X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bfd%2Fdoc%2Fbfdsumm.texi;h=3ef2db35bef9af195ced22be5df1be15b51b0ef2;hb=31eef93e717c59975b3e6f37619ab956302ca37a;hp=844531aff8cb7b1834f2b0d0fe0aba60d2813487;hpb=fa803dc60f0bf01297674c41d001798e18ade4dc;p=deliverable%2Fbinutils-gdb.git diff --git a/bfd/doc/bfdsumm.texi b/bfd/doc/bfdsumm.texi index 844531aff8..3ef2db35be 100644 --- a/bfd/doc/bfdsumm.texi +++ b/bfd/doc/bfdsumm.texi @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ @c This summary of BFD is shared by the BFD and LD docs. +@c Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + When an object file is opened, BFD subroutines automatically determine the format of the input object file. They then build a descriptor in memory with pointers to routines that will be used to access elements of the object file's data structures. -As different information from the the object files is required, +As different information from the object files is required, BFD reads from different sections of the file and processes them. For example, a very common operation for the linker is processing symbol tables. Each BFD back end provides a routine for converting