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This is a BETA release of a completely rewritten GNU linker.
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It is distributed with other "binary utilities" which should
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be in ../binutils. See ../binutils/README for more general notes,
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including where to send bug reports.
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There are many new features of the linker:
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* The linker uses a Binary File Descriptor library (../bfd)
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that it uses to read and write object files. This helps
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insulate the linker itself from the format of object files.
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* The linker support a number of different object file
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formats. It can even handle multiple formats at once:
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Read two input formats and write a third.
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* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.
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* The linker contains a control language.
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* There is a manual.
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Installation
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============
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See ../binutils/README.
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If you want to make a cross-linker, you may want to specify
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a different search path of -lfoo libraries than the default.
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You can do this by setting the LIB_PATH variable in ./Makefile.
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Porting to a new target
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=======================
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A new target configuration may need a new linker script (.sc file)
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to specify linker actions (such as the layout of the output).
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See if one of the existing ones are suitable.
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Note that the Makefile generates variants of the standard script
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that are used when ld is passed -r -Ur -N or -n options.
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These variant default scripts are generated from the "master"
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script using sed scripts that may not work in all cases.
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Look at the rules and comments in ld/Makefile.in to make sure
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you stay with the rules.
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Otherwise, you may need to add a new "emulation" (a sample of a
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recently added target and emulation is for the SOny 68k News
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family - look for files named *news*).
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Also see the notes in ../binutils/README.
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Reporting bugs etc
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===========================
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See ../binutils/README.
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