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diff --git a/bfd/doc/elf.texi b/bfd/doc/elf.texi new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4f9434cf69d --- /dev/null +++ b/bfd/doc/elf.texi @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +@section ELF backends +BFD support for ELF formats is being worked on. +Currently, the best supported back ends are for sparc and i386 +(running svr4 or Solaris 2). + +Documentation of the internals of the support code still needs +to be written. The code is changing quickly enough that we +haven't bothered yet. + +@findex bfd_elf_find_section +@subsubsection @code{bfd_elf_find_section} +@strong{Synopsis} +@example +struct elf_internal_shdr *bfd_elf_find_section (bfd *abfd, char *name); +@end example +@strong{Description}@* +Helper functions for GDB to locate the string tables. +Since BFD hides string tables from callers, GDB needs to use an +internal hook to find them. Sun's .stabstr, in particular, +isn't even pointed to by the .stab section, so ordinary +mechanisms wouldn't work to find it, even if we had some. + |