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diff --git a/man/ld86.1 b/man/ld86.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa83919 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/ld86.1 @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +.TH ld86 1 "Oct, 1996" +.BY Bruce Evans +.nh +.SH NAME +ld86 \- Linker for as86(1) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BR ld86 +.RB [ -03MNdimrstz [-]] +.RB [ -llib_extension ] +.RB [ -o\ outfile ] +.RB [ -Ccrtfile ] +.RB [ -Llibdir ] +.RB [ -Olibfile ] +.RB [ -Ttextaddr ] +.RB [ -Ddataaddr ] +.B infile... + +.SH DESCRIPTION +This linker understands only the object files produced by the as86 assembler, +it can link them into either an impure or a separate I&D executable. + +The linking defaults are everything off or none except for +.B -0 +and the output file is +.BR a.out . +There is +.I not +a standard library location defined in the linker. + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B -0 +produce header with 16-bit magic +.\"and use library subdir i86 for -lx +.TP +.B -3 +produce header with 32-bit magic +.\"and use library subdir i386 for -lx +.TP +.B -d +delete the header from the output file, used for MSDOS COM files. As a side +effect this also includes -s as there's nowhere to put a symbol table. +.TP +.B -Cx +add file libdir-from-search/crtx.o to list of files linked +.TP +.B -D +data base address follows (in format suitable for strtoul) +.TP +.B -Lx +add dir name x to the head of the list of library dirs searched +.TP +.B -M +print symbols linked on stdout +.TP +.B -N +Create a native Linux OMAGIC output file. If the contents are i386 code the +binary can be either linked by GCC or executed by linux. +.TP +.B -Ox +add library libdir-from-search/x to list of files linked +.TP +.B -T +text base address follows (in format suitable for strtoul) +.TP +.B -i +separate I&D output +.TP +.B -lx +add library libdir-from-search/libx.a to list of files linked +.TP +.B -m +print modules linked on stdout +.TP +.B -o +output file name follows +.TP +.B -s +strip symbols +.TP +.B -r +Generate a relocatable object from one source object, note this only works +when creating native (-N) binaries. +.TP +.B -t +trace modules being looked at on stdout +.TP +.B -z +produce "unmapped zero page" executables +.P +All the options not taking an argument may be turned off by following the +option letter by a '-', as for cc1. +.SH HISTORY + +The 6809 version does not support -i. + +The previous versions of the linker could produce an 8086 executable with +segments of a size >64k, now only i386 executables may have segments +this large. + +The output format for the -r option has changed. + +.SH BUGS +The linker cannot deal with reverse seeks caused by +.B org +instructions in the object file. Unlike previous versions the current one +traps the error rather than trying to fill up the hard disk. |