eld Manual
Table Of Contents
- eld Manual
- Legal Notices
- Contents
- What’s New in This Manual
- Manual Information
- New and Changed Information
- About This Manual
- Notation Conventions
- 1 Introduction to eld
- 2 eld Input and Output
- 3 Binding of References
- Overview
- Presetting Loadfiles
- To Preset or Not to Preset, and Creation of the LIC
- Handling Unresolved References
- Using User Libraries
- Creating Import Libraries
- Ignoring Optional Libraries
- Merging Symbols Found in Input Linkfiles
- Accepting Multiply-Defined Symbols
- Using the -cross_dll_cleanup option
- Specifying Which Symbols to Export, and Creating the Export Digest
- Public Libraries and DLLs
- The Public Library Registry
- 4 Other eld Processing
- Adjusting Loadfiles: The -alf Option
- Additional rules about -alf
- The -set and -change Options
- eld Functionality for 64-Bit
- Checking the C++ Language Dialect
- Renaming Symbols
- Creating Linker-Defined Symbols
- Updating Or Stripping DWARF Symbol Table Information
- Modifying the Data Sections that Contain Stack Unwinding Information
- Creating the MCB
- Processing of Floating Point Versions and Data Models
- Specification of the Main Entry Point
- Specifying Runtime Search Path Information for DLLs
- Merging Source RTDUs
- 5 Summary of Linker Options
- 6 Output Listings and Error Handling
- A TNS/E Native Object Files
- Glossary
- Index

What’s New in This Manual
eld Manual—527255-009
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Changes to the 527255-008 manual:
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Updated the information on the attributes for -set and -change option on
pages 4-9 and 4-10.
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Added eld Functionality for 64-Bit on page 4-12.
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In the table, Set Attributes on page 5-8:
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Added a new entry on page 5-8.
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In the title, Output Listings and Error Handling on page 6-1:
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Updated the message 1557 on page 6-95.
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Added a new message 1510 on page 6-77.
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Added a new message 1665 on page 6-124.
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Added a new message 1666 on page 6-124.
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Added a new message 1667 on page 6-125.
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Added a new message 1668 on page 6-125.
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Added a new message 1669 on page 6-125.
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Added a new message 1670 on page 6-125.
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Added a new message 1672 on page 6-125.
Changes to the 527255-008 manual:
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Added a new message 1132 on page 6-20.
Changes to the 527255-007 manual:
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Added the following linker options:
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-NS_extent_size extent-size on page 5-6
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-NS_max_extents max_extents on page 5-7
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-warn_common on page 5-12
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Updated systype attribute information under Target Platforms on 2-2.
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Added Using the -cross_dll_cleanup option on page 3-19.
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Added information about -cross_dll_cleanup on page 5-2.
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Added the following new messages:
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1233 on page 6-39 to 1236 on page 6-39
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1389 on page 6-69
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1391 on page 6-69
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Updated error message 1519 on page 6-79.










