binutils-gdb/gold
Ian Lance Taylor 0e470e5c90 Add some missing dependencies for the new linker. 2007-12-14 05:27:45 +00:00
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po From Craig Silverstein: Add support for compressing .debug_str section. 2007-11-30 00:35:27 +00:00
testsuite Add some missing dependencies for the new linker. 2007-12-14 05:27:45 +00:00
Makefile.am Compile shared library code with -fPIC. Also, alphabetize. 2007-12-01 06:50:09 +00:00
Makefile.in Compile shared library code with -fPIC. Also, alphabetize. 2007-12-01 06:50:09 +00:00
README Initial CVS checkin of gold 2006-08-04 23:10:59 +00:00
aclocal.m4 Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
archive.cc Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
archive.h Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
common.cc Clean up setting address and section offset. 2007-11-29 20:10:17 +00:00
common.h Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
compressed_output.cc Compress all debug sections. 2007-12-01 06:34:12 +00:00
compressed_output.h Compress all debug sections. 2007-12-01 06:34:12 +00:00
config.in From Craig Silverstein: Add support for compressing .debug_str section. 2007-11-30 00:35:27 +00:00
configure From Craig Silverstein: Add support for compressing .debug_str section. 2007-11-30 00:35:27 +00:00
configure.ac From Craig Silverstein: Add support for compressing .debug_str section. 2007-11-30 00:35:27 +00:00
debug.h Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
defstd.cc Add licensing text to every source file. 2007-09-22 21:02:10 +00:00
defstd.h Add licensing text to every source file. 2007-09-22 21:02:10 +00:00
dirsearch.cc Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
dirsearch.h Full support for --sysroot. 2007-10-04 05:49:04 +00:00
dwarf_reader.cc From Craig Silverstein: Speed up ODR violation reporting. 2007-12-11 18:17:31 +00:00
dwarf_reader.h From Craig Silverstein: Speed up ODR violation reporting. 2007-12-11 18:17:31 +00:00
dynobj.cc From Craig Silverstein: Add support for --demangle. 2007-11-15 01:12:55 +00:00
dynobj.h Warn about undefined references in shared libraries if we have seen 2007-11-14 07:34:53 +00:00
ehframe.cc Fix ehframe header handling for shared libraries. 2007-12-07 06:44:01 +00:00
ehframe.h Fix ehframe header handling for shared libraries. 2007-12-07 06:44:01 +00:00
errors.cc Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
errors.h Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
fileread.cc Keep views on views_ list so that they can be found again. 2007-12-10 22:55:31 +00:00
fileread.h Run all error handling through an Errors object. Delete output file 2007-10-14 06:49:14 +00:00
gold-threads.cc Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
gold-threads.h Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
gold.cc Don't write out the symbol table when stripping. 2007-12-06 05:00:00 +00:00
gold.h Clean up setting address and section offset. 2007-11-29 20:10:17 +00:00
i386.cc From Cary Coutant: Set DF_STATIC_TLS as appropriate. 2007-12-11 23:30:52 +00:00
layout.cc From Craig Silverstein: size hash tables to avoid resizing. 2007-12-14 05:24:17 +00:00
layout.h From Cary Coutant: Set DF_STATIC_TLS as appropriate. 2007-12-11 23:30:52 +00:00
main.cc From Craig Silverstein: size hash tables to avoid resizing. 2007-12-14 05:24:17 +00:00
merge.cc Compress all debug sections. 2007-12-01 06:34:12 +00:00
merge.h From Craig Silverstein: Fix error message, add this->. 2007-12-08 03:05:27 +00:00
object.cc Initialize variable to avoid warning. 2007-12-06 06:03:00 +00:00
object.h From Craig Silverstein: size hash tables to avoid resizing. 2007-12-14 05:24:17 +00:00
options.cc From Craig Silverstein: Fix error message, add this->. 2007-12-08 03:05:27 +00:00
options.h Fix --thread-count-middle and --thread-count-final. 2007-12-14 04:53:22 +00:00
output.cc From Cary Coutant: Fix handling of RELATIVE RELA relocs. 2007-12-07 19:32:59 +00:00
output.h From Cary Coutant: Fix handling of RELATIVE RELA relocs. 2007-12-07 19:32:59 +00:00
parameters.cc Compress all debug sections. 2007-12-01 06:34:12 +00:00
parameters.h Compress all debug sections. 2007-12-01 06:34:12 +00:00
pread.c Rework File_read interface. Get file size. Use pread when 2007-09-25 06:43:17 +00:00
readsyms.cc Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
readsyms.h Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
reloc-types.h Add licensing text to every source file. 2007-09-22 21:02:10 +00:00
reloc.cc From Cary Coutant: More support for generating shared libraries. 2007-12-06 05:55:50 +00:00
reloc.h Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
resolve.cc From Craig Silverstein: Add support for --demangle. 2007-11-15 01:12:55 +00:00
script-c.h From Craig Silverstein: preliminary support for OPTION in linker script. 2007-10-26 22:16:06 +00:00
script.cc Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
script.h From Craig Silverstein and Ian Lance Taylor: Process --script option. 2007-10-27 00:29:34 +00:00
stringpool.cc From Craig Silverstein: size hash tables to avoid resizing. 2007-12-14 05:24:17 +00:00
stringpool.h From Craig Silverstein: size hash tables to avoid resizing. 2007-12-14 05:24:17 +00:00
strtab.h Another snapshot of the current state of the sources. Gets to the 2006-08-18 22:29:20 +00:00
symtab.cc From Craig Silverstein: size hash tables to avoid resizing. 2007-12-14 05:24:17 +00:00
symtab.h From Craig Silverstein: size hash tables to avoid resizing. 2007-12-14 05:24:17 +00:00
target-reloc.h From Cary Coutant: Improve i386 shared library TLS support. 2007-11-14 22:31:02 +00:00
target-select.cc Parameterize object_unittest to work for whatever target types are 2007-10-03 00:34:49 +00:00
target-select.h Parameterize object_unittest to work for whatever target types are 2007-10-03 00:34:49 +00:00
target.h Add heuristics for undefined symbol warnings. 2007-11-14 16:53:25 +00:00
tls.h Run all error handling through an Errors object. Delete output file 2007-10-14 06:49:14 +00:00
version.cc Released gold-alpha 0.9. 2007-12-08 03:17:25 +00:00
workqueue-internal.h Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
workqueue-threads.cc Fix comment. 2007-12-06 05:27:24 +00:00
workqueue.cc Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
workqueue.h Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
x86_64.cc From Cary Coutant: Set DF_STATIC_TLS as appropriate. 2007-12-11 23:30:52 +00:00
yyscript.y From Craig Silverstein: preliminary support for OPTION in linker script. 2007-10-26 22:16:06 +00:00

README

gold is an ELF linker.  It is intended to have complete support for
ELF and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.

It is written in C++.  It is (intended to be) a GNU program, and
therefore follows the GNU formatting standards as modified for C++.
Source documents in order of precedence:
    http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/
    http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/17_intro/C++STYLE
    http://www.zembu.com/eng/procs/c++style.html

The linker is intended to have complete support for cross-compilation,
which still supporting the normal case of native linking as fast as
possible.  This makes the code more complex.

Many functions are actually templates whose parameter is the ELF file
class (e.g., 32 bits or 64 bits).  The code is the same, but we don't
want to pay the execution time cost of always using 64-bit integers if
the target is 32 bits.