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authorH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2016-05-25 09:46:47 -0700
committerH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2016-05-25 09:47:03 -0700
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Enable 64-bit archives in ar and ranlib
Since existing ld and gold support the 64-bit (MIPS) ELF archives, we can use the 64-bit (MIPS) ELF archives as 64-bit archives. Since the plugin target is used to create archive in plugin-enabled ar, we need a way to enable 64-bit archives in the plugin target. This patch adds --enable-64-bit-archive to bfd to force 64-bit archives in ar and ranlib. Since both 64-bit MIPS and s390 ELF targets currently use 64-bit archives, 64-bit archives are enabled by default for them. 64-bit archive is generated automatically if the archive is too big. Tested on Linux/x86 and Linux/x86-64 with existing ld and gold. bfd/ PR binutils/14625 * archive.c (bfd_slurp_armap): Replace bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap with _bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap. (bsd_write_armap): Call _bfd_archive_64_bit_write_armap if BFD64 is defined and the archive is too big. (coff_write_armap): Likewise. * archive64.c (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap): Renamed to ... (_bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap): This. (bfd_elf64_archive_write_armap): Renamed to ... (_bfd_archive_64_bit_write_armap): This. * configure.ac: Add --enable-64-bit-archive. (want_64_bit_archive): New. Set to true by default for 64-bit MIPS and s390 ELF targets. (USE_64_BIT_ARCHIVE): New AC_DEFINE. * config.in: Regenerated. * configure: Likewise. * elf64-mips.c (bfd_elf64_archive_functions): Removed. (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_write_armap): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_extended_name_table): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_construct_extended_name_table): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_truncate_arname): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_read_ar_hdr): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_write_ar_hdr): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_openr_next_archived_file): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_get_elt_at_index): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_generic_stat_arch_elt): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_update_armap_timestamp): Likewise. * elf64-s390.c (bfd_elf64_archive_functions): Removed. (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_write_armap): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_extended_name_table): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_construct_extended_name_table): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_truncate_arname): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_read_ar_hdr): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_write_ar_hdr): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_openr_next_archived_file): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_get_elt_at_index): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_generic_stat_arch_elt): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_update_armap_timestamp): Likewise. * elfxx-target.h (TARGET_BIG_SYM): Use _bfd_archive_64_bit on BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE if USE_64_BIT_ARCHIVE is defined and bfd_elfNN_archive_functions isn't defined. (TARGET_LITTLE_SYM): Likewise. * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap): New prototype. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_write_armap): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_extended_name_table): New macro. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_construct_extended_name_table): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_truncate_arname): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_read_ar_hdr): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_write_ar_hdr): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_openr_next_archived_file): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_get_elt_at_index): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_generic_stat_arch_elt): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_update_armap_timestamp): Likewise. * libbfd.h: Regenerated. * plugin.c (plugin_vec): Use _bfd_archive_64_bit on BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE if USE_64_BIT_ARCHIVE is defined. binutils/ PR binutils/14625 * NEWS: Mention --enable-64-bit-archive.
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-*- text -*-
+* Add a configure option, --enable-64-bit-archive, to force use of a
+ 64-bit format when creating an archive symbol index.
+
* Add --elf-stt-common= option to objcopy for ELF targets to control
whether to convert common symbols to the STT_COMMON type.