[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / bfd / ChangeLog

Thu Nov 26 11:19:35 1998  Dave Brolley  <brolley@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-fr30.c (fr30_elf_pc9_reloc,fr30_elf_pc12_reloc): Not
        needed.

1998-11-25  DJ Delorie  <dj@cygnus.com>

        * coff-i386.c (i3coff_object_p): Remove hack.  Use new emulation
        hook now.

Tue Nov 24 10:25:27 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-fr30.c (fr30_elf_relocate_section): Call
        fr30_final_link_relocate.
        (fr30_final_link_relocate): New function: Handle I20 and I32
        relocs.
        (fr30_elf_i32_reloc): New function: Handle I32 relocs.
        (fr30_elf_pc9_reloc): New function: Handle 9_PCREL relocs.
        (fr30_elf_pc12_reloc): New function: Handle 12_PCREL relocs.

        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_relocate_section): Reset hi16s reloc
        chain to empty.
        
        The following changes are based on a patch submitted by Gianluca
        Moro <glctr@abc.it>:
        
        (v850_elf_perform_relocation): Only update a hi16s reloc if it has
        not already been updated.
        (find_remembered_hi16s_reloc): New parameter 'already_found'
        returns state of remembered hi16s reloc.
        (remember_hi16s_reloc): Set 'found' field to false.
        (hi16s_location): Add 'found' field.

1998-11-23  DJ Delorie  <dj@cygnus.com>

        * coff-i386.c (bfd_pe_dll_not_recognized_hack): the linker wants
        to see .DLL files as unrecognized.
        (i3coff_object_p): Sorry, had to hack it to not recognize these
        files (pei-i386) on request.

1998-11-23  DJ Delorie  <dj@cygnus.com>

        * opncls.c (bfd_make_readable): need more cleanup for symbols and
        relents.  Call bfd_check_format to reinitialize.

Fri Nov 20 14:21:36 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-fr30.c (fr30_elf_relocate_section): Remove spurious
        warnings. 

Thu Nov 19 14:42:15 1998  Geoffrey Noer  <noer@cygnus.com>

        * aclocal.m4: regenerate
        * configure: regenerate

Tue Nov 17 20:23:35 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_link_hash_entry): Add vtable_entries_size.
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_link_hash_newfunc): Clear it.
        * elflink.h (elf_gc_propagate_vtable_entries_used): Copy it, and
        respect it as an upper bound on what memory to reference.
        (elf_gc_smash_unused_vtentry_relocs): Likewise.
        (elf_gc_record_vtentry): Handle as-yet undefined vtables.  Set and
        update vtable_entries_size appropriately.

Tue Nov 17 15:28:31 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-fr30.c (fr30_reloc_type_lookup): Used integers to hold
        reloc number.

Mon Nov 16 22:19:21 1998  DJ Delorie  <dj@cygnus.com>

        * archive.c (bfd_ar_hdr_from_filesystem): support BFD_IN_MEMORY
        bfds; they have no "file" so we fake it.
        * bfd-in2.h: add bfd_make_writable and bfd_make_readable (regen)
        * libbfd.c (bfd_write): Allow writing to BFD_IN_MEMORY bfds by
        resizing the memory buffer.
        * opncls.c (bfd_make_writable): New function; lets you write a
        bfd_create'd bfd to an in-memory buffer.
        (bfd_make_readable): New function; lets you read back that buffer
        as if it were from bfd_openr.  Used to build generated archive
        members (winsup's ld's dlltool)

Mon Nov 16 19:15:19 1998  Dave Brolley  <brolley@cygnus.com>

        * po/bfd.pot: Regenerated.

Mon Nov 16 10:57:06 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c (hi16s_location): Replaced fixed size array with
        linked list.

Sun Nov 15 20:28:25 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_relax_section): Search for the proper
        element of the gotentry list for local symbols too.
        (elf64_alpha_relocate_section): Unify local and global handling.
        Assert that gotent->use_count > 0.

Sat Nov 14 15:16:01 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in (vms_alpha_vec): Rename from evax_alpha_vec, and
        update for file name changes of July 2, 1998.
        (vms_vax_vec): New.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Thu Nov 12 19:19:54 1998  Dave Brolley  <brolley@cygnus.com>

        * po/bfd.pot: Regenerated.

Tue Nov 10 16:17:06 1998  Geoffrey Noer  <noer@cygnus.com>

        * acinclude.m4, config.bfd: detect cygwin* instead of cygwin32*.
        * aclocal.m4, configure: regenerate

Tue Nov 10 15:13:59 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (prep_headers): Add support for bfd_arch_fr30.

Tue Nov 10 13:37:36 1998  Felix Lee  <flee@cygnus.com>

        * acinclude.m4 (BFD_HAVE_SYS_PROCFS_TYPE,
        BFD_HAVE_SYS_PROCFS_TYPE_MEMBER): didn't define macro when value
        was cached.
        * aclocal.m4, configure: regenerated.
        
Tue Nov 10 14:31:01 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-d10v.c (reloc_type):  Add R_D10V_GNU_VTINHERIT and
        R_D10V_GNU_VTENTRY relocs.
        (elf_d10v_howto_table):  Likewise.
        (d10v_reloc_map d10v_reloc_map):  Likewise.
        (elf32_d10v_gc_mark_hook):  New.
        (elf32_d10v_gc_sweep_hook):  New.
        (elf32_d10v_check_relocs):  New.
        (elf32_d10v_relocate_section):  New.
        (elf_backend_relocate_section):  Define.
        (elf_backend_can_gc_sections):  Define.

Sat Nov  7 18:07:51 1998  Peter Schauer  <peter.schauer@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>

        * Makefile.am (BFD32_BACKENDS): Move vms files here...
        (BFD64_BACKENDS): ...from here.
        (BFD32_BACKENDS_CFILES): Move vms files here...
        (BFD64_BACKENDS_CFILES): ...from here.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

Wed Nov  4 15:58:48 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.am: Add FR30 target.
        * Makefile.in: Add FR30 target.
        * archures.c: Add support for FR30.
        * config.bfd: Add support for FR30.
        * configure.in: Add support for FR30.
        * reloc.c: Add support for FR30 relocations.
        * targets.c: Add support for FR30 relocations.  
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * libbfd.h:  Regenerate.
        * cpu-fr30.c: New file.
        * elf32-fr30.c: New file.
        
Mon Nov  2 14:59:33 1998  Geoffrey Noer  <noer@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: detect cygwin* instead of cygwin32*
        * configure: regenerate

Sun Nov  1 19:32:28 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * elf-m10300.c (mn10300_elf_relax_section): Do not use alloca,
        use bfd_malloc and free instead and check return value from bfd_malloc.

Sun Nov  1 16:20:35 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_dwarf1_find_nearest_line): Declare.
        * libbfd.h: Rebuild.

        * elf32-mips.c (mips_elf_dynsym_sec_names): Comment out.
        (SIZEOF_MIPS_DYNSYM_SECNAMES): Likewise.
        (MIPS_TEXT_DYNSYM_SECN): Likewise.
        (_bfd_mips_elf_fake_sections): Don't set sh_info field of a .hash
        section.
        (struct mips_elf_link_hash_table): Remove dynsym_sec_strindex
        field.
        (mips_elf_link_hash_table_create): Don't initialize
        dynsym_sec_strindex.
        (mips_elf_gc_mark_hook): Add default case to avoid warning.
        (mips_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Generate a section symbol for
        every output section.
        (mips_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Count all sections for
        DT_MIPS_UNREFEXTNO.
        (mips_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Use dynamic symbols for all
        output sections.

Sun Nov  1 12:46:53 1998  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>

        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Allocate two slots
        for later PLT entries in large PLTs.
        (ppc_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Allow for the extra slots.

Sat Oct 31 20:10:09 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_reload_section): Fix typo.

1998-10-26 15:58  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

        * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_link_hash_entry): Add new field elf_hash_value.
        * elflink.h (elf_collect_hash_codes): New function.  This function is
        called for each exported symbol and we compute the ELF hash value for
        it.
        (compute_bucket_value): New function.  It is called from
        size_dynamic_sections to determine the hash table size.  When we are
        optimizing a better, but slower, algorithm is used.
        (size_dynamic_sections): Call compute_bucket_value.

        * elf.c (bfd_elf_hash): Optimize the hash function a bit.

Mon Oct 19 20:03:21 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-sh.c:  Add HOWTO entries for R_SH_GNU_VTINHERIT and
        R_SH_GNU_VTENTRY.
        (sh_elf_gc_mark_hook):  New.
        (sh_elf_gc_sweep_hook):  New.
        (sh_elf_check_relocs):  New.
        (elf_backend_can_gc_sections):  Define.

Mon Oct 19 16:57:05 1998  Felix Lee  <flee@cygnus.com>

        * acinclude.m4: undo previous gettext change
        * aclocal.m4: rebuild with right version of aclocal.

Mon Oct 19 01:47:21 1998  Felix Lee  <flee@cygnus.com>

        * acinclude.m4, aclocal.m4: move gettext-related fragments from
        aclocal.m4 to acinclude.m4, so they don't get lost.

        * elfcore.h: rewrite for better corefile support.
        * elf.c (elfcore_*): new functions.
        * elf-bfd.h (elf_obj_tdata): new structure members.
        * acconfig.h, acinclude.m4, configure.in: add feature-tests for
        flavor of procfs.
        * aclocal.m4, config.in, configure, Makefile.in: regenerated.

Fri Oct 16 14:07:45 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-m32r.c:  Add HOWTO entries for R_M32R_GNU_VTINHERIT
        and R_M32R_GNU_VTENTRY.
        (elf_backend_can_gc_sections):  Define.
        (m32r_elf_check_relocs):  New.
        (m32r_elf_gc_mark_hook):  New.
        (m32r_elf_gc_sweep_hook):  New.
        (m32r_elf_relocate_section):  Handle VT relocs.

Mon Oct 12 14:18:40 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * coff-arm.c (arm_relocate_section): Remove redundant test.

        * bfd-in2.h (struct reloc_howto_struct): Improve comment to make
        cleat that the 'bitsize' field is the size of the bitfield AFTER
        relocation not before.

        * elf32-m32r.c (R_M32R_18_PCREL): Fix size of bitfield.

        * coff-mips.c (mips_relocate_hi): Cope with missing refhi or reflo
        relocs.

Tue Oct  6 09:20:44 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-sparc.c:  Add HOWTO entries for R_SPARC_GNU_VTINHERIT and
        R_SPARC_GNU_VTENTRY.
        (elf32_sparc_check_relocs):  Handle them.
        (elf32_sparc_reloc_type_lookup):  Likewise.
        (elf32_sparc_relocate_section):  Likewise.
        (elf32_sparc_gc_mark_hook):  New.
        (elf32_sparc_gc_sweep_hook):  New.

Mon Oct  5 14:55:30 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * som.c (som_finish_writing): Perform some sanity checks when
        writing an executable or shared library.

Mon Oct  5 12:02:31 1998  Gavin Romig-Koch  <gavin@cygnus.com>

        * dwarf1.c : New file.  Adds _bfd_dwarf1_find_nearest_line.
        * configure.in (elf): Add dwarf1.lo.
        * elf_bfd.h (elf_ob_tdata): Add dwarf1_find_line_info.
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_find_nearest_line): Add call to
        _bfd_dwarf1_find_nearest_line.
        * elf32-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_find_nearest_line):
        Add call to _bfd_dwarf1_find_nearest_line.
        * configure: Rebuilt.

Mon Oct  5 10:06:22 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elflink.h (elf_gc_sections):  Do not allow garbage
        collection if dynamic sections have been created.

Mon Oct  5 09:07:37 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c: Add HOWTO entries for R_V850_GNU_VTINHERIT and
        R_V850_GNU_VTENTRY.
        (v850_elf_check_relocs):  Handle VTINHERIT and VTENTRY relocs.
        (v850_elf_perform_relocation):  Likewise.
        (v850_elf_final_link_relocate):  Likewise.
        (v850_elf_relocate_section):  Likewise.
        (v850_elf_gc_sweep_hook):  New routine.
        (v850_elf_gc_mark_hook):  New routine.
        (elf_backend_can_gc_sections):  Define.

Mon Oct  5 09:04:25 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_gc_sweep_hook):  Don't assume
        that dynobj exists.

Sun Oct  4 23:29:34 1998  David Edelsohn  <edelsohn@mhpcc.edu>

        * rs6000-core.c (rs6000coff_core_file_matches_executable_p):
        Declare size as bfd_size_type.
        (rs6000coff_get_section_contents): Declare count as bfd_size_type.

Sun Oct  4 20:38:29 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * cpu-hppa.c (bfd_hppa20_arch): Define.  Link it into the bfd_hppa_arch
        structure.
        * som.c (CPU_PA_RISC2_0): Define.
        (_PA_RISC2_0_ID): Likewise.
        (som_finish_writing): Use CPU_PA_RISC2_0 for the system_id as needed.

Sun Oct  4 21:19:09 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elflink.h (elf_link_add_object_symbols): When a versioned symbol
        has a base which is already defined, only add the referenced
        symbol to the dynamic symbol table if it is defined or referenced
        by a regular file.

        * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_info_to_howto_rel): Handle vtable relocs
        correctly.

1998-09-27  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * elflink.h (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Undo last change.

Wed Sep 23 16:09:31 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elflink.h (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Don't record a dynamic
        symbol for the indirect alias to a versioned symbol.

Mon Sep 21 12:15:22 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-i386.c (elf32_i386_vtinherit_howto): New.
        (elf32_i386_vtentry_howto): New.
        (elf_i386_reloc_type_lookup):  Return elf32_i386_vtentry_howto
        or elf32_i386_vtinherit_howto  on lookup.

Sun Sep 20 00:48:07 1998  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * elf32-m68k.c: Include "elf/m68k.h".  Remove definition of enum
        reloc_type.  Rename R_68K__max to R_68K_max.
        (howto_table): Use _bfd_elf_rel_vtable_reloc_fn for a VTENTRY
        reloc.

Sun Sep 20 00:09:25 1998  Chris Torek  <torek@bsdi.com>

        * libbfd.c (bfd_getb32): Rewrite expression to get better code.
        (bfd_getl32, bfd_getb_signed_32, bfd_getl_signed_32): Likewise.

        * libbfd.c (bfd_log2): Cast to bfd_vma before shifting, not
        after.

Sat Sep 19 22:42:23 1998  Doug Rabson  <dfr@nlsystems.com>

        * elflink.h (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Ensure that the warning
        message has a null byte terminator.

Fri Sep 18 14:35:29 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_perform_relocation): Ignore contents of
        word subject to R_V850_32 relocation.

Thu Sep 17 17:20:36 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * dwarf2.c: Add comment describing problem computing line numbers
        for undefined symbols at link time.

Thu Sep 17 16:03:28 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Don't
        transform a defweak into a plt entry.
        (elf64_alpha_calc_dynrel_sizes): Allow room for secondary
        plt entry references to receive a RELATIVE reloc.
        (elf64_alpha_finish_dynamic_symbol): Fill them in.
        (elf64_alpha_relocate_section): Assert we don't overrun
        the allocated relocation space.

Wed Sep 16 18:03:13 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (swap_out_syms): Always treat section symbols as
        special, even if they are attached to a common section.

Wed Sep 16 10:34:13 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_symbol_processing): Move symbols in
        sections with v850 common section attributes into named v850
        common sections.
        (v850_elf_add_symbol_hook): Move symbols in sections with v850
        common section attributes into named v850 common sections.

Wed Sep 16 11:26:49 CDT 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_gc_mark_hook):  Remove print
        statement.

1998-09-15  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>

        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Reverse output_offset
        part of Vladimir's change of 1998-08-19.  Make a R_PPC_SDAREL16
        reloc to the wrong section a warning, not an error.  .dynsbss
        is not an output section, so there is no need to check for it.

Tue Sep 15 12:40:05 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

       * elf-bfd.h:  Add argument to elf_backend_get_symbol_type.

Tue Sep 15 08:34:40 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

       * elf.c (swap_out_syms):  Pass type to elf_backend_get_symbol_type.
       * elf32-arm.c:  Add HOWTO entries for R_ARM_GNU_VTINHERIT and
       R_ARM_GNU_VTENTRY.
       (elf32_arm_gc_mark_hook): New.
       (elf32_arm_gc_sweep_hook): New.
       (elf32_arm_check_relocs): New.
       (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate):  Handle VTINHERIT and VTENTRY
       relocations.
       (elf32_arm_relocate_section): Handle VTINHERIT and VTENTRY
       relocations.

1998-09-10  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>

        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): If dynobj is NULL,
        assume there is no PLT or GOT.

Wed Sep  9 14:24:12 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_find_nearest_line): New function:  just
        like _elf_bfd_find_nearest_line() except that STT_ARM_TFUNC is
        also accepted as a function symbol type.

Mon Sep  7 13:24:03 1998  Peter Schauer  <pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>

        * rs6000-core.c (_LONG_LONG):  Define for AIX 4.x only.

Sat Sep  5 20:40:18 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_nolink_bfd_gc_sections): Correct definition to
        match definition of _bfd_gc_sections field.
        * libbfd.h: Rebuild.

Fri Sep  4 13:54:23 1998  David Miller  <davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com>

        * elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_relocate_section): Properly adjust
        the addend of a dynamic relocation referencing a section.
        * elf64-sparc.c (sparc64_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        (sparc64_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Fix the PLT relocation offset.

Thu Sep  3 17:28:50 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elflink.h (bfd_elfNN_size_dynamic_sections): Verify that the
        bed has a size_dynamic_sections routine before trying to use it.

Mon Aug 31 14:49:22 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-mips.c (elf_mips_gnu_vtentry_howto): Use
        _bfd_elf_rel_vtable_reloc_fn.

Mon Aug 31 10:23:40 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.am:  Add elf32-arm.c.
        * Makefile.in:  Rebuild.
        * elf-bfd.h:  Add elf_backend_get_symbol_type.
        * elf.c (swap_out_syms):  If defined, call
        elf_backend_get_symbol_type.
        * elf32-arm.c: Define elf_backend_get_symbol_type.
        (elf32_arm_get_symbol-type):  New routine.
        (record_thumb_to_arm_glue):  Change to use STT_ARM_TFUNC.
        (bfd_elf32_arm_process_before_allocation):  Change to
        check for STT_ARM_TFUNC.
        (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate):  Likewise.
        * elfxx-target.h:  Add elf_backend_get_symbol_type.

Fri Aug 28 19:44:07 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * archures.c (bfd_mach_alpha_ev[456]): New.
        * cpu-alpha.c: Rework to match these types.
        * bfd-in2.h: Rebuild.

Fri Aug 28 19:38:53 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_rel_vtable_reloc_fn): Declare.
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_rel_vtable_reloc_fn): New.

        * elf32-i386.c (elf_howto_table): Add vtable relocs.
        (elf_i386_reloc_type_lookup): Recognize them.
        (elf_i386_check_relocs): Pass them off to generic code.
        (elf_i386_relocate_section): Ignore them.
        (elf_i386_gc_mark_hook, elf_i386_gc_sweep_hook): New.
        (elf_backend_can_gc_sections): True.

Thu Aug 20 15:03:45 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-arm.c (elf32_thumb_to_arm_stub): Check sym_sec is not NULL
        before looking at owner field.
        (elf32_arm_to_thumb_stub): Ditto.
        (elf32_arm_relocate_section): Compute name before calling
        elf32_arm_final_link_relocate().

Thu Aug 20 11:30:17 1998  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@cleaver.cygnus.com>

        * elf.c: comment and formatting cleanups.
        * elfcore.h: ditto.

Wed Aug 19 15:43:26 1998  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@cleaver.cygnus.com>

        * elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Reject files of header type ET_CORE
        (core files are treated differently than object files).
        * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_write_corefile_contents,
        bfd_elf_mkcorefile): declare.
        * elfxx-target.h (_bfd_elf_write_corefile_contents,
        bfd_elf_mkcorefile): add to bfd_target vector.
        * elfcore.h (elf_core_file_p): save the program header table,
        and set the bfd architecture from the elf file header.
        * elf.c (bfd_elf_mkcorefile): new function.
        (_bfd_elf_write_corefile_contents): new function.
        (assign_file_positions_for_segments): add cases for handling
        PT_NOTE segments.  (assign_file_positions_except_relocs):
        core files should be handled the same as exec files.
        (prep_headers): identify core files as type ET_CORE.
        (copy_private_bfd_data): identify the sections belonging to
        the PT_NOTE segment.

        * elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_final_write_processing):
        add break statement to default case.

1998-08-19  Vladimir N. Makarov  <vmakarov@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Check that output
        section (not input) will be in sections ".sbss", ".sbss2",
        ".sdata", and ".sdata" for R_PPC_SDAREL16, R_PPC_EMB_SDA2REL,
        R_PPC_EMB_SDA21, R_PPC_EMB_RELSDA.  In all these cases also ignore
        output_offset for correct evaluation of addend.

Tue Aug 18 11:48:12 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-arm.c: Add prefix bfd_ to elf32_arm_get_bfd_for_interworking,
        elf32_arm_allocate_interworking_sections and
        elf32_arm_process_before_allocation.

Tue Aug 18 11:46:00 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * bfd-in.h: Ammend prototype for
        elf32_arm_process_before_allocation to remove surplus third
        argument.

        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.

Sat Aug 15 20:55:08 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_relax_section): Handle indirect symbols.

Fri Aug 14 09:12:28 1998  Stan Cox  <scox@cygnus.com>

        * aoutx.h (aout_link_input_section_ext): Use the relocation already
        calculated for RELOC_SPARC_REV32 case.

Thu Aug 13 14:02:02 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

       * bfd-in.h:  Add prototypes for elf32_arm_get_bfd_for_interworking,
       elf32_arm_allocate_interworking_sections and
       elf32_arm_process_before_allocation.
       * bfd-in2.h:  Regenerated.
       * elf32-arm.c Define elf32_arm_link_hash_table.
       (insert_thumb_branch): New routine.
       (find_thumb_glue): New routine.
       (find_arm_glue): New routine.
       (record_arm_to_thumb_glue): New routine.
       (record_thumb_to_arm_glue): New routine.
       (elf32_arm_link_hash_table_create): New routine.
       (elf32_arm_get_bfd_for_interworking): New routine.
       (elf32_arm_allocate_interworking_sections) New routine.
       (elf32_arm_process_before_allocation) New routine.
       (elf32_thumb_to_arm_stub): New routine.
       (elf32_arm_to_thumb_stub): New routine.
       (elf32_print_private_bfd_data): Fix typo.
       (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate):  Add argument sym_sec.
       Check for branches to thumb symbols in case R_ARM_PC24.
       Check for branches to arm symbols in case R_ARM_THM_PC22.
       (elf32_arm_relocate_section):  Pass symbol section to
       elf32_arm_final_link_relocate.

Wed Aug 12 19:00:39 1998  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>

        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Generate PLT
        entries unless the symbol is defined in the executable; in
        particular, undefined weak symbols get a PLT entry.

Wed Aug 12 14:48:33 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * libaout.h: Remove nested comment to avoid warning.

Wed Aug 12 08:10:11 1998 Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate):  Rework
       R_ARM_PC24 relocation.

Tue Aug 11 14:42:26 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate):  Remove unused
       argument is_local.  Add argument sym_flags.  Check sym_flags
       in R_ARM_ABS32 case.  Include addend for R_ARM_THM_PC22 case.
       (elf32_arm_relocate_section):  Don't pass local sym and pass
       sym_flags to elf32_arm_final_link_relocate.

Mon Aug 10 20:38:39 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_calc_dynrel_sizes): Correct last change
        to not count too few relocs for dynamicly linked executables.

Mon Aug 10 15:35:34 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c (alpha_elf_dynamic_symbol_p): Never consider
        symbols without a dynamic index dynamic.  Consider all weak
        symbols dynamic.
        (elf64_alpha_strip_section_from_output): Don't assume 1-1
        correspondance between input and output sections.

Mon Aug 10 15:31:39 1998  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * elflink.h (elf_gc_common_finalize_got_offsets): For backends
        that use a .got.plt section start the got offset at zero.

Mon Aug 10 17:31:21 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * ieee.c (ieee_write_processor): Correct the processor ID written
        out for bfd_arch_m68k, accommodating change of March 25.

Sun Aug  9 20:55:44 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate):  Rework
        R_ARM_THM_RPC22 relocations.

Sat Aug  8 15:15:30 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c (alpha_elf_dynamic_symbol_p): Undef weak symbols
        are always dynamic.
        (elf64_alpha_calc_dynrel_sizes): Allow enough room for RELATIVE
        .got relocs in -Bsymbolic shared objects.

Wed Aug  5 15:48:08 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-arm.c: Add private flags to ELF header.
        (elf32_arm_print_private_bfd_data): New Function.
        (elf32_arm_set_private_flags): New Function.
        (elf32_arm_copy_private_flags): New Function.
        (elf32_arm_merge_private_bfd_data): New Function.

Mon Aug  3 17:10:15 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_check_relocs): Permit WPLT30 against
        a local symbol.
        (elf32_sparc_relocate_section): Likewise.

Sun Aug  2 03:19:23 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_check_relocs): Init sgot to NULL.  Create the
        .got if any relocation referrs to _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_.
        (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Pull sgot and splt search to the start
        of the function.  Recognize no .plt as static linking.

1998-08-01  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_section_from_shdr): Don't pass
        ".liblist" string through gettext.

Fri Jul 31 16:38:14 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.am: Add support for elf32-arm.lo.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.
        * config.bfd (arm-*-elf):  Define targ_defvec and targ_selvecs.
        (thumb-*-elf): Define targ_defvec and targ_selvecs.
        * configure.in:  Handle bfd_elf32_littlearm_vec and bfd_elf32_bigarm_vec.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * elf.c: (prep_headers):  Support arch_type of EM_ARM.
        * targets.c:  Support new targets bfd_elf32_bigarm_vec and
        bfd_target bfd_elf32_littlearm_vec.
        * elf32-arm.c:  New file.

Tue Jun 28 19:05:28 1998  Stan Cox  <scox@cygnus.com>

        * libaout.h (M_SPARCLITE_LE): New machine.
        * sunos.c (MACHTYPE_OK): Add machine M_SPARCLITE_LE.
        * aoutf1.h (sunos_set_arch_mach): Add machine M_SPARCLITE_LE.
        (sunos_write_object_contents): Add machine bfd_mach_sparc_sparclite_le
        * aoutx.h (howto_table_ext): Add relocation R_SPARC_REV32.
        (NAME(aout,machine_type)) Add machine bfd_mach_sparc_sparclite_le
        (aout_link_input_section_ext): Add RELOC_SPARC_REV32 support.
        * elf32-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_howto_table, sparc_reloc_map,
        elf32_sparc_relocate_section): Rename R_SPARC_32LE to be R_SPARC_REV32
        * libbfd.h (bfd_reloc_code_real_names): Rename BFD_RELOC_SPARC_32LE to
        be BFD_RELOC_SPARC_REV32.
        * reloc.c: Ditto.
        * config.bfd (sparc86x-*-aout): New

Fri Jul 24 13:54:19 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * linker.c (_bfd_generic_final_link): Allocate NULL symbol before
        actually mapping the output sections.

Fri Jul 24 11:24:29 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

start-sanitize-am33
        * elf-m10300.c (mn10300_elf_relax_section): Fix typo when relaxing
        from 24bit operand to an 8bit operand.

        * elf-m10300.c (mn10300_elf_relax_section): Do not relax "dmul",
        "dmulu", "dmach", "dmachu" with 32bit operands.
end-sanitize-am33

        * elf-m10300.c (mn10300_elf_howto): Add R_MN10300_24 entry.
        (mn10300_elf_reloc_map): Similarly.
        (mn10300_elf_final_link_relocate): Handle R_MN10300_24.
start-sanitize-am33
        (mn10300_elf_relax_section): Support relaxing on the am33.
end-sanitize-am33

Fri Jul 24 12:36:04 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

start-sanitize-r5900
        The value of R_MIPS15_S3 has changed:
        * elf32-mips.c (elf_mips15_s3_howto): New static variable.
        (mips_reloc_map): Remove BFD_RELOC_MIPS15_S3.
        (bfd_elf32_bfd_reloc_type_lookup): Handle BFD_RELOC_MIPS15_S3
        specially.
        (mips_info_to_howto_rel): Handle R_MIPS15_S3 specially.
        (mips_elf_relocate_section): Check for R_MIPS15_S3.

end-sanitize-r5900
        * elf32-mips.c (elf_mips_howto_table): Add reloc types used on
        Irix 6.
        (bfd_elf32_bfd_reloc_type_lookup): Add default case.
        * elf64-mips.c: Replace all uses of mips_elf64_reloc_type with
        elf_mips_reloc_type defined in elf/mips.h.

1998-07-24  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-mips.c: Remove reloc_type definition completely.  It's now
        in elf/mips.h.

Thu Jul 23 13:33:19 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * elf64-mips.c (mips_elf64_reloc_type): #if 0 out more relocations
        as they are defined in elf/mips.h now.

Thu Jul 23 11:29:43 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

start-sanitize-am33
        * elf-m10300.c (compute_function_info): Keep track of stack space
        needed by am33 movm instruction variant.
end-sanitize-am33

        * Re-add lost change:
        * elf-m10300.c (elf32_mn10300_link_hash_entry): Add new field
        "movm_stack_size".
        (mn10300_elf_relax_section): Include stack space for register saves
        in the imm8 field of a "call" instruction.
        (compute_function_info): Determine how much stack is allocated by
        the movm instruction.  Fix typo.
        (elf32_mn10300_link_hash_newfunc): Initialize movm_stack_size.

Thu Jul 23 11:38:05 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-sparc.c (elf_backend_got_header_size): Define as 4.
        * elf64-sparc.c (elf_backend_got_header_size): Define as 8.

1998-07-22  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-ppc.c: Change use of pp_reloc_type to elf_ppc_reloc_type.

Wed Jul 22 16:27:18 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-hppa.h: Let ELF header define the enum containing the
        external reloc numbers.
        * elf32-i386.h: Likewise.

1998-07-22 14:57  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

        * elf-m10300.c: Let ELF header now define the macros to get the enum.
        * elf32-mips.c: Likewise.
        * elf32-ppc.c: Likewise.

Wed Jul 22 13:53:52 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * bfd-in2.h: Change type of 'class' parameter to 'unsigned int' in
        bfd_coff_set_symbol_class(), in order to avoid K&R compatability
        prblems.
        * bfd-in.h: Regenerate.
        * coffgen.c (bfd_coff_set_symbol_class): Change type of 'class'
        parameter to 'unsigned int' to avoid K&R compatability problems.

Wed Jul 22 16:43:24 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * ieee.c (ieee_find_nearest_line): Change filename_ptr and
        functionname_ptr to be const.  Change line_ptr to be unsigned.

        * coffcode.h (coff_link_output_has_begun): Simplify handling when
        macro is not defined.  Change second parameter from bfd_link_info
        to coff_final_link_info.  Add prototype.
        (coff_final_link_postscript): Simplify handling when macro is not
        defined.  Add prototype.

1998-07-22 13:08  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

        * elf-mn10300.c: Before include system specific ELF header define
        START_RELOC_NUMBERS, RELOC_NUMBER, and END_RELOC_NUMBERS.
        * elf32-mips.c: Likewise.
        * elf32-ppc.c: Likewise.

Wed Jul 22 13:46:51 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-mips.c (mips_elf64_reloc_type): Copy Ulrich's elf32-mips.c
        temporary patch over to elf64-mips.c as well.

1998-07-21  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-mips.c (reloc_type): Temporarily disable definition of
        standard relocation since they are now defined in elf/mips.h.

Tue Jul 21 09:47:00 1998  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf-m10200.c (mn10200_elf_final_link_relocate):
        Modify range test for case R_MN10200_8.

        * elf-m10300.c (mn10300_elf_final_link_relocate):
        Modify range test for case R_MN10300_8.

Mon Jul 20 18:50:54 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data): Add got_ & plt_header_size.
        * elf32-i386.c (elf_backend_got_header_size): Define.
        (elf_backend_plt_header_size): Define.
        * elf32-m68k.c, elf32-mips.c, elf32-ppc.c: Likewise.
        * elf32-sparc.c, elf64-alpha.c, elf64-sparc.c: Likewise.
        * elfxx-target.h: Provide a default of zero.
        * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_create_got_section): Use got_header_size.
        * elflink.h (elf_gc_common_finalize_got_offsets): Likewise.

        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Don't remove a PLT
        entry from an executable, even if the plt refcount goes to 0.

Mon Jul 20 12:47:26 1998  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * aoutx.h (NAME(aout,find_nearest_line)): Also remember the
        directory name at the line number.

        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_find_nearest_line): Also consider symbols
        with an unspecified type.

Wed Jul 15 11:20:01 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * sunos.c: Add undef of valid to avoid problem on SunOS.

start-sanitize-beos
Tue Jul 14 15:30:59 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * config.bfd (i?86-pc-beos{pe,elf,}*): Recognize.

end-sanitize-beos
Tue Jul 14 11:22:21 1998  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_check_relocs): Also reference count
        R_68K_PCxx and R_68K_xx relocations.  Make sure that
        ELF_LINK_HASH_NEEDS_PLT is always set for a PLT reloc reference.
        (elf_m68k_gc_sweep_hook): Also reference count R_68K_PCxx and
        R_68K_xx relocations.
        (elf_m68k_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Reset the plt offset of a symbol
        that has no plt entry.
        (elf_m68k_relocate_section): Ignore the plt offset in a static
        link.
        * elflink.h (elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Reset the plt offset for
        an ignored symbol.
        (elf_gc_common_finalize_got_offsets): Set the got offsets also in
        a static link.

        * elf32-m68k.c (R_68K_GNU_VTINHERIT, R_68K_GNU_VTENTRY): New reloc
        types.
        (howto_table, reloc_map): Add entries for them.
        (elf_m68k_check_relocs): Handle them.  Implement reference
        counting for got and plt entries.
        (elf_m68k_gc_mark_hook, elf_m68k_gc_sweep_hook): New functions.
        (elf_m68k_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Handle unreferenced plt
        symbols.
        (rtype_to_howto_rel, elf_info_to_howto_rel): Delete.
        (elf_m68k_relocate_section): Handle the new reloc types.
        (bfd_elf32_bfd_final_link, elf_backend_gc_mark_hook,
        elf_backend_gc_sweep_hook, elf_backend_can_gc_sections): Define.
        * elflink.h (elf_link_add_object_symbols): When creating an
        indirect reference for symbol versioning also copy the plt
        offset.
        (elf_fix_symbol_flags): When clearing the ELF_LINK_HASH_NEEDS_PLT
        flag also reset the plt offset.
        (elf_link_assign_sym_version): Likewise.
        (elf_gc_common_finalize_got_offsets): Increment the got offset by
        the size of the entry in bytes.
        (elf_gc_allocate_got_offsets): Likewise.

Tue Jul 14 11:18:14 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elflink.h (elf_gc_sections): Return true rather than falling off
        the bottom.

        * coffgen.c (bfd_coff_set_symbol_class): Call bfd_alloc, not
        xmalloc.

Mon Jul 13 11:06:31 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * coff-arm.c: Supress definition of TARGET_UNDERSCORE and add a
        comment describing when it should be enabled.
        Changed definition of USER_LABEL_PREFIX to "", to fall into line
        with GCC sources.

Mon Jul 13 13:06:54 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * ieee.c (ieee_slurp_external_symbols): Handle call optimization
        information ATN records.

Fri Jul 10 16:31:06 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * ieee.c (ieee_slurp_external_symbols): Select an appropriate
        section for an absolute symbol in a fully linked file.  Based on
        patch from Christian Holland <CHolland@de.lucent.com>.

Wed Jul  8 11:29:56 1998  Manfred Hollstein  <manfred@s-direktnet.de>

        * coff-m88k.c (m88k_special_reloc): Don't lose the information
        that a symbol is undefined.

Tue Jul  7 21:47:02 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * som.c (som_bfd_gc_sections): Define.

Mon Jul  6 11:35:50 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * coff-arm.c (aoutarm_std_reloc_howto): Do not complain about
        overflows in ARM_26D patches, since they have already been
        implmented.  Patch submitted by Dr. R.J. Black <rjb@dcs.gla.ac.uk>

Sat Jul  4 12:25:36 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * coffcode.h (coff_write_object_contents): If we have any long
        section names, call coff_write_symbols even if there are no
        symbols.

Fri Jul  3 13:11:35 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (copy_private_bfd_data): Only set phdr_included once for a
        PT_LOAD segment, rather than only setting it once for the entire
        file.

        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): When setting the LMA,
        rather than ignoring every phdr with a p_paddr of 0, ignore all
        the phdrs if they all have a p_paddr of 0.

        * stabs.c (_bfd_write_stab_strings): Check whether the .stabstr
        section was discarded from the link.

Fri Jul  3 14:39:05 1998  J"orn Rennecke <amylaar@cygnus.co.uk>

        * coff-sh.c (sh_insn_uses_freg): Ignore lowest bit of register number.

Fri Jul  3 14:35:48 1998  J"orn Rennecke <amylaar@cygnus.co.uk>

        * coff-sh.c (sh_insns_conflict): Load of fpscr conflicts with
        floating point operations.

Thu Jul  2 18:37:25 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_link_input_bfd): Skip undefined global
        function symbols.

Thu Jul  2 14:59:42 1998  Klaus Kaempf  <kkaempf@rmi.de>

        Merge of vax/vms (read-only) support
        * configure.com: Support Vax target.
        * makefile.vms: Support Vax target.
        * vms.h: Renamed from evax.h, merged vax/vms (read-only) support.
        * vms.c: Renamed from evax-alpha.c, merged vax/vms (read-only)
        support.
        * vms-hdr.c: Renamed from evax-emh.c, merged vax/vms (read-only)
        support.
        * vms-gsd.c: Renamed from evax-egsd.c, merged vax/vms (read-only)
        support.
        * vms-tir.c: Renamed from evax-etir.c, merged vax/vms (read-only)
        support.
        * vms-misc.c: Renamed from evax-misc.c, merged vax/vms (read-only)
        support.
        * libbfd.c (real_read): Use unbuffered read on VMS/Vax.
        * targets.c (bfd_target_ovax_flavour): New flavour.
        (vms_alpha_vec): Renamed from evax_alpha_vec.
        (vms_vax_vec): New.
        (target_vector): Update accordingly.
        * config.bfd (alpha*-*-*vms*): Use vms_alpha_vec, not
        evax_alpha_vec.
        (vax*-*-*vms*): New target.
        * Makefile.am: Update for renamed files.  Rebuild dependencies.
        * bfd-in2.h: Rebuild.
        * configure.in, Makefile.in, aclocal.m4: Rebuild.

Thu Jul  2 13:31:55 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        Based on patch from Matt Semersky <matts@scd.hp.com>:
        * linker.c (_bfd_generic_final_link): Force a trailing NULL
        pointer on abfd->outsymbols.
        (generic_add_output_symbol): Handle NULL sym parameter.

Wed Jul  1 17:05:53 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (copy_private_bfd_data): Add support for changing VMA or
        LMA of sections.

Wed Jul  1 16:58:50 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * coff-sh.c (sh_relax_delete_bytes): Correct address comparisons
        when handling 32 bit immediate relocs.
        * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_relax_delete_bytes): Likewise.

Tue Jun 30 09:55:03 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * section.c (STD_SECTION): Account for recently added gc_mark
        field in struct asection.

        * elf-m10300.c (bfd_mn10300_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): New function.
        (bfd_elf32_bfd_merge_private_bfd_data): Define.

Thu Jun 25 18:31:41 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        ELF Section-level Garbage Collection:
        * bfd.c (bfd_gc_sections): New.
        * aout-adobe.c: Hook to default implementation.
        * aout-target.h, aout-tic30.c, binary.c, bout.c: Likewise.
        * coff-alpha.c, coff-mips.c, coff-rs6000.c, coffcode.h: Likewise.
        * evax-alpha.c, i386msdos.c, i386os9k.c, ieee.c: Likewise.
        * ihex.c, nlm-target.h, oasys.c, ppcboot.c, srec.c: Likewise.
        * tekhex.c, versados.c: Likewise.
        * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_nolink_bfd_gc_sections): New.
        * targets.c (BFD_JUMP_TABLE_LINK): Add _bfd_gc_sections.

        * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_VTABLE_INHERIT, BFD_RELOC_VTABLE_ENTRY): New.
        (bfd_generic_gc_sections): New.
        * section.c (SEC_KEEP): New.
        (asection): Add gc_mark member.

        * elfcode.h (elf_gc*): New name remappings.
        * elflink.h (elf_link_input_bfd): Don't set contents on stabs
        sections to be excluded.
        (elf_gc_mark, elf_gc_sweep, elf_gc_sweep_symbol): New.
        (elf_gc_propogate_vtable_entries_used): New.
        (elf_gc_smash_unused_vtentry_relocs): New.
        (elf_gc_sections, elf_gc_record_vtinherit, elf_gc_record_vtentry): New.
        (elf_gc_common_finalize_got_offsets): New.
        (elf_gc_allocate_got_offsets, elf_gc_common_final_link): New.
        * elfxx-target.h: Add and default gc hooks.

        * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_link_hash_entry): Swap got_offset/plt_offset
        for unions.
        (struct elf_obj_tdata): Likewise for local_got_offsets.
        * elf.c, elf-i386.c, elf32-m68k.c, elf32-mips.c: Update all uses.
        * elf32-ppc.c, elf32-sparc.c, elf64-alpha.c: Likewise.
        * elf64-sparc.c, elflink.h: Likewise.

        * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_link_hash_entry): Add vtable members.
        (ELF_LINK_HASH_MARK): Define.
        (struct elf_backend_data): Add GC hooks.
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_link_hash_newfunc): Zero vtable members.

        * elf-m10300.c (mn10300_elf_check_relocs): New.
        (mn10300_elf_gc_mark_hook): New.
        (R_MN10300_GNU_VTINHERIT, R_MN10300_GNU_VTENTRY): New.
        (elf_mn10300_howto, mn10300_reloc_map): Handle them.
        (mn10300_elf_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
        (mn10300_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        (elf_backend_can_gc_sections): Define.
        * elf32-mips.c (R_MIPS_GNU_VTINHERIT, R_MIPS_GNU_VTENTRY): New.
        (elf_mips_gnu_vtinherit_howto, elf_mips_gnu_vtentry_howto): New.
        (bfd_elf32_bfd_reloc_type_lookup): Handle them.
        (mips_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
        (mips_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        (mips_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
        (mips_elf_gc_mark_hook, mips_elf_gc_sweep_hook): New.
        (elf_backend_can_gc_sections): Define.
        * elf32-ppc.c (R_PPC_GNU_VTINHERIT, R_PPC_GNU_VTENTRY): New.
        (ppc_elf_howto_raw): Handle them.
        (ppc_elf_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.
        (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        (ppc_elf_check_relocs): Reference count .got and .plt entires.
        Handle new vtable relocs.
        (ppc_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Recognize unused .plt entries.
        (ppc_elf_gc_mark_hook, ppc_elf_gc_sweep_hook): New.
        (elf_backend_can_gc_sections): Define.

Fri Jun 26 10:48:23 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * archures.c (bfd_mach_mn10300): Define.
        * elf-m10300.c: Include elf/mn10300.h
        (elf_mn10300_mach): New function.
        (_bfd_mn10300_elf_final_write_processing): Likewise.
        (_bfd_mn10300_elf_object_p): Likewise.
        (elf_backendfinal_write_processing): Define.
        (elf_backend_object_p): Likewise.
start-sanitize-am33
        * archures.c (bfd_mach_am33): Define.
        * cpu-m10300.c (bfd_am33_arch): New arch info structure.  Link it
        into the NEXT field of bfd_mn10300_arch.
end-sanitize-am33

Thu Jun 25 18:31:08 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_perform_relocation): Fix HI16_S
        relocation.

Wed Jun 24 17:17:57 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elflink.h (elf_bfd_final_link): Loop over input_bfds using the
        link_next field, not the next field.

Sun Jun 21 19:38:39 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (map_sections_to_segments): Check the section address
        against the phdr size both with and without a modulo of
        maxpagesize.

Fri Jun 19 17:08:18 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-mips.c (mips_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Only strip a
        linker created empty input section if the output section has the
        same name.

        * elflink.h (elf_link_output_extsym): Print an error message if
        _bfd_elf_section_from_bfd_section fails.

        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_section_from_bfd_section): Call bfd_set_error on
        failure.

start-sanitize-sky
Thu Jun 18 23:59:30 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@seba.cygnus.com>

        * reloc.c: New relocs BFD_RELOC_MIPS_DVP_11_S4,
        BFD_RELOC_MIPS_DVP_U15_S3.
        * elf32-mips.c: Handle them.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.

end-sanitize-sky
Tue Jun 16 11:55:55 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (copy_private_bfd_data): Improve handling of Solaris
        native linker output.  Avoid putting an empty section in more than
        one segment.

Fri Jun 12 13:30:17 1998  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>

        * po/Make-in (all-yes): If maintainer mode, depend on .pot file.
        ($(PACKAGE).pot): Unconditionally depend on POTFILES.

Fri Jun 12 13:34:02 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (swap_out_syms): New arg relocatable_p.
        Don't add section VMA to symbols for relocatable output.
        (_bfd_elf_compute_section_file_positions): Update call to
        swap_out_syms.

Mon Jun  8 15:20:57 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_perform_relocation): Make comparisons
        against 'addend' be signed rather than unsigned.

Sat Jun  6 00:31:21 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-m32r.c: Add prototyps for static functions.

        * coff-arm.c: Add prototypes for static functions.

Fri Jun  5 17:21:51 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (elf_sort_sections): Sort by LMA first then VMA, since the
        LMA is used to order sections in a segment.

        * elf32-v850.c: Add prototypes for static functions.
        Change type of addend parameter to bfd_vma in various functions.

Fri Jun  5 18:09:58 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * aoutx.h (howto_table_ext): Change RELOC_BASE13 to use
        complain_overflow_signed instead of complain_overflow_bitfield.

Fri Jun  5 15:11:11 1998  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * elf.c (elf_map_symbols): Don't add section VMA to symbol value
        when comparing against 0.

Wed Jun  3 17:52:49 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.am (config.status): New target.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

start-sanitize-sky
Wed Jun  3 11:39:57 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * elf32-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_fake_sections): Update to use
        Elf32_Dvp_External_Overlay instead of 64 bit version.

end-sanitize-sky
Wed Jun  3 12:18:24 1998  Stan Cox  <scox@equinox.cygnus.com>

        * elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_merge_private_bfd_data): Give an
        error if previous object endianness doesn't match current object.

Tue Jun  2 17:50:59 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_print_private_bfd_data): Call
        _bfd_elf_print_private)bfd_data ().

Tue Jun  2 15:29:35 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elflink.h (elf_merge_symbol): Don't always set type_change_ok
        and size_change_ok.
        (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Set type_change_ok and
        size_change_ok before calling elf_merge_symbol.

        * elf32-mips.c (mips_elf_relocate_section): If we issue an
        undefined symbol error, don't also issue an overflow error.

Tue Jun  2 13:51:00 1998  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>

        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): The target of an
        R_PPC_LOCAL24PC relocation should be local; if not, print an error
        message instead of crashing.

Mon Jun  1 18:23:12 1998  Yuli Barcohen  <yuli.barcohen@telrad.co.il>

        * archures.c (bfd_mach_cpu32): Define.
        (bfd_default_scan): Add case for 68060.  Fix 68332 case to use
        bfd_mach_cpu32.
        * cpu-m68k.c (arch_info_struct): Add m68k:cpu32.
        * ieee.c: Include <ctype.h>.
        (ieee_object_p): Parse out process ID string to make it more
        likely to be acceptable for bfd_scan_arch.
        * bfd-in2.h: Rebuild.

Mon Jun  1 11:12:02 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_print_private_bfd_data): Also call
        _bfd_elf_print_private_bfd_data() so that the program header will
        be displayed.

Mon Jun  1 12:14:28 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * peicode.h (coff_swap_sym_in): Check for C_SECTION rather than
        0x68.  Reindent.  Add some comments.

start-sanitize-sky
Sun May 31 16:11:22 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * elf32-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_final_write_processing): Set sh_link
        field of .DVP.ovlytab to .DVP.ovlystrtab's section index.
        (_bfd_mips_elf_section_from_shdr): Recognize SHT_DVP_OVERLAY_TABLE
        and SHT_DVP_OVERLAY.
        (_bfd_mips_elf_fake_sections): Ditto.

end-sanitize-sky
Fri May 29 09:58:08 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (copy_private_bfd_data): Adjust physical address of
        segment in output BFD to contain LMAs of its sections.

Tue May 26 19:37:47 1998  Stan Cox  <scox@equinox.cygnus.com>

        * elf32-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_howto_table, sparc_reloc_map,
        elf32_sparc_relocate_section): Added R_SPARC_32LE for little
        endian data 32 bit relocations.
        (elf32_sparc_merge_private_bfd_data): Check if linking little
        endian objects with big endian objects.
        (elf32_sparc_object_p): Set bfd_mach_sparc_sparclite_le.
        (elf32_sparc_final_write_processing): Set EF_SPARC_LEDATA in e_flags.
        * libbfd.h (bfd_reloc_code_real_names): Added BFD_RELOC_SPARC_32LE.
        * reloc.c: Same.
        * cpu-sparc.c (arch_info_struct): Added sparc:sparclite_le
        * archures.c (bfd_mach_sparc_sparclite_le): New.
        * bfd-in2.h (BFD_RELOC_SPARC_32LE, bfd_mach_sparc_sparclite_le): New.

Thu May 21 16:59:28 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * peicode.h (add_data_entry): Fix precedence of operators in if ()
        statement.

Tue May 19 18:41:19 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * bfd-in.h: Move over patch to bfd-in2.h.

        * reloc.c (bfd_check_overflow): Add casts before shifts which may
        not fit in 32 bits.
        (_bfd_relocate_contents): Likewise.

Mon May 18 14:44:15 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * peicode.h (add_data_entry): If the section has no private data
        then do not create a Data Dictionary entry for it.

Mon May 18 00:09:28 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_relax_section): Set again on changes.
        (elf64_alpha_can_merge_gots, elf64_alpha_merge_gots,
        elf64_alpha_size_got_sections): Rewrite, handling multiple got
        subsections during relaxation more correctly.

Thu May 14 14:22:58 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * bfd-in2.h: Add new prototype: bfd_coff_set_symbol_class ().
        Add extra argument to bfd_arm_process_before_allocation ().
        * bfd-in.h: Reflect changes made in bfd-in2.h.
        * coffgen.c (bfd_coff_set_symbol_class): New function.  Set the
        coff class of a BFD symbol.
        * coff-arm.c: Add support for interworking between Thumb code and
        non-interworking aware ARM code.

Sun May 10 22:33:59 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * po/Make-in (install-info): New target.

Thu May  7 17:40:56 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * filemode.c: Remove; not used.

        If sysdep.h includes a header file, don't include it again:
        * aix386-core.c: Don't include <stdio.h>, <stddef.h>, or
        <errno.h>.
        * aoutx.h: Don't include <string.h>.  Use "sysdep.h" rather than
        <sysdep.h>.
        * archive.c: Don't include <string.h> or <errno.h>.
        * evax-alpha.c; Don't include <stdio.h>.
        * evax-egsd.c: Likewise.
        * evax-etir.c: Likewise.
        * evax-misc.c: Likewise.
        * evax-emh.c: Likewise.  Also, don't include <sys/types.h>.
        * hppabsd-core.c: Don't include <stdio.h>, <sys/types.h>, or
        <errno.h>.
        * hpux-core.c: Likewise.
        * netbsd-core.c: Likewise.
        * som.c: Likewise.
        * libbfd.c: Don't include <sys/types.h>.
        * nlmcode.h: Don't include <string.h>.
        * osf-core.c: Don't include <string.h> or <stdio.h>.
        * ptrace-core.c: Don't include <stdio.h>, <sys/types.h>,
        <errno.h>, or <unistd.h>.
        * trad-core.c: Don't include <stdio.h> or <sys/types.h>.

Thu May  7 13:12:50 1998  Klaus Kaempf  <kkaempf@progis.de>

        * configure.com: If the version number can not be found in
        configure.in, set it to "unknown" rather than "2.8.1".

Wed May  6 09:46:05 1998  Gavin Koch  <gavin@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-mips.c (elf_mips_mach): New.
        (_bfd_mips_elf_object_p): Use elf_mips_mach.
        (_bfd_mips_elf_final_write_processing): Use the names
        of machines, rather than the numbers.  Set both the ARCH
        and MACH in e_flags.  Handle a few more specific machines.
        (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Merge both
        EF_MIPS_ARCH and EF_MIPS_MACH.

Tue May  5 21:01:53 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * syms.c (bfd_is_local_label): Revert last change.
        * srec.c (srec_write_symbols): Discard debugging symbols.

Tue May  5 23:36:06 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * som.c: Include <ctype.h>.
        * som.h: Don't include sysdep.h.

Tue May  5 18:29:24 1998  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>

        * libbfd.h: Rebuilt.
        * libbfd-in.h: Removed gettext includes and defines.
        * sysdep.h: Moved gettext-related includes and defines here.

Tue May  5 16:47:54 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * srec.c (srec_write_symbols): Use bfd_is_local_label rather than
        an ad-hoc test.  Kill bogus #if 0 code.
        * syms.c (bfd_is_local_label): Consider BSF_DEBUGGING symbols local.

Mon May  4 16:10:33 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * sunos.c (sunos_check_dynamic_reloc): Don't use the PLT address
        when generating a normal executable for a symbol defined in a
        regular file.  When copying a reloc into the output file, adjust
        the addend for a PC relative reloc against a global symbol.

Mon May  4 10:08:18 1998  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>

        * libbfd.h: Rebuilt.
        * libbfd-in.h (_): Define as dgettext.

Mon May  4 11:02:23 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * coff-arm.c (coff_arm_relocate_section): Cast to bfd_signed_vma,
        not signed.
        * peicode.h (pe_saved_coff_bfd_print_private_bfd_data): Use PARAMS
        when declaring parameter types.
        (pe_saved_coff_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data): Likewise.

Wed Apr 29 15:35:03 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config.bfd: If we include any ELF targets in targ_defvec and/or
        targ_selvecs, then add the generic ELF targets to targ_selvecs.
        * elf32-gen.c (dummy): New static const variable.
        (elf_generic_info_to_howto): New static function.
        (elf_generic_info_to_howto_rel): New static function.
        (elf_info_to_howto): Define as elf_generic_info_to_howto.
        (elf_info_to_howto_rel): Define as elf_generic_info_to_howto_rel.
        * elf64-gen.c: Same changes as elf32-gen.c.
        * elfcode.h (elf_object_p): For the generic target, ignore a
        failure of bfd_default_set_arch_mach.  Fix indentation a bit.

Tue Apr 28 20:05:52 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in (WIN32LIBADD): Add -lintl on cygwin32.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Tue Apr 28 12:16:57 1998  Jason Molenda  (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)

        * config.bfd:  Update OSR5/Unixware patterns.

Mon Apr 27 18:02:24 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (assign_file_positions_for_segments): Allow for holes
        between sections added by a link script.

Mon Apr 27 11:49:55 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Change version number to 2.9.4
        * configure: Rebuild.

        Based on patch from H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>:
        * elf.c (bfd_elf_get_bfd_needed_list): New function.
        * bfd-in.h (bfd_elf_get_bfd_needed_list): Declare.
        * bfd-in2.h: Rebuild.

Sat Apr 25 20:07:53 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c (struct alpha_relax_info): Replace elfsym with other.
        Change all users.

Sat Apr 25 18:29:07 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c (struct alpha_relax_info): Add tsec & elfsym members.
        (elf64_alpha_relax_section): Fill them in.
        (elf64_alpha_relax_opt_call): Implement more than a stub.
        (elf64_alpha_add_symbol_hook): Don't set SEC_LOAD or default
        alignment on .scommon.
        (elf64_alpha_merge_gots): Merge use counts as well.

Sat Apr 25 14:07:29 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_relax_section): Use the proper section
        for calculating a local symbol's address.
        (elf64_alpha_calc_got_offsets): Skip entries with 0 use count.
        Set the .got's cooked size as well as the raw size.

Fri Apr 24 09:16:00 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_print_private_bfd_data): Add
        internationalisation of printed information.

        * coff-arm.c (coff_arm_print_private_bfd_data): Add
        internationalisation of printed information.

Fri Apr 24 12:09:18 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * syms.c (struct indexentry): Change directory_name, file_name,
        and function_name fields to char *.
        (struct stab_find_info): Change cached_file_name field to char *.

Thu Apr 23 08:13:04 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * peicode.h (dir_names): Add missing N_() macros to dir_names array.

Wed Apr 22 13:06:15 1998  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>

        * po/Make-in (MKINSTALLDIRS): Don't look in $(top_srcdir).

Wed Apr 22 17:48:48 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.am (install-data-local): Make $(includedir).
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

Wed Apr 22 13:06:15 1998  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>

        * libbfd-in.h: Use `gettext' and not `dgettext' for now.

Wed Apr 22 12:53:40 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.am (INCLUDES): Add -I$(srcdir)/../intl -I../intl.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

        * bfd-in2.h: Rebuild for Nick's changes.

Tue Apr 21 23:11:51 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * archive.c (_bfd_generic_read_ar_hdr_mag): Fix lossage in last
        change wrt length == max_namelen.

Tue Apr 21 21:19:36 1998  Tom Tromey  <tromey@scribbles.cygnus.com>

        * Many files: Added gettext invocations around user-visible
        strings.
        * libbfd-in.h: Added gettext includes and defines.
        * acconfig.h (ENABLE_NLS, HAVE_CATGETS, HAVE_GETTEXT, HAVE_STPCPY,
        HAVE_LC_MESSAGES): Define.
        * configure.in: Call CY_GNU_GETTEXT.  Create po/Makefile.in and
        po/Makefile.
        * Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Added po.
        (POTFILES): New macro.
        (po/POTFILES.in): New target.
        (SOURCE_HFILES): New macro.
        (HFILES): Use it.
        * po/Make-in, po/POTFILES.in, po/bfd.pot: New files.

Tue Apr 21 13:38:18 1998 Peter Schauer  (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)

        * elfcore.h (bfd_prstatus):  Copy core_prstatus from the first
        NT_PRSTATUS note section encountered, it contains the status of
        the currently executing thread when the core file was written.

Tue Apr 21 10:00:12 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * libcoff.h: Add extra parameter to
        bfd_coff_link_output_has_begun overrideable function.
        * cofflink.c: Pass extra parameter to
        bfd_coff_link_output_has_begun function.
        * bfd-in.h: Add prototypes for exported ARM interworking
        functions.
        * peicode.h: ARM specific code reorganised to conform to BFD
        coding conventions.
        * coffcode.h: ARM specific code reorganised to conform to BFD
        coding conventions.
        * coff-arm.c: Code reorganised to conform to the BFD coding
        conventions.  Global variables have been moved into an ARM
        specific hash table structure and a new function:
        bfd_arm_get_bfd_for_interworking() has been created which is
        called from the linker scripts.

Tue Apr 21 00:11:51 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * archive.c (_bfd_generic_read_ar_hdr_mag): Simplify end-of-name test.

        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_find_reloc_at_ofs): Renamed from
        elf64_alpha_relax_find_reloc_ofs.  Changed all callers.
        (elf64_alpha_add_symbol_hook): Put small commons in .scommon not .sbss.
        (elf64_alpha_size_got_sections): Don't merge .got sections twice.

Sat Apr 18 01:21:04 1998  Stan Cox  <scox@cygnus.com>

        * config.bfd: Added sparc86x support.

Fri Apr 17 22:29:04 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-mips.c (mips_elf_relocate_section): Do not complain about
        an out of range pc-relative jump/call to an undefined weak symbol.

Thu Apr 16 13:49:00 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_do_reloc_gpdisp): Do all gpdisp
        comparisons signed.

Thu Apr 16 11:43:33 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * archive.c (bfd_generic_archive_p): If a slurp subroutine returns
        an error other than bfd_error_system_call, set the error to
        bfd_error_wrong_format.

        * targets.c (bfd_target_vector) [SELECT_VECS not defined]: Add
        bfd_elf32_powerpcle_vec.

        * elf.c (copy_private_bfd_data): If all the p_paddr fields in the
        program segments are zero, don't set p_paddr_valid.

Wed Apr 15 22:15:16 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf64-alpha.c: Initial implementation of relaxation --
        (struct alpha_elf_link_hash_entry): Add use_count member.
        (elf64_alpha_check_relocs): Initialize and increment it.
        (elf64_alpha_can_merge_gots): Check it when considering merging.
        (elf64_alpha_merge_gots): Drop entries with zero use.
        (elf64_alpha_calc_got_offsets_for_symbol): Likewise.
        (elf64_alpha_always_size_sections): Split out got sizing ...
        (elf64_alpha_size_got_sections): ... here.  New function.
        (elf64_alpha_relax_find_reloc_ofs): New function.
        (elf64_alpha_relax_with_lituse): Likewise.
        (elf64_alpha_relax_without_lituse): Likewise.
        (elf64_alpha_relax_opt_call): Likewise.
        (elf64_alpha_relax_section): Likewise.
        (elf64_alpha_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
        (elf64_alpha_howto_table): Implement GPRELHIGH/LOW & IMMED_GP_16.
        (elf64_alpha_relocate_section): Likewise.
        (bfd_elf64_bfd_relax_section): Define.
        (elf_backend_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.

Wed Apr 15 16:08:46 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (prep_headers): Use new EM_SPARCV9 symbol.
        * elf64-sparc.c (ELF_MACHINE_CODE): Likewise.
        (ELF_MACHINE_ALT1): New.  Set to EM_OLD_SPARC64.

Wed Apr 15 11:34:33 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Add -lkernel32 to WIN32LIBADD on cygwin32.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Mon Apr 13 16:46:27 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.am (libbfd_la_LIBADD): Add @WIN32LIBADD@.
        (libbfd_la_LDFLAGS): Add @WIN32LDFLAGS@.
        * configure.in: Define and substitute WIN32LDFLAGS and
        WIN32LIBADD.
        * aclocal.m4: Rebuild with new libtool.
        * configure, Makefile.in: Rebuild.

Fri Apr 10 13:44:27 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * coffcode.h (coff_write_object_contents): Move a PE COMDAT symbol
        before any other symbols in the same section.

Wed Apr  8 14:50:23 1998  Michael Meissner  <meissner@cygnus.com>

        * config.bfd (powerpc*-*-*): Remove PowerPC NT support from ELF
        systems.

Tue Apr  7 16:25:31 1998  Gavin Romig-Koch  <gavin@cygnus.com>

        * dwarf2.c (comp_unit): Move it earlier in the source. Add
        addr_size.
        (read_address): Replace 'bdf*' argument with 'comp_unit*' argument.
        Use addr_size for address size, rather than sizeof(bfd_vma).
        (read_attribute): Replace bdf* argument with 'comp_unit*' argument.
        Fix call to read_address.
        (decode_line_info): Replace bdf* argument with 'comp_unit*' argument.
        Scrap other unneeded arguments.  Fix call to read_address.
        (scan_unit_for_functions): Fix call to read_attribute.
        (parse_comp_unit): We now handle more values for addr_size.
        Set addr_size in unit.  Fix call to read_attribute and
        decode_line_info.

Tue Apr  7 15:44:47 1998  Gavin Romig-Koch <gavin@cygnus.com>

        * dwarf2.c (parse_comp_unit): Drop use of unit->name when it is null.

Tue Apr  7 12:35:18 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * archures.c (bfd_default_scan): Add m68k cases back to default
        switch, reverting patch of March 25, since IEEE support depends
        upon them.

Mon Apr  6 14:06:40 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.am (diststuff): New target.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

Sun Apr  5 16:21:44 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * som.c (som_bfd_ar_write_symbol_stuff): Fix computation of
        som_offset when we have an extended name table.

Sun Apr  5 16:04:39 1998  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * Makefile.am (stamp-lib): Check that .libs/libbfd.a exists before
        trying to copy it.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

Fri Apr  3 11:09:42 1998  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_size_dynamic_sections): Generate section
        symbols when creating a shared library.
        (elf_m68k_adjust_dynindx): New function, used by above code.
        (elf_m68k_finish_dynamic_sections): Initialize the section
        symbols.
        (elf_m68k_relocate_section): Change abort to BFD_ASSERT.

Wed Apr  1 16:04:02 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * coff-arm.c (in_reloc_p): Use ARM_RVA32 in place of constant
        value 11.

Wed Apr  1 13:36:58 1998  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_relocate_section, case R_68K_PLT*O): Fix
        assertion.

Tue Mar 31 00:12:12 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * elf-m10300.c (mn10300_elf_relax_section): Correctly handle
        absolute symbols.

Mon Mar 30 12:46:15 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Set version to 2.9.1.
        * configure: Rebuild.

        * Branched binutils 2.9.

Mon Mar 30 12:20:50 1998  Brent Baccala  <baccala@freesoft.org>

        * syms.c (ENABLE_CACHING): Define.
        (struct indexentry): Define.
        (struct stab_cache): Remove.
        (cmpindexentry): New static function.
        (struct stab_find_info): Add new fields: indextable,
        indextablesize, cached_indexentry, cached_offset, cached_stab, and
        cached_file_name.  Remove fields: file_cache, function_cache, and
        line_cache.
        (_bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line): Rewrite to build a sorted
        index table and search it.

Mon Mar 30 10:39:34 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_copy_private_section_data): Call
        copy_private_bfd_data once we've seen the last SEC_ALLOC section.

        * cpu-mips.c: Remove trailing comma at end of enumeration list.

Sat Mar 28 16:33:02 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * coff-arm.c: Define all globally visible variables and functions
        only when COFF_WITH_PE is not defined.
        * configure.in (armpe_little_vec, armpe_big_vec): Add
        coff-arm.lo.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Fri Mar 27 16:06:02 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        Fix some gcc -Wall warnings:
        * aout-arm.c (MY(fix_pcrel_26)): Add casts to avoid warnings.
        * archive.c (_bfd_generic_read_ar_hdr_mag): Likewise.
        * archures.c (bfd_default_scan): Likewise.
        * bfd.c (bfd_scan_vma): Likewise.
        * binary.c (mangle_name): Likewise
        * coff-arm.c (aoutarm_fix_pcrel_26): Likewise.
        * coff-sh.c (sh_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * coff-stgo32.c (create_go32_stub): Likewise.
        * coffcode.h (coff_slurp_line_table): Likewise.
        * ecoff.c (_bfd_ecoff_write_armap): Likewise.
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Likewise.
        (assign_file_positions_for_segments): Likewise.
        * elf32-mips.c (mips_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
        * oasys.c (oasys_write_sections): Likewise.
        * ppcboot.c (ppcboot_object_p): Likewise.
        (mangle_name): Likewise.
        * riscix.c (riscix_fix_pcrel_26): Likewise.
        * srec.c (srec_scan): Likewise.
        * stabs.c (_bfd_write_section_stabs): Likewise.
        * sunos.c (sunos_add_dynamic_symbols): Likewise.
        * aout-ns32k.c (_bfd_ns32k_relocate_contents): Add default case to
        switch.  Declare parameters for function pointers.
        * archures.c (bfd_default_scan): Add braces to avoid ambiguous if
        warning.
        * elf.c (elf_sort_sections): Likewise.
        * coff-arm.c (coff_thumb_pcrel_common): Initialize relocation.
        Add default cases to switches.
        (coff_arm_relocate_section): Remove unused local variables.
        Always set rstat.
        (coff_arm_bfd_set_private_flags): Change flag variable to type
        flagword.
        * coff-mips.c (mips_relocate_section): Initialize use_lo.
        * coff-ppc.c (ppc_record_toc_entry): Change i to unsigned int.
        (dump_toc): Change cat to const, and initialize it.
        * coff-sh.c (sh_relax_delete_bytes): Initialize start and voff.
        * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_relax_delete_bytes): Likewise.
        (sh_elf_relocate_section): Initialize r_symndx.
        * coffcode.h (coff_compute_section_file_positions): Only declare
        old_sofar if ALIGN_SECTIONS_IN_FILE.
        (coff_write_object_contents): Initialize csym.
        * coffgen.c (coff_pointerize_aux): Make type and class unsigned.
        * cpu-ns32k.c (_bfd_ns32k_get_displacement): Add default case to
        switch.
        * dwarf2.c: Include libiberty.h.
        (read_2_signed_bytes, read_4_signed_bytes): Comment out.
        (decode_line_info): Remove unused local variables.
        * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_sda16_reloc): Likewise.
        (m32r_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_store_addend_in_insn): Likewise.
        (v850_elf_reloc): Likewise.
        * elf-bfd.h (elf_linker_section_t): Make alignment unsigned.
        (struct elf_obj_tdata): Make cverdefs and cverrefs unsigned.
        * elf.c (assign_file_positions_for_segments): Always set adjust.
        * elf32-d30v.c (bfd_elf_d30v_reloc): Initialize tmp_addr.  Fully
        parenthesize expression.
        * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_relocate_section): Always initialize h.
        (m32r_elf_object_p): Return a value.
        (m32r_elf_print_private_bfd_data): Change fprintf format string.
        * elf32-mips.c (mips_elf_final_link): Initialize last.
        (mips_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Initialize last and dindx.
        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_object_p): Return a value.
        (v850_elf_print_private_bfd_data): Change fprintf format string.
        * elfcode.h (elf_slurp_symbol_table): Change symcount and i to
        unsigned long.
        * elflink.h (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Change vernum to
        unsigned int, and initialize it.  Change fprintf format string.
        (NAME(bfd_elf,size_dynamic_sections)): Cast -1 to bfd_size_type
        when setting or comparing to soname_indx.
        (elf_create_pointer_linker_section): Change num_symbols to
        unsigned int.
        * libcoff-in.h (coff_data_type): Change flags to flagword.
        * peicode.h (pe_print_idata): Initialize idx.  Change j to
        bfd_size_type.  Initialize hint_member.  Remove useless test to
        time_stamp.
        (pe_print_edata): Change num_functions and num_names in struct
        EDT_type to unsigned long.  Remove cast.  Change fprintf format
        string.
        * ppcboot.c (ppcboot_object_p): Change i to size_t.
        * reloc.c (bfd_get_reloc_size): Change return type to unsigned
        int.
        * reloc16.c (bfd_coff_reloc16_relax_section): Change shrinks to
        int *.  Update uses.  Change j to long.
        * bfd-in2.h, libcoff.h: Rebuild.

Fri Mar 27 10:10:46 1998  Catherine Moore <clm@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c Remove definition of USE_REL.
        (v850_elf_info_to_howto_rela): New function.
        (v850_elf_perform_relocation):  Renamed from
        v850_elf_store_addend_in_insn.  Removed replace argument.
        (v850_elf_reloc): store the relocation in the addend field instead
        of the insn.
        (v850_elf_final_link_relocate):  Now calls
        v850_elf_perform_relocation.
        (v850_elf_relocate_section):  Remove code to generate REL
        relocations.

Thu Mar 26 13:32:17 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * coffcode.h (coff_new_section_hook): Set the type and storage
        class in the native symbol information allocated for a new section
        symbol.

Thu Mar 26 10:13:41 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * peicode.h: Chain together calls to
        coff_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data and
        coff_bfd_print_private_bfd_data.

        * coff-arm.c: Add prototypes for
        coff_arm_bfd_print_private_bfd_data and
        coff_arm_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data.

Wed Mar 25 15:45:55 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * coffcode.h (coff_mkobject_hook): Set private falgs even for a PE
        build.

        * peicode.h: Call arm-coff private data functions after handling
        pe private data.

        * coff-arm.c: Turn statics into globals so that they can be shared
        both pe and pei backends.

Wed Mar 25 15:19:38 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * aoutf1.h (sunos_set_arch_mach): Use bfd_mach_m68* rather than
        plain numbers.
        (sunos_write_object_contents): Likewise.
        * aoutx.h (NAME(aout,machine_type)): Likewise.
        * coffcode.h (coff_set_arch_mach_hook): Likewise.

Wed Mar 25 13:59:24 1998  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * archures.c (bfd_mach_m68*): Add definitions for various m68k
        variants.
        (bfd_default_scan): Remove m68k special cases.
        * bfd-in2.h: Rebuild.
        * mipsbsd.c (MY(write_object_contents)): Use bfd_mach_m68* rather
        than plain numbers.
        * sparclynx.c (NAME(lynx,set_arch_mach)): Likewise.
        * cpu-m68k.c (arch_info_struct): Likewise.  Add entry for
        m68k:68000.
        (bfd_m68k_arch): Set mach field to zero to signal no explicit
        selection, change printable_name to just "m68k" and make that the
        default instead of m68k:68020.

        * aout-tic30.c (NAME): Define this to avoid multiple definitions
        from aoutx.h.
        (MY_get_section_contents): Define as aout_32_get_section_contents
        rather than NAME(aout,get_section_contents).

        * elf-m10300.c (elf32_mn10300_link_hash_table_create): Fix cast.

        * evax-alpha.c (evax_set_arch_mach): Only accept bfd_arch_alpha
        and call bfd_default_set_arch_mach to do the real work.

Wed Mar 25 10:41:35 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * bout.c (BALX): Include return register g14 as part of the insn.
        (BALX_MASK): New.
        (calljx_callback): Use it.

Wed Mar 25 11:19:28 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * libbfd-in.h (BFD_ALIGN): Cast this parameter to bfd_vma.
        * libbfd.h: Rebuild.

        * elf-m10300.c (elf32_mn10300_finish_hash_table_entry): Change
        byte_count to unsigned int.
        (mn10300_elf_relax_section): Initialize internal_relocs.  Remove
        unused local variables.

        * evax-alpha.c (evax_close_and_cleanup): Remove unused local
        variables er and er1.

        * cpu-v850.c: Include <ctype.h>.
        (scan): Case isdigit argument to unsigned char.

        From Yan Meroth <YAN.MEROTH@st.com>:
        * ihex.c (ihex_scan): Add extbase variable so that getting an
        extended linear address record does not ignore any previous
        extended address.
        (ihex_write_object_contents): When writing out an extended linear
        address record, zero out any previous extended address.

Tue Mar 24 16:09:43 1998  Manfred Hollstein  <manfred@s-direktnet.de>

        * ieee.c (do_one): Check section before dereferencing it.
        (ieee_canonicalize_reloc): Likewise with src->relent.sym_ptr_ptr.
        (ieee_generic_stat_arch_elt): Likewise with abfd->my_archive.

Mon Mar 23 18:51:47 1998  Joel Sherrill  <joel@OARcorp.com>

        * config.bfd: (sh*-*-rtems*): Switched from ELF to COFF.

Mon Mar 23 14:23:36 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * coff-arm.c: Add interworking functions to pe backends.

start-sanitize-r5900
Sun Mar 22 13:05:08 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * elf32-mips.c (R_MIPS15_S3): New relocation type.
        (elf_mips_howto_table): Add R_MIPS15_S3.
        (mips_reloc_map): Map BFD_RELOC_MIPS15_S3 to R_MIPS15_S3.
        * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_MIPS15_S3): New relocation type.
        * bfd-in2.h, libbfd.h: Rebuilt.

end-sanitize-r5900
Fri Mar 20 18:47:20 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Use AM_DISABLE_SHARED.
        * aclocal.m4, configure: Rebuild with libtool 1.2.

Fri Mar 20 11:25:41 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * coff-arm.c (coff_arm_relocate_section): Better error messages
        when interowrking conflucts occur.  Courtesy of Jonathan Walton
        and Tony Thompson.
        (aoutarm_std_reloc_howto): Fixed bitsize fields of rightshifted
        relocations.  Patch courtesy of Jonathan Walton and Tony
        Thompson.

Fri Mar 20 02:26:43 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Revert
        part of Feb 22 change controling when to override the existing
        symbol with the .plt entry.

Wed Mar 18 09:26:25 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * config.bfd (targ_cpu): Add thumb-pe target.

        * coffcode.h (OTHER_GLOBAL_CLASS): Support thumb external
        functions in PE build.

Sun Mar  8 23:37:26 1998  Stan Cox  <scox@equinox.cygnus.com>

        * config.bfd (sparclite-*-elf*): Added.

start-sanitize-vr4320
Tue Mar  3 11:24:05 1998  Gavin Koch  <gavin@cygnus.com>

        * mips-cpu.c: Reorganize sanitization.

        * archures.c, bfd-in2.h, mips-cpu.c : Added bfd_mach_mips4320.

end-sanitize-vr4320
Mon Feb 23 19:31:19 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Add elf.lo to elf shell variable.
        * Makefile.am (BFD_LIBS): Remove elf.lo.
        (BFD_LIBS_CFILES): Remove elf.c.
        (BFD32_BACKENDS): Add elf.lo.
        (BFD32_BACKENDS_CFILES): Add elf.c.
        * configure, Makefile.in: Rebuild.

1998-02-23 15:53  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): A pc-relative
        relocation against a now-local symbol should not have a dynamic
        relocation.

Mon Feb 23 16:17:08 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * peicode.h (coff_swap_filehdr_in): Don't set BFD flag HAS_SYMS in
        COFF filehdr flags.
        (pe_print_private_bfd_data): Print PE flags.  From Mikey
        <jeffdb@netzone.com>.

Sun Feb 22 20:39:00 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Don't create
        a plt entry when we can determine that we authoritatively define
        the symbol.

Sun Feb 22 20:33:05 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in (COREFILE selection): Remove sparc-*-linux*.  They
        don't actually use trad-core, but a SunOS-style core file handled
        by gdb directly.
        * hosts/sparclinux.h: Remove.

start-sanitize-sky
Thu Feb 19 02:38:52 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@charmed.cygnus.com>

        * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_MIPS_DVP_27_S4): New reloc type.
        * elf32-mips.c (enum reloc_type): Add R_MIPS_DVP_27_S4.
        (elf_mips_dvp_27_s4_howto): Describe it.
        (bfd_elf32_bfd_reloc_type_lookup): Handle it.
        (mips_info_to_how_rel): Handle it.
        (mips_elf_relocate_section): Handle it.
        * bfd-in2.h,libbfd.h: Regenerate.

end-sanitize-sky
Wed Feb 18 15:31:06 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * peicode.h (pe_print_idata): If there is no .idata section, look
        for the import tables in some other section.  Make the initial
        label line up better with the data.  Print the import address
        table even if there is no import name table.  If the import
        address table holds actual addresses, print them.

start-sanitize-sky
Tue Feb 17 20:00:26 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * config.bfd (targ_archs): If mips64r5900-sky-elf, add bfd_dvp_arch.

end-sanitize-sky
Tue Feb 17 12:58:34 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * libbfd.c (bfd_seek): If fseek fails, save errno around call to
        bfd_tell.  If errno is EINVAL, set bfd_error_file_truncated, not
        bfd_error_system_call.

Fri Feb 13 13:11:33 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Define.
        * configure, Makefile.in, aclocal.m4: Rebuild with automake 1.2e.

        From H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>:
        * Makefile.am (libbfd_la_LDFLAGS): Define.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

Thu Feb 12 17:31:11 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        NetBSD patches from Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>:
        * netbsd.h (MACHTYPE_OK): Define.
        (MY(write_object_contents)): Use DEFAULT_ARCH and DEFAULT_MID when
        calling N_SET_MACHTYPE, rather than having a switch.
        * libaout.h (enum machine_type): Add M_PMAX_NETBSD, M_VAX_NETBSD,
        and M_ALPHA_NETBSD.
        * i386netbsd.c (MACHTYPE_OK): Don't define.
        (DEFAULT_MID): Define.
        * m68k4knetbsd.c (SEGMENT_SIZE): Don't define.
        (MACHTYPE_OK): Don't define.
        (DEFAULT_MID): Define.
        * m68knetbsd.c: (MACHTYPE_OK): Don't define.
        (DEFAULT_MID): Define.
        * ns32knetbsd.c (MACHTYPE_OK): Don't define.
        (DEFAULT_MID): Define.
        * sparcnetbsd.c (MACHTYPE_OK): Don't define.
        (DEFAULT_MID): Define.

        NetBSD patches from Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>:
        * vaxnetbsd.c: New file.
        * netbsd-core.c: Clean up.  Remove unused macros.  Use netbsd
        rather than netbsd_core.
        * targets.c (vaxnetbsd_vec): Declare.
        (bfd_target_vector): Add vaxnetbsd_vec.  If NETBSD_CORE is
        defined, add netbsd_core_vec.
        * configure.in: Set COREFILE for alpha*-*-netbsd* and
        powerpc-*-netbsd* to netbsd-core.lo.  If COREFILE is
        netbsd-core.lo, set COREFLAG to -DNETBSD_CORE.
        * config.bfd (alpha*-*-netbsd*): New target.
        * Makefile.am: Rebuild dependencies.
        (BFD32_BACKENDS): Add vaxnetbsd.lo.
        (BFD32_BACKENDS_CFILES): Add vaxnetbsd.c.
        * configure, Makefile.in: Rebuild.

        * configure.host: Remove the old shared library build stuff.  We
        now use libtool instead.

Wed Feb 11 17:13:09 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * tekhex.c (tekhex_write_object_contents): Call tekhex_init.

Tue Feb 10 19:23:28 1998  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * configure.in: Take stab-syms.lo out of sparclinux_vec list.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Tue Feb 10 15:16:38 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>
start-sanitize-m32rx
        * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Do not complain
        when merging m32r BFDs into m32rx BFDs.
end-sanitize-m32rx
        * elf32-v850.c (remember_hi16s_reloc): New function.
        (find_remembered_hi16s_reloc): New function.
        (v850_elf_store_addend_in_insn): Use the above new functions to
        match up HI6S relocs with LO16 relocs.

start-sanitize-sky
Tue Feb 10 13:25:14 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * archures.c (bfd_mach_dvp_{vif,gif}): Renamed from ..._{pke,gpuif}.
        (bfd_txvu_arch): Delete.
        * cpu-mips.c (arch_info_struct): dvp:{vif,gif} renamed from
        dvp:{pke,gpuif}.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.

end-sanitize-sky
Tue Feb 10 15:01:39 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Change -linux* to -linux-gnu*.
        * config.bfd, configure.host: Likewise.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Mon Feb  9 19:40:59 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_store_addend_in_insn): Fix another
        LO16/HI16S bug and improve comments about what is going on.

Sat Feb  7 15:27:03 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure, aclocal.m4: Rebuild with new libtool.

start-sanitize-v850e
Fri Feb  6 14:48:20 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Do not complain
        when merging v850 code into v850e/v850ea code.  Do not initialise
        output flags if the input is the default architecture.
end-sanitize-v850e
Fri Feb  6 11:50:22 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

start-sanitize-r5900
        * cpu-mips.c (arch_info_struct): Make r5900 pointer size 32bits.
end-sanitize-r5900
        * elf32-mips.c (bfd_elf32_bfd_reloc_type_lookup): For BFD_RELOC_CTOR
        get the size from bfd_arch_bits_per_address instead of directly
        from the isa.

Thu Feb  5 14:21:34 1998  Michael Meissner  <meissner@cygnus.com>

        * libbfd-in.h (BFD_ALIGN): If rounding up would cause the address
        to wrap, just return all 1's bits instead.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.

Thu Feb  5 11:51:05 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * coff-i386.c (coff_pe_i386_relocate_section): New static function
        if COFF_WITH_PE.
        (coff_relocate_section): If COFF_WITH_PE, define as
        coff_pe_i386_relocate_section.
        * coffcode.h (coff_write_object_contents): If COFF_IMAGE_WITH_PE,
        skip empty sections, to match coff_write_object_contents.

        * elf64-mips.c (mips_elf64_swap_reloca_out): Swap out r_addend,
        rather than swapping out r_offset twice.  From Luke Deller
        <luked@cse.unsw.edu.au>.

Wed Feb  4 19:11:28 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Set libtool_enable_shared rather than
        libtool_shared.  Remove diversion hack.
        * configure, Makefile.in, doc/Makefile.in, aclocal.m4: Rebuild
        with new libtool.

Wed Feb  4 16:10:21 1998  Brent Baccala  <baccala@freesoft.org>

        * syms.c (struct stab_cache): Define.
        (struct stab_find_info): Remove cached_offset, cached_stab,
        cached_str, and cached_stroff fields.  Add file_cache,
        function_cache, and line_cache fields.
        (_bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line): Use extensive caching to
        speed up searches.

Wed Feb  4 13:34:22 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * peicode.h (pe_print_idata): Check for import of ordinal rather
        than name.
        (pe_print_edata): If there is no .edata section, look for the
        export data in some other section.

Mon Feb  2 20:05:42 1998  Jason Molenda  (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)

        * configure.in: Change version to 2.8.4.
        * configure: Regenerated.

Mon Feb  2 17:39:39 1998  Steve Haworth  <steve@pm.cse.rmit.EDU.AU>

        Add tms320c30 support:
        * cpu-tic30.c: New file.
        * aout-tic30.c: New file.
        * coff-tic30.c: New file.
        * archures.c (bfd_arch_tic30): Define.
        (bfd_tic30_arch): Declare.
        (bfd_archures_list): Add bfd_tic30_arch.
        * targets.c (bfd_target_vector): Add tic30_aout_vec and
        tic30_coff_vec.
        * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_TIC30_LDP): Define.
        * coffcode.h (coff_set_arch_mach_hook): Add tic30 case.
        (coff_set_flags): Likewise.
        * config.bfd (tic30-*-*aout*, tic30-*-*coff*): New targets.
        * configure.in (tic30_aout_vec, tic30_coff_vec): New vectors.
        * Makefile.am: Rebuild dependencies.
        (ALL_MACHINES): Add cpu-tic30.lo.
        (ALL_MACHINES_CFILES): Add cpu-tic30.c.
        (BFD32_BACKENDS): Add aout-tic30.lo and coff-tic30.lo.
        (BFD32_BACKENDS_CFILES): Add aout-tic30.c and coff-tic30.c.
        * configure, Makefile.in, bfd-in2.h, libbfd.h: Rebuild.

Mon Feb  2 12:25:12 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_store_addend_in_insn): Allow HI16_S reloc
        to lag behind LO16 reloc by a couple of instructions.

Mon Feb  2 14:09:46 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/bfd-in2.h): Add dummy command to force
        make to reexamine the file timestamp.
        ($(srcdir)/libbfd.h, $(srcddir)/libcoff.h): Likewise.

        * elf64-alpha.c (ELF_MAXPAGESIZE): Change to 0x10000 from
        0x100000.

start-sanitize-sky
Fri Jan 30 17:48:17 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * elf32-mips.c (elf_mips_dvp_11_pcrel_howto): Set pcrel_offset=true
        and partial_inplace=false.
        (mips_elf_relocate_section): Recognize R_MIPS_DVP_11_PCREL.

end-sanitize-sky
Fri Jan 30 19:07:07 1998  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>

        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_create_dynamic_sections): New procedure
        to create .dynsbss and .rela.sbss sections.
        (ppc_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Put space for small data to be
        copied from dynamic objects into .sbss.
        (ppc_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Strip .rela.sbss if we don't
        use it.  Correct typo of .rela.sdata2.
        (ppc_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Generate reloc to where we
        put the data, which may now be in .sbss.
        (ppc_elf_relocate_section): A SDAREL16 reloc can be in dynsbss.
        (elf_backend_create_dynamic_sections): Define as
        ppc_elf_create_dynamic_sections.

        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_check_relocs): Don't emit R_PPC_REL* relocs
        against _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_.
        (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Don't emit R_PPC_REL32 relocs in
        shared libraries which refer to local symbols.  Make sure that the
        test for allocating space for a reloc in a shared object is the
        same as the test for emitting a reloc.

start-sanitize-sky
Thu Jan 29 17:44:53 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * elf32-mips.c: Add dvp support.

end-sanitize-sky
Thu Jan 29 15:55:35 1998  J.J. van der Heijden  <J.J.vanderHeijden@student.utwente.nl>

        * config.bfd (i[3456]-*-mingw32*): New target.
        * acinclude.m4 (BFD_BINARY_OPEN): Check for mingw32.
        * aclocal.m4, configure: Rebuild.

start-sanitize-sky
Wed Jan 28 15:14:28 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * config.bfd, configure.in: Add dvp support.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
        * archures.c, reloc.c, cpu-mips.c: Add dvp support.
        * bfd-in2.h, libbfd.h, libcoff.h: Regenerate.

end-sanitize-sky
Wed Jan 28 13:41:26 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_close_and_cleanup): Only check the strtab if we
        have a bfd_object.

Tue Jan 27 21:43:55 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        Sparc v9 ABI compliant PLT:
        * elf64-sparc.c (PLT_HEADER_SIZE): V9 ABI uses 4 entries.
        (plt_templates, sparc64_elf_build_plt_entry): Delete.
        (LARGE_PLT_THRESHOLD): New define.
        (GOT_RESERVED_ENTRIES): V9 ABI only uses 1.
        (sparc64_elf_build_plt): New function.
        (sparc64_elf_plt_entry_offset): Likewise.
        (sparc64_elf_plt_ptr_offset): Likewise.
        (sparc64_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Change h->plt_offset to
        contain the index for convenience.  Skip the initial entries
        in .rela.plt.
        (sparc64_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Zero the allocated contents
        memory for the benefit of .rela.plt.
        (sparc64_elf_relocate_section): Call sparc64_elf_plt_entry_offset.
        (sparc64_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Kill template stuff.  Use
        sparc64_elf_plt_entry_offset & sparc64_elf_plt_ptr_offset for reloc.
        (sparc64_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): DT_PLTGOT points to .plt.
        Call sparc64_elf_build_plt.
        (elf_backend_want_got_plt): No.
        (elf_backend_plt_readonly): No.
        (elf_backend_plt_alignment): 8.

        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_close_and_cleanup): New function; free the shstrtab.
        * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_close_and_cleanup): Declare it.
        * elfxx-target.h (bfd_elfNN_close_and_cleanup): Arrange for it
        to be called.

Tue Jan 27 21:45:15 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * archures.c (bfd_mach_mips*): Add definitions for various MIPS
        processors.
        * cpu-mips.c (arch_info_struct): Add mips variants.
        * bfd-in2.h: Rebuilt.

Tue Jan 27 15:06:04 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * coff-arm.c (coff_arm_relocate_section): Preserve the contents of
        t2a3_b_insn.

Tue Jan 27 12:47:27 1998  Robert Lipe  <robertl@dgii.com>

        * config.bfd (i[3456]86-sco3.2v5*): ELF now the default.
        (i[3456]86sco3.2v5*coff): New target.

Mon Jan 26 15:41:30 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * bfd-in2.h: Rebuild with changes to chew--tab expansion.

Thu Jan 22 21:26:48 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * bfd.c (bfd_get_error_handler): Add orthogonal function.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.

Thu Jan 22 21:13:39 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * tekhex.c (tekhex_write_object_contents): Check for no symbols.

Wed Jan 21 21:19:03 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * coff-i386.c (coff_i386_rtype_to_howto): If COFF_WITH_PE, don't
        adjust addend for an output common symbol (from Jimmy Blair
        <jimmyb@wrs.com>).  If COFF_WITH_PE, adjust addend for PC relative
        defined symbol to counteract adjustment made in generic relocation
        code.

        * dwarf2.c: Include sysdep.h, not stdio.h and stdlib.h.

Wed Jan 21 21:16:06 1998  Manfred Hollstein  <manfred@s-direktnet.de>

        * coff-m88k.c (GET_SCNDHR_NRELOC): Fix typo in macro name.
        (GET_SCNDHR_NLNNO): Likewise.

Mon Jan 19 12:49:52 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * cpu-sh.c (arch_info_struct): Correct next field of sh3e.

Wed Jan 14 17:23:27 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * elf32-m32r.c: Add macros to handle NOP insertion.

Wed Jan 14 16:15:22 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * xcofflink.c (xcoff_mark_symbol): Don't mark the absolute section.
        (xcoff_mark): Likewise.
        (xcoff_build_ldsyms): Mark absolute symbols.

Wed Jan 14 16:03:11 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * bout.c (b_out_write_object_contents): Sort symbols before output
        to keep {CALL,BAL}NAME symbols adjacent.
        (b_out_symbol_cmp): New function.

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