revised elf support

3 files changed, 2631 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/elf32-target.h b/bfd/elf32-target.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60d386c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bfd/elf32-target.h
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+/* Target definitions for 32-bit ELF
+   Copyright 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* This structure contains everything that BFD knows about a target.
+   It includes things like its byte order, name, what routines to call
+   to do various operations, etc.  Every BFD points to a target structure
+   with its "xvec" member.
+
+   There are two such structures here:  one for big-endian machines and
+   one for little-endian machines.   */
+
+/* Archives are generic or unimplemented.  */
+#define elf_slurp_armap			bfd_slurp_coff_armap
+#define elf_slurp_extended_name_table	_bfd_slurp_extended_name_table
+#define elf_truncate_arname		bfd_dont_truncate_arname
+#define elf_openr_next_archived_file	bfd_generic_openr_next_archived_file
+#define elf_generic_stat_arch_elt	bfd_generic_stat_arch_elt
+#define	elf_write_armap			coff_write_armap
+
+/* Ordinary section reading and writing */
+#define elf_new_section_hook		_bfd_dummy_new_section_hook
+#define elf_get_section_contents	bfd_generic_get_section_contents
+/* #define elf_set_section_contents	bfd_generic_set_section_contents */
+#define	elf_close_and_cleanup		bfd_generic_close_and_cleanup
+
+#define elf_bfd_debug_info_start	bfd_void
+#define elf_bfd_debug_info_end		bfd_void
+#define elf_bfd_debug_info_accumulate	(PROTO(void,(*),(bfd*, struct sec *))) bfd_void
+#define elf_bfd_get_relocated_section_contents \
+ bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents
+#define elf_bfd_relax_section bfd_generic_relax_section
+#define elf_bfd_seclet_link bfd_generic_seclet_link
+#define elf_bfd_make_debug_symbol \
+  ((asymbol *(*) PARAMS ((bfd *, void *, unsigned long))) bfd_nullvoidptr)
+
+static CONST struct elf_backend_data elf_bed =
+{
+  elf_info_to_howto,
+  ELF_ARCH,
+};
+
+#ifdef TARGET_BIG_SYM
+bfd_target TARGET_BIG_SYM =
+{
+  /* name: identify kind of target */
+  TARGET_BIG_NAME,
+
+  /* flavour: general indication about file */
+  bfd_target_elf_flavour,
+
+  /* byteorder_big_p: data is big endian */
+  true,
+
+  /* header_byteorder_big_p: header is also big endian */
+  true,
+
+  /* object_flags: mask of all file flags */
+  (HAS_RELOC | EXEC_P | HAS_LINENO | HAS_DEBUG | HAS_SYMS | HAS_LOCALS |
+   DYNAMIC | WP_TEXT),
+  
+  /* section_flags: mask of all section flags */
+  (SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_RELOC | SEC_READONLY |
+   SEC_CODE | SEC_DATA), 
+
+   /* leading_symbol_char: is the first char of a user symbol
+      predictable, and if so what is it */
+   0,
+
+  /* ar_pad_char: pad character for filenames within an archive header
+     FIXME:  this really has nothing to do with ELF, this is a characteristic
+     of the archiver and/or os and should be independently tunable */
+  '/',
+
+  /* ar_max_namelen: maximum number of characters in an archive header
+     FIXME:  this really has nothing to do with ELF, this is a characteristic
+     of the archiver and should be independently tunable.  This value is
+     a WAG (wild a** guess) */
+  15,
+
+  /* align_power_min: minimum alignment restriction for any section
+     FIXME:  this value may be target machine dependent */
+  3,
+
+  /* Routines to byte-swap various sized integers from the data sections */
+  _do_getb64, _do_putb64, _do_getb32, _do_putb32, _do_getb16, _do_putb16,
+
+  /* Routines to byte-swap various sized integers from the file headers */
+  _do_getb64, _do_putb64, _do_getb32, _do_putb32, _do_getb16, _do_putb16,
+
+  /* bfd_check_format: check the format of a file being read */
+  { _bfd_dummy_target,		/* unknown format */
+    elf_object_p,		/* assembler/linker output (object file) */
+    bfd_generic_archive_p,	/* an archive */
+    elf_core_file_p		/* a core file */
+  },
+
+  /* bfd_set_format: set the format of a file being written */
+  { bfd_false,
+    elf_mkobject,
+    _bfd_generic_mkarchive,
+    bfd_false
+  },
+
+  /* bfd_write_contents: write cached information into a file being written */
+  { bfd_false,
+    elf_write_object_contents,
+    _bfd_write_archive_contents,
+    bfd_false
+  },
+
+  /* Initialize a jump table with the standard macro.  All names start with
+     "elf" */
+  JUMP_TABLE(elf),
+
+  /* backend_data: */
+  (PTR) &elf_bed,
+};
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TARGET_LITTLE_SYM
+bfd_target TARGET_LITTLE_SYM =
+{
+  /* name: identify kind of target */
+  TARGET_LITTLE_NAME,
+
+  /* flavour: general indication about file */
+  bfd_target_elf_flavour,
+
+  /* byteorder_big_p: data is big endian */
+  false,		/* Nope -- this one's little endian */
+
+  /* header_byteorder_big_p: header is also big endian */
+  false,		/* Nope -- this one's little endian */
+
+  /* object_flags: mask of all file flags */
+  (HAS_RELOC | EXEC_P | HAS_LINENO | HAS_DEBUG | HAS_SYMS | HAS_LOCALS |
+   DYNAMIC | WP_TEXT),
+  
+  /* section_flags: mask of all section flags */
+  (SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_RELOC | SEC_READONLY |
+   SEC_DATA), 
+
+   /* leading_symbol_char: is the first char of a user symbol
+      predictable, and if so what is it */
+   0,
+
+  /* ar_pad_char: pad character for filenames within an archive header
+     FIXME:  this really has nothing to do with ELF, this is a characteristic
+     of the archiver and/or os and should be independently tunable */
+  '/',
+
+  /* ar_max_namelen: maximum number of characters in an archive header
+     FIXME:  this really has nothing to do with ELF, this is a characteristic
+     of the archiver and should be independently tunable.  This value is
+     a WAG (wild a** guess) */
+  15,
+
+  /* align_power_min: minimum alignment restriction for any section
+     FIXME:  this value may be target machine dependent */
+  3,
+
+  /* Routines to byte-swap various sized integers from the data sections */
+  _do_getl64, _do_putl64, _do_getl32, _do_putl32, _do_getl16, _do_putl16,
+
+  /* Routines to byte-swap various sized integers from the file headers */
+  _do_getl64, _do_putl64, _do_getl32, _do_putl32, _do_getl16, _do_putl16,
+
+  /* bfd_check_format: check the format of a file being read */
+  { _bfd_dummy_target,		/* unknown format */
+    elf_object_p,		/* assembler/linker output (object file) */
+    bfd_generic_archive_p,	/* an archive */
+    elf_core_file_p		/* a core file */
+  },
+
+  /* bfd_set_format: set the format of a file being written */
+  { bfd_false,
+    elf_mkobject,
+    _bfd_generic_mkarchive,
+    bfd_false
+  },
+
+  /* bfd_write_contents: write cached information into a file being written */
+  { bfd_false,
+    elf_write_object_contents,
+    _bfd_write_archive_contents,
+    bfd_false
+  },
+
+  /* Initialize a jump table with the standard macro.  All names start with
+     "elf" */
+  JUMP_TABLE(elf),
+
+  /* backend_data: */
+  (PTR) &elf_bed,
+};
+#endif
diff --git a/bfd/elf32.c b/bfd/elf32.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3404e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bfd/elf32.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2382 @@
+/* ELF executable support for BFD.
+   Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   Written by Fred Fish @ Cygnus Support, from information published
+   in "UNIX System V Release 4, Programmers Guide: ANSI C and
+   Programming Support Tools".  Sufficient support for gdb.
+
+   Rewritten by Mark Eichin @ Cygnus Support, from information
+   published in "System V Application Binary Interface", chapters 4
+   and 5, as well as the various "Processor Supplement" documents
+   derived from it. Added support for assembler and other object file
+   utilities.
+   
+This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+
+	/****************************************
+
+	  		WARNING
+
+	This is only a partial ELF implementation,
+	incorporating only those parts that are
+	required to get gdb up and running.  It is
+	expected that it will be expanded to a full
+	ELF implementation at some future date.
+
+	Unimplemented stubs call abort() to ensure
+	that they get proper attention if they are
+	ever called.  The stubs are here since
+	this version was hacked from the COFF
+	version, and thus they will probably
+	go away or get expanded appropriately in a
+	future version.
+
+	fnf@cygnus.com
+
+	*****************************************/
+
+
+/* Problems and other issues to resolve.
+
+   (1)	BFD expects there to be some fixed number of "sections" in
+        the object file.  I.E. there is a "section_count" variable in the
+	bfd structure which contains the number of sections.  However, ELF
+	supports multiple "views" of a file.  In particular, with current
+	implementations, executable files typically have two tables, a
+	program header table and a section header table, both of which
+	partition the executable.
+
+	In ELF-speak, the "linking view" of the file uses the section header
+	table to access "sections" within the file, and the "execution view"
+	uses the program header table to access "segments" within the file.
+	"Segments" typically may contain all the data from one or more
+	"sections".
+
+	Note that the section header table is optional in ELF executables,
+	but it is this information that is most useful to gdb.  If the
+	section header table is missing, then gdb should probably try
+	to make do with the program header table.  (FIXME)
+
+*/
+
+#include "bfd.h"
+#include "sysdep.h"
+#include "libbfd.h"
+#include "libelf.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PROCFS	/* Some core file support requires host /proc files */
+#include <sys/procfs.h>
+#else
+#define bfd_prstatus(abfd, descdata, descsz, filepos)	/* Define away */
+#define bfd_fpregset(abfd, descdata, descsz, filepos)	/* Define away */
+#define bfd_prpsinfo(abfd, descdata, descsz, filepos)	/* Define away */
+#endif
+
+/* Forward declarations of static functions */
+
+static char *
+elf_read PARAMS ((bfd *, long, int));
+
+static struct sec *
+section_from_elf_index PARAMS ((bfd *, int));
+
+static int
+elf_section_from_bfd_section PARAMS ((bfd *, struct sec *));
+
+static boolean
+elf_slurp_symbol_table PARAMS ((bfd *, asymbol **));
+
+static char *
+elf_get_str_section PARAMS ((bfd *, unsigned int));
+     
+/* Forward data declarations */
+
+extern bfd_target elf_little_vec, elf_big_vec;
+
+/* Currently the elf_symbol_type struct just contains the generic bfd
+   symbol structure. */
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  asymbol symbol;
+} elf_symbol_type;
+
+/* Some private data is stashed away for future use using the tdata pointer
+   in the bfd structure.  */
+
+struct elf_obj_tdata
+{
+  Elf_Internal_Ehdr elf_header[1];	/* Actual data, but ref like ptr */
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *elf_sect_ptr;
+  struct strtab     *strtab_ptr;
+  int		    symtab_section;
+  void 		    *prstatus;		/* The raw /proc prstatus structure */
+  void 		    *prpsinfo;		/* The raw /proc prpsinfo structure */
+};
+
+#define elf_tdata(bfd)		((bfd) -> tdata.elf_obj_data)
+#define elf_elfheader(bfd)	(elf_tdata(bfd) -> elf_header)
+#define elf_elfsections(bfd)	(elf_tdata(bfd) -> elf_sect_ptr)
+#define elf_shstrtab(bfd)	(elf_tdata(bfd) -> strtab_ptr)
+#define elf_onesymtab(bfd)	(elf_tdata(bfd) -> symtab_section)
+#define core_prpsinfo(bfd)	(elf_tdata(bfd) -> prpsinfo)
+#define core_prstatus(bfd)	(elf_tdata(bfd) -> prstatus)
+
+/* Translate an ELF symbol in external format into an ELF symbol in internal
+   format. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_swap_symbol_in,(abfd, src, dst),
+      bfd               *abfd AND
+      Elf_External_Sym *src AND
+      Elf_Internal_Sym *dst)
+{
+  dst -> st_name = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> st_name);
+  dst -> st_value = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> st_value);
+  dst -> st_size = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> st_size);
+  dst -> st_info = bfd_h_get_8 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> st_info);
+  dst -> st_other = bfd_h_get_8 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> st_other);
+  dst -> st_shndx = bfd_h_get_16 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> st_shndx);
+}
+
+/* Translate an ELF symbol in internal format into an ELF symbol in external
+   format. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_swap_symbol_out,(abfd, src, dst),
+      bfd               *abfd AND
+      Elf_Internal_Sym *src AND
+      Elf_External_Sym *dst)
+{
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->st_name, dst->st_name);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->st_value, dst->st_value);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->st_size, dst->st_size);
+  bfd_h_put_8  (abfd, src->st_info, dst->st_info);
+  bfd_h_put_8  (abfd, src->st_other, dst->st_other);
+  bfd_h_put_16 (abfd, src->st_shndx, dst->st_shndx);
+}
+
+
+/* Translate an ELF file header in external format into an ELF file header in
+   internal format. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_swap_ehdr_in,(abfd, src, dst),
+      bfd               *abfd AND
+      Elf_External_Ehdr *src AND
+      Elf_Internal_Ehdr *dst)
+{
+  memcpy (dst -> e_ident, src -> e_ident, EI_NIDENT);
+  dst -> e_type = bfd_h_get_16 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_type);
+  dst -> e_machine = bfd_h_get_16 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_machine);
+  dst -> e_version = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_version);
+  dst -> e_entry = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_entry);
+  dst -> e_phoff = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_phoff);
+  dst -> e_shoff = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_shoff);
+  dst -> e_flags = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_flags);
+  dst -> e_ehsize = bfd_h_get_16 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_ehsize);
+  dst -> e_phentsize = bfd_h_get_16 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_phentsize);
+  dst -> e_phnum = bfd_h_get_16 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_phnum);
+  dst -> e_shentsize = bfd_h_get_16 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_shentsize);
+  dst -> e_shnum = bfd_h_get_16 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_shnum);
+  dst -> e_shstrndx = bfd_h_get_16 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src -> e_shstrndx);
+}
+
+/* Translate an ELF file header in internal format into an ELF file header in
+   external format. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_swap_ehdr_out,(abfd, src, dst),
+      bfd               *abfd AND
+      Elf_Internal_Ehdr *src AND
+      Elf_External_Ehdr *dst)
+{
+  memcpy (dst -> e_ident, src -> e_ident, EI_NIDENT);
+  /* note that all elements of dst are *arrays of unsigned char* already... */
+  bfd_h_put_16 (abfd, src->e_type, dst->e_type);
+  bfd_h_put_16 (abfd, src->e_machine, dst->e_machine);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->e_version, dst->e_version);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->e_entry, dst->e_entry);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->e_phoff, dst->e_phoff);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->e_shoff, dst->e_shoff);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->e_flags, dst->e_flags);
+  bfd_h_put_16 (abfd, src->e_ehsize, dst->e_ehsize);
+  bfd_h_put_16 (abfd, src->e_phentsize, dst->e_phentsize);
+  bfd_h_put_16 (abfd, src->e_phnum, dst->e_phnum);
+  bfd_h_put_16 (abfd, src->e_shentsize, dst->e_shentsize);
+  bfd_h_put_16 (abfd, src->e_shnum, dst->e_shnum);
+  bfd_h_put_16 (abfd, src->e_shstrndx, dst->e_shstrndx);
+}
+
+
+/* Translate an ELF section header table entry in external format into an
+   ELF section header table entry in internal format. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_swap_shdr_in,(abfd, src, dst),
+      bfd               *abfd AND
+      Elf_External_Shdr *src AND
+      Elf_Internal_Shdr *dst)
+{
+  dst->sh_name = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->sh_name);
+  dst->sh_type = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->sh_type);
+  dst->sh_flags = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->sh_flags);
+  dst->sh_addr = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->sh_addr);
+  dst->sh_offset = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->sh_offset);
+  dst->sh_size = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->sh_size);
+  dst->sh_link = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->sh_link);
+  dst->sh_info = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->sh_info);
+  dst->sh_addralign = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->sh_addralign);
+  dst->sh_entsize = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->sh_entsize);
+  /* we haven't done any processing on it yet, so... */
+  dst->rawdata = (void*)0;
+}
+
+/* Translate an ELF section header table entry in internal format into an
+   ELF section header table entry in external format. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_swap_shdr_out,(abfd, src, dst),
+      bfd               *abfd AND
+      Elf_Internal_Shdr *src AND
+      Elf_External_Shdr *dst)
+{
+  /* note that all elements of dst are *arrays of unsigned char* already... */
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->sh_name, dst->sh_name);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->sh_type, dst->sh_type);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->sh_flags, dst->sh_flags);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->sh_addr, dst->sh_addr);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->sh_offset, dst->sh_offset);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->sh_size, dst->sh_size);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->sh_link, dst->sh_link);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->sh_info, dst->sh_info);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->sh_addralign, dst->sh_addralign);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->sh_entsize, dst->sh_entsize);
+}
+
+
+/* Translate an ELF program header table entry in external format into an
+   ELF program header table entry in internal format. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_swap_phdr_in,(abfd, src, dst),
+      bfd               *abfd AND
+      Elf_External_Phdr *src AND
+      Elf_Internal_Phdr *dst)
+{
+  dst->p_type = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->p_type);
+  dst->p_offset = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->p_offset);
+  dst->p_vaddr = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->p_vaddr);
+  dst->p_paddr = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->p_paddr);
+  dst->p_filesz = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->p_filesz);
+  dst->p_memsz = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->p_memsz);
+  dst->p_flags = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->p_flags);
+  dst->p_align = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->p_align);
+}
+
+
+/* Translate an ELF reloc from external format to internal format. */
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_swap_reloc_in,(abfd, src, dst),
+      bfd            *abfd AND
+      Elf_External_Rel *src AND
+      Elf_Internal_Rel *dst)
+{
+  dst->r_offset = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->r_offset);
+  dst->r_info = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->r_info);
+}
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_swap_reloca_in,(abfd, src, dst),
+      bfd            *abfd AND
+      Elf_External_Rela *src AND
+      Elf_Internal_Rela *dst)
+{
+  dst->r_offset = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->r_offset);
+  dst->r_info = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->r_info);
+  dst->r_addend = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) src->r_addend);
+}
+
+/* Translate an ELF reloc from internal format to external format. */
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_swap_reloc_out,(abfd, src, dst),
+      bfd            *abfd AND
+      Elf_Internal_Rel *src AND
+      Elf_External_Rel *dst)
+{
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->r_offset, dst->r_offset);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->r_info, dst->r_info);
+}
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_swap_reloca_out,(abfd, src, dst),
+      bfd            *abfd AND
+      Elf_Internal_Rela *src AND
+      Elf_External_Rela *dst)
+{
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->r_offset, dst->r_offset);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->r_info, dst->r_info);
+  bfd_h_put_32 (abfd, src->r_addend, dst->r_addend);
+}
+
+/* 
+INTERNAL_FUNCTION
+	bfd_elf_find_section
+
+SYNOPSIS
+	struct elf_internal_shdr *bfd_elf_find_section (bfd *abfd, char *name);
+
+DESCRIPTION
+	Helper functions for GDB to locate the string tables.
+	Since BFD hides string tables from callers, GDB needs to use an
+	internal hook to find them.  Sun's .stabstr, in particular,
+	isn't even pointed to by the .stab section, so ordinary
+	mechanisms wouldn't work to find it, even if we had some.
+*/
+
+struct elf_internal_shdr *
+DEFUN(bfd_elf_find_section, (abfd, name),
+      bfd		*abfd AND
+      char		*name)
+{
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *i_shdrp;
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *gotit = NULL;
+  char *shstrtab;
+  unsigned int max;
+  unsigned int i;
+
+  i_shdrp = elf_elfsections (abfd);
+  if (i_shdrp != NULL)
+    {
+      shstrtab = elf_get_str_section (abfd, elf_elfheader (abfd)->e_shstrndx);
+      if (shstrtab != NULL)
+	{
+	  max = elf_elfheader (abfd)->e_shnum;
+	  for (i = 1; i < max; i++)
+	    {
+	      if (!strcmp (&shstrtab[i_shdrp[i].sh_name], name))
+		{
+		  gotit = &i_shdrp[i];
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+  return (gotit);
+}
+
+/* End of GDB support.  */
+
+static char *
+DEFUN(elf_get_str_section, (abfd, shindex),
+      bfd		*abfd AND
+      unsigned int	shindex)
+{
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *i_shdrp;
+  char *shstrtab = NULL;
+  unsigned int offset;
+  unsigned int shstrtabsize;
+
+  i_shdrp = elf_elfsections (abfd);
+  if (i_shdrp != NULL)
+    {
+      shstrtab = i_shdrp[shindex].rawdata;
+      if (shstrtab == NULL)
+	{
+	  /* No cached one, attempt to read, and cache what we read. */
+	  offset = i_shdrp[shindex].sh_offset;
+	  shstrtabsize = i_shdrp[shindex].sh_size;
+	  shstrtab = elf_read (abfd, offset, shstrtabsize);
+	  i_shdrp[shindex].rawdata = (void*) shstrtab;
+	}
+    }
+  return (shstrtab);
+}
+
+static char *
+DEFUN(elf_string_from_elf_section, (abfd, shindex, strindex),
+      bfd		*abfd AND
+      unsigned int	shindex AND
+      unsigned int	strindex)
+{
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *i_shdrp = elf_elfsections (abfd);
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr = i_shdrp + shindex;
+
+  if (! hdr->rawdata)
+    {
+      if (elf_get_str_section (abfd, shindex) == NULL)
+	{
+	  return NULL;
+	}
+    }
+  return ((char*)hdr->rawdata)+strindex;
+}
+
+#define elf_string_from_elf_strtab(abfd, strindex) \
+  elf_string_from_elf_section (abfd, elf_elfheader(abfd)->e_shstrndx, strindex)
+
+/* Create a new bfd section from an ELF section header. */
+
+static boolean
+DEFUN(bfd_section_from_shdr, (abfd, shindex),
+      bfd               *abfd AND
+      unsigned int	shindex)
+{
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *i_shdrp = elf_elfsections (abfd);
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr = i_shdrp + shindex;
+  asection *newsect;
+  char *name;
+
+  name = hdr->sh_name ?
+    elf_string_from_elf_strtab (abfd, hdr->sh_name) : "unnamed";
+
+  switch(hdr->sh_type) {
+
+  case SHT_NULL:
+    /* inactive section. Throw it away. */
+    return true;
+
+  case SHT_PROGBITS:
+  case SHT_NOBITS:
+    /* Bits that get saved. This one is real. */
+    if (! hdr->rawdata ) 
+      {
+	newsect = bfd_make_section (abfd, name);
+	newsect->vma = hdr->sh_addr;
+	newsect->_raw_size = hdr->sh_size;
+	newsect->filepos = hdr->sh_offset; /* so we can read back the bits */
+	newsect->flags |= SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;
+	
+	if (hdr->sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC)
+	  {
+	    newsect->flags |= SEC_ALLOC;
+	    if (hdr->sh_type != SHT_NOBITS)
+	      newsect->flags |= SEC_LOAD;
+	  }
+	
+	if (!(hdr->sh_flags & SHF_WRITE))
+	  newsect->flags |= SEC_READONLY;
+	
+	if (hdr->sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR)
+	  newsect->flags |= SEC_CODE;	/* FIXME: may only contain SOME code */
+	else
+	  newsect->flags |= SEC_DATA;
+	
+	hdr->rawdata = (void*)newsect;
+      }
+    return true;
+    break;
+
+  case SHT_SYMTAB:			/* A symbol table */
+    BFD_ASSERT (hdr->sh_entsize == sizeof (Elf_External_Sym));
+    elf_onesymtab (abfd) = shindex;
+    abfd->flags |= HAS_SYMS;
+    return true;
+
+  case SHT_STRTAB:			/* A string table */
+    return true;
+
+  case SHT_REL:
+  case SHT_RELA:
+    /* *these* do a lot of work -- but build no sections! */
+    /* the spec says there can be multiple strtabs, but only one symtab */
+    /* but there can be lots of REL* sections. */
+    /* FIXME:  The above statement is wrong!  There are typically at least
+       two symbol tables in a dynamically linked executable, ".dynsym"
+       which is the dynamic linkage symbol table and ".symtab", which is
+       the "traditional" symbol table.  -fnf */
+       
+    {
+      asection		*target_sect;
+      
+      bfd_section_from_shdr (abfd, hdr->sh_link); /* symbol table */
+      bfd_section_from_shdr (abfd, hdr->sh_info); /* target */
+      target_sect = section_from_elf_index (abfd, hdr->sh_info);
+      if (target_sect == NULL)
+	  return false;
+
+#if 0
+      /* FIXME:  We are only prepared to read one symbol table, so
+	 do NOT read the dynamic symbol table since it is only a
+	 subset of the full symbol table.  Also see comment above. -fnf */
+      if (!elf_slurp_symbol_table(abfd, i_shdrp + hdr->sh_link))
+	return false;
+#endif
+
+      target_sect->reloc_count = hdr->sh_size / hdr->sh_entsize;
+      target_sect->flags |= SEC_RELOC;
+      target_sect->relocation = 0;
+      target_sect->rel_filepos = hdr->sh_offset;
+      return true;
+    }
+    break;
+
+  case SHT_HASH:
+  case SHT_DYNAMIC:
+  case SHT_DYNSYM:		/* could treat this like symtab... */
+#if 0
+    fprintf(stderr, "Dynamic Linking sections not yet supported.\n");
+    abort ();
+#endif
+    break;
+
+  case SHT_NOTE:
+#if 0
+    fprintf(stderr, "Note Sections not yet supported.\n");
+    abort ();
+#endif
+    break;
+
+  case SHT_SHLIB:
+#if 0
+    fprintf(stderr, "SHLIB Sections not supported (and non conforming.)\n");
+#endif
+    return true;
+
+  default:
+    break;
+  }
+  
+  return (true);
+}
+
+
+
+
+struct strtab {
+  char *tab;
+  int nentries;
+  int length;
+};
+
+
+static struct strtab *
+DEFUN(bfd_new_strtab, (abfd),
+      bfd		*abfd)
+{
+  struct strtab *ss;
+
+  ss = (struct strtab *) bfd_xmalloc(sizeof(struct strtab));
+  ss->tab = bfd_xmalloc(1);
+  BFD_ASSERT(ss->tab != 0);
+  *ss->tab = 0;
+  ss->nentries = 0;
+  ss->length = 1;
+
+  return ss;
+}
+
+static int
+DEFUN(bfd_add_to_strtab, (abfd, ss, str),
+      bfd		*abfd AND
+      struct strtab	*ss AND
+      CONST char	*str)
+{
+  /* should search first, but for now: */
+  /* include the trailing NUL */
+  int ln = strlen(str)+1;
+  
+  /* should this be using obstacks? */
+  ss->tab = realloc(ss->tab, ss->length + ln);
+
+  BFD_ASSERT(ss->tab != 0);
+  strcpy(ss->tab + ss->length, str);
+  ss->nentries++;
+  ss->length += ln;
+
+  return ss->length - ln;
+}
+
+static int
+DEFUN(bfd_add_2_to_strtab, (abfd, ss, str, str2),
+      bfd		*abfd AND
+      struct strtab	*ss AND
+      char		*str AND
+      CONST char	*str2)
+{
+  /* should search first, but for now: */
+  /* include the trailing NUL */
+  int ln = strlen(str)+strlen(str2)+1;
+  
+  /* should this be using obstacks? */
+  if (ss->length)
+    ss->tab = realloc(ss->tab, ss->length + ln);
+  else 
+    ss->tab = bfd_xmalloc(ln);
+
+  BFD_ASSERT(ss->tab != 0);
+  strcpy(ss->tab + ss->length, str);
+  strcpy(ss->tab + ss->length + strlen(str), str2);
+  ss->nentries++;
+  ss->length += ln;
+
+  return ss->length - ln;
+}
+
+/* Create a new ELF section from a bfd section. */
+
+static boolean
+DEFUN(bfd_shdr_from_section, (abfd, hdr, shstrtab, indx),
+      bfd               *abfd AND
+      Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr AND
+      struct strtab	*shstrtab AND
+      int		indx)
+{
+  asection *sect;
+  int ndx;
+  
+  /* figure out out to write the section name from the bfd section name. MWE */
+  	      
+  sect = abfd->sections;
+  for (ndx = indx; --ndx; )
+    {
+      sect = sect->next;
+    }
+  hdr[indx].sh_name = bfd_add_to_strtab(abfd, shstrtab,
+					bfd_section_name(abfd, sect));
+  hdr[indx].sh_addr = sect->vma;
+  hdr[indx].sh_size = sect->_raw_size;
+  hdr[indx].sh_flags = 0;
+  /* these need to be preserved on */
+  hdr[indx].sh_link = 0;
+  hdr[indx].sh_info = 0;
+  hdr[indx].sh_addralign = 0;
+  hdr[indx].sh_entsize = 0;
+
+  hdr[indx].sh_type = 0;
+  if (sect->flags & SEC_RELOC) {
+    hdr[indx].sh_type = SHT_RELA; /* FIXME -- sparc specific */
+  }
+  
+  if (sect->flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS)
+    {
+      hdr[indx].sh_offset = sect->filepos;
+      hdr[indx].sh_size = sect->_raw_size;
+    }
+  if (sect->flags & SEC_ALLOC)
+    {
+      hdr[indx].sh_flags |= SHF_ALLOC;
+      if (sect->flags & SEC_LOAD)
+	{
+	  /* do something with sh_type ? */
+	}
+    }
+  if (!(sect->flags & SEC_READONLY)) 
+    hdr[indx].sh_flags |= SHF_WRITE;
+
+  if (sect->flags & SEC_CODE)
+    hdr[indx].sh_flags |= SHF_EXECINSTR;
+
+  return (true);
+}
+
+/* Create a new bfd section from an ELF program header.
+
+   Since program segments have no names, we generate a synthetic name
+   of the form segment<NUM>, where NUM is generally the index in the
+   program header table.  For segments that are split (see below) we
+   generate the names segment<NUM>a and segment<NUM>b.
+
+   Note that some program segments may have a file size that is different than
+   (less than) the memory size.  All this means is that at execution the
+   system must allocate the amount of memory specified by the memory size,
+   but only initialize it with the first "file size" bytes read from the
+   file.  This would occur for example, with program segments consisting
+   of combined data+bss.
+
+   To handle the above situation, this routine generates TWO bfd sections
+   for the single program segment.  The first has the length specified by
+   the file size of the segment, and the second has the length specified
+   by the difference between the two sizes.  In effect, the segment is split
+   into it's initialized and uninitialized parts.
+
+ */
+
+static boolean
+DEFUN(bfd_section_from_phdr, (abfd, hdr, index),
+      bfd               *abfd AND
+      Elf_Internal_Phdr *hdr AND
+      int		 index)
+{
+  asection *newsect;
+  char *name;
+  char namebuf[64];
+  int split;
+
+  split = ((hdr -> p_memsz > 0) &&
+	   (hdr -> p_filesz > 0) &&
+	   (hdr -> p_memsz > hdr -> p_filesz));
+  sprintf (namebuf, split ? "segment%da" : "segment%d", index);
+  name = bfd_alloc (abfd, strlen (namebuf) + 1);
+  strcpy (name, namebuf);
+  newsect = bfd_make_section (abfd, name);
+  newsect -> vma = hdr -> p_vaddr;
+  newsect -> _raw_size = hdr -> p_filesz;
+  newsect -> filepos = hdr -> p_offset;
+  newsect -> flags |= SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;
+  if (hdr -> p_type == PT_LOAD)
+    {
+      newsect -> flags |= SEC_ALLOC;
+      newsect -> flags |= SEC_LOAD;
+      if (hdr -> p_flags & PF_X)
+	{
+	  /* FIXME: all we known is that it has execute PERMISSION,
+	     may be data. */
+	  newsect -> flags |= SEC_CODE;
+	}
+    }
+  if (!(hdr -> p_flags & PF_W))
+    {
+      newsect -> flags |= SEC_READONLY;
+    }
+
+  if (split)
+    {
+      sprintf (namebuf, "segment%db", index);
+      name = bfd_alloc (abfd, strlen (namebuf) + 1);
+      strcpy (name, namebuf);
+      newsect = bfd_make_section (abfd, name);
+      newsect -> vma = hdr -> p_vaddr + hdr -> p_filesz;
+      newsect -> _raw_size = hdr -> p_memsz - hdr -> p_filesz;
+      if (hdr -> p_type == PT_LOAD)
+	{
+	  newsect -> flags |= SEC_ALLOC;
+	  if (hdr -> p_flags & PF_X)
+	    newsect -> flags |= SEC_CODE;
+	}
+      if (!(hdr -> p_flags & PF_W))
+	newsect -> flags |= SEC_READONLY;
+    }
+
+  return (true);
+}
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PROCFS
+
+static void
+DEFUN(bfd_prstatus,(abfd, descdata, descsz, filepos),
+      bfd	*abfd AND
+      char	*descdata AND
+      int	 descsz AND
+      long	 filepos)
+{
+  asection *newsect;
+  prstatus_t *status = (prstatus_t *)0;
+
+  if (descsz == sizeof (prstatus_t))
+    {
+      newsect = bfd_make_section (abfd, ".reg");
+      newsect -> _raw_size = sizeof (status->pr_reg);
+      newsect -> filepos = filepos + (long) &status->pr_reg;
+      newsect -> flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;
+      newsect -> alignment_power = 2;
+      if ((core_prstatus (abfd) = bfd_alloc (abfd, descsz)) != NULL)
+	{
+	  memcpy (core_prstatus (abfd), descdata, descsz);
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+/* Stash a copy of the prpsinfo structure away for future use. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN(bfd_prpsinfo,(abfd, descdata, descsz, filepos),
+      bfd	*abfd AND
+      char	*descdata AND
+      int	 descsz AND
+      long	 filepos)
+{
+  asection *newsect;
+
+  if (descsz == sizeof (prpsinfo_t))
+    {
+      if ((core_prpsinfo (abfd) = bfd_alloc (abfd, descsz)) != NULL)
+	{
+	  memcpy (core_prpsinfo (abfd), descdata, descsz);
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+DEFUN(bfd_fpregset,(abfd, descdata, descsz, filepos),
+      bfd	*abfd AND
+      char	*descdata AND
+      int	 descsz AND
+      long	 filepos)
+{
+  asection *newsect;
+
+  newsect = bfd_make_section (abfd, ".reg2");
+  newsect -> _raw_size = descsz;
+  newsect -> filepos = filepos;
+  newsect -> flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;
+  newsect -> alignment_power = 2;
+}
+
+#endif	/* HAVE_PROCFS */
+
+/* Return a pointer to the args (including the command name) that were
+   seen by the program that generated the core dump.  Note that for
+   some reason, a spurious space is tacked onto the end of the args
+   in some (at least one anyway) implementations, so strip it off if
+   it exists. */
+
+char *
+DEFUN(elf_core_file_failing_command, (abfd),
+     bfd *abfd)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_PROCFS
+  if (core_prpsinfo (abfd))
+    {
+      prpsinfo_t *p = core_prpsinfo (abfd);
+      char *scan = p -> pr_psargs;
+      while (*scan++) {;}
+      scan -= 2;
+      if ((scan > p -> pr_psargs) && (*scan == ' '))
+	{
+	  *scan = '\000';
+	}
+      return (p -> pr_psargs);
+    }
+#endif
+  return (NULL);
+}
+
+/* Return the number of the signal that caused the core dump.  Presumably,
+   since we have a core file, we got a signal of some kind, so don't bother
+   checking the other process status fields, just return the signal number.
+   */
+
+int
+DEFUN(elf_core_file_failing_signal, (abfd),
+      bfd *abfd)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_PROCFS
+  if (core_prstatus (abfd))
+    {
+      return (((prstatus_t *)(core_prstatus (abfd))) -> pr_cursig);
+    }
+#endif
+  return (-1);
+}
+
+/* Check to see if the core file could reasonably be expected to have
+   come for the current executable file.  Note that by default we return
+   true unless we find something that indicates that there might be a
+   problem.
+   */
+
+boolean
+DEFUN(elf_core_file_matches_executable_p, (core_bfd, exec_bfd),
+      bfd *core_bfd AND
+      bfd *exec_bfd)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_PROCFS
+  char *corename;
+  char *execname;
+#endif
+
+  /* First, xvecs must match since both are ELF files for the same target. */
+
+  if (core_bfd->xvec != exec_bfd->xvec)
+    {
+      bfd_error = system_call_error;
+      return (false);
+    }
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PROCFS
+
+  /* If no prpsinfo, just return true.  Otherwise, grab the last component
+     of the exec'd pathname from the prpsinfo. */
+
+  if (core_prpsinfo (core_bfd))
+    {
+      corename = (((struct prpsinfo *) core_prpsinfo (core_bfd)) -> pr_fname);
+    }  
+  else
+    {
+      return (true);
+    }
+
+  /* Find the last component of the executable pathname. */
+
+  if ((execname = strrchr (exec_bfd -> filename, '/')) != NULL)
+    {
+      execname++;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      execname = (char *) exec_bfd -> filename;
+    }
+
+  /* See if they match */
+
+  return (strcmp (execname, corename) ? false : true);
+
+#else
+
+  return (true);
+
+#endif	/* HAVE_PROCFS */
+}
+
+/* ELF core files contain a segment of type PT_NOTE, that holds much of
+   the information that would normally be available from the /proc interface
+   for the process, at the time the process dumped core.  Currently this
+   includes copies of the prstatus, prpsinfo, and fpregset structures.
+
+   Since these structures are potentially machine dependent in size and
+   ordering, bfd provides two levels of support for them.  The first level,
+   available on all machines since it does not require that the host
+   have /proc support or the relevant include files, is to create a bfd
+   section for each of the prstatus, prpsinfo, and fpregset structures,
+   without any interpretation of their contents.  With just this support,
+   the bfd client will have to interpret the structures itself.  Even with
+   /proc support, it might want these full structures for it's own reasons.
+
+   In the second level of support, where HAVE_PROCFS is defined, bfd will
+   pick apart the structures to gather some additional information that
+   clients may want, such as the general register set, the name of the
+   exec'ed file and its arguments, the signal (if any) that caused the
+   core dump, etc.
+
+   */
+
+static boolean
+DEFUN(elf_corefile_note, (abfd, hdr),
+      bfd               *abfd AND
+      Elf_Internal_Phdr *hdr)
+{
+  Elf_External_Note *x_note_p;	/* Elf note, external form */
+  Elf_Internal_Note i_note;	/* Elf note, internal form */
+  char *buf = NULL;		/* Entire note segment contents */
+  char *namedata;		/* Name portion of the note */
+  char *descdata;		/* Descriptor portion of the note */
+  char *sectname;		/* Name to use for new section */
+  long filepos;			/* File offset to descriptor data */
+  asection *newsect;
+
+  if (hdr -> p_filesz > 0
+      && (buf = (char *) bfd_xmalloc (hdr -> p_filesz)) != NULL
+      && bfd_seek (abfd, hdr -> p_offset, SEEK_SET) != -1
+      && bfd_read ((PTR) buf, hdr -> p_filesz, 1, abfd) == hdr -> p_filesz)
+    {
+      x_note_p = (Elf_External_Note *) buf;
+      while ((char *) x_note_p < (buf + hdr -> p_filesz))
+	{
+	  i_note.namesz = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) x_note_p -> namesz);
+	  i_note.descsz = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) x_note_p -> descsz);
+	  i_note.type = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) x_note_p -> type);
+	  namedata = x_note_p -> name;
+	  descdata = namedata + BFD_ALIGN (i_note.namesz, 4);
+	  filepos = hdr -> p_offset + (descdata - buf);
+	  switch (i_note.type) {
+	    case NT_PRSTATUS:
+	      /* process descdata as prstatus info */
+	      bfd_prstatus (abfd, descdata, i_note.descsz, filepos);
+	      sectname = ".prstatus";
+	      break;
+	    case NT_FPREGSET:
+	      /* process descdata as fpregset info */
+	      bfd_fpregset (abfd, descdata, i_note.descsz, filepos);
+	      sectname = ".fpregset";
+	      break;
+	    case NT_PRPSINFO:
+	      /* process descdata as prpsinfo */
+	      bfd_prpsinfo (abfd, descdata, i_note.descsz, filepos);
+	      sectname = ".prpsinfo";
+	      break;
+	    default:
+	      /* Unknown descriptor, just ignore it. */
+	      sectname = NULL;
+	      break;
+	  }
+	  if (sectname != NULL)
+	    {
+	      newsect = bfd_make_section (abfd, sectname);
+	      newsect -> _raw_size = i_note.descsz;
+	      newsect -> filepos = filepos;
+	      newsect -> flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;
+	      newsect -> alignment_power = 2;
+	    }
+	  x_note_p = (Elf_External_Note *)
+			(descdata + BFD_ALIGN (i_note.descsz, 4));
+	}
+    }
+  if (buf != NULL)
+    {
+      free (buf);
+    }
+  return true;
+  
+}
+
+
+/* Read a specified number of bytes at a specified offset in an ELF
+   file, into a newly allocated buffer, and return a pointer to the 
+   buffer. */
+
+static char *
+DEFUN(elf_read, (abfd, offset, size),
+      bfd	*abfd AND
+      long	offset AND
+      int	size)
+{
+  char *buf;
+
+  if ((buf = bfd_alloc (abfd, size)) == NULL)
+    {
+      bfd_error = no_memory;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+  if (bfd_seek (abfd, offset, SEEK_SET) == -1)
+    {
+      bfd_error = system_call_error;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+  if (bfd_read ((PTR) buf, size, 1, abfd) != size)
+    {
+      bfd_error = system_call_error;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+  return (buf);
+}
+
+/* Begin processing a given object.
+
+   First we validate the file by reading in the ELF header and checking
+   the magic number.
+
+   */
+
+bfd_target *
+DEFUN (elf_object_p, (abfd), bfd *abfd)
+{
+  Elf_External_Ehdr x_ehdr;	/* Elf file header, external form */
+  Elf_Internal_Ehdr *i_ehdrp;	/* Elf file header, internal form */
+  Elf_External_Shdr x_shdr;	/* Section header table entry, external form */
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *i_shdrp;	/* Section header table, internal form */
+  int shindex;
+  char *shstrtab;		/* Internal copy of section header stringtab */
+  
+  /* Read in the ELF header in external format.  */
+
+  if (bfd_read ((PTR) &x_ehdr, sizeof (x_ehdr), 1, abfd) != sizeof (x_ehdr))
+    {
+      bfd_error = system_call_error;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+
+  /* Now check to see if we have a valid ELF file, and one that BFD can
+     make use of.  The magic number must match, the address size ('class')
+     and byte-swapping must match our XVEC entry, and it must have a
+     section header table (FIXME: See comments re sections at top of this
+     file). */
+
+  if (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_MAG0] != ELFMAG0 ||
+      x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_MAG1] != ELFMAG1 ||
+      x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_MAG2] != ELFMAG2 ||
+      x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_MAG3] != ELFMAG3)
+    {
+wrong:
+      bfd_error = wrong_format;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+
+  /* FIXME, Check EI_VERSION here !  */
+
+  switch (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_CLASS])
+    {
+    case ELFCLASSNONE:		/* address size not specified */
+      goto wrong;		/* No support if can't tell address size */
+    case ELFCLASS32:		/* 32-bit addresses */
+      break;
+    case ELFCLASS64:		/* 64-bit addresses */
+      goto wrong;		/* FIXME: 64 bits not yet supported */
+    default:
+      goto wrong;		/* No support if unknown address class */
+    }
+
+  /* Switch xvec to match the specified byte order.  */
+  switch (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA])
+    {
+    case ELFDATA2MSB:		/* Big-endian */ 
+      if (!abfd->xvec->header_byteorder_big_p)
+	goto wrong;
+      break;
+    case ELFDATA2LSB:		/* Little-endian */
+      if (abfd->xvec->header_byteorder_big_p)
+	goto wrong;
+      break;
+    case ELFDATANONE:		/* No data encoding specified */
+    default:			/* Unknown data encoding specified */
+      goto wrong;
+    }
+  
+  /* Allocate an instance of the elf_obj_tdata structure and hook it up to
+     the tdata pointer in the bfd. */
+
+  if (NULL == (elf_tdata (abfd) = (struct elf_obj_tdata *)
+               bfd_zalloc (abfd, sizeof (struct elf_obj_tdata))))
+    {
+      bfd_error = no_memory;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+
+  /* FIXME:  Any `wrong' exits below here will leak memory (tdata).  */
+
+  /* Now that we know the byte order, swap in the rest of the header */
+  i_ehdrp = elf_elfheader (abfd);
+  elf_swap_ehdr_in (abfd, &x_ehdr, i_ehdrp);
+  
+  /* If there is no section header table, we're hosed. */
+  if (i_ehdrp->e_shoff == 0)
+    goto wrong;
+
+  if (i_ehdrp->e_type == ET_EXEC || i_ehdrp->e_type == ET_DYN)
+    abfd -> flags |= EXEC_P;
+
+  switch (i_ehdrp->e_machine)
+    {
+    case EM_NONE:
+    case EM_M32:		/* or should this be bfd_arch_obscure? */
+      bfd_default_set_arch_mach(abfd, bfd_arch_unknown, 0);
+      break;
+    case EM_SPARC:
+      bfd_default_set_arch_mach(abfd, bfd_arch_sparc, 0);
+      break;
+    case EM_386:
+      bfd_default_set_arch_mach(abfd, bfd_arch_i386, 0);
+      break;
+    case EM_68K:
+      bfd_default_set_arch_mach(abfd, bfd_arch_m68k, 0);
+      break;
+    case EM_88K:
+      bfd_default_set_arch_mach(abfd, bfd_arch_m88k, 0);
+      break;
+    case EM_860:
+      bfd_default_set_arch_mach(abfd, bfd_arch_i860, 0);
+      break;
+    case EM_MIPS:
+      bfd_default_set_arch_mach(abfd, bfd_arch_mips, 0);
+      break;
+    default:
+      goto wrong;
+    }
+  
+  /* Allocate space for a copy of the section header table in 
+     internal form, seek to the section header table in the file,
+     read it in, and convert it to internal form.  As a simple sanity
+     check, verify that the what BFD thinks is the size of each section
+     header table entry actually matches the size recorded in the file. */
+
+  if (i_ehdrp->e_shentsize != sizeof (x_shdr))
+    goto wrong;
+  i_shdrp = (Elf_Internal_Shdr *)
+    bfd_alloc (abfd, sizeof (*i_shdrp) * i_ehdrp->e_shnum);
+  if (! i_shdrp)
+    {
+      bfd_error = no_memory;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+  if (bfd_seek (abfd, i_ehdrp->e_shoff, SEEK_SET) == -1)
+    {
+      bfd_error = system_call_error;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+  for (shindex = 0; shindex < i_ehdrp->e_shnum; shindex++)
+    {
+      if (bfd_read ((PTR) &x_shdr, sizeof x_shdr, 1, abfd)
+	  != sizeof (x_shdr))
+	{
+	  bfd_error = system_call_error;
+	  return (NULL);
+	}
+      elf_swap_shdr_in (abfd, &x_shdr, i_shdrp + shindex);
+    }
+
+  elf_elfsections (abfd) = i_shdrp;
+  
+  /* Read in the string table containing the names of the sections.  We
+     will need the base pointer to this table later. */
+  /* We read this inline now, so that we don't have to go through
+     bfd_section_from_shdr with it (since this particular strtab is
+     used to find all of the ELF section names.) */
+
+  shstrtab = elf_get_str_section (abfd, i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx);
+  if (! shstrtab)
+    return (NULL);
+  
+  /* Once all of the section headers have been read and converted, we
+     can start processing them.  Note that the first section header is
+     a dummy placeholder entry, so we ignore it.
+
+     We also watch for the symbol table section and remember the file
+     offset and section size for both the symbol table section and the
+     associated string table section. */
+
+  for (shindex = 1; shindex < i_ehdrp->e_shnum; shindex++)
+    {
+      bfd_section_from_shdr (abfd, shindex);
+    }
+
+  /* Remember the entry point specified in the ELF file header. */
+
+  bfd_get_start_address (abfd) = i_ehdrp->e_entry;
+
+  return (abfd->xvec);
+}
+
+/*  Core files are simply standard ELF formatted files that partition
+    the file using the execution view of the file (program header table)
+    rather than the linking view.  In fact, there is no section header
+    table in a core file.
+
+    The process status information (including the contents of the general
+    register set) and the floating point register set are stored in a
+    segment of type PT_NOTE.  We handcraft a couple of extra bfd sections
+    that allow standard bfd access to the general registers (.reg) and the
+    floating point registers (.reg2).
+
+ */
+
+bfd_target *
+DEFUN (elf_core_file_p, (abfd), bfd *abfd)
+{
+  Elf_External_Ehdr x_ehdr;	/* Elf file header, external form */
+  Elf_Internal_Ehdr *i_ehdrp;	/* Elf file header, internal form */
+  Elf_External_Phdr x_phdr;	/* Program header table entry, external form */
+  Elf_Internal_Phdr *i_phdrp;	/* Program header table, internal form */
+  unsigned int phindex;
+  
+  /* Read in the ELF header in external format.  */
+
+  if (bfd_read ((PTR) &x_ehdr, sizeof (x_ehdr), 1, abfd) != sizeof (x_ehdr))
+    {
+      bfd_error = system_call_error;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+
+  /* Now check to see if we have a valid ELF file, and one that BFD can
+     make use of.  The magic number must match, the address size ('class')
+     and byte-swapping must match our XVEC entry, and it must have a
+     program header table (FIXME: See comments re segments at top of this
+     file). */
+
+  if (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_MAG0] != ELFMAG0 ||
+      x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_MAG1] != ELFMAG1 ||
+      x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_MAG2] != ELFMAG2 ||
+      x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_MAG3] != ELFMAG3)
+    {
+wrong:
+      bfd_error = wrong_format;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+
+  /* FIXME, Check EI_VERSION here !  */
+
+  switch (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_CLASS])
+    {
+    case ELFCLASSNONE:		/* address size not specified */
+      goto wrong;		/* No support if can't tell address size */
+    case ELFCLASS32:		/* 32-bit addresses */
+      break;
+    case ELFCLASS64:		/* 64-bit addresses */
+      goto wrong;		/* FIXME: 64 bits not yet supported */
+    default:
+      goto wrong;		/* No support if unknown address class */
+    }
+
+  /* Switch xvec to match the specified byte order.  */
+  switch (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA])
+    {
+    case ELFDATA2MSB:		/* Big-endian */ 
+      if (abfd->xvec->byteorder_big_p == false)
+	goto wrong;
+      break;
+    case ELFDATA2LSB:		/* Little-endian */
+      if (abfd->xvec->byteorder_big_p == true)
+	goto wrong;
+      break;
+    case ELFDATANONE:		/* No data encoding specified */
+    default:			/* Unknown data encoding specified */
+      goto wrong;
+    }
+  
+  /* Allocate an instance of the elf_obj_tdata structure and hook it up to
+     the tdata pointer in the bfd. */
+
+  elf_tdata (abfd) =
+    (struct elf_obj_tdata *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, sizeof (struct elf_obj_tdata));
+  if (elf_tdata (abfd) == NULL)
+    {
+      bfd_error = no_memory;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+
+  /* FIXME, `wrong' returns from this point onward, leak memory.  */
+
+  /* Now that we know the byte order, swap in the rest of the header */
+  i_ehdrp = elf_elfheader (abfd);
+  elf_swap_ehdr_in (abfd, &x_ehdr, i_ehdrp);
+
+  /* If there is no program header, or the type is not a core file, then
+     we are hosed. */
+  if (i_ehdrp->e_phoff == 0 || i_ehdrp->e_type != ET_CORE)
+    goto wrong;
+
+  /* Allocate space for a copy of the program header table in 
+     internal form, seek to the program header table in the file,
+     read it in, and convert it to internal form.  As a simple sanity
+     check, verify that the what BFD thinks is the size of each program
+     header table entry actually matches the size recorded in the file. */
+
+  if (i_ehdrp->e_phentsize != sizeof (x_phdr))
+    goto wrong;
+  i_phdrp = (Elf_Internal_Phdr *)
+    bfd_alloc (abfd, sizeof (*i_phdrp) * i_ehdrp->e_phnum);
+  if (! i_phdrp)
+    {
+      bfd_error = no_memory;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+  if (bfd_seek (abfd, i_ehdrp->e_phoff, SEEK_SET) == -1)
+    {
+      bfd_error = system_call_error;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+  for (phindex = 0; phindex < i_ehdrp->e_phnum; phindex++)
+    {
+      if (bfd_read ((PTR) &x_phdr, sizeof (x_phdr), 1, abfd)
+	  != sizeof (x_phdr))
+	{
+	  bfd_error = system_call_error;
+	  return (NULL);
+	}
+      elf_swap_phdr_in (abfd, &x_phdr, i_phdrp + phindex);
+    }
+
+  /* Once all of the program headers have been read and converted, we
+     can start processing them. */
+
+  for (phindex = 0; phindex < i_ehdrp->e_phnum; phindex++)
+    {
+      bfd_section_from_phdr (abfd, i_phdrp + phindex, phindex);
+      if ((i_phdrp + phindex) -> p_type == PT_NOTE)
+	{
+	  elf_corefile_note (abfd, i_phdrp + phindex);
+	}
+    }
+
+  /* Remember the entry point specified in the ELF file header. */
+
+  bfd_get_start_address (abfd) = i_ehdrp->e_entry;
+
+  return (abfd->xvec);
+}
+
+boolean
+DEFUN (elf_mkobject, (abfd), bfd *abfd)
+{
+  /* this just does initialization */
+  /* coff_mkobject zalloc's space for tdata.coff_obj_data ... */
+  elf_tdata(abfd) = (struct elf_obj_tdata *)
+    bfd_zalloc (abfd, sizeof(struct elf_obj_tdata));
+  if (elf_tdata(abfd) == 0) {
+    bfd_error = no_memory;
+    return false;
+  }
+  /* since everything is done at close time, do we need any
+     initialization? */
+  
+  return (true);
+}
+
+/*
+  Create ELF output from BFD sections.
+  
+  Essentially, just create the section header and forget about the program
+  header for now.   
+  
+*/
+
+/* lacking nested functions and nested types, set up for mapping over
+   BFD sections to produce ELF sections */
+
+typedef struct {
+  Elf_Internal_Ehdr	*i_ehdr;
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr	*i_shdrp;
+  struct strtab		*shstrtab;
+  int			symtab_section;
+} elf_sect_thunk;
+
+
+
+static void
+DEFUN (elf_make_sections, (abfd, asect, obj),
+       bfd		*abfd AND
+       asection		*asect AND
+       PTR		obj)
+{
+  elf_sect_thunk *thunk = (elf_sect_thunk*)obj;
+  /* most of what is in bfd_shdr_from_section goes in here... */
+  /* and all of these sections generate at *least* one ELF section. */
+  int this_section;
+  int idx;
+  
+  /* check if we're making a PROGBITS section... */
+  /* if ((asect->flags & SEC_ALLOC) && (asect->flags & SEC_LOAD)) */
+  /* this was too strict... what *do* we want to check here? */
+  if(1)
+    {
+      Elf_Internal_Shdr *this_hdr;
+      this_section = elf_section_from_bfd_section (abfd, asect);
+      this_hdr = &thunk->i_shdrp[this_section];
+
+      this_hdr->sh_addr = asect->vma;
+      this_hdr->sh_size = asect->_raw_size;
+      /* contents already set by elf_set_section_contents */
+
+      if (asect->flags & SEC_RELOC)
+	{
+	  /* emit a reloc section, and thus strtab and symtab... */
+	  Elf_Internal_Shdr *rela_hdr;
+	  Elf_Internal_Shdr *symtab_hdr;
+	  Elf_External_Rela *outbound_relocs;
+	  int rela_section;
+	  
+	  symtab_hdr = &thunk->i_shdrp[thunk->symtab_section];
+
+	  if (thunk->symtab_section == this_section + 1)
+	    rela_section = thunk->symtab_section + 2; /* symtab + symstrtab */
+	  else
+	    rela_section = this_section + 1;
+	  rela_hdr = &thunk->i_shdrp[rela_section];
+	  rela_hdr->sh_type = SHT_RELA;
+	  rela_hdr->sh_link = thunk->symtab_section;
+	  rela_hdr->sh_info = this_section;
+	  rela_hdr->sh_entsize = sizeof (Elf_External_Rela);
+	  /* orelocation has the data, reloc_count has the count... */
+	  rela_hdr->sh_size = rela_hdr->sh_entsize * asect->reloc_count;
+	  outbound_relocs = (Elf_External_Rela *)
+	    bfd_alloc(abfd, asect->reloc_count * sizeof(Elf_External_Rela));
+	  for (idx = 0; idx < asect->reloc_count; idx++)
+	    {
+	      Elf_Internal_Rela dst;
+	      arelent        *ptr;
+	      Elf_External_Rela  *src;
+	      
+	      ptr = asect->orelocation[idx];
+	      src = outbound_relocs + idx;
+	      if (asect->flags & SEC_RELOC)
+		dst.r_offset = ptr->address - asect->vma;
+	      else
+		dst.r_offset = ptr->address;
+
+	      dst.r_info = ELF_R_INFO(1 /*ptr->sym_ptr_ptr*/, /* needs index into symtab (FIXME) */
+				      ptr->howto->type);
+
+	      dst.r_addend = ptr->addend;
+	      elf_swap_reloca_out(abfd, &dst, src);
+	    }
+	  rela_hdr->contents = (void*)outbound_relocs;
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+DEFUN (elf_fake_sections, (abfd, asect, obj),
+       bfd		*abfd AND
+       asection		*asect AND
+       PTR		obj)
+{
+  elf_sect_thunk *thunk = (elf_sect_thunk*)obj;
+  /* most of what is in bfd_shdr_from_section goes in here... */
+  /* and all of these sections generate at *least* one ELF section. */
+  int this_section;
+  
+  /* check if we're making a PROGBITS section... */
+  /* if ((asect->flags & SEC_ALLOC) && (asect->flags & SEC_LOAD)) */
+  /* this was too strict... what *do* we want to check here? */
+  if(1)
+    {
+      Elf_Internal_Shdr *this_hdr;
+      this_section = thunk->i_ehdr->e_shnum++;
+      this_hdr = &thunk->i_shdrp[this_section];
+      this_hdr->sh_name = 
+	bfd_add_to_strtab (abfd, thunk->shstrtab, asect->name);
+      /* we need to log the type *now* so that elf_section_from_bfd_section
+	 can find us... have to set rawdata too. */
+      this_hdr->rawdata = (void*)asect;
+      if ((asect->flags & SEC_ALLOC) && (asect->flags & SEC_LOAD))
+	this_hdr->sh_type = SHT_PROGBITS;
+      else
+	/* what *do* we put here? */
+	this_hdr->sh_type = SHT_PROGBITS;
+
+
+      if (asect->flags & SEC_RELOC)
+	{
+	  /* emit a reloc section, and thus strtab and symtab... */
+	  Elf_Internal_Shdr *rela_hdr;
+	  Elf_Internal_Shdr *symtab_hdr;
+	  Elf_Internal_Shdr *symstrtab_hdr;
+	  int rela_section;
+	  int symstrtab_section;
+	  
+	  /* note that only one symtab is used, so just remember it
+	     for now */
+	  if (! thunk->symtab_section)
+	    {
+	      thunk->symtab_section = thunk->i_ehdr->e_shnum++;
+	      symtab_hdr = &thunk->i_shdrp[thunk->symtab_section];
+	      symtab_hdr->sh_name =
+		bfd_add_to_strtab (abfd, thunk->shstrtab, ".symtab");
+	      symtab_hdr->sh_type = SHT_SYMTAB;
+	      symtab_hdr->sh_entsize = sizeof (Elf_External_Sym);
+
+	      symstrtab_section = thunk->i_ehdr->e_shnum++;
+	      BFD_ASSERT(symstrtab_section == thunk->symtab_section+1);
+	      symstrtab_hdr = &thunk->i_shdrp[symstrtab_section];
+	      symtab_hdr->sh_link = symstrtab_section;
+	      symstrtab_hdr->sh_name =
+		bfd_add_to_strtab (abfd, thunk->shstrtab, ".strtab");
+	      symstrtab_hdr->sh_type = SHT_STRTAB;
+
+	      symtab_hdr->contents = 0;
+	      symstrtab_hdr->contents = 0;
+	      symstrtab_hdr->sh_size = 0;
+	    } 
+	  else
+	    symtab_hdr = &thunk->i_shdrp[thunk->symtab_section];
+
+	  rela_section = thunk->i_ehdr->e_shnum++;
+	  rela_hdr = &thunk->i_shdrp[rela_section];
+	  rela_hdr->sh_name =
+	    bfd_add_2_to_strtab (abfd, thunk->shstrtab, ".rela", asect->name);
+	  rela_hdr->sh_type = SHT_RELA;
+	  rela_hdr->sh_link = thunk->symtab_section;
+	  rela_hdr->sh_info = this_section;
+	  rela_hdr->sh_entsize = sizeof (Elf_External_Rela);
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+
+static boolean
+DEFUN (elf_compute_section_file_positions, (abfd), bfd *abfd)
+{
+  Elf_Internal_Ehdr *i_ehdrp;	/* Elf file header, internal form */
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *i_shdrp;	/* Section header table, internal form */
+  struct strtab *shstrtab;
+  int count, maxsections;
+  elf_sect_thunk est;
+
+  if (! elf_shstrtab (abfd)) {
+    i_ehdrp = elf_elfheader (abfd);	/* build new header in tdata memory */
+    shstrtab = bfd_new_strtab(abfd);
+    
+    i_ehdrp->e_ident[EI_MAG0] = ELFMAG0;
+    i_ehdrp->e_ident[EI_MAG1] = ELFMAG1;
+    i_ehdrp->e_ident[EI_MAG2] = ELFMAG2;
+    i_ehdrp->e_ident[EI_MAG3] = ELFMAG3;
+
+    i_ehdrp->e_ident[EI_CLASS] = ELFCLASS32; /* FIXME: find out from bfd */
+    i_ehdrp->e_ident[EI_DATA] =
+      abfd->xvec->byteorder_big_p ? ELFDATA2MSB : ELFDATA2LSB;
+    i_ehdrp->e_ident[EI_VERSION] = EV_CURRENT;
+
+    for(count = EI_PAD; count < EI_NIDENT; count ++)
+      i_ehdrp->e_ident[count] = 0;
+      
+    i_ehdrp->e_type = (abfd->flags & EXEC_P)? ET_EXEC : ET_REL;
+    switch(bfd_get_arch(abfd))
+      {
+      case bfd_arch_unknown:
+	i_ehdrp->e_machine = EM_NONE;
+	break;
+      case bfd_arch_sparc:
+	i_ehdrp->e_machine = EM_SPARC;
+	break;
+      case bfd_arch_i386:
+	i_ehdrp->e_machine = EM_386;
+	break;
+      case bfd_arch_m68k:
+	i_ehdrp->e_machine = EM_68K;
+	break;
+      case bfd_arch_m88k:
+	i_ehdrp->e_machine = EM_88K;
+	break;
+      case bfd_arch_i860:
+	i_ehdrp->e_machine = EM_860;
+	break;
+      case bfd_arch_mips:		  /* MIPS Rxxxx */
+	i_ehdrp->e_machine = EM_MIPS; /* only MIPS R3000 */
+	break;
+	/* also note that EM_M32, AT&T WE32100 is unknown to bfd */
+      default:
+	i_ehdrp->e_machine = EM_NONE;
+      }
+    i_ehdrp->e_version = EV_CURRENT;
+    i_ehdrp->e_ehsize = sizeof(Elf_External_Ehdr);
+    
+    /* no program header, for now. */
+    i_ehdrp->e_phoff = 0;
+    i_ehdrp->e_phentsize = 0;
+    i_ehdrp->e_phnum = 0;
+
+    /* each bfd section is section header entry */
+    i_ehdrp->e_entry = bfd_get_start_address (abfd);
+    i_ehdrp->e_shentsize = sizeof (Elf_External_Shdr);
+
+    /* figure at most each section can have a rel, strtab, symtab */
+    maxsections = 4*bfd_count_sections(abfd)+2;
+
+    i_ehdrp->e_shoff = i_ehdrp->e_ehsize;
+
+    /* and we'll just have to fix up the offsets later. */
+    /* outbase += i_ehdr.e_shentsize * i_ehdr.e_shnum; */
+    
+    i_shdrp = (Elf_Internal_Shdr *)
+      bfd_alloc (abfd, sizeof (*i_shdrp) * maxsections);
+    if (! i_shdrp)
+      {
+	bfd_error = no_memory;
+	return (false);
+      }
+    for (count=0; count < maxsections; count++) 
+      {
+	i_shdrp[count].rawdata = 0;
+	i_shdrp[count].contents = 0;
+      }
+    
+    
+    i_shdrp[0].sh_name = 0;
+    i_shdrp[0].sh_type = SHT_NULL;
+    i_shdrp[0].sh_flags = 0;
+    i_shdrp[0].sh_addr = 0;
+    i_shdrp[0].sh_offset = 0;
+    i_shdrp[0].sh_size = 0;
+    i_shdrp[0].sh_link = SHN_UNDEF;
+    i_shdrp[0].sh_info = 0;
+    i_shdrp[0].sh_addralign = 0;
+    i_shdrp[0].sh_entsize = 0;
+
+    i_ehdrp->e_shnum = 1;
+
+    elf_elfsections (abfd) = i_shdrp;
+    elf_shstrtab (abfd) = shstrtab;
+  }
+  est.i_ehdr = elf_elfheader(abfd);
+  est.i_shdrp = elf_elfsections(abfd);
+  est.shstrtab = elf_shstrtab(abfd);
+  est.symtab_section = 0;	/* elf_fake_sections fils it in */
+
+  bfd_map_over_sections(abfd, elf_fake_sections, &est);
+  elf_onesymtab (abfd) = est.symtab_section;
+  return (true);
+}
+
+boolean
+DEFUN (elf_write_object_contents, (abfd), bfd *abfd)
+{
+  Elf_External_Ehdr x_ehdr;	/* Elf file header, external form */
+  Elf_Internal_Ehdr *i_ehdrp;	/* Elf file header, internal form */
+  Elf_External_Shdr *x_shdrp;	/* Section header table, external form */
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *i_shdrp;	/* Section header table, internal form */
+  asection *nsect;
+  elf_sect_thunk est;
+  
+  int outbase = 0;
+  int count;
+  struct strtab *shstrtab;
+  
+  if(abfd->output_has_begun == false) 
+    elf_compute_section_file_positions(abfd);
+
+  i_ehdrp = elf_elfheader (abfd);
+  i_shdrp = elf_elfsections (abfd);
+  shstrtab = elf_shstrtab (abfd);
+
+  est.i_ehdr = i_ehdrp;
+  est.i_shdrp = i_shdrp;
+  est.shstrtab = shstrtab;
+  est.symtab_section = elf_onesymtab (abfd); /* filled in by elf_fake */
+
+  bfd_map_over_sections(abfd, elf_make_sections, &est);
+
+  /* dump out the one symtab */
+  {
+    int symcount = bfd_get_symcount (abfd);
+    asymbol ** syms = bfd_get_outsymbols (abfd);
+    struct strtab * stt = bfd_new_strtab (abfd);
+    Elf_Internal_Shdr *symtab_hdr;
+    Elf_Internal_Shdr *symstrtab_hdr;
+    int symstrtab_section;
+    Elf_External_Sym *outbound_syms;
+    int idx;
+
+    symtab_hdr = &i_shdrp[est.symtab_section];
+    symtab_hdr->sh_type = SHT_SYMTAB;
+    symtab_hdr->sh_entsize = sizeof (Elf_External_Sym);
+    symtab_hdr->sh_size = symtab_hdr->sh_entsize * symcount;
+
+    /* see assert in elf_fake_sections that supports this: */
+    symstrtab_section = est.symtab_section+1;
+    symstrtab_hdr = &i_shdrp[symstrtab_section];
+    symtab_hdr->sh_link = symstrtab_section;
+    symstrtab_hdr->sh_type = SHT_STRTAB;
+
+    outbound_syms = (Elf_External_Sym*)
+      bfd_alloc(abfd, (1+symcount) * sizeof(Elf_External_Sym));
+    /* now generate the data (for "contents") */
+    for (idx = 0; idx < symcount; idx++)
+      {
+	Elf_Internal_Sym sym;
+	sym.st_name = bfd_add_to_strtab (abfd, stt, syms[idx]->name);
+	sym.st_value = syms[idx]->value;
+	sym.st_size =  0; /* we should recover this (FIXME) */
+	if (syms[idx]->flags & BSF_WEAK)
+	  sym.st_info = ELF_ST_INFO(STB_WEAK, STT_OBJECT);
+	else if (syms[idx]->flags & BSF_LOCAL)
+	  sym.st_info = ELF_ST_INFO(STB_LOCAL, STT_OBJECT);
+	else if (syms[idx]->flags & BSF_GLOBAL)
+	  sym.st_info = ELF_ST_INFO(STB_GLOBAL, STT_OBJECT);
+	else if (syms[idx]->flags & BSF_SECTION_SYM)
+	  sym.st_info = ELF_ST_INFO(STB_LOCAL, STT_SECTION);
+	else if (syms[idx]->flags & BSF_FILE)
+	  sym.st_info = ELF_ST_INFO(STB_LOCAL, STT_FILE);
+
+	sym.st_other = 0;
+	if (syms[idx]->section) 
+	  sym.st_shndx =
+	    elf_section_from_bfd_section(abfd,
+					 syms[idx]->section->output_section);
+	else
+	  sym.st_shndx = SHN_UNDEF;
+
+	elf_swap_symbol_out (abfd, &sym, outbound_syms+idx+1);
+      }
+    {
+      /* fill in 0th symbol */
+      Elf_Internal_Sym sym;
+      sym.st_name = 0;
+      sym.st_value = 0;
+      sym.st_size = 0;
+      sym.st_info = 0;
+      sym.st_other = 0;
+      sym.st_shndx = SHN_UNDEF;
+      elf_swap_symbol_out (abfd, &sym, outbound_syms);
+    }
+    symtab_hdr->contents = (void*)outbound_syms;
+    symstrtab_hdr->contents = (void*)stt->tab;
+    symstrtab_hdr->sh_size = stt->length;
+  }
+
+  /* put the strtab out too... */
+  {
+    Elf_Internal_Shdr *this_hdr;
+    int this_section;
+
+    this_section = i_ehdrp->e_shnum++;
+    i_ehdrp->e_shstrndx = this_section;
+    this_hdr = &i_shdrp[this_section];
+    this_hdr->sh_name = bfd_add_to_strtab (abfd, shstrtab, ".shstrtab");
+    this_hdr->sh_type = SHT_STRTAB;
+    this_hdr->sh_size = shstrtab->length;
+    this_hdr->contents = (void*)shstrtab->tab;
+  }
+
+  outbase = i_ehdrp->e_ehsize;
+
+  /* swap the header before spitting it out... */
+  elf_swap_ehdr_out (abfd, i_ehdrp, &x_ehdr);
+  bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET);
+  bfd_write ((PTR) &x_ehdr, sizeof(x_ehdr), 1, abfd);
+
+  outbase += i_ehdrp->e_shentsize * i_ehdrp->e_shnum;
+
+  /* now we fix up the offsets... */
+  for (count = 1; count < i_ehdrp->e_shnum; count ++)
+    {
+      i_shdrp[count].sh_offset = outbase;
+      outbase += i_shdrp[count].sh_size;
+    }
+
+  /* at this point we've concocted all the ELF sections... */
+  x_shdrp = (Elf_External_Shdr *)
+    bfd_alloc (abfd, sizeof (*x_shdrp) * (i_ehdrp->e_shnum));
+  if (! x_shdrp)
+    {
+      bfd_error = no_memory;
+      return (false);
+    }
+
+  for (count = 0; count < i_ehdrp->e_shnum; count ++)
+    {
+      elf_swap_shdr_out (abfd, i_shdrp+count, x_shdrp+count);
+    }
+  bfd_write ((PTR) x_shdrp, sizeof(*x_shdrp), i_ehdrp->e_shnum, abfd);
+  /* need to dump the string table too... */
+  
+  /* after writing the headers, we need to write the sections too... */
+  nsect = abfd->sections;
+  for (count = 0; count < i_ehdrp->e_shnum; count ++)
+    {
+      if(i_shdrp[count].contents)
+	{
+	  bfd_seek (abfd, i_shdrp[count].sh_offset, SEEK_SET);
+	  bfd_write (i_shdrp[count].contents, i_shdrp[count].sh_size, 1, abfd);
+	}
+    }
+  
+  /* sample use of bfd:
+   * bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET);
+   * bfd_write ((PTR) &exec_bytes, 1, EXEC_BYTES_SIZE, abfd);
+   * if (bfd_seek(abfd, scn_base, SEEK_SET) != 0)
+   * return false;
+   * old = bfd_tell(abfd);
+   */
+
+  return true;
+  
+}
+
+/* Given an index of a section, retrieve a pointer to it.  Note
+   that for our purposes, sections are indexed by {1, 2, ...} with
+   0 being an illegal index. */
+
+/* In the original, each ELF section went into exactly one BFD
+   section. This doesn't really make sense, so we need a real mapping.
+   The mapping has to hide in the Elf_Internal_Shdr since asection
+   doesn't have anything like a tdata field... */
+   
+static struct sec *
+DEFUN (section_from_elf_index, (abfd, index),
+       bfd            *abfd AND
+       int             index)
+{
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *i_shdrp = elf_elfsections (abfd);
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr = i_shdrp + index;
+
+  switch (hdr->sh_type)
+    {
+      /* ELF sections that map to BFD sections */
+    case SHT_PROGBITS:
+    case SHT_NOBITS:
+      if (! hdr->rawdata)
+	bfd_section_from_shdr (abfd, index);
+      return (struct sec *)hdr->rawdata;
+
+    default:
+      return (struct sec *)&bfd_abs_section;
+    }
+}
+
+/* given a section, search the header to find them... */
+static int
+DEFUN (elf_section_from_bfd_section, (abfd, asect),
+       bfd		*abfd AND
+       struct sec	*asect)
+{
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *i_shdrp = elf_elfsections (abfd);
+  int index;
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr;
+  int maxindex = elf_elfheader (abfd)->e_shnum;
+  
+  for(index = 0; index < maxindex; index++) {
+    hdr = &i_shdrp[index];
+    switch (hdr->sh_type)
+      {
+	/* ELF sections that map to BFD sections */
+      case SHT_PROGBITS:
+      case SHT_NOBITS:
+	if (hdr->rawdata) 
+	  {
+	    if (((struct sec *)(hdr->rawdata)) == asect)
+	      return index;
+	  }
+	break;
+      default:
+	break;
+      }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static boolean
+DEFUN (elf_slurp_symbol_table, (abfd, symptrs),
+       bfd		*abfd AND
+       asymbol		**symptrs)	/* Buffer for generated bfd symbols */
+{
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *i_shdrp = elf_elfsections (abfd);
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr = i_shdrp + elf_onesymtab (abfd);
+  int symcount;		/* Number of external ELF symbols */
+  int i;
+  asymbol *sym;		/* Pointer to current bfd symbol */
+  asymbol *symbase;	/* Buffer for generated bfd symbols */
+  Elf_Internal_Sym i_sym;
+  Elf_External_Sym *x_symp;
+
+  /* this is only valid because there is only one symtab... */
+  /* FIXME:  This is incorrect, there may also be a dynamic symbol
+     table which is a subset of the full symbol table.  We either need
+     to be prepared to read both (and merge them) or ensure that we
+     only read the full symbol table.  Currently we only get called to
+     read the full symbol table.  -fnf */
+  if (bfd_get_outsymbols (abfd) != NULL)
+    {
+      return (true);
+    }
+
+  /* Read each raw ELF symbol, converting from external ELF form to
+     internal ELF form, and then using the information to create a
+     canonical bfd symbol table entry.
+
+     Note that we allocate the initial bfd canonical symbol buffer
+     based on a one-to-one mapping of the ELF symbols to canonical
+     symbols.  We actually use all the ELF symbols, so there will be no
+     space left over at the end.  When we have all the symbols, we
+     build the caller's pointer vector. */
+
+  if (bfd_seek (abfd, hdr->sh_offset, SEEK_SET) == -1)
+    {
+      bfd_error = system_call_error;
+      return (false);
+    }
+
+  symcount = hdr->sh_size / sizeof (Elf_External_Sym);
+  symbase = (asymbol *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, symcount * sizeof (asymbol));
+  sym = symbase;
+
+  /* Temporarily allocate room for the raw ELF symbols.  */
+  x_symp = (Elf_External_Sym *) bfd_xmalloc (symcount * sizeof (Elf_External_Sym));
+
+  if (bfd_read ((PTR) x_symp, sizeof (Elf_External_Sym), symcount, abfd) 
+      != symcount * sizeof (Elf_External_Sym))
+    {
+      free ((PTR)x_symp);
+      bfd_error = system_call_error;
+      return (false);
+    }
+  /* Skip first symbol, which is a null dummy.  */
+  for (i = 1; i < symcount; i++)
+    {
+      elf_swap_symbol_in (abfd, x_symp + i, &i_sym);
+      sym -> the_bfd = abfd;
+      if (i_sym.st_name > 0)
+	sym -> name = elf_string_from_elf_section(abfd, hdr->sh_link,
+						i_sym.st_name);
+      else
+	sym -> name = "unnamed"; /* perhaps should include the number? */
+      sym -> value = i_sym.st_value;
+/* FIXME -- this is almost certainly bogus.  It's from Pace Willisson's
+hasty Solaris support, to pass the sizes of object files or functions
+down into GDB via the back door, to circumvent some other kludge in
+how Sun hacked stabs.   -- gnu@cygnus.com  */
+      sym -> udata = (PTR)i_sym.st_size;
+/* FIXME -- end of bogosity.  */
+      if (i_sym.st_shndx > 0 && i_sym.st_shndx < SHN_LORESERV)
+	{
+	  sym -> section = section_from_elf_index (abfd, i_sym.st_shndx);
+	}
+      else if (i_sym.st_shndx == SHN_ABS)
+	{
+	  sym -> section = &bfd_abs_section;
+	}
+      else if (i_sym.st_shndx == SHN_COMMON)
+	{
+	  sym -> section = &bfd_com_section;
+	}
+      else if (i_sym.st_shndx == SHN_UNDEF)
+	{
+	  sym -> section = &bfd_und_section;
+	}
+      else
+	sym -> section = &bfd_abs_section;
+      
+      switch (ELF_ST_BIND (i_sym.st_info))
+	{
+	  case STB_LOCAL:
+	    sym -> flags |= BSF_LOCAL;
+	    break;
+	  case STB_GLOBAL:
+	    sym -> flags |= (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_EXPORT);
+	    break;
+	  case STB_WEAK:
+	    sym -> flags |= BSF_WEAK;
+	    break;
+	}
+
+      switch (ELF_ST_TYPE (i_sym.st_info))
+	{
+	  case STT_SECTION:
+	    sym->flags |= BSF_SECTION_SYM | BSF_DEBUGGING;
+	    break;
+	  case STT_FILE:
+	    sym->flags |= BSF_FILE | BSF_DEBUGGING;
+	    break;
+	}
+      sym++;
+    }
+
+  /* We rely on the zalloc to clear out the final symbol entry.  */
+
+  /* We're now done with the raw symbols.  */
+  free ((PTR)x_symp);
+
+  bfd_get_symcount(abfd) = symcount = sym - symbase;
+  
+  /* Fill in the user's symbol pointer vector if needed.  */
+  if (symptrs)
+    {
+      sym = symbase;
+      while (symcount-- > 0)
+	{
+	  *symptrs++ = sym++;
+	}
+      *symptrs = 0;			/* Final null pointer */
+    }
+
+  return (true);
+}
+
+/* Return the number of bytes required to hold the symtab vector.
+
+   Note that we base it on the count plus 1, since we will null terminate
+   the vector allocated based on this size.  However, the ELF symbol table
+   always has a dummy entry as symbol #0, so it ends up even.  */
+
+unsigned int
+DEFUN (elf_get_symtab_upper_bound, (abfd), bfd *abfd)
+{
+  unsigned int symcount;
+  unsigned int symtab_size = 0;
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *i_shdrp;
+  Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr;
+
+  i_shdrp = elf_elfsections (abfd);
+  if (i_shdrp != NULL)
+    {
+      hdr = i_shdrp + elf_onesymtab (abfd);
+      symcount = hdr->sh_size / sizeof (Elf_External_Sym);
+      symtab_size = (symcount - 1 + 1) * (sizeof (asymbol));
+    }
+  return (symtab_size);
+}
+
+/*
+	This function return the number of bytes required to store the
+	relocation information associated with section <<sect>>
+	attached to bfd <<abfd>>
+
+*/
+unsigned int
+elf_get_reloc_upper_bound (abfd, asect)
+bfd            *abfd;
+sec_ptr         asect;
+{
+  if (asect->flags & SEC_RELOC)
+    {
+      /* either rel or rela */
+      return asect->_raw_size;
+    }
+  else
+    return (0);
+}
+
+static boolean
+DEFUN(elf_slurp_reloca_table,(abfd, asect, symbols),
+      bfd            *abfd AND
+      sec_ptr         asect AND
+      asymbol       **symbols)
+{
+  Elf_External_Rela   *native_relocs;
+  arelent        *reloc_cache;
+  arelent        *cache_ptr;
+
+  unsigned int idx;
+  
+  if (asect->relocation)
+    return true;
+  if (asect->reloc_count == 0)
+    return true;
+  if (asect->flags & SEC_CONSTRUCTOR)
+    return true;
+
+  bfd_seek (abfd, asect->rel_filepos, SEEK_SET);
+  native_relocs = (Elf_External_Rela *)
+    bfd_alloc(abfd, asect->reloc_count * sizeof(Elf_External_Rela));
+  bfd_read ((PTR) native_relocs,
+	    sizeof(Elf_External_Rela), asect->reloc_count, abfd);
+  
+  reloc_cache = (arelent *)
+    bfd_alloc(abfd, (size_t) (asect->reloc_count * sizeof(arelent)));
+
+  if (! reloc_cache) {
+    bfd_error = no_memory;
+    return false;
+  } 
+  
+  for (idx = 0; idx < asect->reloc_count; idx ++) 
+    {
+#ifdef RELOC_PROCESSING
+      /* sparc, 68k, 88k, 860 use rela only. */
+      /* 386 and we32000 use rel only... fix it for them later. */
+      Elf_Internal_Rela dst;
+      Elf_External_Rela  *src;
+
+      cache_ptr = reloc_cache + idx;
+      src = native_relocs + idx;
+      elf_swap_reloca_in(abfd, src, &dst);
+
+      RELOC_PROCESSING(cache_ptr, &dst, symbols, abfd, asect);
+#else
+      Elf_Internal_Rela dst;
+      Elf_External_Rela  *src;
+
+      cache_ptr = reloc_cache + idx;
+      src = native_relocs + idx;
+
+      elf_swap_reloca_in(abfd, src, &dst);
+
+      if(asect->flags & SEC_RELOC)
+	{
+	  /* relocatable, so the offset is off of the section */
+	  cache_ptr->address = dst.r_offset + asect->vma;
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  /* non-relocatable, so the offset a virtual address */
+	  cache_ptr->address = dst.r_offset;
+	}
+      /* ELF_R_SYM(dst.r_info) is the symbol table offset... */
+      cache_ptr->sym_ptr_ptr = symbols + ELF_R_SYM(dst.r_info);
+      cache_ptr->addend = dst.r_addend;
+
+      /* Fill in the cache_ptr->howto field from dst.r_type */
+      {
+	struct elf_backend_data *ebd;
+	ebd = (struct elf_backend_data *) (abfd->xvec->backend_data);
+	(*ebd->elf_info_to_howto)(abfd, cache_ptr, &dst);
+      }
+#endif
+    }
+
+  asect->relocation = reloc_cache;
+  return true;
+}
+
+
+unsigned int
+elf_canonicalize_reloc (abfd, section, relptr, symbols)
+bfd            *abfd;
+sec_ptr         section;
+arelent       **relptr;
+asymbol       **symbols;
+{
+  arelent        *tblptr = section->relocation;
+  unsigned int    count = 0;
+
+  /* snarfed from coffcode.h */
+  /* FIXME: this could be reloc... */
+  elf_slurp_reloca_table(abfd, section, symbols);
+
+  tblptr = section->relocation;
+  if (!tblptr)
+    return 0;
+
+  for (; count++ < section->reloc_count;)
+    *relptr++ = tblptr++;
+
+  *relptr = 0;
+  return section->reloc_count;
+}
+
+unsigned int
+DEFUN (elf_get_symtab, (abfd, alocation),
+       bfd            *abfd AND
+       asymbol       **alocation)
+{
+
+  if (!elf_slurp_symbol_table (abfd, alocation))
+    return (0);
+  else
+    return (bfd_get_symcount (abfd));
+}
+
+asymbol *
+DEFUN (elf_make_empty_symbol, (abfd),
+       bfd *abfd)
+{
+  elf_symbol_type *newsym;
+
+  newsym = (elf_symbol_type *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, sizeof (elf_symbol_type));
+  if (! newsym)
+    {
+      bfd_error = no_memory;
+      return (NULL);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      newsym -> symbol.the_bfd = abfd;
+      return (&newsym -> symbol);
+    }
+}
+
+void 
+DEFUN (elf_print_symbol,(ignore_abfd, filep, symbol, how),
+      bfd            *ignore_abfd AND
+      PTR           filep AND
+      asymbol        *symbol AND
+      bfd_print_symbol_type how)
+{
+  FILE *file = (FILE *)filep;
+  switch (how)
+    {
+    case bfd_print_symbol_name:
+      fprintf(file, "%s", symbol->name);
+      break;
+    case bfd_print_symbol_more:
+      fprintf(file, "elf %lx %lx",
+	      symbol->value,
+	      symbol->flags);
+      break;
+    case bfd_print_symbol_nm:
+    case bfd_print_symbol_all:
+      {
+	CONST char *section_name;
+	section_name = symbol->section? symbol->section->name : "(*none*)";
+	bfd_print_symbol_vandf((PTR) file, symbol);
+	fprintf(file, " %s\t%s",
+		section_name,
+		symbol->name);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+
+}
+
+alent *
+DEFUN (elf_get_lineno,(ignore_abfd, symbol),
+      bfd            *ignore_abfd AND
+      asymbol        *symbol)
+{
+  fprintf (stderr, "elf_get_lineno unimplemented\n");
+  fflush (stderr);
+  abort ();
+  return (NULL);
+}
+
+boolean
+DEFUN (elf_set_arch_mach,(abfd, arch, machine),
+      bfd            *abfd AND
+      enum bfd_architecture arch AND
+      unsigned long   machine)
+{
+  /* Allow any architecture to be supported by the elf backend */
+  switch(arch)
+    {
+    case bfd_arch_unknown:	/* EM_NONE */
+    case bfd_arch_sparc:	/* EM_SPARC */
+    case bfd_arch_i386:		/* EM_386 */
+    case bfd_arch_m68k:		/* EM_68K */
+    case bfd_arch_m88k:		/* EM_88K */
+    case bfd_arch_i860:		/* EM_860 */
+    case bfd_arch_mips:		/* EM_MIPS (MIPS R3000) */
+      return  bfd_default_set_arch_mach(abfd, arch, machine);
+    default:
+      return false;
+    }
+}
+
+boolean
+DEFUN (elf_find_nearest_line,(abfd,
+			      section,
+			      symbols,
+			      offset,
+			      filename_ptr,
+			      functionname_ptr,
+			      line_ptr),
+      bfd            *abfd AND
+      asection       *section AND
+      asymbol       **symbols AND
+      bfd_vma         offset AND
+      CONST char      **filename_ptr AND
+      CONST char       **functionname_ptr AND
+      unsigned int   *line_ptr)
+{
+  fprintf (stderr, "elf_find_nearest_line unimplemented\n");
+  fflush (stderr);
+  abort ();
+  return (false);
+}
+
+int 
+DEFUN (elf_sizeof_headers, (abfd, reloc),
+      bfd *abfd AND
+      boolean reloc)
+{
+  fprintf (stderr, "elf_sizeof_headers unimplemented\n");
+  fflush (stderr);
+  abort ();
+  return (0);
+}
+
+boolean
+DEFUN(elf_set_section_contents, (abfd, section, location, offset, count),
+      bfd *abfd AND
+      sec_ptr section AND
+      PTR location AND
+      file_ptr offset AND
+      bfd_size_type count)
+{
+  int dest_sect;
+  void *contents;
+  if (abfd->output_has_begun == false) /* set by bfd.c handler? */
+    {
+      /* do setup calculations (FIXME) */
+      elf_compute_section_file_positions(abfd);
+    }
+#if 0
+  if(bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr)section->filepos + offset, SEEK_SET) == -1)
+    return false;
+  if(bfd_write (location, (bfd_size_type)1, count, abfd) != count)
+    return false;
+#endif
+  /* we really just need to save the contents away... */
+  dest_sect = elf_section_from_bfd_section(abfd, section);
+  if(!dest_sect)
+    return false;
+
+  /* FIXME: allocate in set_section_size, then copy in here... */
+  contents = (void*)bfd_alloc(abfd, count);
+  BFD_ASSERT(contents);
+  memcpy(contents, location, count);
+  elf_elfsections (abfd)[dest_sect].contents = contents;
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+void
+DEFUN (elf_no_info_to_howto, (abfd, cache_ptr, dst),
+       bfd *abfd AND
+       arelent *cache_ptr AND
+       Elf_Internal_Rela *dst)
+{
+  abort ();
+}
diff --git a/bfd/libelf.h b/bfd/libelf.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..546f471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bfd/libelf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include "elf/common.h"
+#include "elf/internal.h"
+#include "elf/external.h"
+
+struct elf_backend_data {
+  void (*elf_info_to_howto) PARAMS ((bfd *, arelent *, Elf_Internal_Rela *));
+  enum bfd_architecture arch;
+};
+
+extern bfd_target *elf_object_p PARAMS ((bfd *));
+extern bfd_target *elf_core_file_p PARAMS ((bfd *));
+extern boolean elf_mkobject PARAMS ((bfd *));
+extern boolean elf_write_object_contents PARAMS ((bfd *));
+extern char *elf_core_file_failing_command PARAMS ((bfd *));
+extern int elf_core_file_failing_signal PARAMS ((bfd *));
+extern boolean elf_core_file_matches_executable_p PARAMS ((bfd *, bfd *));
+extern boolean elf_set_section_contents PARAMS ((bfd *, sec_ptr, PTR,
+						 file_ptr, bfd_size_type));
+extern unsigned int elf_get_symtab_upper_bound PARAMS ((bfd *));
+extern unsigned int elf_get_symtab PARAMS ((bfd *, asymbol **));
+extern unsigned int elf_get_reloc_upper_bound PARAMS ((bfd *, sec_ptr));
+extern unsigned int elf_canonicalize_reloc PARAMS ((bfd *, sec_ptr,
+						    arelent **, asymbol **));
+extern asymbol *elf_make_empty_symbol PARAMS ((bfd *));
+extern void elf_print_symbol PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR, asymbol *,
+				      bfd_print_symbol_type));
+extern alent *elf_get_lineno PARAMS ((bfd *, asymbol *));
+extern boolean elf_set_arch_mach PARAMS ((bfd *, enum bfd_architecture,
+					  unsigned long));
+extern boolean elf_find_nearest_line PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, asymbol **,
+					      bfd_vma, CONST char **,
+					      CONST char **, unsigned int *));
+extern int elf_sizeof_headers PARAMS ((bfd *, boolean));
+
+/* If the target doesn't have reloc handling written yet:  */
+extern void elf_no_info_to_howto PARAMS ((bfd *, arelent *,
+					  Elf_Internal_Rela *));