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Diffstat (limited to 'bfd/libecoff.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/libecoff.h | 36 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/libecoff.h b/bfd/libecoff.h index 161f06c727c..7d4006a951f 100644 --- a/bfd/libecoff.h +++ b/bfd/libecoff.h @@ -176,41 +176,13 @@ typedef struct ecoff_symbol_struct #define ecoff_get_sym_index(symbol) ((symbol)->udata.i) #define ecoff_set_sym_index(symbol, idx) ((symbol)->udata.i = (idx)) -/* When generating MIPS embedded PIC code, the linker relaxes the code - to turn PC relative branches into longer code sequences when the PC - relative branch is out of range. This involves reading the relocs - in bfd_relax_section as well as in bfd_final_link, and requires the - code to keep track of which relocs have been expanded. A pointer - to this structure is put in the used_by_bfd pointer of a section to - keep track of this information. The user_by_bfd pointer will be - NULL if the information was not needed. */ +/* A pointer to this structure is put in the used_by_bfd pointer of + a section to keep track of any per-section data. + The user_by_bfd pointer will be NULL if the information was not + needed. */ struct ecoff_section_tdata { - /* The unswapped relocs for this section. These are stored in - memory so the input file does not have to be read twice. */ - PTR external_relocs; - - /* The contents of the section. These bytes may or may not be saved - in memory, but if it is this is a pointer to them. */ - bfd_byte *contents; - - /* Offset adjustments for PC relative branches. A number other than - 1 is an addend for a PC relative branch, or a switch table entry - which is the difference of two .text locations; this addend - arises because the branch or difference crosses one or more - branches which were expanded into a larger code sequence. A 1 - means that this branch was itself expanded into a larger code - sequence. 1 is not a possible offset, since all offsets must be - multiples of the instruction size, which is 4; also, the only - relocs with non-zero offsets will be PC relative branches or - switch table entries within the same object file. If this field - is NULL, no branches were expanded and no offsets are required. - Otherwise there are as many entries as there are relocs in the - section, and the entry for any reloc that is not PC relative is - zero. */ - long *offsets; - /* When producing an executable (i.e., final, non-relocatable link) on the Alpha, we may need to use multiple global pointer values to span the entire .lita section. In essence, we allow each |