ld/ChangeLog

   1 2008-06-02  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
   2
   3         * ldlang.c (closest_target_match): Skip generic big and little
   4         endian ELF targets.
   5
   6 2008-05-31  Evandro Menezes  <evandro@yahoo.com>
   7
   8         PR ld/6430
   9         * ld.h (enum sort_order): New.
  10         * ldlang.c (lang_check: Fix comment.
  11         (lang_common): Sort commons in ascending or descending order.
  12         (lang_one_common): Likewise.
  13         * lexsup.c (ld_options): Have --sort-common take an option
  14         argument.
  15         (parse_args): Handle argument to --sort-common.
  16         * ld.texinfo (--sort-common): Document new optional argument.
  17         * NEWS: Mention new feature.
  18
  19 2008-05-28  Christophe Lyon  <christophe.lyon@st.com>
  20
  21         * ld.texinfo: State that farcalls stubs are supported for ARM-EABI
  22         only.
  23
  24 2008-05-27  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
  25
  26         * pe-dll.c (fill_edata): Make sure we calculate vma's in
  27         type bfd_vma.
  28         (generate_reloc): Likewise.
  29         (pe_implied_import_dll): Likewise.
  30
  31 2008-05-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
  32
  33         PR ld/6519
  34         * ld.texinfo (Orphan Sections): Mention that the linker will
  35         provide start and stop symbols for orphaned sections if their
  36         names are valid C identifiers.
  37         * NEWS: Add an addendum to the description of the linker feature
  38         for providing orphan section start and end symbols.
  39
  40 2008-05-21  Maxim Kuvyrkov  <maxim@codesourcery.com>
  41
  42         * configure.in (--enable-got): New option.  Handle it.
  43         * configure: Regenerate.
  44         * config.in: Regenerate.
  45         * emultempl/m68kelf.em: (got_handling_target_default): New shell
  46         variable.
  47         (GOT_HANDLING_TARGET_DEFAULT): New macro.
  48         (GOT_HANDLING_DEFAULT): New macro.  Initialize it from configure
  49         option if one was given.
  50         (got_handling): New static variable.
  51         (elf_m68k_create_output_section_statements): New static function
  52         implementing hook.
  53         (PARSE_AND_LIST_PROLOGUE): Define shell variable.
  54         (OPTION_GOT): New macro.
  55         (PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS): Define shell variable.  Specify
  56         --got option.
  57         (got): New linker option.
  58         (PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTIONS): Define shell variable.  Print help string
  59         for --got option.
  60         (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES): Define shell variable.  Handle --got
  61         option.
  62         * ld.texinfo: Document --got=<type> option.
  63         * gen-doc.texi: Add M68K.
  64         * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
  65
  66 2008-05-21  Evandro Menezes  <evandro@yahoo.com>
  67
  68         PR ld/6430
  69         * ld.texinfo (--sort-common): Correct documentation to indicate
  70         that sorting is performed by alignment, not size, biggest
  71         alignment first.
  72
  73 2008-05-21  Christophe Lyon  <christophe.lyon@st.com>
  74             Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
  75
  76         * ld.texinfo (ARM): Document --stub-group-size=N option.
  77         Move description of --pic-veneer option into the ARM section.
  78         * NEWS: Mention the support for long function calls.
  79
  80 2008-05-15  Christophe Lyon  <christophe.lyon@st.com>
  81
  82         * emultempl/armelf.em (build_section_lists): New function.
  83         (stub_file): Define.
  84         (need_laying_out): Define.
  85         (group_size): Define.
  86         (hook_stub_info): Define.
  87         (hook_in_stub): New function.
  88         (elf32_arm_add_stub_section): New function.
  89         (gldarm_layout_sections_again): New function.
  90         (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish): Replace arm_elf_finish(). Generate
  91         stubs for long calls if needed.
  92         (arm_elf_create_output_section_statements): create stub_file bfd.
  93         (arm_for_each_input_file_wrapper): New function.
  94         (arm_lang_for_each_input_file): New function.
  95         (lang_for_each_input_file): Define.
  96         (PARSE_AND_LIST_PROLOGUE): Add option token OPTION_STUBGROUP_SIZE.
  97         (PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS): Add option stub-group-size.
  98         (PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTIONS): Add option stub-group-size.
  99         (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES): Add OPTION_STUBGROUP_SIZE case.
 100         (LDEMUL_FINISH): Update to gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish.
 101         * lang.c (print_input_statement): Skip if bfd has
 102         BFD_LINKER_CREATED.
 103
 104 2008-05-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 105
 106         * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
 107
 108 2008-05-09  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
 109
 110         ld/PR6502
 111         * emultempl/pep.em (compute_dll_image_base): Use bfd_vma instead
 112         of long and change return type to bfd_vma.
 113         (definfo): Change type of address from long to bfd_vma.
 114         (set_pep_value): Replace strtoul to strtoull.
 115         (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_set_symbols): use bfd_vma instead of long..
 116         * pe-dll.c (pe_dll_generate_def_file): Use fprintf_vma to print
 117         ImageBase.
 118         (quick_reloc): Change argument address from int to bfd_size_type.
 119
 120 2008-05-08  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 121
 122         * ld.texinfo (PowerPC64 ELF64): Fix typo.
 123
 124 2008-05-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 125
 126         * elf32_spu.sh (OTHER_SECTIONS): Add "._ea".
 127         * elf32ppc.sh: If building with spu support, put ".data.spehandle"
 128         sections at the start of ".data" and provide a symbol to locate
 129         the directory of embedded spe programs.
 130
 131 2008-05-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 132
 133         * ldexp.c (exp_print_token): Add ABSOLUTE, MIN_K, ASSERT_K.  Correct
 134         MAX_K.
 135         (fold_binary <SEGMENT_START>): Set expld.result.section to
 136         current section.  Expand comment.  Formatting.
 137         (fold_name <DEFINED>): Set expld.result.section to current section.
 138
 139 2008-04-28  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
 140
 141         * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections_1): Don't check LMA overflow on
 142         non-load sections.
 143
 144 2008-04-25  Michael Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
 145
 146         * configure.tgt (bfin-*-linux-uclibc*): Set targ_emul to elf32bfinfd
 147         and targ_extra_emuls to elf32bfin.
 148
 149 2008-04-23  Paolo Bonzini  <bonzini@gnu.org>
 150
 151         * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
 152         * configure: Regenerate.
 153
 154 2008-04-03  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
 155
 156         * scripttempl/pep.sc: Align start of symbol __CTOR_LIST__.
 157
 158 2008-04-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 159
 160         * po/POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
 161
 162 2008-04-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 163
 164         * emultempl/spuelf.em (auto_overlay, auto_overlay_file,
 165         auto_overlay_fixed, auto_overlay_reserved, my_argc, my_argv): New vars.
 166         (spu_before_allocation): Warn on --auto-overlay and existing overlays.
 167         (struct tflist, clean_tmp): Move.
 168         (new_tmp_file): New function, extracted from..
 169         (embedded_spu_file): ..here.
 170         (spu_elf_open_overlay_script, spu_elf_relink): New function.
 171         (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish): Pass a bunch of --auto-overlay params.
 172         Warn on --auto-overlay and zero local store.
 173         (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_choose_target): New function to stash argv.
 174         (OPTION_SPU_AUTO_OVERLAY, OPTION_SPU_AUTO_RELINK,
 175         OPTION_SPU_OVERLAY_RODATA, OPTION_SPU_FIXED_SPACE,
 176         OPTION_SPU_RESERVED_SPACE, OPTION_SPU_NO_AUTO_OVERLAY): Define.
 177         (PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS): Add entries for new options.
 178         (PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTIONS): Likewise.
 179         (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES): Likewise.
 180         (LDEMUL_CHOOSE_TARGET): Define.
 181
 182 2008-04-03  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
 183
 184         PR ld/6026
 185         * pe-dll.c (make_head): Fix iat and thunk addend offset.
 186
 187 2008-03-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 188
 189         * po/fr.po: Updated French translation.
 190
 191 2008-03-24  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant@google.com>
 192
 193         The sha1 code is now in libiberty.
 194         * sha1.c: Remove.
 195         * sha1.h: Remove.
 196         * Makefile.am (CFILES): Remove sha1.c.
 197         (HFILES): Remove sha1.h.
 198         (OFILES): Remove sha1.o.
 199         (ld_new_SOURCES): Remove sha1.c.
 200         (sha1.o): Remove target.
 201         * Makefile.in: Rebuild.
 202
 203 2008-03-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 204
 205         * emultempl/spuelf.em: Update calls to elf32-spu.c funcs.
 206
 207 2008-03-17  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 208
 209         * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
 210         * configure: Likewise.
 211         * Makefile.in: Likewise.
 212
 213 2008-03-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 214
 215         * emultempl/spuelf.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish): Protect
 216         spu_elf_build_stubs with is_spu_target.
 217
 218 2008-03-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 219
 220         * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".
 221         * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
 222         * configure: Regenerate.
 223
 224 2008-03-06  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 225             Roman Zippel  <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
 226
 227         * emulparams/m68kelf.sh (GENERATE_PIE_SCRIPT): Define.
 228         (COMMONPAGESIZE): Define.
 229
 230 2008-02-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 231
 232         PR ld/5785
 233         * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections_1): Honour the setting of an
 234         lma_region even if there is no vma region set, or the vma region
 235         is the same as the lma region.
 236
 237 2008-02-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 238
 239         * scripttempl/armbpabi.sc (ENTRY): Do not define when performing a
 240         relocatable link.
 241         * scripttempl/elf32cr16.sc: Likewise.
 242         * scripttempl/elf32cr16c.sc: Likewise.
 243         * scripttempl/elf32crx.sc: Likewise.
 244         * scripttempl/elf32sh-symbian.sc: Likewise.
 245         * scripttempl/elf_chaos.sc: Likewise.
 246         * scripttempl/elfd10v.sc: Likewise.
 247         * scripttempl/elfi370.sc: Likewise.
 248         * scripttempl/elfm68hc11.sc: Likewise.
 249         * scripttempl/elfm68hc12.sc: Likewise.
 250         * scripttempl/ip2k.sc: Likewise.
 251         * scripttempl/iq2000.sc: Likewise.
 252         * scripttempl/mep.sc: Likewise.
 253         * scripttempl/v850.sc: Likewise.
 254         * scripttempl/xstormy16.sc: Likewise.
 255
 256 2008-02-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 257
 258         PR ld/5761
 259         * ldexp.c (fold_name <LOADADDR>): Check result of evaluating
 260         load_base before calling make_abs.
 261
 262 2008-02-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 263
 264         * emultempl/alphaelf.em (alpha_after_open): Use elf_object_id.
 265         * emultempl/hppaelf.em (hppaelf_create_output_section_statements):
 266         Likewise.
 267         * emultempl/ppc64elf.em (ppc_create_output_section_statements):
 268         Likewise.
 269         * emultempl/ppc32elf.em (is_ppc_elf32_vec): Delete.  Replace all
 270         uses with..
 271         (is_ppc_elf): ..this new macro.
 272
 273 2008-02-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 274
 275         * ldmain.h (output_bfd): Delete.
 276         * ldmain.c (output_bfd): Delete.
 277         Replace all occurrences of output_bfd with link_info.output_bfd.
 278         * ldcref.c: Likewise.
 279         * ldctor.c: Likewise.
 280         * ldemul.c: Likewise.
 281         * ldexp.c: Likewise.
 282         * ldfile.c: Likewise.
 283         * ldlang.c: Likewise.
 284         * ldmisc.c: Likewise.
 285         * ldwrite.c: Likewise.
 286         * pe-dll.c: Likewise.
 287         * emultempl/aix.em: Likewise.
 288         * emultempl/alphaelf.em: Likewise.
 289         * emultempl/armcoff.em: Likewise.
 290         * emultempl/armelf.em: Likewise.
 291         * emultempl/avrelf.em: Likewise.
 292         * emultempl/beos.em: Likewise.
 293         * emultempl/elf-generic.em: Likewise.
 294         * emultempl/elf32.em: Likewise.
 295         * emultempl/gld960.em: Likewise.
 296         * emultempl/hppaelf.em: Likewise.
 297         * emultempl/irix.em: Likewise.
 298         * emultempl/linux.em: Likewise.
 299         * emultempl/lnk960.em: Likewise.
 300         * emultempl/m68hc1xelf.em: Likewise.
 301         * emultempl/mmix-elfnmmo.em: Likewise.
 302         * emultempl/mmo.em: Likewise.
 303         * emultempl/pe.em: Likewise.
 304         * emultempl/pep.em: Likewise.
 305         * emultempl/ppc32elf.em: Likewise.
 306         * emultempl/ppc64elf.em: Likewise.
 307         * emultempl/scoreelf.em: Likewise.
 308         * emultempl/sh64elf.em: Likewise.
 309         * emultempl/spuelf.em: Likewise.
 310         * emultempl/sunos.em: Likewise.
 311         * emultempl/vanilla.em: Likewise.
 312         * emultempl/vxworks.em: Likewise.
 313         * emultempl/xtensaelf.em: Likewise.
 314         * emultempl/z80.em: Likewise.
 315         * ldlang.c (open_output): Don't return output, instead write
 316         link_info_output_bfd directly.
 317         * emultempl/alphaelf.em: Replace occurrences of link_info.hash->creator
 318         with link_info.output_bfd->xvec.
 319         * emultempl/hppaelf.em: Likewise.
 320         * emultempl/ppc32elf.em: Likewise.
 321         * emultempl/ppc64elf.em: Likewise.
 322         * emultempl/spuelf.em: Likewise.
 323
 324 2008-02-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 325
 326         * ldlang.c (new_afile): Don't pass unadorned NULL to concat.
 327         * ldfile.c (ldfile_add_library_path): Likewise.
 328         * emultempl/elf32.em (check_ld_elf_hints, check_ld_so_conf): Likewise.
 329         * emultempl/lnk960.em (lnk960_before_parse): Likewise.
 330         * emultempl/spuelf.em (embedded_spu_file): Likewise.
 331
 332 2008-02-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 333
 334         * emultempl/spu_ovl.S: Use low bit of _ovly_table.size as
 335         a "present" bit rather than low bit of .buf.  Correct indexing
 336         into _ovly_buf_table.  Use relative loads and stores to access
 337         overlay manager local vars.
 338         * emultempl/spu_ovl.o: Regenerate.
 339
 340 2008-02-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 341
 342         PR 5715
 343         * configure: Regenerated.
 344
 345 2008-01-31  Marc Gauthier  <marc@tensilica.com>
 346
 347         * configure.tgt (xtensa*-*-*): Recognize processor variants.
 348
 349 2008-01-28  Fabian Groffen  <grobian@gentoo.org>
 350
 351         * configure.tgt (x86_64-*-solaris2): Add support for this target.
 352
 353 2008-01-28  Vincent Riviere  <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr>
 354
 355         PR ld/5652
 356         * genscripts.sh: Check for the existence of BASH_LINENO not just
 357         the BASH shell before generating line numbers in the emulation
 358         file.
 359
 360 2008-01-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 361
 362         * emultempl/spu_ovl.S: Rewrite.
 363         * emultempl/spu_ovl.o: Regenerate.
 364         * emultempl/spuelf.em (toe): Delete.
 365         (spu_place_special_section): Add param to control section placement.
 366         Adjust callers.
 367         (spu_elf_load_ovl_mgr): Adjust for struct _spu_elf_section_data
 368         changes.
 369         (spu_before_allocation): Adjust spu_elf_size_stubs call.
 370         (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish): Adjust spu_elf_build_stubs call.
 371
 372 2008-01-25  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 373
 374         PR ld/5670
 375         * ldlang.c (process_insert_statements): Silence gcc 4.1 alias
 376         warning.
 377
 378 2008-01-25  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 379
 380         * ld.texinfo (INSERT): Describe.
 381         * ldgram.y (ldgram_in_script, ldgram_had_equals): Delete.
 382         (INSERT_K, AFTER, BEFORE): Add as tokens.
 383         (ifile_p1): Handle INSERT statements.
 384         (saved_script_handle, force_make_executable): Move to..
 385         * ldmain.c: ..here.
 386         (previous_script_handle): New global var.
 387         * ldmain.h (saved_script_handle, force_make_executable): Declare.
 388         (previous_script_handle): Likewise.
 389         * ldlex.l (INSERT_K, AFTER, BEFORE): Add tokens.
 390         * lexsup.c (parge_args <-T>): Set previous_script_handle.
 391         * ldlang.c (lang_for_each_statement_worker): Handle insert statement.
 392         (map_input_to_output_sections, print_statement): Likewise.
 393         (lang_size_sections_1, lang_do_assignments_1): Likewise.
 394         (insert_os_after): New function, extracted from..
 395         (lang_insert_orphan): ..here.
 396         (process_insert_statements): New function.
 397         (lang_process): Call it.
 398         (lang_add_insert): New function.
 399         * ldlang.h (lang_insert_statement_enum): New.
 400         (lang_insert_statement_type): New.
 401         (lang_statement_union_type): Add insert_statement.
 402         (lang_add_insert): Declare.
 403
 404 2008-01-18  Bob Wilson  <bob.wilson@acm.org>
 405
 406         * scripttempl/elfxtensa.sc: Merge ENTRY and .note.gnu.build-id
 407         changes from elf.sc.
 408
 409 2008-01-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 410
 411         * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections_1): Simplify SEC_NEVER_LOAD test.
 412
 413 2008-01-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 414
 415         * ldlang.h (lang_afile_asection_pair_statement_enum): Delete.
 416         (lang_afile_asection_pair_statement_type): Delete.
 417         (lang_statement_union_type): Delete afile_asection_pair_statement.
 418         * ldlang.c (lang_insert_orphan): Delete case handling the above.
 419         (map_input_to_output_sections, print_statement): Likewise.
 420
 421 2008-01-15  Kaz Kojima  <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>
 422
 423         * emulparams/shlelf_linux.sh (DATA_START_SYMBOLS): Use PROVIDE
 424         with __data_start.
 425         * emulparams/shelf_nbsd.sh (DATA_START_SYMBOLS): Likewise.
 426
 427 2008-01-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 428
 429         PR 5604
 430         * ldlang.c (lang_gc_sections): Move code to set SEC_KEEP on entry
 431         syms to _bfd_elf_gc_keep.
 432         * emultempl/ppc64elf.em (ppc_before_allocation): Don't call
 433         ppc64_elf_edit_opd if no_opd_opt.
 434
 435 2008-01-11  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
 436             Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@adacore.com>
 437
 438         * ldlang.c (lang_end): Warns if the entry point is not found when
 439         --gc-sections.
 440         Emit an error if no root is specified when --gc-sections -r.
 441         * ld.texinfo (Options): Document that --gc-sections is compatible
 442         with -r and -q.
 443         * ldmain.c (main): Do not error out if -r and --gc-sections.
 444         * scripttempl/elf.sc: Emit ENTRY command only if relocating.
 445
 446 2008-01-10  Daniel Jacobowitz  <drow@sources.redhat.com>
 447
 448         PR ld/5533
 449         * ldlang.c (lang_end): Issue a warning for a missing start symbol
 450         of a shared library if the symbol was specified on the command
 451         line.
 452
 453 2008-01-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 454
 455         * ld.texinfo (--gc-sections): Describe linker behaviour.
 456
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