --warn-unresolved-symbols has been added to
make reports be issued as warning messages rather than errors.
Changes in 2.14:
* Added support for Xtensa architecture.
* Makefile.am (eelf32iq10.c): Fix tab/whitespace mixup. * Makefile.am (ldmain.o): Add @TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT_DEFINE@. (GENSCRIPTS): Add @use_sysroot@. * Makefile.in: Regenerated. * configure.host: Move setting of NATIVE_LIB_DIRS to... * configure.tgt: ... here. Use ${target} instead of ${host} for NATIVE_LIB_DIRS. * configure.in: Add --with-sysroot. * configure: Regenerated. * genscripts.sh: Accept use_sysroot option. Set new variables NATIVE and USE_LIBPATH. Prepend "=" to directory names if $use_sysroot. Don't search $tool_lib if $use_sysroot. * ldfile.c (ldfile_add_library_path): Handle leading '='. * ldmain.c (TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT): Define if not defined. (ld_sysroot): New variable. (main): Initialize ld_sysroot. * ldmain.h (ld_sysroot): New extern. * emultempl/elf32.em: Use NATIVE and USE_LIBPATH instead of searching $EMULATION_LIBPATH. (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_add_sysroot): New function. (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_check_ld_so_conf): Use it. Honor ld_sysroot. (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Likewise. Only search environment variables if $NATIVE. * ld.texinfo (Options): Mention "=" prefix in the description of -L. * NEWS: Mention --with-sysroot. * emulparams/elf32bmipn32-defs.sh: Set NATIVE and LIBPATH_SUFFIX instead of setting LIB_PATH. * emulparams/elf32ppc.sh: Likewise. * emulparams/elf64_s390.sh: Likewise. * emulparams/elf64_sparc.sh: Likewise. * emulparams/elf64ppc.sh: Likewise. * emulparams/elf_x86_64.sh: Likewise. * emulparams/elf64_aix.sh: Add "=" prefixes to LIB_PATH. * emulparams/elf64hppa.sh: Add "=" prefixes to LIB_PATH.
2003-01-06 17:14:01 +01:00
* Added --with-sysroot configure switch to specify a target system root, for
linking against a target filesystem image.
* Added --accept-unknown-linker-format to restore old linker behaviour (pre
2.14) of silently accepting and linking in any files in an unknown binary
file format.
* Added --no-omagic to undo the effects of the -N option.
* Support for Texas Instruments TMS320C4x and TMS320C3x series of
DSP's contributed by Michael Hayes and Svein E. Seldal.
2002-08-23 10:03:32 +02:00
* Added --with-lib-path configure switch to specify default value for
LIB_PATH.
2002-07-30 19:32:30 +02:00
* ARM port to QNX operating system added by Graeme Peterson.
2002-07-17 16:15:52 +02:00
* IP2K support added by Denis Chertykov.
2002-07-16 09:58:34 +02:00
Changes in 2.13:
* Support for the Fujitsu FRV architecture added by Red Hat. Models for FR400
and FR500 included.
2002-05-30 04:58:04 +02:00
Changes in version 2.13:
* DEC VAX ELF support, by Matt Thomas.
2002-02-20 11:46:54 +01:00
Changes in version 2.12:
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* Support for Don Knuth's MMIX, by Hans-Peter Nilsson.
* Support for the OpenRISC 32-bit embedded processor by OpenCores.
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* Support for -z nocopyreloc in the x86 ELF linker, which disables
production of copy relocs. Warning: using this option may result in
non-sharable applications.
* elf-bfd.h (enum elf_reloc_type_class): New. (struct elf_backend_data): Add elf_backend_reloc_type_class. (_bfd_elf_reloc_type_class): New. * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_reloc_type_class): Define. (elfNN_bed): Add elf_backend_reloc_type_class. * elf.c (_bfd_elf_reloc_type_class): New. * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Set DF_TEXTREL if the reloc is against read-only section. (elf_i386_size_dynamic_sections): Use DF_TEXTREL flag instead of looking up section names for DT_TEXTREL. (elf_i386_reloc_type_class): New. (elf_backend_reloc_type_class): Define. * elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_check_relocs): Set DF_TEXTREL if the reloc is against read-only section. (elf32_sparc_size_dynamic_sections): Use DF_TEXTREL flag instead of looking up section names for DT_TEXTREL. (elf32_sparc_reloc_type_class): New. (elf_backend_reloc_type_class): Define. * elf64-sparc.c (sparc64_elf_check_relocs): Set DF_TEXTREL if the reloc is against read-only section. (sparc64_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Use DF_TEXTREL flag instead of looking up section names for DT_TEXTREL. (sparc64_elf_reloc_type_class): New. (elf_backend_reloc_type_class): Define. * elfxx-ia64.c (struct elfNN_ia64_link_hash_table): Add reltext field. (elfNN_ia64_hash_table_create): Clear ia64_info. (get_reloc_section): Set DF_TEXTREL if the reloc is against read-only section. (elfNN_ia64_size_dynamic_sections): Use ia64_info->reltext flag instead of looking up section names for DT_TEXTREL. (elfNN_ia64_reloc_type_class): New. (elf_backend_reloc_type_class): Define. * elflink.h (size_dynamic_sections): Add spare DT_NULL tags. (struct elf_link_sort_rela): New. (elf_link_sort_cmp1, elf_link_sort_cmp2, elf_link_sort_relocs): New. (elf_bfd_final_link): Call elf_link_sort_relocs. Convert one spare DT_NULL into DT_RELCOUNT resp. DT_RELACOUNT if necessary. * bfdlink.h (struct bfd_link_info): Add combreloc and spare_dynamic_tags fields. * emultempl/elf32.em (place_orphan): Place orphan .rel* sections into .rel.dyn resp. .rela.dyn if combreloc. (get_script): If .x linker script is equal to .xn, only put it once into the binary. Add .xc and .xsc scripts. (parse_args): Handle -z combreloc and -z nocombreloc. * scripttempl/elf.sc (.rela.sbss): Fix a typo. For .xc and .xsc scripts put all .rel* or .rela* input sections but .rel*.plt and PLT-like sections into .rel.dyn resp. .rela.dyn. * genscripts.sh (GENERATE_COMBRELOC_SCRIPT): Set if SCRIPT_NAME is elf. Strip trailing whitespace from script. Generate .xc and .xsc scripts if requested. * ldmain.c (main): Initialize link_info.combreloc and link_info.spare_dynamic_tags. * lexsup.c (OPTION_SPARE_DYNAMIC_TAGS): Define. (ld_options): Add --spare-dynamic-tags option. (parse_args): Likewise. * ld.texinfo: Document -z combreloc and -z nocombreloc. * ldint.texinfo: Document .xc and .xsc linker scripts. * NEWS: Add notes about -z combreloc and SHF_MERGE.
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* Support for -z combreloc in the ELF linker, which puts dynamic
relocations against the same symbol together, so that dynamic linker
can use an one-entry symbol lookup cache.
* Support for ELF SHF_MERGE section merging, by Jakub Jelinek.
2002-02-20 11:46:54 +01:00
Changes in version 2.11:
* Support for AMD x86-64 architecture, by Jan Hubicka, SuSE Labs.
* Support added for eliminating duplicate DWARF2 debug information by
having the compiler generate the information in sections called
.gnu.linkonce.wi.XXXX where XXXX is a checksum for the contents. The
linker then merges these sections together into the normal .debug_info
section.
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* The native ELF linker now searches the directories in DT_RUNPATH or
DT_RPATH of a shared library for shared libraries needed by it.
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* TI C54x support, by Timothy Wall.
* Added command line switch --section-start to set the start address of any
specified section.
* Added ability to emit full relocation information in linked executables,
enabled by --emit-relocs. Some post-linkage optimization tools need
this information in order to be able to correctly identify and perform
symbol relative addressing in the event of changes in section contents
(instructions being added or deleted, extending data sections, etc.)
* Support for i860, by Jason Eckhardt (preliminary, alpha quality).
2000-08-24 19:42:52 +02:00
* Support for CRIS (Axis Communications ETRAX series).
* Support for PDP-11 and 2.11BSD a.out format, by Lars Brinkhoff.
Changes in version 2.10:
* Added AT> to the linker script language to allow load-time allocation of
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sections into regions.
* Added garbage collection of unused sections, enabled by --gc-sections.
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It does require a bit of backend support; currently implemented are
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arm-elf, avr-elf, d10v-elf, fr30-elf, i386-elf, m32r-elf, m68k-elf,
mcore-elf, mips-elf, mn10300-elf, ppc-elf, sh-elf, sparc-elf, and v850-elf.
Others will ignore the option.
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* Added SORT to the linker script language to permit sorting sections by file
name or section name.
* Added EXTERN to the linker script language as an equivalent to the -u
command-line option.
* Added ASSERT to the linker script language.
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* Added EXCLUDE_FILE to the linker script language for further control over
wildcard file names.
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* Added -O option to optimize linker output (as of this writing, this only
affects ELF shared library generation).
1999-05-03 09:29:11 +02:00
* The -e option now accepts a number as well as a symbol name.
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* Added --no-undefined option to disallow undefined symbols when creating a
shared library.
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* The linker now issues a warning, not an error, for an undefined symbol when
using -Bsymbolic; use the new --no-undefined option to get the old
behaviour.
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* Added --demangle and --no-demangle options.
Changes in version 2.9:
* Added SQUAD to the linker script language.
* New option --no-warn-mismatch.
* The MEMORY command now parses the attributes to determine where sections that
are not placed in a specific memory region are placed.
Changes in version 2.8:
* Linker scripts may now contain shell wildcard characters for file and section
names.
* The linker now supports symbol versions in ELF.
* The NOCROSSREFS command was added to the linker script language.
* The LOADADDR expression was added to the linker script language.
* MAX and MIN functions were added to the linker script language.
* The OVERLAY construct was added to the linker script language.
* New option --warn-section-align to warn when the address of an output section
changes due to alignment of an input section.
* New options --filter/-F and --auxiliary/-f.
Changes in version 2.7:
* New option --cref to print out a cross reference table.
* New option --wrap SYMBOL.
* New option --no-whole-archive, to turn off the effect of --whole-archive.
* Input sections assigned to the output section /DISCARD/ in the linker script
are not included in the output file.
* The SunOS and ELF linkers now merge stabs debugging information which uses
the N_BINCL and N_EINCL stab types. This reduces the amount of debugging
information generated.
Changes in version 2.6:
* When an ELF section name is representable as a C identifier (this is not true
of most ELF section names), the linker will automatically define symbols
__start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME, where SECNAME is the section name, at the
beginning and the end of the section. This is used by glibc.
Addendum: Current versions of the linker (at least for version 2.18 onwards
and possibly much earlier as well) place two restrictions on this feature: The
symbols are only implemented for orphaned sections, not for explicitly placed
sections and they are PROVIDEd rather than being defined.
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* When an ELF section named .gnu.warning is encountered in an input file, the
contents of the section are displayed as an error message, and the section is
not copied into the output file. This is used by glibc.
* When an ELF section named .gnu.warning.SYMBOL is encountered in an input
file, and the symbol SYMBOL is referenced by some object file, the contents of
the section are displayed as an error message. The section is not copied into
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the output file, unless doing a relocatable or shared link. This is used by
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glibc.
* New options -split-by-reloc and -split-by-file.
* The linker now supports linking PIC compiled code on SPARC SunOS. It can
also create SPARC SunOS shared libraries, and, like the native SunOS linker,
will do so whenever there is an undefined symbol in the link and neither the -e
nor the -r option was used.
* The -rpath option may be used on SunOS to set the list of directories to be
searched at run time. This overrides the default of building the list from the
-L options.
* The COFF linker now combines debugging information for structs, unions, and
enums, so that even if the same type is defined in multiple input files it will
only be defined once in the output file. The --traditional-format switch will
prevent this optimization.
Changes in version 2.5:
* The linker now supports linking against SunOS shared libraries. It still can
not link SunOS PIC (Position Independent Code) files, so it can not be used to
generate shared libraries.
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* The linker now supports linking against ELF shared libraries for the i386
(UnixWare) and SPARC (Solaris). It can also link ELF PIC files, and can be
used to generate shared libraries. Shared library generation is not well
tested; please report any problems encountered. The linker is now enabled for
Solaris again.
* Eric Youngdale has contributed Linux support code, including linking against
Linux a.out shared libraries. The linker produces Linux QMAGIC binaries.
* The ELF backend has been converted to the new linker code. To use the new
ELF linker, each particular target requires a relocation function. So far,
this function has been written for i386 (UnixWare), SPARC (Solaris) MIPS (Irix
5), and HPPA ELF targets.
* The -( (--start-group) and -) (--end-group) options have been added to
support searching a group of archives as though they were a single archive.
This can also be used in a linker script, as GROUP ( files ).
* When a file is named on the command line, and the linker does not recognize
it as an object file, the linker will now treat the file as a linker script
file. A linker script named in this way augments, but does not replace, the
default linker script.
* The -warn-once option was added. It causes the linker to only warn once per
undefined symbol, rather than once per reference.
* The COFF backend has been converted to the new linker code. As with ELF, to
use the new linker, each particular target requires a relocation function. So
far, this function has been written for the i386, m68k, a29k and SH targets.
* The -V flag was made a synonym for -v, for SVR4 compatibility. The old -V
behaviour is available via --verbose.
Changes in version 2.4:
* New linker code, by Steve Chamberlain and Ian Taylor. For a.out and ecoff
formats (so far), this should result in considerable savings in time
and memory used while linking; slightly poorer performance than
before for formats not converted yet.
* Command-line parsing is no longer done with flex. This means
oddball characters in filenames won't get treated as argument
separators.
* HP-PA ELF support, by Jeff Law. (No SOM support yet.)
* Mach i386 support, by David Mackenzie.
* Irix 4 shared libraries are now supported (Irix 5 uses ELF, and ELF shared
libraries are not yet supported).
* COFF shared libraries (as on SCO) should work as well.
* The linker is disabled for Solaris. (Actually, it was in 2.3 also, I just
forgot to note it.) Some of their C library routines don't work when
statically linked, and the GNU linker doesn't support dynamic linking yet.
Changes in version 2.3:
* Weak symbols are now supported.
* ELF support has been added. The linker has been bootstrapped on
UnixWare and Solaris.
* Alpha OSF/1 support has been added (non dynamic linking only).
Changes in version 2.2:
* The `bfd' library has been updated to reduce a.out-format string
table size. The effect of this is that files linked from many input
files with duplicate symbols (`-g' debugging records, or identical
static symbols) should be much smaller.
Changes in version 2.1:
* The ld -ySYMBOL flag (to trace references to SYMBOL) is now implemented.
* There is now support for writing ECOFF files, so ld and the
other utilities should work on Risc/Ultrix and Irix.
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