eld Manual

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4. Other eld Processing
Handling Unresolved References 3-8
Using User Libraries 3-10
Creating Import Libraries 3-11
Creating an Import Library at the Same Time That a DLL is Created 3-12
Creating Import Libraries From Existing DLLs 3-12
Ignoring Optional Libraries 3-14
Merging Symbols Found in Input Linkfiles 3-16
Accepting Multiply-Defined Symbols 3-17
Rules For Data Items 3-17
Rules for Procedures 3-18
Using the -cross_dll_cleanup option 3-19
Specifying Which Symbols to Export, and Creating the Export Digest 3-20
Processing of Code and Data Sections 3-21
Concatenating Code and Data Sections Found in the Input Linkfiles 3-21
Public Libraries and DLLs 3-22
The Public Library Registry 3-23
Finding and Reading The Public DLL Registry (ZREG) File 3-23
4. Other eld Processing
Adjusting Loadfiles: The -alf Option 4-1
Additional rules about -alf 4-3
The -set and -change Options 4-8
eld Functionality for 64-Bit 4-12
Checking the C++ Language Dialect 4-12
Renaming Symbols 4-13
Creating Linker-Defined Symbols
4-14
Updating Or Stripping DWARF Symbol Table Information
4-14
Modifying the Data Sections that Contain Stack Unwinding Information
4-15
Creating the MCB 4-15
Processing of Floating Point Versions and Data Models 4-16
Specification of the Main Entry Point
4-17
Specifying Runtime Search Path Information for DLLs
4-18
Merging Source RTDUs 4-19
5. Summary of Linker Options
6.
Output Listings and Error Handling
General Information 6-1
Error Messages 6-4