binutils-gdb/ld
Richard Sandiford b9201bb360 ld/testsuite/
* ld-i386/vxworks1-lib.s, ld-i386/vxworks1-lib.dd,
	* ld-i386/vxworks1-lib.rd, ld-i386/vxworks1.s, ld-i386/vxworks1.dd,
	* ld-i386/vxworks1.rd, ld-i386/vxworks1.ld: New test.
	* ld-i386/i386.exp: Run it.
2006-02-28 07:17:33 +00:00
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emulparams Add support for the Infineon XC16X. 2006-02-17 14:36:28 +00:00
emultempl 2006-02-08 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2006-02-09 01:05:10 +00:00
po bfd/doc/ 2006-02-27 16:26:26 +00:00
scripttempl Add support for the Infineon XC16X. 2006-02-17 14:36:28 +00:00
testsuite ld/testsuite/ 2006-02-28 07:17:33 +00:00
acinclude.m4
aclocal.m4 2005-09-30 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2005-09-30 18:59:46 +00:00
ChangeLog bfd/doc/ 2006-02-27 16:26:26 +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
configure Add new Chinese (simplified) translation 2006-01-16 16:15:17 +00:00
configure.host
configure.in Add new Chinese (simplified) translation 2006-01-16 16:15:17 +00:00
configure.tgt Add support for the Infineon XC16X. 2006-02-17 14:36:28 +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 the image name does not have 2006-02-01 21:28:29 +00:00
dep-in.sed ld/ 2005-10-30 17:40:28 +00:00
fdl.texi
gen-doc.texi
genscripts.sh
h8-doc.texi
ld.h asintl.h/bucomm.h/ld.h: Prevent the inclusion of <libintl.h> from the Solaris 2005-09-30 11:42:05 +00:00
ld.texinfo * deffilep.y (def_image_name): If the image name does not have 2006-02-01 21:28:29 +00:00
ldcref.c 2005-10-05 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2005-10-05 16:12:17 +00:00
ldctor.c
ldctor.h
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 bfd/ 2005-12-07 14:43:54 +00:00
ldexp.h
ldfile.c
ldfile.h
ldgram.y * ld.texino: Describe double-quoted string syntax for version 2005-10-13 17:29:57 +00:00
ldint.texinfo
ldlang.c * ldlang.h (lang_output_section_statement_type): Add prev. 2005-12-24 07:48:30 +00:00
ldlang.h * ldlang.h (lang_output_section_statement_type): Add prev. 2005-12-24 07:48:30 +00:00
ldlex.h
ldlex.l
ldmain.c * ldmain.c (main): Add \n to error message. 2005-11-06 23:12:36 +00:00
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections_1): Revert 2005-11-16 functional 2005-11-18 04:12:27 +00:00
ldmisc.h
ldver.c
ldver.h
ldwrite.c * ldlang.h (lang_input_section_type): Remove "ifile" field. 2005-11-17 00:10:05 +00:00
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c * as.c (show_usage): Document "@FILE". 2005-10-30 18:08:52 +00:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am bfd/doc/ 2006-02-27 16:26:26 +00:00
Makefile.in bfd/doc/ 2006-02-27 16:26:26 +00:00
mri.c
mri.h
NEWS Add support for the Infineon XC16X. 2006-02-17 14:36:28 +00:00
pe-dll.c 2006-01-31 Filip Navara <navaraf@reactos.com> 2006-01-31 22:08:14 +00:00
pe-dll.h
README
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h
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.