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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2023-03-15 14:27:21 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2023-03-15 14:27:21 +0000
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Add --enable-linker-version option to bfd linker to add an entry in the .comment section.
PR 30187 * NEWS: Mention the new feature. * ld.texi: Document the new feature. * ldgram.y: Handle LINKER_VERSION token. * ldlang.c (lang_add_version): New function. (enable_linker_version): New global variable. * ldlang.h (land_add_version): Prototype. (enable_linker_version): Export. * ldlex.h (OPTION_ENABLE_LINKER_VERSION): Define. (OPTION_DISABLE_LINKER_VERSION): Define. * ldlex.l (LINKER_VERSION): Add token. * lexsup.c (ld_options): Add --enable-linker-version and --disable-linker-version. (parse_args): Handle the new options. * scripttempl/arclinux.sc: Remove stabs and comment sections and replace with inclusion of misc-sections.sc * scripttempl/avr.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/dlx.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elf.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elf32cr16.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elf32crx.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elf32msp430.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elf64bpf.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elf64hppa.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elf_chaos.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elfarc.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elfarcv2.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elfd10v.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elfd30v.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elfm68hc11.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elfm68hc12.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elfm9s12z.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elfmicroblaze.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elfxgate.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/elfxtensa.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/epiphany_4x4.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/ft32.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/ip2k.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/iq2000.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/mep.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/nds32elf.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/pru.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/v850.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/v850_rh850.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/visium.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/xstormy16.sc: Likewise. * scripttempl/z80.sc: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-scripts/script.exp: Run new tests. * scripttempl/misc-sections.sc: New file. * testsuite/ld-scripts/ld-version-2.d: New file. * testsuite/ld-scripts/ld-version.d: New file. * testsuite/ld-scripts/ld-version.t: New file.
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-*- text -*-
+* For most ELF based targets, if the --enable-linker-version option is used
+ then the version of the linker will be inserted as a string into the .comment
+ section.
+
* The linker script syntax has a new command for output sections: ASCIZ "string"
This will insert a zero-terminated string at the current location.