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Diffstat (limited to 'bfd/bfd.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/bfd.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ @section typedef bfd Pointers to bfd structs are the cornerstone of any application using -libbfd. References though the BFD and to data in the BFD give the +@code{libbfd}. References though the BFD and to data in the BFD give the entire BFD functionality. -Finally! The BFD struct itself. This contains the major data about +Here is the BFD struct itself. This contains the major data about the file, and contains pointers to the rest of the data. *+++ @@ -62,12 +62,13 @@ the back end. $ boolean target_defaulted; -The caching routines use these to maintain an LRU list of BFDs. +The caching routines use these to maintain a least-recently-used list of +BFDs (@pxref{File Caching}). $ struct _bfd *lru_prev, *lru_next; -When a file is closed by the caching routines, it retains the state -here: +When a file is closed by the caching routines, BFD retains state +information on the file here: $ file_ptr where; @@ -117,14 +118,14 @@ The number of sections $ unsigned int section_count; -Stuff only usefull for object files: +Stuff only useful for object files: The start address. $ bfd_vma start_address; Used for input and output $ unsigned int symcount; -Symtab for output BFD +Symbol table for output BFD $ struct symbol_cache_entry **outsymbols; @@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ Particular machine within arch, e.g. 68010 $ unsigned long obj_machine; -Stuff only usefull for archives: +Stuff only useful for archives: $ PTR arelt_data; $ struct _bfd *my_archive; @@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ Used by the application to hold private data $ PTR usrdata; -Where all the allocated stuff under this BFD goes +Where all the allocated stuff under this BFD goes (@pxref{Memory Usage}). $ struct obstack memory; $}; |