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Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 25 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 7f041d9..4543341 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ symbol is defined anywhere, the common symbols are treated as undefined references. @ifclear man For more details on common symbols, see the discussion of ---warn-common in @ref{Options,,Linker options,ld.info,The GNU linker}. +--warn-common in @ref{Options,,Linker options,ld,The GNU linker}. @end ifclear The lower case @var{c} character is used when the symbol is in a special section for small commons. @@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ between any two formats may not work as expected. deletes them afterward. @command{objcopy} uses @sc{bfd} to do all its translation work; it has access to all the formats described in @sc{bfd} and thus is able to recognize most formats without being told -explicitly. @xref{BFD,,BFD,ld.info,Using LD}. +explicitly. @xref{BFD,,BFD,ld,Using LD}. @command{objcopy} can be used to generate S-records by using an output target of @samp{srec} (e.g., use @samp{-O srec}). @@ -3566,6 +3566,7 @@ strip [@option{-F} @var{bfdname} |@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}] [@option{--keep-section-symbols}] [@option{--keep-file-symbols}] [@option{--only-keep-debug}] + [@option{--plugin} @var{name}] [@option{-v} |@option{--verbose}] [@option{-V}|@option{--version}] [@option{--help}] [@option{--info}] @var{objfile}@dots{} @@ -3825,6 +3826,26 @@ currently only supports the presence of one filename containing debugging information, not multiple filenames on a one-per-object-file basis. +@item --plugin @var{name} +@cindex plugins +Load the plugin called @var{name} to add support for extra target +types. This option is only available if the toolchain has been built +with plugin support enabled. + +If @option{--plugin} is not provided, but plugin support has been +enabled then @command{strip} iterates over the files in +@file{$@{libdir@}/bfd-plugins} in alphabetic order and the first +plugin that claims the object in question is used. + +Please note that this plugin search directory is @emph{not} the one +used by @command{ld}'s @option{-plugin} option. In order to make +@command{strip} use the linker plugin it must be copied into the +@file{$@{libdir@}/bfd-plugins} directory. For GCC based compilations +the linker plugin is called @file{liblto_plugin.so.0.0.0}. For Clang +based compilations it is called @file{LLVMgold.so}. The GCC plugin +is always backwards compatible with earlier versions, so it is +sufficient to just copy the newest one. + @item -V @itemx --version Show the version number for @command{strip}. |