binutils-gdb/gold
Ian Lance Taylor 008db82ec1 Don't emit symbols seen only in dynamic object, don't read duplicate
dynamic object.
2006-12-06 06:28:56 +00:00
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po Don't emit symbols seen only in dynamic object, don't read duplicate 2006-12-06 06:28:56 +00:00
testsuite Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
Makefile.am Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
Makefile.in Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +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 Split Object into Dynobj and Relobj, incorporate elfcpp swapping changes. 2006-11-06 22:46:08 +00:00
archive.h Split Object into Dynobj and Relobj, incorporate elfcpp swapping changes. 2006-11-06 22:46:08 +00:00
common.cc Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
common.h Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
config.in Framework for relocation scanning. Implement simple static TLS 2006-10-20 20:40:49 +00:00
configure Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
configure.ac Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
defstd.cc Split Object into Dynobj and Relobj, incorporate elfcpp swapping changes. 2006-11-06 22:46:08 +00:00
defstd.h Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
dirsearch.cc Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
dirsearch.h Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
dynobj.cc Don't emit symbols seen only in dynamic object, don't read duplicate 2006-12-06 06:28:56 +00:00
dynobj.h gcc 3.2.2 and 4.1.0 portability hacks. 2006-12-06 00:28:03 +00:00
fileread.cc Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
fileread.h Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
gold-threads.cc Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
gold-threads.h Initial CVS checkin of gold 2006-08-04 23:10:59 +00:00
gold.cc Can now dynamically link hello, world. 2006-12-01 16:51:25 +00:00
gold.h gcc 3.2.2 and 4.1.0 portability hacks. 2006-12-06 00:28:03 +00:00
i386.cc Generate version information. 2006-12-06 00:02:36 +00:00
layout.cc gcc 3.2.2 and 4.1.0 portability hacks. 2006-12-06 00:28:03 +00:00
layout.h gcc 3.2.2 and 4.1.0 portability hacks. 2006-12-06 00:28:03 +00:00
main.cc Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
object.cc Don't emit symbols seen only in dynamic object, don't read duplicate 2006-12-06 06:28:56 +00:00
object.h Don't emit symbols seen only in dynamic object, don't read duplicate 2006-12-06 06:28:56 +00:00
options.cc Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
options.h Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
output.cc Can now dynamically link hello, world. 2006-12-01 16:51:25 +00:00
output.h Generate version information. 2006-12-06 00:02:36 +00:00
readsyms.cc Don't emit symbols seen only in dynamic object, don't read duplicate 2006-12-06 06:28:56 +00:00
readsyms.h More dynamic object support, initial scripting support. 2006-11-14 19:21:05 +00:00
reloc-types.h Snapshot. Includes first cut at output relocation sections. 2006-11-16 00:38:25 +00:00
reloc.cc Generate version information. 2006-12-06 00:02:36 +00:00
reloc.h Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
resolve.cc Don't emit symbols seen only in dynamic object, don't read duplicate 2006-12-06 06:28:56 +00:00
script-c.h More dynamic object support, initial scripting support. 2006-11-14 19:21:05 +00:00
script.cc Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
script.h More dynamic object support, initial scripting support. 2006-11-14 19:21:05 +00:00
stringpool.cc Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
stringpool.h Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +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 Don't emit symbols seen only in dynamic object, don't read duplicate 2006-12-06 06:28:56 +00:00
symtab.h Don't emit symbols seen only in dynamic object, don't read duplicate 2006-12-06 06:28:56 +00:00
target-reloc.h Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
target-select.cc Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
target-select.h Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
target.h Generate version information. 2006-12-06 00:02:36 +00:00
workqueue.cc Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
workqueue.h Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
yyscript.y More dynamic object support, initial scripting support. 2006-11-14 19:21:05 +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.