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diff --git a/contrib/binutils/bfd/doc/linker.texi b/contrib/binutils/bfd/doc/linker.texi index 5cd6268..0de907d 100644 --- a/contrib/binutils/bfd/doc/linker.texi +++ b/contrib/binutils/bfd/doc/linker.texi @@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ ends which have implemented versions of these routines are a.out (in @code{aoutx.h}) and ECOFF (in @code{ecoff.c}). The a.out routines are used as examples throughout this section. -@menu +@menu * Creating a Linker Hash Table:: * Adding Symbols to the Hash Table:: * Performing the Final Link:: @end menu -@* + @node Creating a Linker Hash Table, Adding Symbols to the Hash Table, Linker Functions, Linker Functions @subsection Creating a linker hash table @cindex _bfd_link_hash_table_create in target vector @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ generally not know exactly which fields will be required until you have finished. You should simply create a new hash table which defines no additional fields, and then simply add fields as they become necessary. -@* + @node Adding Symbols to the Hash Table, Performing the Final Link, Creating a Linker Hash Table, Linker Functions @subsection Adding symbols to the hash table @cindex _bfd_link_add_symbols in target vector @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ The a.out version of this entry point is * Adding symbols from an object file:: * Adding symbols from an archive:: @end menu -@* + @node Differing file formats, Adding symbols from an object file, Adding Symbols to the Hash Table, Adding Symbols to the Hash Table @subsubsection Differing file formats Normally all the files involved in a link will be of the same @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ See @code{ecoff_link_add_externals} for an example of how to check the @code{creator} field before saving information (in this case, the ECOFF external symbol debugging information) in a hash table entry. -@* + @node Adding symbols from an object file, Adding symbols from an archive, Differing file formats, Adding Symbols to the Hash Table @subsubsection Adding symbols from an object file When the @code{_bfd_link_add_symbols} routine is passed an object @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ pointers to the hash tables entries created by @code{_bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol} indexed by symbol number, so that the @code{_bfd_final_link} routine does not have to call the hash table lookup routine to locate the entry. -@* + @node Adding symbols from an archive, , Adding symbols from an object file, Adding Symbols to the Hash Table @subsubsection Adding symbols from an archive When the @code{_bfd_link_add_symbols} routine is passed an @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ call @code{_bfd_generic_link_add_archive_symbols}, because ECOFF archives already contain a hash table of symbols. The ECOFF back end searches the archive itself to avoid the overhead of creating a new hash table. -@* + @node Performing the Final Link, , Adding Symbols to the Hash Table, Linker Functions @subsection Performing the final link @cindex _bfd_link_final_link in target vector @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ the specific object file format. The a.out * Relocating the section contents:: * Writing the symbol table:: @end menu -@* + @node Information provided by the linker, Relocating the section contents, Performing the Final Link, Performing the Final Link @subsubsection Information provided by the linker Before the linker calls the @code{_bfd_final_link} entry point, @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ types of information. They also describe relocs that must be created by the BFD backend, but do not correspond to any input file; this is used to support -Ur, which builds constructors while generating a relocateable object file. -@* + @node Relocating the section contents, Writing the symbol table, Information provided by the linker, Performing the Final Link @subsubsection Relocating the section contents The @code{_bfd_final_link} function should look through the @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ The a.out function which handles reading, relocating, and writing section contents is @code{aout_link_input_section}. The actual relocation is done in @code{aout_link_input_section_std} and @code{aout_link_input_section_ext}. -@* + @node Writing the symbol table, , Relocating the section contents, Performing the Final Link @subsubsection Writing the symbol table The @code{_bfd_final_link} function must gather all the symbols @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ traversing the global hash table with the function @code{aout_link_write_other_symbol}. It builds a string table while writing out the symbols, which is written to the output file at the end of @code{NAME(aout,final_link)}. -@* + @findex bfd_link_split_section @subsubsection @code{bfd_link_split_section} @strong{Synopsis} @@ -362,4 +362,4 @@ reloceatable or final link. BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_link_split_section, (abfd, sec)) @end example -@* + |
