Add command line options to objcopy to specify symbols as lists in files

5 files changed, 737 insertions, 665 deletions

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index a6a0ff6..36c00cf 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2001-05-30  Honda Hiroki  <hhonda@kobe-catv.ne.jp>
+
+	* objcopy.c: Add new switches: --keep-global-symbol,
+	--keep-symbols, --localize-symbols, --keep-global-symbols and
+	--weaken-symbols.
+	* binutils.texi: Document new switches.
+	* objcopy.1: Regenerate.
+	* NEWS: Announce new feature.
+
 2001-05-28  Philip Blundell  <philb@gnu.org>
 
 	From 2001-05-28  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
index 62f858f..8f5028c 100644
--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+* New command line switches added to objcopy to allow symbols to be kept as
+  global symbols, and also to specify files containing lists of such symbols.
+  by Honda Hiroki.
+
 * Add support for ARM v5t and v5te architectures and Intel's XScale ARM
   extenstions.
 
diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi
index 4114663..9fc11bc 100644
--- a/binutils/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/binutils.texi
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@ objcopy [ -F @var{bfdname} | --target=@var{bfdname} ]
         [ -S | --strip-all ]  [ -g | --strip-debug ]
         [ -K @var{symbolname} | --keep-symbol=@var{symbolname} ]
         [ -N @var{symbolname} | --strip-symbol=@var{symbolname} ]
+        [ -G @var{symbolname} | --keep-global-symbol=@var{symbolname}]
         [ -L @var{symbolname} | --localize-symbol=@var{symbolname} ]
         [ -W @var{symbolname} | --weaken-symbol=@var{symbolname} ]
         [ -x | --discard-all ]  [ -X | --discard-locals ]
@@ -897,6 +898,11 @@ objcopy [ -F @var{bfdname} | --target=@var{bfdname} ]
         [ --change-leading-char ] [ --remove-leading-char ]
         [ --srec-len=@var{ival} ] [ --srec-forceS3 ]
         [ --redefine-sym @var{old}=@var{new} ] [ --weaken ]
+        [ --keep-symbols=@var{filename} ]
+        [ --strip-symbols=@var{filename} ]
+        [ --keep-global-symbols=@var{filename} ]
+        [ --localize-symbols=@var{filename} ]
+        [ --weaken-symbols=@var{filename} ]
         [ -v | --verbose ] [ -V | --version ]  [ --help ]
         @var{infile} [@var{outfile}]
 @end smallexample
@@ -993,6 +999,12 @@ be given more than once.
 Do not copy symbol @var{symbolname} from the source file.  This option
 may be given more than once.
 
+@item -G @var{symbolname}
+@itemx --keep-global-symbol=@var{symbolname}
+Keep only symbol @var{symbolname} global.  Make all other symbols local
+to the file, so that they are not visible externally.  This option may
+be given more than once.
+
 @item -L @var{symbolname}
 @itemx --localize-symbol=@var{symbolname}
 Make symbol @var{symbolname} local to the file, so that it is not
@@ -1176,6 +1188,36 @@ when building an object which will be linked against other objects using
 the @code{-R} option to the linker.  This option is only effective when
 using an object file format which supports weak symbols.
 
+@item --keep-symbols=@var{filename}
+Apply @samp{--keep-symbol} option to each symbol listed in the file
+@var{filename}.  @var{filename} is simply a flat file, with one symbol
+name per line.  Line comments may be introduced by the hash character.
+This option may be given more than once.
+
+@item --strip-symbols=@var{filename}
+Apply @samp{--strip-symbol} option to each symbol listed in the file
+@var{filename}.  @var{filename} is simply a flat file, with one symbol
+name per line.  Line comments may be introduced by the hash character.
+This option may be given more than once.
+
+@item --keep-global-symbols=@var{filename}
+Apply @samp{--keep-global-symbol} option to each symbol listed in the
+file @var{filename}.  @var{filename} is simply a flat file, with one
+symbol name per line.  Line comments may be introduced by the hash
+character.  This option may be given more than once.
+
+@item --localize-symbols=@var{filename}
+Apply @samp{--localize-symbol} option to each symbol listed in the file
+@var{filename}.  @var{filename} is simply a flat file, with one symbol
+name per line.  Line comments may be introduced by the hash character.
+This option may be given more than once.
+
+@item --weaken-symbols=@var{filename}
+Apply @samp{--weaken-symbol} option to each symbol listed in the file
+@var{filename}.  @var{filename} is simply a flat file, with one symbol
+name per line.  Line comments may be introduced by the hash character.
+This option may be given more than once.
+
 @item -V
 @itemx --version
 Show the version number of @code{objcopy}.
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.1 b/binutils/objcopy.1
index d2eed15..a6aa181 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.1
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.1
@@ -1,700 +1,548 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Free Software Foundation
-.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
-.TH objcopy 1 "05 April 2000" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Development Tools"
-.de BP
-.sp
-.ti \-.2i
-\(**
+.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man version 1.02
+.\" Wed May 30 12:24:28 2001
+.\"
+.\" Standard preamble:
+.\" ======================================================================
+.de Sh \" Subsection heading
+.br
+.if t .Sp
+.ne 5
+.PP
+\fB\\$1\fR
+.PP
 ..
+.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP)
+.if t .sp .5v
+.if n .sp
+..
+.de Ip \" List item
+.br
+.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3
+.el .ne 3
+.IP "\\$1" \\$2
+..
+.de Vb \" Begin verbatim text
+.ft CW
+.nf
+.ne \\$1
+..
+.de Ve \" End verbatim text
+.ft R
 
-.SH NAME
-objcopy \- copy and translate object files
-
-.SH SYNOPSIS
+.fi
+..
+.\" Set up some character translations and predefined strings.  \*(-- will
+.\" give an unbreakable dash, \*(PI will give pi, \*(L" will give a left
+.\" double quote, and \*(R" will give a right double quote.  | will give a
+.\" real vertical bar.  \*(C+ will give a nicer C++.  Capital omega is used
+.\" to do unbreakable dashes and therefore won't be available.  \*(C` and
+.\" \*(C' expand to `' in nroff, nothing in troff, for use with C<>
+.tr \(*W-|\(bv\*(Tr
+.ds C+ C\v'-.1v'\h'-1p'\s-2+\h'-1p'+\s0\v'.1v'\h'-1p'
+.ie n \{\
+.    ds -- \(*W-
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+.    if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch
+.    if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-8u'-\"  diablo 12 pitch
+.    ds L" ""
+.    ds R" ""
+.    ds C` `
+.    ds C' '
+'br\}
+.el\{\
+.    ds -- \|\(em\|
+.    ds PI \(*p
+.    ds L" ``
+.    ds R" ''
+'br\}
+.\"
+.\" If the F register is turned on, we'll generate index entries on stderr
+.\" for titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.Sh), items (.Ip), and
+.\" index entries marked with X<> in POD.  Of course, you'll have to process
+.\" the output yourself in some meaningful fashion.
+.if \nF \{\
+.    de IX
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+.\}
+.\"
+.\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it
+.\" makes way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .hy 0
-.na
-.TP
-.B objcopy
-.RB "[\|" \-F\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-target=\fIbfdname\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-I\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-input\-target=\fIbfdname\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-O\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-output\-target=\fIbfdname\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-j\ \fIsectionname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-only\-section=\fIsectionname\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-R\ \fIsectionname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-remove\-section=\fIsectionname\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-S\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-strip\-all\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-g\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-strip\-debug\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-\-strip\-unneeded\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-K\ \fIsymbolname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-keep\-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-N\ \fIsymbolname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-strip\-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-L\ \fIsymbolname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-localize\-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-W\ \fIsymbolname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-weaken\-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-x\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-discard\-all\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-X\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-discard\-locals\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-b\ \fIbyte\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-byte=\fIbyte\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-i\ \fIinterleave\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-interleave=\fIinterleave\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-p\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-preserve\-dates\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-\-debugging "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-gap\-fill=\fIval\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-pad\-to=\fIaddress\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-set\-start=\fIval\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-change\-start=\fIincr\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-change\-addresses=\fIincr\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-change\-section\-address\ \fIsection{=,+,-}val\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-change\-section\-lma\ \fIsection{=,+,-}val\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-change\-section\-vma\ \fIsection{=,+,-}val\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-change\-warnings\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-no\-change\-warnings\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-set\-section\-flags\ \fIsection=flags\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-add\-section\ \fIsectionname=filename\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-change\-leading\-char\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-remove\-leading\-char\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-srec\-len=\fIval\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-srec\-forceS3\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-redefine\-sym\ \fIold=new\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-\-weaken\fR "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-v\ |\ \-\-verbose\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-V\ |\ \-\-version\fR "\|]" 
-.RB "[\|" \-\-help\fR "\|]" 
-.B infile
-.RB "[\|" outfile\fR "\|]" 
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-The GNU 
-.B objcopy
-utility copies the contents of an object file to another.  
-.B objcopy 
-uses the GNU BFD Library to read and write the object files.  It can
-write the destination object file in a format different from that of
-the source object file.  The exact behavior of 
-.B objcopy
-is controlled by command-line options.
+.\"
+.\" Accent mark definitions (@(#)ms.acc 1.5 88/02/08 SMI; from UCB 4.2).
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+.if t \{\
+.    ds #H ((1u-(\\\\n(.fu%2u))*.13m)
+.    ds #V .6m
+.    ds #F 0
+.    ds #[ \&
+.    ds #] \&
+.\}
+.    \" simple accents for nroff and troff
+.if n \{\
+.    ds ' \&
+.    ds ` \&
+.    ds ^ \&
+.    ds , \&
+.    ds ~ ~
+.    ds /
+.\}
+.if t \{\
+.    ds ' \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\'\h"|\\n:u"
+.    ds ` \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\`\h'|\\n:u'
+.    ds ^ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*10/11-\*(#H)'^\h'|\\n:u'
+.    ds , \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10)',\h'|\\n:u'
+.    ds ~ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu-\*(#H-.1m)'~\h'|\\n:u'
+.    ds / \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\z\(sl\h'|\\n:u'
+.\}
+.    \" troff and (daisy-wheel) nroff accents
+.ds : \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H+.1m+\*(#F)'\v'-\*(#V'\z.\h'.2m+\*(#F'.\h'|\\n:u'\v'\*(#V'
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+.ds ae a\h'-(\w'a'u*4/10)'e
+.ds Ae A\h'-(\w'A'u*4/10)'E
+.    \" corrections for vroff
+.if v .ds ~ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*9/10-\*(#H)'\s-2\u~\d\s+2\h'|\\n:u'
+.if v .ds ^ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*10/11-\*(#H)'\v'-.4m'^\v'.4m'\h'|\\n:u'
+.    \" for low resolution devices (crt and lpr)
+.if \n(.H>23 .if \n(.V>19 \
+\{\
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+.rm #[ #] #H #V #F C
+.\" ======================================================================
+.\"
+.IX Title "OBJCOPY.1 1"
+.TH OBJCOPY.1 1 "binutils-2.11.90" "2001-05-30" "GNU"
+.UC
+.SH "NAME"
+objcopy \- copy and translate object files
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
+objcopy [ \-F \fIbfdname\fR | \-\-target=\fIbfdname\fR ]
+        [ \-I \fIbfdname\fR | \-\-input-target=\fIbfdname\fR ]
+        [ \-O \fIbfdname\fR | \-\-output-target=\fIbfdname\fR ]
+        [ \-B \fIbfdarch\fR | \-\-binary-architecture=\fIbfdarch\fR ]
+        [ \-S | \-\-strip-all ]  [ \-g | \-\-strip-debug ]
+        [ \-K \fIsymbolname\fR | \-\-keep-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR ]
+        [ \-N \fIsymbolname\fR | \-\-strip-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR ]
+        [ \-G \fIsymbolname\fR | \-\-keep-global-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR]
+        [ \-L \fIsymbolname\fR | \-\-localize-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR ]
+        [ \-W \fIsymbolname\fR | \-\-weaken-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR ]
+        [ \-x | \-\-discard-all ]  [ \-X | \-\-discard-locals ]
+        [ \-b \fIbyte\fR | \-\-byte=\fIbyte\fR ]
+        [ \-i \fIinterleave\fR | \-\-interleave=\fIinterleave\fR ]
+        [ \-j \fIsectionname\fR | \-\-only-section=\fIsectionname\fR ]
+        [ \-R \fIsectionname\fR | \-\-remove-section=\fIsectionname\fR ]
+        [ \-p | \-\-preserve-dates ] [ \-\-debugging ]
+        [ \-\-gap-fill=\fIval\fR ] [ \-\-pad-to=\fIaddress\fR ]
+        [ \-\-set-start=\fIval\fR ] [ \-\-adjust-start=\fIincr\fR ]
+        [ \-\-change-addresses=\fIincr\fR ]
+        [ \-\-change-section-address \fIsection\fR{=,+,\-}\fIval\fR ]
+        [ \-\-change-section-lma \fIsection\fR{=,+,\-}\fIval\fR ]
+        [ \-\-change-section-vma \fIsection\fR{=,+,\-}\fIval\fR ]
+        [ \-\-change-warnings ] [ \-\-no-change-warnings ]
+        [ \-\-set-section-flags \fIsection\fR=\fIflags\fR ]
+        [ \-\-add-section \fIsectionname\fR=\fIfilename\fR ]
+        [ \-\-change-leading-char ] [ \-\-remove-leading-char ]
+        [ \-\-srec-len=\fIival\fR ] [ \-\-srec-forceS3 ]
+        [ \-\-redefine-sym \fIold\fR=\fInew\fR ] [ \-\-weaken ]
+        [ \-\-keep-symbols=\fIfilename\fR ]
+        [ \-\-strip-symbols=\fIfilename\fR ]
+        [ \-\-keep-global-symbols=\fIfilename\fR ]
+        [ \-\-localize-symbols=\fIfilename\fR ]
+        [ \-\-weaken-symbols=\fIfilename\fR ]
+        [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] [ \-V | \-\-version ]  [ \-\-help ]
+        \fIinfile\fR [\fIoutfile\fR]
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
+The \s-1GNU\s0 \f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR utility copies the contents of an object
+file to another.  \f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR uses the \s-1GNU\s0 \s-1BFD\s0 Library to
+read and write the object files.  It can write the destination object
+file in a format different from that of the source object file.  The
+exact behavior of \f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR is controlled by command-line options.
+Note that \f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR should be able to copy a fully linked file
+between any two formats. However, copying a relocatable object file
+between any two formats may not work as expected.
 .PP
-.B objcopy
-creates temporary files to do its translations and deletes them
-afterward.
-.B objcopy
-uses BFD to do all its translation work; it knows about all the
-formats BFD knows about, and thus is able to recognize most formats
-without being told explicitly.
+\&\f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR creates temporary files to do its translations and
+deletes them afterward.  \f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR uses \s-1BFD\s0 to do all its
+translation work; it has access to all the formats described in \s-1BFD\s0
+and thus is able to recognize most formats without being told
+explicitly.  
 .PP
-.B objcopy
-can be used to generate S-records by using an output target of
-.B srec
-(e.g., use
-.B -O srec).
+\&\f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR can be used to generate S-records by using an output
+target of \fBsrec\fR (e.g., use \fB\-O srec\fR).
 .PP
-.B objcopy
-can be used to generate a raw binary file by using an output target of
-.B binary
-(e.g., use
-.B -O binary).
-When
-.B objcopy
-generates a raw binary file, it will essentially produce a memory dump
-of the contents of the input object file.  All symbols and relocation
-information will be discarded.  The memory dump will start at the
-virtual address of the lowest section copied into the output file.
+\&\f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR can be used to generate a raw binary file by using an
+output target of \fBbinary\fR (e.g., use \fB\-O binary\fR).  When
+\&\f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR generates a raw binary file, it will essentially produce
+a memory dump of the contents of the input object file.  All symbols and
+relocation information will be discarded.  The memory dump will start at
+the load address of the lowest section copied into the output file.
 .PP
 When generating an S-record or a raw binary file, it may be helpful to
-use
-.B -S
-to remove sections containing debugging information.  In some cases
-.B -R
-will be useful to remove sections which contain information which is
-not needed by the binary file.
+use \fB\-S\fR to remove sections containing debugging information.  In
+some cases \fB\-R\fR will be useful to remove sections which contain
+information that is not needed by the binary file.
 .PP
-.I infile
-and
-.I outfile
-are the source and output files respectively.  If you do not specify
-.IR outfile ,
-.B objcopy
-creates a temporary file and destructively renames the result with the
-name of the input file.
-
-.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-.B \-I \fIbfdname\fR, \fB\-\-input\-target=\fIbfdname
-Consider the source file's object format to be 
-.IR bfdname ,
-rather than attempting to deduce it.
-.TP
-.B \-O \fIbfdname\fR, \fB\-\-output\-target=\fIbfdname
-Write the output file using the object format 
-.IR bfdname .
-.TP
-.B \-F \fIbfdname\fR, \fB\-\-target=\fIbfdname
-Use 
-.I bfdname
-as the object format for both the input and the output file; i.e.
-simply transfer data from source to destination with no translation.
-.TP
-.B \-j \fIsectionname\fR, \fB\-\-only\-section=\fIsectionname
-Copy only the named section from the input file to the output file,
-discarding all other sections.  This option may be given more than
-once.  Note that using this option inappropriately may make the output
-file unusable.
-.TP
-.B \-R \fIsectionname\fR, \fB\-\-remove-section=\fIsectionname
-Remove the named section from the file.  This option may be given more
-than once.  Note that using this option inappropriately may make the
-output file unusable.
-.TP
-.B \-S\fR, \fB\-\-strip\-all
+Note \- \f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR is not able to change the endianness of its input
+files.  If the input format has an endianness, (some formats do not),
+\&\f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR can only copy the inputs into file formats that have the
+same endianness or which have no endianness (eg \fBsrec\fR).
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.IX Header "OPTIONS"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\f(CIinfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "infile"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\f(CIoutfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "outfile"
+The input and output files, respectively.
+If you do not specify \fIoutfile\fR, \f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR creates a
+temporary file and destructively renames the result with
+the name of \fIinfile\fR.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-I \f(CIbfdname\f(CW	\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-I bfdname	"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-input\-target=\f(CIbfdname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--input-target=bfdname"
+Consider the source file's object format to be \fIbfdname\fR, rather than
+attempting to deduce it.  
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-O \f(CIbfdname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-O bfdname"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-output\-target=\f(CIbfdname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--output-target=bfdname"
+Write the output file using the object format \fIbfdname\fR.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-F \f(CIbfdname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-F bfdname"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-target=\f(CIbfdname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--target=bfdname"
+Use \fIbfdname\fR as the object format for both the input and the output
+file; i.e., simply transfer data from source to destination with no
+translation.  
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-B \f(CIbfdarch\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-B bfdarch"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-binary\-architecture=\f(CIbfdarch\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--binary-architecture=bfdarch"
+Useful when transforming a raw binary input file into an object file.
+In this case the output architecture can be set to \fIbfdarch\fR. This
+option will be ignored if the input file has a known \fIbfdarch\fR. You
+can access this binary data inside a program by referencing the special
+symbols that are created by the conversion process.  These symbols are
+called _binary_\fIobjfile\fR_start, _binary_\fIobjfile\fR_end and
+_binary_\fIobjfile\fR_size.  e.g. you can transform a picture file into
+an object file and then access it in your code using these symbols. 
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-j \f(CIsectionname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-j sectionname"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-only\-section=\f(CIsectionname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--only-section=sectionname"
+Copy only the named section from the input file to the output file.
+This option may be given more than once.  Note that using this option
+inappropriately may make the output file unusable.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-R \f(CIsectionname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-R sectionname"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-remove\-section=\f(CIsectionname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--remove-section=sectionname"
+Remove any section named \fIsectionname\fR from the output file.  This
+option may be given more than once.  Note that using this option
+inappropriately may make the output file unusable.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-S\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-S"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-strip\-all\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--strip-all"
 Do not copy relocation and symbol information from the source file.
-.TP
-.B \-g\fR, \fB\-\-strip\-debug
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-g\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-g"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-strip\-debug\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--strip-debug"
 Do not copy debugging symbols from the source file.
-.TP
-.B \-\-strip\-unneeded
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-strip\-unneeded\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--strip-unneeded"
 Strip all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing.
-.TP
-.B \-K \fIsymbolname\fR, \fB\-\-keep\-symbol=\fIsymbolname
-Copy only symbol \fIsymbolname\fP from the source file. This option
-may be given more than once.
-.TP
-.B \-N \fIsymbolname\fR, \fB\-\-strip\-symbol=\fIsymbolname
-Do not copy symbol \fIsymbolname\fP from the source file. This option
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-K \f(CIsymbolname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-K symbolname"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-keep\-symbol=\f(CIsymbolname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--keep-symbol=symbolname"
+Copy only symbol \fIsymbolname\fR from the source file.  This option may
+be given more than once.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-N \f(CIsymbolname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-N symbolname"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-strip\-symbol=\f(CIsymbolname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--strip-symbol=symbolname"
+Do not copy symbol \fIsymbolname\fR from the source file.  This option
 may be given more than once.
-.TP
-.B \-L \fIsymbolname\fR, \fB\-\-localize\-symbol=\fIsymbolname
-Make symbol \fIsymbolname\fP local to the file, so that it is not
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-G \f(CIsymbolname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-G symbolname"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-keep\-global\-symbol=\f(CIsymbolname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--keep-global-symbol=symbolname"
+Keep only symbol \fIsymbolname\fR global.  Make all other symbols local
+to the file, so that they are not visible externally.  This option may
+be given more than once.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-L \f(CIsymbolname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-L symbolname"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-localize\-symbol=\f(CIsymbolname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--localize-symbol=symbolname"
+Make symbol \fIsymbolname\fR local to the file, so that it is not
 visible externally.  This option may be given more than once.
-.TP
-.B \-W \fIsymbolname\fR, \fB\-\-weaken\-symbol=\fIsymbolname
-Make symbol \fIsymbolname\fP weak. This option may be given more than once.
-.TP
-.B \-x\fR, \fB\-\-discard\-all
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-W \f(CIsymbolname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-W symbolname"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-weaken\-symbol=\f(CIsymbolname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--weaken-symbol=symbolname"
+Make symbol \fIsymbolname\fR weak. This option may be given more than once.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-x\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-x"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-discard\-all\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--discard-all"
 Do not copy non-global symbols from the source file.
-.TP
-.B \-X\fR, \fB\-\-discard\-locals
-Do not copy compiler-generated local symbols. (These usually start
-with "L" or ".").
-.TP
-.B \-b \fIbyte\fR, \fB\-\-byte=\fIbyte
-Keep only every \fIbyte\fPth byte of the input file (header data is
-not affected).  \fIbyte\fP can be in the range from 0 to the
-interleave-1.  This option is useful for creating files to program
-ROMs.  It is typically used with an srec output target.
-.TP
-.B \-i \fIinterleave\fR, \fB\-\-interleave=\fIinterleave
-Only copy one out of every \fIinterleave\fP bytes.  Which one to copy is
-selected by the \fB\-b\fP or \fB\-\-byte\fP option.  The default is 4.
-The interleave is ignored if neither \fB\-b\fP nor \fB\-\-byte\fP is given.
-.TP
-.B \-p\fR, \fB\-\-preserve\-dates
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-X\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-X"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-discard\-locals\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--discard-locals"
+Do not copy compiler-generated local symbols.
+(These usually start with \fBL\fR or \fB.\fR.)
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-b \f(CIbyte\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-b byte"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-byte=\f(CIbyte\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--byte=byte"
+Keep only every \fIbyte\fRth byte of the input file (header data is not
+affected).  \fIbyte\fR can be in the range from 0 to \fIinterleave\fR\-1,
+where \fIinterleave\fR is given by the \fB\-i\fR or \fB\*(--interleave\fR
+option, or the default of 4.  This option is useful for creating files
+to program \s-1ROM\s0.  It is typically used with an \f(CW\*(C`srec\*(C'\fR output
+target.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-i \f(CIinterleave\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-i interleave"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-interleave=\f(CIinterleave\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--interleave=interleave"
+Only copy one out of every \fIinterleave\fR bytes.  Select which byte to
+copy with the \fI\-b\fR or \fB\*(--byte\fR option.  The default is 4.
+\&\f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR ignores this option if you do not specify either \fB\-b\fR or
+\&\fB\*(--byte\fR.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-p\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-p"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-preserve\-dates\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--preserve-dates"
 Set the access and modification dates of the output file to be the same
 as those of the input file.
-.TP
-.B \-\-debugging
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-debugging\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--debugging"
 Convert debugging information, if possible.  This is not the default
 because only certain debugging formats are supported, and the
 conversion process can be time consuming.
-.TP
-.B \-\-gap\-fill=\fIval
-Fill gaps between sections with \fIval\fP.  This operation applies to
-the \fIload address\fP (LMA) of the sections.  It is done by increasing
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-gap\-fill \f(CIval\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--gap-fill val"
+Fill gaps between sections with \fIval\fR.  This operation applies to
+the \fIload address\fR (\s-1LMA\s0) of the sections.  It is done by increasing
 the size of the section with the lower address, and filling in the extra
-space created with \fIval\fP.
-.TP
-.B \-\-pad\-to=\fIaddress
-Pad the output file up to the load address \fIaddress\fP.  This is
+space created with \fIval\fR.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-pad\-to \f(CIaddress\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--pad-to address"
+Pad the output file up to the load address \fIaddress\fR.  This is
 done by increasing the size of the last section.  The extra space is
-filled in with the value specified by \fB\-\-gap\-fill\fP (default
-zero).
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-set\-start=\fIval
-Set the start address of the new file to \fIval\fP.  Not all object
-file formats support setting the start address.
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-change\-start=\fIincr\fR, \fB\-\-adjust\-start=\fIincr
-Changes the start address by adding \fIincr\fP.  Not all object file
+filled in with the value specified by \fB\*(--gap-fill\fR (default zero).
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-set\-start \f(CIval\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--set-start val"
+Set the start address of the new file to \fIval\fR.  Not all object file
 formats support setting the start address.
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-change\-addresses=\fIincr\fR, \fB\-\-adjust\-vma=\fIincr
-Changes the address of all sections, as well as the start address, by
-adding \fIincr\fP.  Some object file formats do not permit section
-addresses to be changed arbitrarily.  Note that this does not relocate
-the sections; if the program expects sections to be loaded at a
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-change\-start \f(CIincr\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--change-start incr"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-adjust\-start \f(CIincr\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--adjust-start incr"
+Change the start address by adding \fIincr\fR.  Not all object file
+formats support setting the start address.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-change\-addresses \f(CIincr\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--change-addresses incr"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-adjust\-vma \f(CIincr\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--adjust-vma incr"
+Change the \s-1VMA\s0 and \s-1LMA\s0 addresses of all sections, as well as the start
+address, by adding \fIincr\fR.  Some object file formats do not permit
+section addresses to be changed arbitrarily.  Note that this does not
+relocate the sections; if the program expects sections to be loaded at a
 certain address, and this option is used to change the sections such
-that they are loaded at a different address, the program may fail.
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-change\-section\-address\ \fIsection{=,+,-}val\fR, \fB\-\-adjust\-section\-vma\ \fIsection{=,+,-}val
-Set or changes the VMA and LMA addresses of the named \fIsection\fP.
-If \fI=\fP is used, the section address is set to \fIval\fP.
-Otherwise, \fIval\fP is added to or subtracted from the section
-address.  See the comments under \fB\-\-change\-addresses\fP, above.  If
-\fIsection\fP does not exist in the input file, a warning will be
-issued, unless \fB\-\-no\-change\-warnings\fP is used.
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-change\-section\-lma\ \fIsection{=,+,-}val
-Set or change the LMA address of the named \fIsection\fP.  If \fI=\fP is
-used, the section address is set to \fIval\fP.  Otherwise, \fIval\fP
-is added to or subtracted from the section address.  See the comments
-under \fB\-\-change\-addresses\fP, above.  If \fIsection\fP does not exist
-in the input file, a warning will be issued, unless
-\fB\-\-no\-change\-warnings\fP is used.
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-change\-section\-vma\ \fIsection{=,+,-}val
-Set or change the VMA address of the named \fIsection\fP.  If \fI=\fP is
-used, the section address is set to \fIval\fP.  Otherwise, \fIval\fP
-is added to or subtracted from the section address.  See the comments
-under \fB\-\-change\-addresses\fP, above.  If \fIsection\fP does not exist
-in the input file, a warning will be issued, unless
-\fB\-\-no\-change\-warnings\fP is used.
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-change\-warnings\fR, \fB\-\-adjust\-warnings
-If \fB\-\-change\-section\-XXX\fP is used, and the named section does
-not exist, issue a warning.  This is the default.
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-no\-change\-warnings\fR, \fB\-\-no\-adjust\-warnings
-Do not issue a warning if \fB\-\-change\-section\-XXX\fP is used, even
-if the named section does not exist.
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-set\-section\-flags\ \fIsection=flags
-Set the flags for the named section.  The \fIflags\fP argument is a
+that they are loaded at a different address, the program may fail. 
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-change\-section\-address \f(CIsection\f(CW{=,+,\-}\f(CIval\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--change-section-address section{=,+,-}val"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-adjust\-section\-vma \f(CIsection\f(CW{=,+,\-}\f(CIval\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--adjust-section-vma section{=,+,-}val"
+Set or change both the \s-1VMA\s0 address and the \s-1LMA\s0 address of the named
+\&\fIsection\fR.  If \fB=\fR is used, the section address is set to
+\&\fIval\fR.  Otherwise, \fIval\fR is added to or subtracted from the
+section address.  See the comments under \fB\*(--change-addresses\fR,
+above. If \fIsection\fR does not exist in the input file, a warning will
+be issued, unless \fB\*(--no-change-warnings\fR is used.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-change\-section\-lma \f(CIsection\f(CW{=,+,\-}\f(CIval\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--change-section-lma section{=,+,-}val"
+Set or change the \s-1LMA\s0 address of the named \fIsection\fR.  The \s-1LMA\s0
+address is the address where the section will be loaded into memory at
+program load time.  Normally this is the same as the \s-1VMA\s0 address, which
+is the address of the section at program run time, but on some systems,
+especially those where a program is held in \s-1ROM\s0, the two can be
+different.  If \fB=\fR is used, the section address is set to
+\&\fIval\fR.  Otherwise, \fIval\fR is added to or subtracted from the
+section address.  See the comments under \fB\*(--change-addresses\fR,
+above.  If \fIsection\fR does not exist in the input file, a warning
+will be issued, unless \fB\*(--no-change-warnings\fR is used.  
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-change\-section\-vma \f(CIsection\f(CW{=,+,\-}\f(CIval\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--change-section-vma section{=,+,-}val"
+Set or change the \s-1VMA\s0 address of the named \fIsection\fR.  The \s-1VMA\s0
+address is the address where the section will be located once the
+program has started executing.  Normally this is the same as the \s-1LMA\s0
+address, which is the address where the section will be loaded into
+memory, but on some systems, especially those where a program is held in
+\&\s-1ROM\s0, the two can be different.  If \fB=\fR is used, the section address
+is set to \fIval\fR.  Otherwise, \fIval\fR is added to or subtracted
+from the section address.  See the comments under
+\&\fB\*(--change-addresses\fR, above.  If \fIsection\fR does not exist in
+the input file, a warning will be issued, unless
+\&\fB\*(--no-change-warnings\fR is used.   
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-change\-warnings\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--change-warnings"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-adjust\-warnings\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--adjust-warnings"
+If \fB\*(--change-section-address\fR or \fB\*(--change-section-lma\fR or
+\&\fB\*(--change-section-vma\fR is used, and the named section does not
+exist, issue a warning.  This is the default. 
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-change\-warnings\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--no-change-warnings"
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-adjust\-warnings\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--no-adjust-warnings"
+Do not issue a warning if \fB\*(--change-section-address\fR or
+\&\fB\*(--adjust-section-lma\fR or \fB\*(--adjust-section-vma\fR is used, even
+if the named section does not exist. 
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-set\-section\-flags \f(CIsection\f(CW=\f(CIflags\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--set-section-flags section=flags"
+Set the flags for the named section.  The \fIflags\fR argument is a
 comma separated string of flag names.  The recognized names are
-\fIalloc\fP, \fIcontents\fP, \fIload\fP, \fInoload\fP, \fIreadonly\fP,
-\fIcode\fP, \fIdata\fP, \fIrom\fP, \fIshare\fP, and \fIdebug\fP.  Not
-all flags are meaningful for all object file formats.
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-add\-section\ \fIsectionname=filename
+\&\fBalloc\fR, \fBcontents\fR, \fBload\fR, \fBnoload\fR,
+\&\fBreadonly\fR, \fBcode\fR, \fBdata\fR, \fBrom\fR, \fBshare\fR, and
+\&\fBdebug\fR.  You can set the \fBcontents\fR flag for a section which
+does not have contents, but it is not meaningful to clear the
+\&\fBcontents\fR flag of a section which does have contents\*(--just remove
+the section instead.  Not all flags are meaningful for all object file
+formats.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-add\-section \f(CIsectionname\f(CW=\f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--add-section sectionname=filename"
 Add a new section named \fIsectionname\fR while copying the file.  The
-contents of the new section are taken from the file \fIfilename\fR.
-The size of the section will be the size of the file.  This option
-only works on file formats which can support sections with arbitrary
-names.
-.TP
-.B \-\-change\-leading\-char
+contents of the new section are taken from the file \fIfilename\fR.  The
+size of the section will be the size of the file.  This option only
+works on file formats which can support sections with arbitrary names.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-change\-leading\-char\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--change-leading-char"
 Some object file formats use special characters at the start of
 symbols.  The most common such character is underscore, which compilers
-often add before every symbol.  This option tells 
-.B objcopy
-to change the leading character of every symbol when it converts
-between object file formats.  If the object file formats use the same
-leading character, this option has no effect.  Otherwise, it will add
-a character, or remove a character, or change a character, as
+often add before every symbol.  This option tells \f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR to
+change the leading character of every symbol when it converts between
+object file formats.  If the object file formats use the same leading
+character, this option has no effect.  Otherwise, it will add a
+character, or remove a character, or change a character, as
 appropriate.
-.TP
-.B \-\-remove\-leading\-char
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-remove\-leading\-char\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--remove-leading-char"
 If the first character of a global symbol is a special symbol leading
 character used by the object file format, remove the character.  The
 most common symbol leading character is underscore.  This option will
-remove a leading underscore from all global symbols.  This can be
-useful if you want to link together objects of different file formats
-with different conventions for symbol names.  This is different from
-\fB\-\-change\-leading\-char\fP because it always changes the symbol name
+remove a leading underscore from all global symbols.  This can be useful
+if you want to link together objects of different file formats with
+different conventions for symbol names.  This is different from
+\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-change\-leading\-char\*(C'\fR because it always changes the symbol name
 when appropriate, regardless of the object file format of the output
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-srec\-len=\fIval
-Meaningful only for srec output.  Set the length of the Srecords to \fIval\fP.
-This length covers both the address, data and crc fields.
-.TP
-.B \fB\-\-srec\-forceS3
-Meaningful only for srec output.  Avoid generation of S1/S2 records, creating
-S3-only record format.
-.TP
-.B \-\-redefine\-sym\ \fIold=new
-Change the name of symbol \fIold\fR to \fInew\fR.  This can be useful
+file.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-srec\-len=\f(CIival\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--srec-len=ival"
+Meaningful only for srec output.  Set the maximum length of the Srecords
+being produced to \fIival\fR.  This length covers both address, data and
+crc fields.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-srec\-forceS3\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--srec-forceS3"
+Meaningful only for srec output.  Avoid generation of S1/S2 records, 
+creating S3\-only record format.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-redefine\-sym \f(CIold\f(CW=\f(CInew\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--redefine-sym old=new"
+Change the name of a symbol \fIold\fR, to \fInew\fR.  This can be useful
 when one is trying link two things together for which you have no
 source, and there are name collisions.
-.TP
-.B \-\-weaken
-Change all global symbols in the file to be weak.
-.TP
-.B \-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-weaken\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--weaken"
+Change all global symbols in the file to be weak.  This can be useful
+when building an object which will be linked against other objects using
+the \f(CW\*(C`\-R\*(C'\fR option to the linker.  This option is only effective when
+using an object file format which supports weak symbols.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-keep\-symbols=\f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--keep-symbols=filename"
+Apply \fB\*(--keep-symbol\fR option to each symbol listed in the file
+\&\fIfilename\fR.  \fIfilename\fR is simply a flat file, with one symbol
+name per line.  Line comments may be introduced by the hash character.
+This option may be given more than once.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-strip\-symbols=\f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--strip-symbols=filename"
+Apply \fB\*(--strip-symbol\fR option to each symbol listed in the file
+\&\fIfilename\fR.  \fIfilename\fR is simply a flat file, with one symbol
+name per line.  Line comments may be introduced by the hash character.
+This option may be given more than once.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-keep\-global\-symbols=\f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--keep-global-symbols=filename"
+Apply \fB\*(--keep-global-symbol\fR option to each symbol listed in the
+file \fIfilename\fR.  \fIfilename\fR is simply a flat file, with one
+symbol name per line.  Line comments may be introduced by the hash
+character.  This option may be given more than once.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-localize\-symbols=\f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--localize-symbols=filename"
+Apply \fB\*(--localize-symbol\fR option to each symbol listed in the file
+\&\fIfilename\fR.  \fIfilename\fR is simply a flat file, with one symbol
+name per line.  Line comments may be introduced by the hash character.
+This option may be given more than once.
+.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-weaken\-symbols=\f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--weaken-symbols=filename"
+Apply \fB\*(--weaken-symbol\fR option to each symbol listed in the file
+\&\fIfilename\fR.  \fIfilename\fR is simply a flat file, with one symbol
+name per line.  Line comments may be introduced by the hash character.
+This option may be given more than once.
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+.IX Item "-V"
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+Show the version number of \f(CW\*(C`objcopy\*(C'\fR.
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diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index cae66fc..bc2e402 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static void copy_section PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, PTR));
 static void get_sections PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, PTR));
 static int compare_section_lma PARAMS ((const PTR, const PTR));
 static void add_specific_symbol PARAMS ((const char *, struct symlist **));
+static void add_specific_symbols PARAMS ((const char *, struct symlist **));
 static boolean is_specified_symbol PARAMS ((const char *, struct symlist *));
 static boolean is_strip_section PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *));
 static unsigned int filter_symbols
@@ -183,11 +184,13 @@ static boolean change_leading_char = false;
 
 static boolean remove_leading_char = false;
 
-/* List of symbols to strip, keep, localize, weaken, or redefine.  */
+/* List of symbols to strip, keep, localize, keep-global, weaken,
+   or redefine.  */
 
 static struct symlist *strip_specific_list = NULL;
 static struct symlist *keep_specific_list = NULL;
 static struct symlist *localize_specific_list = NULL;
+static struct symlist *keepglobal_specific_list = NULL;
 static struct symlist *weaken_specific_list = NULL;
 static struct redefine_node *redefine_sym_list = NULL;
 
@@ -217,6 +220,11 @@ static boolean weaken = false;
 #define OPTION_REDEFINE_SYM (OPTION_WEAKEN + 1)
 #define OPTION_SREC_LEN (OPTION_REDEFINE_SYM + 1)
 #define OPTION_SREC_FORCES3 (OPTION_SREC_LEN + 1)
+#define OPTION_STRIP_SYMBOLS (OPTION_SREC_FORCES3 + 1)
+#define OPTION_KEEP_SYMBOLS (OPTION_STRIP_SYMBOLS + 1)
+#define OPTION_LOCALIZE_SYMBOLS (OPTION_KEEP_SYMBOLS + 1)
+#define OPTION_KEEPGLOBAL_SYMBOLS (OPTION_LOCALIZE_SYMBOLS + 1)
+#define OPTION_WEAKEN_SYMBOLS (OPTION_KEEPGLOBAL_SYMBOLS + 1)
 
 /* Options to handle if running as "strip".  */
 
@@ -278,6 +286,7 @@ static struct option copy_options[] =
   {"pad-to", required_argument, 0, OPTION_PAD_TO},
   {"preserve-dates", no_argument, 0, 'p'},
   {"localize-symbol", required_argument, 0, 'L'},
+  {"keep-global-symbol", required_argument, 0, 'G'},
   {"remove-leading-char", no_argument, 0, OPTION_REMOVE_LEADING_CHAR},
   {"remove-section", required_argument, 0, 'R'},
   {"set-section-flags", required_argument, 0, OPTION_SET_SECTION_FLAGS},
@@ -294,6 +303,11 @@ static struct option copy_options[] =
   {"redefine-sym", required_argument, 0, OPTION_REDEFINE_SYM},
   {"srec-len", required_argument, 0, OPTION_SREC_LEN},
   {"srec-forceS3", no_argument, 0, OPTION_SREC_FORCES3},
+  {"keep-symbols", required_argument, 0, OPTION_KEEP_SYMBOLS},
+  {"strip-symbols", required_argument, 0, OPTION_STRIP_SYMBOLS},
+  {"keep-global-symbols", required_argument, 0, OPTION_KEEPGLOBAL_SYMBOLS},
+  {"localize-symbols", required_argument, 0, OPTION_LOCALIZE_SYMBOLS},
+  {"weaken-symbols", required_argument, 0, OPTION_WEAKEN_SYMBOLS},
   {0, no_argument, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -335,6 +349,7 @@ copy_usage (stream, exit_status)
   -N --strip-symbol <name>         Do not copy symbol <name>\n\
   -K --keep-symbol <name>          Only copy symbol <name>\n\
   -L --localize-symbol <name>      Force symbol <name> to be marked as a local\n\
+  -G --keep-global-symbol <name>   Localize all symbols except <name>\n\
   -W --weaken-symbol <name>        Force symbol <name> to be marked as a weak\n\
      --weaken                      Force all global symbols to be marked as weak\n\
   -x --discard-all                 Remove all non-global symbols\n\
@@ -364,6 +379,11 @@ copy_usage (stream, exit_status)
      --redefine-sym <old>=<new>    Redefine symbol name <old> to <new>\n\
      --srec-len <number>           Restrict the length of generated Srecords\n\
      --srec-forceS3                Restrict the type of generated Srecords to S3\n\
+     --strip-symbols <file>        -N for all symbols listed in <file>\n\
+     --keep-symbols <file>         -K for all symbols listed in <file>\n\
+     --localize-symbols <file>     -L for all symbols listed in <file>\n\
+     --keep-global-symbols <file>  -G for all symbols listed in <file>\n\
+     --weaken-symbols <file>       -W for all symbols listed in <file>\n\
   -v --verbose                     List all object files modified\n\
   -V --version                     Display this program's version number\n\
   -h --help                        Display this output\n\
@@ -512,6 +532,122 @@ add_specific_symbol (name, list)
   *list = tmp_list;
 }
 
+/* Add symbols listed in `filename' to strip_specific_list. */
+
+#define IS_WHITESPACE(c)      ((c) == ' ' || (c) == '\t')
+#define IS_LINE_TERMINATOR(c) ((c) == '\n' || (c) == '\r' || (c) == '\0')
+
+static void
+add_specific_symbols (filename, list)
+     const char *filename;
+     struct symlist **list;
+{
+  struct stat st;
+  FILE * f;
+  char * line;
+  char * buffer;
+  unsigned int line_count;
+  
+  if (stat (filename, & st) < 0)
+    fatal (_("cannot stat: %s: %s"), filename, strerror (errno));
+  if (st.st_size == 0)
+    return;
+
+  buffer = (char *) xmalloc (st.st_size + 2);
+  f = fopen (filename, FOPEN_RT);
+  if (f == NULL)
+    fatal (_("cannot open: %s: %s"), filename, strerror (errno));
+
+  if (fread (buffer, 1, st.st_size, f) == 0 || ferror (f))
+    fatal (_("%s: fread failed"), filename);
+
+  fclose (f);
+  buffer [st.st_size] = '\n';
+  buffer [st.st_size + 1] = '\0';
+
+  line_count = 1;
+  
+  for (line = buffer; * line != '\0'; line ++)
+    {
+      char * eol;
+      char * name;
+      char * name_end;
+      int finished = false;
+
+      for (eol = line;; eol ++)
+	{
+	  switch (* eol)
+	    {
+	    case '\n':
+	      * eol = '\0';
+	      /* Cope with \n\r.  */
+	      if (eol[1] == '\r')
+		++ eol;
+	      finished = true;
+	      break;
+	      
+	    case '\r':
+	      * eol = '\0';
+	      /* Cope with \r\n.  */
+	      if (eol[1] == '\n')
+		++ eol;
+	      finished = true;
+	      break;
+	      
+	    case 0:
+	      finished = true;
+	      break;
+	      
+	    case '#':
+	      /* Line comment, Terminate the line here, in case a
+		 name is present and then allow the rest of the
+		 loop to find the real end of the line.  */
+	      * eol = '\0';
+	      break;
+	      
+	    default:
+	      break;
+	    }
+
+	  if (finished)
+	    break;
+	}
+
+      /* A name may now exist somewhere between 'line' and 'eol'.
+	 Strip off leading whitespace and trailing whitespace,
+	 then add it to the list.  */
+      for (name = line; IS_WHITESPACE (* name); name ++)
+	;
+      for (name_end = name;
+	   (! IS_WHITESPACE (* name_end))
+	   && (! IS_LINE_TERMINATOR (* name_end));
+           name_end ++)
+        ;
+
+      if (! IS_LINE_TERMINATOR (* name_end))
+	{
+	  char * extra;
+
+	  for (extra = name_end + 1; IS_WHITESPACE (* extra); extra ++)
+	    ;
+
+	  if (! IS_LINE_TERMINATOR (* extra))
+	    non_fatal (_("Ignoring rubbish found on line %d of %s"),
+		       line_count, filename);
+	}
+  
+      * name_end = '\0';
+
+      if (name_end > name)
+	add_specific_symbol (name, list);
+
+      /* Advance line pointer to end of line.  The 'eol ++' in the for
+	 loop above will then advance us to the start of the next line.  */
+      line = eol;
+      line_count ++;
+    }
+}
+
 /* See whether a symbol should be stripped or kept based on
    strip_specific_list and keep_symbols.  */
 
@@ -630,6 +766,12 @@ filter_symbols (abfd, obfd, osyms, isyms, symcount)
       else if (relocatable			/* Relocatable file. */
 	       && (flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK)) != 0)
 	keep = 1;
+      else if (bfd_decode_symclass (sym) == 'I')
+	/* Global symbols in $idata sections need to be retained
+	   even if relocatable is false.  External users of the
+	   library containing the $idata section may reference these
+	   symbols.  */
+	  keep = 1;
       else if ((flags & BSF_GLOBAL) != 0	/* Global symbol.  */
 	       || (flags & BSF_WEAK) != 0
 	       || bfd_is_und_section (bfd_get_section (sym))
@@ -659,7 +801,9 @@ filter_symbols (abfd, obfd, osyms, isyms, symcount)
 	  sym->flags |= BSF_WEAK;
 	}
       if (keep && (flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK))
-	  && is_specified_symbol (name, localize_specific_list))
+	  && (is_specified_symbol (name, localize_specific_list)
+	      || (keepglobal_specific_list != NULL
+		  && ! is_specified_symbol (name, keepglobal_specific_list))))
 	{
 	  sym->flags &= ~(BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK);
 	  sym->flags |= BSF_LOCAL;
@@ -971,6 +1115,7 @@ copy_object (ibfd, obfd)
       || strip_specific_list != NULL
       || keep_specific_list != NULL
       || localize_specific_list != NULL
+      || keepglobal_specific_list != NULL
       || weaken_specific_list != NULL
       || sections_removed
       || sections_copied
@@ -1689,7 +1834,7 @@ strip_main (argc, argv)
   struct section_list *p;
   char *output_file = NULL;
 
-  while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "I:O:F:K:N:R:o:sSpdgxXVv",
+  while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "b:i:I:j:K:N:s:O:d:F:L:G:R:SpgxXVvW:",
 			   strip_options, (int *) 0)) != EOF)
     {
       switch (c)
@@ -1892,6 +2037,10 @@ copy_main (argc, argv)
 	  add_specific_symbol (optarg, &localize_specific_list);
 	  break;
 
+	case 'G':
+	  add_specific_symbol (optarg, &keepglobal_specific_list);
+	  break;
+
 	case 'W':
 	  add_specific_symbol (optarg, &weaken_specific_list);
 	  break;
@@ -2158,6 +2307,26 @@ copy_main (argc, argv)
 	  S3Forced = true;
           break;
 
+	case OPTION_STRIP_SYMBOLS:
+	  add_specific_symbols (optarg, &strip_specific_list);
+	  break;
+
+	case OPTION_KEEP_SYMBOLS:
+	  add_specific_symbols (optarg, &keep_specific_list);
+	  break;
+
+	case OPTION_LOCALIZE_SYMBOLS:
+	  add_specific_symbols (optarg, &localize_specific_list);
+	  break;
+
+	case OPTION_KEEPGLOBAL_SYMBOLS:
+	  add_specific_symbols (optarg, &keepglobal_specific_list);
+	  break;
+
+	case OPTION_WEAKEN_SYMBOLS:
+	  add_specific_symbols (optarg, &weaken_specific_list);
+	  break;
+
 	case 0:
 	  break;		/* we've been given a long option */