binutils-gdb/ld
Sean Keys 178df8af8d 2012-11-07 James Murray <jsm@jsm-net.demon.co.uk>
* ld-m68hc11/movw.d: New test for 16bit relocate.
	* ld-m68hc11/movw.s: Source for test.
2012-11-07 20:35:02 +00:00
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emulparams Bi-endian patches for moxie 2012-09-13 22:24:51 +00:00
emultempl * emultempl/elf32.em: Print stacksize help. 2012-11-01 14:26:47 +00:00
po Updated Ukranian translations. 2012-08-14 11:59:05 +00:00
scripttempl ChangeLog bfd 2012-10-18 17:42:29 +00:00
testsuite 2012-11-07 James Murray <jsm@jsm-net.demon.co.uk> 2012-11-07 20:35:02 +00:00
.gitignore bfd/binutils/gas/gprof/ld/libiberty/opcodes: add .gitignore 2010-12-09 09:03:18 +00:00
ChangeLog * configure.in: Apply 2012-09-10 change to config.in here. 2012-11-05 10:45:32 +00:00
ChangeLog-0001 Split ChangeLog files. 2004-01-02 11:16:21 +00:00
ChangeLog-0203 Restore 2002 ChangeLog history. 2004-04-16 23:56:29 +00:00
ChangeLog-2004 Fix a typo. 2009-01-13 15:49:13 +00:00
ChangeLog-2005 split changelogs 2006-01-16 23:15:07 +00:00
ChangeLog-2006 Move 2006 ChangeLog entries to ChangeLog-2006. 2007-01-09 14:29:31 +00:00
ChangeLog-2007 Move 2007 ChangeLog entries to ChangeLog-2007. 2008-01-02 21:41:02 +00:00
ChangeLog-2008 2009-01-03 Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com> 2009-01-03 17:43:45 +00:00
ChangeLog-2009 Move 2009 binutils ChangeLog to ChangeLog-2009. 2010-01-01 18:06:10 +00:00
ChangeLog-2010 Rotate binutils ChangeLogs. 2011-01-01 16:43:53 +00:00
ChangeLog-2011 Rotate ChangeLogs 2012-01-05 10:09:39 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197 * ChangeLog-9197: Fix typos. 2003-10-25 16:26:30 +00:00
ChangeLog-9899
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am Add support for 64-bit ARM architecture: AArch64 2012-08-13 14:52:54 +00:00
Makefile.in Add support for 64-bit ARM architecture: AArch64 2012-08-13 14:52:54 +00:00
NEWS Add missed file on my last commit 2012-10-18 20:40:39 +00:00
README Add --with-lib-patch configure switch. 2002-08-23 08:03:32 +00:00
TODO
aclocal.m4 * configure.in (AC_CHECK_FUNCS): Add setlocale. 2012-04-05 08:43:41 +00:00
config.in * config.in: Disable sanity check for kfreebsd. 2012-09-10 22:30:57 +00:00
configure * configure: Regenerate. 2012-09-15 00:04:44 +00:00
configure.host Add support for DragonFlyBSD target. 2011-03-28 11:18:27 +00:00
configure.in * configure.in: Apply 2012-09-10 change to config.in here. 2012-11-05 10:45:32 +00:00
configure.tgt binutils/ 2012-10-29 10:09:34 +00:00
deffile.h 2011-04-13 Kai Tietz <ktietz@redhat.com> 2011-04-13 12:53:36 +00:00
deffilep.y PR binutils/13710 2012-02-24 14:20:19 +00:00
dep-in.sed * dep-in.sed: Don't use \n in replacement part of s command. 2009-06-04 06:57:56 +00:00
elf-hints-local.h 2007-08-10 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2007-08-10 12:25:30 +00:00
fdl.texi etc/ChangeLog 2010-06-08 10:30:56 +00:00
gen-doc.texi include/elf/ 2011-03-31 08:58:28 +00:00
genscrba.sh ld: 2008-01-11 09:11:18 +00:00
genscripts.sh Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY. 2010-12-15 14:56:40 +00:00
h8-doc.texi Replace occurrances of 'Hitachi' with 'Renesas'. 2003-04-15 08:51:55 +00:00
ld.h Move disable_target_specific_optimizations to bfd_link_info 2012-10-24 11:09:28 +00:00
ld.texinfo bfd/ 2012-10-23 09:33:56 +00:00
ldcref.c PR ld/11367 2010-03-10 22:44:01 +00:00
ldctor.c bfd/ 2012-08-06 22:27:52 +00:00
ldctor.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldemul.c ld/ 2012-03-25 06:45:16 +00:00
ldemul.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldexp.c bfd/ 2012-08-06 22:27:52 +00:00
ldexp.h bfd/ 2012-08-06 22:27:52 +00:00
ldfile.c PR ld/14357 2012-07-13 13:20:27 +00:00
ldfile.h PR ld/10340 2012-03-08 05:29:33 +00:00
ldgram.y bfd/ 2012-08-06 22:27:52 +00:00
ldint.texinfo Add directory section for info document. 2010-10-28 11:40:26 +00:00
ldlang.c * ldlang.c (insert_pad): Correct output section size calculation. 2012-11-01 04:15:07 +00:00
ldlang.h ld/ 2012-06-15 15:13:41 +00:00
ldlex-wrapper.c ld/ 2010-02-10 19:48:16 +00:00
ldlex.h include/ 2012-10-22 13:33:49 +00:00
ldlex.l bfd/ 2012-08-06 22:27:52 +00:00
ldmain.c Move disable_target_specific_optimizations to bfd_link_info 2012-10-24 11:09:28 +00:00
ldmain.h Move disable_target_specific_optimizations to bfd_link_info 2012-10-24 11:09:28 +00:00
ldmisc.c ld: optimize vfinfo output slightly 2012-04-03 03:37:26 +00:00
ldmisc.h Applied patch series for LD plugin interface (six parts). 2010-10-14 01:31:33 +00:00
ldver.c Update copyright message year. 2012-01-17 00:07:04 +00:00
ldver.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldwrite.c PR ld/13991 2012-04-24 05:12:40 +00:00
ldwrite.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
lexsup.c include/ 2012-10-22 13:33:49 +00:00
mri.c bfd/ 2012-08-06 22:27:52 +00:00
mri.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
pe-dll.c PR ld/14357 2012-07-13 13:20:27 +00:00
pe-dll.h 2010-04-05 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2010-04-05 09:04:09 +00:00
pep-dll.c 2010-04-05 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2010-04-05 09:04:09 +00:00
pep-dll.h 2010-04-05 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2010-04-05 09:04:09 +00:00
plugin.c * plugin.c (plugin_load_plugins): Warning fix. 2012-10-22 04:54:25 +00:00
plugin.h PR ld/13287 2011-10-20 09:50:59 +00:00
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h PR 14072 2012-05-17 15:13:28 +00:00
testplug.c PR ld/13329 2011-10-06 10:07:17 +00:00

README

		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.