binutils-gdb/gold
2009-09-02 16:39:06 +00:00
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po Update Indonesian translations. 2009-05-26 16:49:41 +00:00
testsuite Cleanups in binutils makefiles. 2009-08-22 19:02:57 +00:00
aclocal.m4 Regenerate tree using Autoconf 2.64 and Automake 1.11. 2009-08-22 16:56:56 +00:00
archive.cc 2009-05-19 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-05-19 22:14:17 +00:00
archive.h 2009-05-19 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-05-19 22:14:17 +00:00
arm.cc 2009-08-11 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-08-11 17:09:14 +00:00
binary.cc * binary.cc: Fix file comment. 2009-02-07 01:03:32 +00:00
binary.h
ChangeLog * output.cc (Output_file::resize): Call map_no_anonymous rather 2009-09-02 16:39:06 +00:00
common.cc * layout.cc (Layout::make_output_section): Call 2009-06-22 06:51:53 +00:00
common.h
compressed_output.cc
compressed_output.h
config.in Regenerate tree using Autoconf 2.64 and Automake 1.11. 2009-08-22 16:56:56 +00:00
configure Regenerate tree using Autoconf 2.64 and Automake 1.11. 2009-08-22 16:56:56 +00:00
configure.ac 2009-06-23 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-06-23 18:10:42 +00:00
configure.tgt 2009-05-28 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-05-29 00:15:12 +00:00
copy-relocs.cc
copy-relocs.h
cref.cc
cref.h
debug.h
defstd.cc
defstd.h
descriptors.cc 2009-03-23 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> 2009-03-24 04:50:32 +00:00
descriptors.h 2009-03-23 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> 2009-03-24 04:50:32 +00:00
dirsearch.cc * readsyms.cc (Read_symbols::incompatible_warning): New function. 2009-03-14 05:56:46 +00:00
dirsearch.h * readsyms.cc (Read_symbols::incompatible_warning): New function. 2009-03-14 05:56:46 +00:00
dwarf_reader.cc
dwarf_reader.h
dynobj.cc 2009-08-18 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-08-18 23:49:29 +00:00
dynobj.h 2009-08-18 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-08-18 23:49:29 +00:00
ehframe.cc
ehframe.h
errors.cc 2009-03-23 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> 2009-03-24 04:50:32 +00:00
errors.h 2009-03-23 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> 2009-03-24 04:50:32 +00:00
expression.cc
ffsll.c * ffsll.c (ffsll): Correct implementation. 2009-03-30 23:17:11 +00:00
fileread.cc * fileread.cc (File_read::get_mtime): New method. 2009-07-06 23:11:21 +00:00
fileread.h * fileread.cc (File_read::get_mtime): New method. 2009-07-06 23:11:21 +00:00
freebsd.h * freebsd.h (Target_freebsd::do_adjust_elf_header): Use size 2009-07-01 16:21:36 +00:00
ftruncate.c * ffsll.c: New file. 2009-03-28 05:22:30 +00:00
gc.cc
gc.h *** empty log message *** 2009-08-05 20:51:56 +00:00
gold-threads.cc * target-select.cc (instantiate_target): Don't acquire the lock if 2009-03-24 17:32:43 +00:00
gold-threads.h 2009-03-23 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> 2009-03-24 04:50:32 +00:00
gold.cc * gold.cc: Include "incremental.h". 2009-09-01 17:32:35 +00:00
gold.h * gold.h (FUNCTION_NAME): Define. 2009-08-14 09:35:38 +00:00
i386.cc * layout.cc (Layout::make_output_section): Call 2009-06-22 06:51:53 +00:00
icf.cc 2009-08-12 Sriraman Tallam <tmsriram@google.com> 2009-08-13 00:03:43 +00:00
icf.h Sriraman Tallam <tmsriram@google.com> 2009-08-12 19:03:16 +00:00
incremental.cc * gold.cc: Include "incremental.h". 2009-09-01 17:32:35 +00:00
incremental.h * gold.cc: Include "incremental.h". 2009-09-01 17:32:35 +00:00
layout.cc *** empty log message *** 2009-08-05 20:51:56 +00:00
layout.h PR 10400 2009-07-17 01:07:33 +00:00
main.cc *** empty log message *** 2009-08-05 20:51:56 +00:00
Makefile.am Fix yacc and lex reruns with maintainer-mode off. 2009-08-24 05:55:55 +00:00
Makefile.in Fix yacc and lex reruns with maintainer-mode off. 2009-08-24 05:55:55 +00:00
mapfile.cc
mapfile.h
merge.cc * merge.cc (Object_merge_map::initialize_input_to_output_map): 2009-07-09 23:29:55 +00:00
merge.h
mremap.c * ffsll.c: New file. 2009-03-28 05:22:30 +00:00
NEWS
object.cc 2009-08-18 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-08-18 23:49:29 +00:00
object.h 2009-08-18 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-08-18 23:49:29 +00:00
options.cc * options.h (Command_line::Pre_options): New class. 2009-08-25 01:10:48 +00:00
options.h * options.h (Command_line::Pre_options): New class. 2009-08-25 01:10:48 +00:00
output.cc * output.cc (Output_file::resize): Call map_no_anonymous rather 2009-09-02 16:39:06 +00:00
output.h * output.cc (Output_file::open_for_modification): New method. 2009-09-01 17:32:20 +00:00
parameters.cc 2009-03-23 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> 2009-03-24 00:31:29 +00:00
parameters.h * readsyms.cc (Read_symbols::incompatible_warning): New function. 2009-03-14 05:56:46 +00:00
plugin.cc *** empty log message *** 2009-08-05 20:51:56 +00:00
plugin.h *** empty log message *** 2009-08-05 20:51:56 +00:00
powerpc.cc * layout.cc (Layout::make_output_section): Call 2009-06-22 06:51:53 +00:00
pread.c * ffsll.c: New file. 2009-03-28 05:22:30 +00:00
README * README: --gc-sections and map files are now supported. Document 2009-02-28 18:08:30 +00:00
readsyms.cc * gold.h (Incremental_argument_list): Remove (invalid) forward 2009-05-15 17:01:04 +00:00
readsyms.h * readsyms.cc (Read_symbols::incompatible_warning): New function. 2009-03-14 05:56:46 +00:00
reduced_debug_output.cc
reduced_debug_output.h PR 9812 2009-02-04 15:18:51 +00:00
reloc-types.h
reloc.cc *** empty log message *** 2009-08-05 20:51:56 +00:00
reloc.h 2009-06-23 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-06-23 18:10:42 +00:00
resolve.cc * resolve.cc (Symbol_table::resolve): Don't complain about defined 2009-08-19 17:53:50 +00:00
script-c.h PR 10030 2009-06-23 06:39:47 +00:00
script-sections.cc * script-sections.cc (Output_section_definition:: 2009-06-24 19:00:15 +00:00
script-sections.h * script-sections.h: Include <list>. 2009-03-19 05:51:49 +00:00
script.cc * fileread.cc (File_read::get_mtime): New method. 2009-07-06 23:11:21 +00:00
script.h * fileread.cc (File_read::get_mtime): New method. 2009-07-06 23:11:21 +00:00
sparc.cc * layout.cc (Layout::make_output_section): Call 2009-06-22 06:51:53 +00:00
stringpool.cc PR 10133 2009-06-23 07:04:10 +00:00
stringpool.h PR 10133 2009-06-23 07:04:10 +00:00
symtab.cc *** empty log message *** 2009-08-05 20:51:56 +00:00
symtab.h *** empty log message *** 2009-08-05 20:51:56 +00:00
target-reloc.h *** empty log message *** 2009-08-05 20:51:56 +00:00
target-select.cc * target-select.cc (instantiate_target): Don't acquire the lock if 2009-03-24 17:32:43 +00:00
target-select.h 2009-03-23 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> 2009-03-24 04:50:32 +00:00
target.cc 2009-08-18 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-08-18 23:49:29 +00:00
target.h 2009-08-18 Doug Kwan <dougkwan@google.com> 2009-08-18 23:49:29 +00:00
tls.h
TODO
token.h
version.cc * version.cc (version_string): Bump to 1.8. 2009-01-28 20:18:11 +00:00
workqueue-internal.h
workqueue-threads.cc
workqueue.cc * readsyms.cc (Read_symbols::incompatible_warning): New function. 2009-03-14 05:56:46 +00:00
workqueue.h * readsyms.cc (Read_symbols::incompatible_warning): New function. 2009-03-14 05:56:46 +00:00
x86_64.cc *** empty log message *** 2009-08-07 18:29:54 +00:00
yyscript.y PR 10030 2009-06-23 06:39:47 +00:00

gold is an ELF linker.  It is intended to have complete support for
ELF and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use
it is a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.

gold is part of the GNU binutils.  See ../binutils/README for more
general notes, including where to send bug reports.

gold was originally developed at Google, and was contributed to the
Free Software Foundation in March 2008.  At Google it was designed by
Ian Lance Taylor, with major contributions by Cary Coutant, Craig
Silverstein, and Andrew Chatham.

The existing GNU linker manual is intended to be accurate
documentation for features which gold supports.  gold supports most of
the features of the GNU linker for ELF targets.  Notable
omissions--features of the GNU linker not currently supported in
gold--are:
  * MEMORY regions in linker scripts
  * MRI compatible linker scripts
  * cross-reference reports (--cref)
  * position independent executables (-pie)
  * various other minor options


Notes on the code
=================

These are some notes which may be helpful to people working on the
source code of gold itself.

gold is written in C++.  It is a GNU program, and therefore follows
the GNU formatting standards as modified for C++.  Source documents in
order of decreasing 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,
while still supporting the normal case of native linking as fast as
possible.  In order to do this, many classes are actually templates
whose parameter is the ELF file class (e.g., 32 bits or 64 bits).  The
C++ code is the same, but we don't pay the execution time cost of
always using 64-bit integers if the target is 32 bits.  Many of these
class templates also have an endianness parameter: true for
big-endian, false for little-endian.

The linker is multi-threaded.  The Task class represents a single unit
of work.  Task objects are stored on a single Workqueue object.  Tasks
communicate via Task_token objects.  Task_token objects are only
manipulated while holding the master Workqueue lock.  Relatively few
mutexes are used.


Build requirements
==================

The gold source code uses templates heavily.  Building it requires a
recent version of g++.  g++ 4.0.3 is known to work.  g++ 3.2 and g++
3.4.3 are known to fail.

The linker script parser uses features which are only in newer
versions of bison.  bison 2.3 is known to work.  bison 1.26 is known
to fail.  If you are building gold from an official binutils release,
the bison output should already be included.