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Diffstat (limited to 'ld/ld.texinfo')
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.texinfo | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 391f52b..9425c65 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -2752,11 +2752,16 @@ uwin, pw, etc. For instance, cygwin DLLs typically use @kindex --enable-auto-import @item --enable-auto-import Do sophisticated linking of @code{_symbol} to @code{__imp__symbol} for -DATA imports from DLLs, and create the necessary thunking symbols when -building the import libraries with those DATA exports. Note: Use of the -'auto-import' extension will cause the text section of the image file -to be made writable. This does not conform to the PE-COFF format -specification published by Microsoft. +DATA imports from DLLs, thus making it possible to bypass the dllimport +mechanism on the user side and to reference unmangled symbol names. +[This option is specific to the i386 PE targeted port of the linker] + +The following remarks pertain to the original implementation of the +feature and are obsolete nowadays for Cygwin and MinGW targets. + +Note: Use of the 'auto-import' extension will cause the text section +of the image file to be made writable. This does not conform to the +PE-COFF format specification published by Microsoft. Note - use of the 'auto-import' extension will also cause read only data which would normally be placed into the .rdata section to be @@ -2878,7 +2883,6 @@ A fourth way to avoid this problem is to re-code your library to use a functional interface rather than a data interface for the offending variables (e.g. set_foo() and get_foo() accessor functions). -[This option is specific to the i386 PE targeted port of the linker] @kindex --disable-auto-import @item --disable-auto-import @@ -2896,8 +2900,7 @@ environment to adjust references to such data in your client code. @kindex --disable-runtime-pseudo-reloc @item --disable-runtime-pseudo-reloc -Do not create pseudo relocations for non-zero offset DATA imports from -DLLs. +Do not create pseudo relocations for non-zero offset DATA imports from DLLs. [This option is specific to the i386 PE targeted port of the linker] @kindex --enable-extra-pe-debug |