binutils-gdb/ld
1995-11-25 02:37:58 +00:00
..
emulparams Keep PowerMac emulation file. 1995-11-18 00:55:22 +00:00
emultempl * emultempl/aix.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation): Add 1995-11-09 18:11:03 +00:00
scripttempl * scripttempl/pe.sc: Two .junk's is too much junk. 1995-11-25 02:37:58 +00:00
testsuite * ld-empic/empic.exp: Update for changes in objdump output. 1995-11-21 21:06:55 +00:00
.Sanitize Reflect updates to Mac support 1995-10-27 05:30:14 +00:00
acconfig.h * configure.in: Use BFD_NEED_DECLARATION. 1995-11-21 23:32:33 +00:00
ChangeLog * scripttempl/pe.sc: Two .junk's is too much junk. 1995-11-25 02:37:58 +00:00
config.in * config.in: Rename from config.h.in. 1995-09-07 17:20:53 +00:00
configure * configure.in: Use BFD_NEED_DECLARATION. 1995-11-21 23:32:33 +00:00
configure.bat changes from gas-2.3/binutils-2.4 dist (details in branch log msgs, changelogs) 1994-05-27 16:58:05 +00:00
configure.host Tue Oct 31 18:22:24 1995 David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@azstarnet.com> 1995-10-31 23:23:48 +00:00
configure.in * config.in: Rename from config.h.in. 1995-09-07 17:20:53 +00:00
configure.tgt use motorola-sysv*, not sysv3* 1995-11-03 20:10:50 +00:00
dep-in.sed
genscripts.sh
h8-doc.texi
ld.1 * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Use the 1995-11-14 22:10:14 +00:00
ld.h fsf address update, but not in COPYING files 1995-07-07 22:49:42 +00:00
ld.texinfo * ld.texinfo: The linker does not use _main as an entry point. 1995-11-07 16:48:29 +00:00
ldctor.c * ldctor.c (ldctor_add_set_entry): Don't dump core if a 1995-01-24 15:34:16 +00:00
ldctor.h
ldemul.c * ldemul.c (ldemul_list_emulations): New function. 1995-03-06 19:21:33 +00:00
ldexp.c * ldexp.c (fold_name): In case NAME, permit an absolute symbol 1995-01-31 17:40:50 +00:00
ldexp.h
ldfile.c * ldemul.h (ldemul_open_dynamic_archive): Add search parameter to 1995-07-12 15:37:12 +00:00
ldfile.h * ldfile.h (search_dirs_type): Move from ldfile.c, and add cmdline 1994-06-02 21:30:57 +00:00
ldgram.y * ldgram.y: Tweak casesymlist to avoid bison errors. 1995-08-16 16:26:57 +00:00
ldint.texinfo
ldlang.c * ldexp.c (exp_get_abs_int): Return bfd_vma, not int. 1995-10-04 21:39:29 +00:00
ldlang.h fsf address update, but not in COPYING files 1995-07-07 22:49:42 +00:00
ldlex.h
ldlex.l * scripttempl/elf.sc: Use PROVIDE to define etext, edata, and end. 1994-07-22 20:55:45 +00:00
ldmain.c * ldmain.c (main): Initialize new field link_info.static_link. 1995-10-25 15:48:53 +00:00
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c * ldmain.c (main): Initialize new field link_info.static_link. 1995-10-25 15:48:53 +00:00
ldmisc.h
ldver.c updated version 1994-10-17 20:33:46 +00:00
ldver.h
ldwrite.c * ldmain.c (main): Initialize new field link_info.static_link. 1995-10-25 15:48:53 +00:00
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c * ld.h (parsing_defsym): Declare. 1995-09-28 19:18:07 +00:00
mac-ld.r * mpw-config.in: Add PowerMac target support, generate config.h. 1995-10-27 05:28:17 +00:00
Makefile.in * Makefile.in (CC_FOR_TARGET): Use @host@ and @target@, not 1995-11-17 15:38:44 +00:00
mpw-config.in * mpw-config.in: Add PowerMac target support, generate config.h. 1995-10-27 05:28:17 +00:00
mpw-emipsidt.c * configure.in: Rewrite to use autoconf. 1995-09-06 18:58:05 +00:00
mpw-eppcmacos.c * configure.tgt (powerpc-*-macos*): New target. 1995-11-18 00:50:06 +00:00
mpw-esh.c * configure.in: Rewrite to use autoconf. 1995-09-06 18:58:05 +00:00
mpw-make.sed * configure.tgt (powerpc-*-macos*): New target. 1995-11-18 00:50:06 +00:00
mri.c
mri.h
NEWS mention creating SunOS shared libraries 1995-09-28 16:41:31 +00:00
README
sysdep.h * configure.in: Rewrite to use autoconf. 1995-09-06 18:58:05 +00:00
TODO

This is a BETA release of a completely rewritten 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 new 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 support 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 contains a control language.

* There is a manual.

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.

Porting to a new target
=======================

A new target configuration may need a new linker script (.sc file)
to specify linker actions (such as the layout of the output).
See if one of the existing ones are suitable.
Note that the Makefile generates variants of the standard script
that are used when ld is passed -r -Ur -N or -n options.
These variant default scripts are generated from the "master"
script using sed scripts that may not work in all cases.
Look at the rules and comments in ld/Makefile.in to make sure
you stay with the rules.

Otherwise, you may need to add a new "emulation" (a sample of a
recently added target and emulation is for the SOny 68k News
family - look for files named *news*).

Also see the notes in ../binutils/README.

Reporting bugs etc
===========================
See ../binutils/README.