* ldexp.h (etree_value_type): Add "str" field.
(union etree_union): Add "str" to "value" struct.
(exp_bigintop): Declare.
(exp_get_fill): Declare.
* ldexp.c: Include "safe-ctype.h".
(exp_intop): Set value.str to NULL.
(exp_bigintop): New function.
(new_rel): Pass in "str", and set new.str from it.
(new_rel_from_section): Set new.str to NULL.
(fold_name): Adjust calls to new_rel.
(exp_fold_tree): Likewise.
(exp_get_fill): New function.
* ldgram.y (struct big_int bigint, fill_type *fill): New.
(INT): Returns a "bigint". Adjust all code handling INTs.
(fill_opt): Returns a "fill".
(fill_exp): Split out of fill_opt, use for FILL.
* ldlang.h (struct _fill_type): New.
(fill_type): Move typedef to ldexp.h.
(lang_output_section_statement_type): "fill" is now a pointer.
(lang_fill_statement_type): Likewise.
(lang_padding_statement_type): Likewise.
(lang_add_fill): Now takes a "fill_type *" param.
(lang_leave_output_section_statement): Likewise.
(lang_do_assignments): Likewise.
(lang_size_sections): Likewise.
(lang_leave_overlay_section): Likewise.
(lang_leave_overlay): Likewise.
* ldlang.c: Include ldgram.h after ldexp.h.
(lang_output_section_statement_lookup): Adjust for fill_type change.
(print_fill_statement): Likewise.
(print_padding_statement): Likewise.
(insert_pad): Now takes a "fill_type *" arg.
(size_input_section): Likewise.
(lang_size_sections_1): Likewise.
(lang_size_sections): Likewise.
(lang_do_assignments): Likewise.
(lang_add_fill): Likewise.
(lang_leave_output_section_statement): Likewise.
(lang_leave_overlay_section): Likewise.
(lang_leave_overlay): Likewise.
Adjust all callers of the above function.
* ldlex.l: Include ldgram.h after ldexp.h. Allow hex numbers
starting with "0X" as well as "0x". Return bigint.str for hex
numbers starting with "0x" or "0X", zero bigint.str otherwise.
Always use base 16 for numbers starting with "$".
* ldmain.c: Include ldgram.h after ldexp.h.
* ldwrite.c (build_link_order): Use bfd_data_link_order in place
of bfd_fill_link_order.
* pe-dll.c: Adjust lang_do_assignments calls.
* emultempl/elf32.em: Likewise.
* emultempl/hppaelf.em: Likewise.
* emultempl/ppc64elf.em: Likewise.
* emultempl/beos.em: Include ldgram.h after ldexp.h, adjust
lang_add_assignment call.
* emultempl/pe.em: Likewise.
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.
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.
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