Apply Tim walls octest vs bytes patch

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / bfd / bfd-in2.h

diff --git a/bfd/bfd-in2.h b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
index 93c9b7e815813cf38dd21db81f57989f161f4c92..a9b981c398057bd760670cce877d3c98b32cdd1a 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/bfd-in2.h
+++ b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
@@ -1066,22 +1066,25 @@ typedef struct sec
 
    bfd_vma lma;
 
-         /* The size of the section in bytes, as it will be output.
-           contains a value even if the section has no contents (e.g., the
-           size of <<.bss>>). This will be filled in after relocation */
+         /* The size of the section in octets, as it will be output.
+           Contains a value even if the section has no contents (e.g., the
+           size of <<.bss>>).  This will be filled in after relocation.  */
 
    bfd_size_type _cooked_size;
 
-         /* The original size on disk of the section, in bytes.  Normally this
+         /* The original size on disk of the section, in octets.  Normally this
            value is the same as the size, but if some relaxing has
            been done, then this value will be bigger.  */
 
    bfd_size_type _raw_size;
 
          /* If this section is going to be output, then this value is the
-           offset into the output section of the first byte in the input
-           section. E.g., if this was going to start at the 100th byte in
-           the output section, this value would be 100. */
+           offset in *bytes* into the output section of the first byte in the
+           input section (byte ==> smallest addressable unit on the
+           target).  In most cases, if this was going to start at the
+           100th octet (8-bit quantity) in the output section, this value
+           would be 100.  However, if the target byte size is 16 bits
+           (bfd_octets_per_byte is "2"), this value would be 50. */ 
 
    bfd_vma output_offset;
 
@@ -1446,6 +1449,13 @@ const char *
 bfd_printable_arch_mach
  PARAMS ((enum bfd_architecture arch, unsigned long machine));
 
+int 
+bfd_octets_per_byte PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
+
+int 
+bfd_arch_mach_octets_per_byte PARAMS ((enum bfd_architecture arch,
+                                       unsigned long machine));
+
 typedef enum bfd_reloc_status
 {
         /* No errors detected */