+. {* The section is a COFF shared library section. This flag is
+. only for the linker. If this type of section appears in
+. the input file, the linker must copy it to the output file
+. without changing the vma or size. FIXME: Although this
+. was originally intended to be general, it really is COFF
+. specific (and the flag was renamed to indicate this). It
+. might be cleaner to have some more general mechanism to
+. allow the back end to control what the linker does with
+. sections. *}
+.#define SEC_COFF_SHARED_LIBRARY 0x800
+.
+. {* The section contains common symbols (symbols may be defined
+. multiple times, the value of a symbol is the amount of
+. space it requires, and the largest symbol value is the one
+. used). Most targets have exactly one of these (which we
+. translate to bfd_com_section_ptr), but ECOFF has two. *}
+.#define SEC_IS_COMMON 0x8000
+.
+. {* The section contains only debugging information. For
+. example, this is set for ELF .debug and .stab sections.
+. strip tests this flag to see if a section can be
+. discarded. *}
+.#define SEC_DEBUGGING 0x10000
+.
+. {* The contents of this section are held in memory pointed to
+. by the contents field. This is checked by
+. bfd_get_section_contents, and the data is retrieved from
+. memory if appropriate. *}
+.#define SEC_IN_MEMORY 0x20000
+.
+. {* The contents of this section are to be excluded by the
+. linker for executable and shared objects unless those
+. objects are to be further relocated. *}
+.#define SEC_EXCLUDE 0x40000
+.
+. {* The contents of this section are to be sorted by the
+. based on the address specified in the associated symbol
+. table. *}
+.#define SEC_SORT_ENTRIES 0x80000
+.
+. {* When linking, duplicate sections of the same name should be
+. discarded, rather than being combined into a single section as
+. is usually done. This is similar to how common symbols are
+. handled. See SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES below. *}
+.#define SEC_LINK_ONCE 0x100000
+.
+. {* If SEC_LINK_ONCE is set, this bitfield describes how the linker
+. should handle duplicate sections. *}
+.#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES 0x600000
+.
+. {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that duplicate
+. sections with the same name should simply be discarded. *}
+.#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_DISCARD 0x0
+.
+. {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
+. should warn if there are any duplicate sections, although
+. it should still only link one copy. *}
+.#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_ONE_ONLY 0x200000
+.
+. {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
+. should warn if any duplicate sections are a different size. *}
+.#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_SIZE 0x400000
+.
+. {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
+. should warn if any duplicate sections contain different
+. contents. *}
+.#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS 0x600000
+.
+. {* This section was created by the linker as part of dynamic
+. relocation or other arcane processing. It is skipped when
+. going through the first-pass output, trusting that someone
+. else up the line will take care of it later. *}
+.#define SEC_LINKER_CREATED 0x800000
+.
+. {* This section should not be subject to garbage collection. *}
+.#define SEC_KEEP 0x1000000
+.
+. {* This section contains "short" data, and should be placed
+. "near" the GP. *}
+.#define SEC_SHORT 0x2000000
+.
+. {* End of section flags. *}
+.
+. {* Some internal packed boolean fields. *}
+.
+. {* See the vma field. *}
+. unsigned int user_set_vma : 1;
+.
+. {* Whether relocations have been processed. *}
+. unsigned int reloc_done : 1;
+.
+. {* A mark flag used by some of the linker backends. *}
+. unsigned int linker_mark : 1;
+.
+. {* A mark flag used by some linker backends for garbage collection. *}
+. unsigned int gc_mark : 1;
+.
+. {* End of internal packed boolean fields. *}
+.
+. {* The virtual memory address of the section - where it will be
+. at run time. The symbols are relocated against this. The
+. user_set_vma flag is maintained by bfd; if it's not set, the
+. backend can assign addresses (for example, in <<a.out>>, where
+. the default address for <<.data>> is dependent on the specific
+. target and various flags). *}
+.