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This aims to bring the linker for big-endian arc targets into line with the linker for (the default) little endian arc targets. The bulk of the changes are to extend the target pattern in the test files from 'arc-*...' to 'arc*-*...' and so match both big and little endian arc targets. In the ld/emulparams/ directory the existing scripts checked for a variable ARC_ENDIAN to switch between big and little endian targets, however, this variable is never set up. So, a new script snippet is introduced which sets up ARC_ENDIAN based on the value of target, this snippet is then included from all of the existing arc scripts. The existing big-endian variants of all the scripts, which existed, but were never used, are deleted in this commit. ld/ChangeLog: * emulparams/arc-endianness.sh: New file. * emulparams/arcebelf.sh: Deleted. * emulparams/arcebelf_prof.sh: Deleted. * emulparams/arceblinux.sh: Deleted. * emulparams/arceblinux_prof.sh: Deleted. * emulparams/arcelf.sh: Include arc-endinness.sh. * emulparams/arcelf_prof.sh: Include arc-endinness.sh. * emulparams/arclinux.sh: Include arc-endinness.sh. * emulparams/arclinux_prof.sh: Include arc-endinness.sh. * emulparams/arcv2elf.sh: Include arc-endinness.sh. * emulparams/arcv2elfx.sh: Include arc-endinness.sh. * testsuite/ld-elf/compressed1d.d: Update pattern for big and little endian arc targets. * testsuite/ld-elf/eh-frame-hdr.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/group1.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/group3b.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/group8a.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/group8b.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/group9a.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/group9b.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/linkonce2.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/pr12851.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/pr12975.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/pr13177.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/pr13195.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/pr17615.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/pr19162.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-elf/sec64k.exp: Likewise. * testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp: Likewise.
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.
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