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diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi index 648cd2b..67260cc 100644 --- a/binutils/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/binutils.texi @@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ Show a summary of the options to @code{nm} and exit. objcopy [ -F @var{bfdname} | --target=@var{bfdname} ] [ -I @var{bfdname} | --input-target=@var{bfdname} ] [ -O @var{bfdname} | --output-target=@var{bfdname} ] + [ -B @var{bfdarch} | --binary-architecture=@var{bfdarch} ] [ -S | --strip-all ] [ -g | --strip-debug ] [ -K @var{symbolname} | --keep-symbol=@var{symbolname} ] [ -N @var{symbolname} | --strip-symbol=@var{symbolname} ] @@ -960,6 +961,17 @@ Use @var{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. @xref{Target Selection}, for more information. +@item -B @var{bfdarch} +@itemx --binary-architecture=@var{bfdarch} +Useful when transforming a raw binary input file into an object file. +In this case the output architecture can be set to @var{bfdarch}. This +option will be ignored if the input file has a known @var{bfdarch}. 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_@var{objfile}_start, _binary_@var{objfile}_end and +_binary_@var{objfile}_size. e.g. you can transform a picture file into +an object file and then access it in your code using these symbols. + @item -j @var{sectionname} @itemx --only-section=@var{sectionname} Copy only the named section from the input file to the output file. |