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| author | Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> | 2009-09-04 01:22:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> | 2009-09-04 01:22:19 +0000 |
| commit | 10e636d21ea3e704dca34a6393fdefd1e90f07c8 (patch) | |
| tree | 5ede2302649977c1e636fbbffa81ac4930417c66 /binutils/doc | |
| parent | 8f0e5a0604c47f1ce02a6a431c8528031a76bfbc (diff) | |
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2009-09-04 Timo Kreuzer <timo.kreuzer@web.de>
* dlltool.c (delayimp_name): Add new global variable
(usage, long_options, main): Add new option "-y" / "--output-delaylib"
(struct mac): Add fields how_dljtab_size, how_dljtab_roff1,
how_dljtab_roff2, how_dljtab, trampoline.
(i386_dljtab): Add binary stub for x86 delay import.
(i386_trampoline): Add text assembly stub for x86 delay import.
(mtable): Add delay import data for M386 and MX86 only.
(make_delay_head): New function.
(make_one_lib_file): New arg delay creates delay-load import stub.
(gen_lib_file): New arg delay likewise.
(HOW_JTAB, HOW_JTAB_SIZE, HOW_JTAB_ROFF): New arg delay likewise.
(HOW_JTAB_ROFF2, HOW_JTAB_ROFF3): New macros for delay import.
(make_tail): Convert hard TABS embedded in strings to "\t" escapes.
* NEWS: Mention new feature. Also fix whitespace.
* doc/binutils.texi: Updated dlltool documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 6353fd1..cc01546 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -3497,6 +3497,7 @@ dlltool [@option{-d}|@option{--input-def} @var{def-file-name}] [@option{-e}|@option{--output-exp} @var{exports-file-name}] [@option{-z}|@option{--output-def} @var{def-file-name}] [@option{-l}|@option{--output-lib} @var{library-file-name}] + [@option{-y}|@option{--output-delaylib} @var{library-file-name}] [@option{--export-all-symbols}] [@option{--no-export-all-symbols}] [@option{--exclude-symbols} @var{list}] [@option{--no-default-excludes}] @@ -3563,6 +3564,13 @@ will link with in order to access the functions in the DLL (an `import library'). This file can be created by giving the @option{-l} option to dlltool when it is creating or reading in a @file{.def} file. +If the @option{-y} option is specified, dlltool generates a delay-import +library that can be used instead of the normal import library to allow +a program to link to the dll only as soon as an imported function is +called for the first time. The resulting executable will need to be +linked to the static delayimp library containing __delayLoadHelper2(), +which in turn will import LoadLibraryA and GetProcAddress from kernel32. + @command{dlltool} builds the library file by hand, but it builds the exports file by creating temporary files containing assembler statements and then assembling these. The @option{-S} command line option can be @@ -3621,6 +3629,10 @@ Specifies the name of the @file{.def} file to be created by dlltool. @itemx --output-lib @var{filename} Specifies the name of the library file to be created by dlltool. +@item -y @var{filename} +@itemx --output-delaylib @var{filename} +Specifies the name of the delay-import library file to be created by dlltool. + @item --export-all-symbols Treat all global and weak defined symbols found in the input object files as symbols to be exported. There is a small list of symbols which |