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| author | Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> | 2001-06-20 22:23:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> | 2001-06-20 22:23:23 +0000 |
| commit | d1d013c334d753a24f0c105eec070adc84c64404 (patch) | |
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* bfdint.texi (BFD relocation functions) <different formats>:
Mention that the GNU linker is aware of input-output format
restrictions when generating relocatable output. Make new
paragraph for final-link case.
(BFD target vector swap): Fix typo.
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| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/doc/bfdint.texi | 13 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/doc/ChangeLog b/bfd/doc/ChangeLog index 5704b5a..68a6842 100644 --- a/bfd/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/bfd/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2001-06-21 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> + + * bfdint.texi (BFD relocation functions) <different formats>: + Mention that the GNU linker is aware of input-output format + restrictions when generating relocatable output. Make new + paragraph for final-link case. + (BFD target vector swap): Fix typo. + 2001-01-25 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> * chew.c: Do not output trailing whitespaces in type and diff --git a/bfd/doc/bfdint.texi b/bfd/doc/bfdint.texi index 5aa8ed3..d027aad 100644 --- a/bfd/doc/bfdint.texi +++ b/bfd/doc/bfdint.texi @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ vectors which use the same sets of functions. @node BFD target vector swap @subsection Swapping functions -Every target vector has fuction pointers used for swapping information +Every target vector has function pointers used for swapping information in and out of the target representation. There are two sets of functions: one for data information, and one for header information. Each set has three sizes: 64-bit, 32-bit, and 16-bit. Each size has @@ -1291,10 +1291,13 @@ doing a link in which the output object file format is S-records. @item Using the linker to generate relocateable output in a different object file format is impossible in the general case, so you generally don't -have to worry about that. Linking input files of different object file -formats together is quite unusual, but if you're really dedicated you -may want to consider testing this case, both when the output object file -format is the same as your format, and when it is different. +have to worry about that. The GNU linker makes sure to stop that from +happening when an input file in a different format has relocations. + +Linking input files of different object file formats together is quite +unusual, but if you're really dedicated you may want to consider testing +this case, both when the output object file format is the same as your +format, and when it is different. @end itemize @node BFD relocation codes |