1 2008-09-11 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
5 2008-09-08 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
7 * BRANCHES: Add 2.18 and 2.19 release branches.
9 2008-09-08 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
11 * NEWS: Add a marker for the 2.19 features.
13 2008-09-05 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
15 * readelf.c (load_specific_debug_section): New function, from
17 (load_debug_section): Use load_specific_debug_section.
18 (display_debug_section): Use load_specific_debug_section. Check for
19 multiple sections with the same name.
21 2008-08-28 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
23 * objdump.c (dump_stabs): Add sections for Darwin.
25 2008-08-25 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
27 * sysdep.h: Include "binary-io.h".
28 (O_BINARY): Don't define here.
29 * bin2c.c (O_BINARY, O_TEXT, SET_BINARY): Don't define here.
30 * strings.c: Likewise.
31 (main): Remove #ifdef SET_BINARY.
32 * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am"
33 * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
35 2008-08-24 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
37 * configure.in: Update a number of obsolete autoconf macros.
38 * configure: Regenerate.
39 * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
41 2008-08-21 Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
43 * readelf.c (is_32bit_pcrel_reloc): Fix hppa entry.
44 (is_64bit_pcrel_reloc): New.
45 (debug_apply_relocations): Use it. Handle hppa pcrel bias.
47 2008-08-15 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
50 * configure.in: Invoke AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS.
51 * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
52 * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
53 * config.in: Regenerate.
54 * configure: Regenerate.
55 * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
57 2008-08-09 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
60 * rename.c (smart_rename): Punctuate error messages.
62 2008-08-08 Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
63 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
64 Catherine Moore <clm@codesourcery.com>
65 Mark Shinwell <shinwell@codesourcery.com>
67 * readelf.c (get_mips_symbol_other): Handle STO_MIPS_PLT and
69 (slurp_rela_relocs, slurp_rel_relocs): Handle MIPS ELF64 here.
70 (dump_relocations, debug_apply_relocations): Don't handle it here.
71 (get_mips_dynamic_type): Handle DT_MIPS_PLTGOT and DT_MIPS_RWPLT.
72 (print_mips_pltgot_entry): New function.
73 (process_mips_specific): Dump the PLT GOT.
75 2008-08-08 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
77 * readelf.c (is_64bit_abs_reloc): Return true for R_MIPS_64.
79 2008-08-06 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
82 * objcopy.c (copy_object): Don't setup_bfd_headers when extract_symbol.
83 (setup_section): Don't zero vma and lma when extract_symbol.
84 (copy_section): Discard relocations when extract_symbol.
85 * doc/binutils.texi: Update --extract-symbol description.
87 2008-08-04 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
89 * Makefile.am (POTFILES.in): Set LC_ALL=C.
90 * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
92 2008-08-04 Markus Weiss <weissms@aros.org>
94 * readelf.c (get_osabi_name <ELFOSABI_AROS>): Change name.
96 2008-08-01 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
98 * dwarf.c (dwarf_regnames_i386): Remove AVX registers.
99 (dwarf_regnames_x86_64): Likewise.
101 2008-07-30 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
103 * dlltool.c, dwarf.c, objdump.c, readelf.c, resrc.c, resres.c,
104 windmc.c: Silence gcc warnings.
106 2008-07-28 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
108 * readelf.c (print_vma): Typo fix.
110 2008-07-28 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
113 * readelf.c (print_dec_vma, print_hex_vma): Delete.
114 (print_vma): Use BFD_VMA_FMT.
115 * size.c (size_number, rprint_number): Likewise.
117 2008-07-26 Michael Eager <eager@eagercon.com>
119 * readelf.c (display_power_gnu_attribute): Display
120 single-precision hard float.
122 2008-07-21 Luis Machado <luisgpm@br.ibm.com>
124 * readelf.c (get_note_type): Handle VSX notes.
126 2008-07-15 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
128 * objdump.c (load_debug_section): Initialize section_is_compressed
130 * readelf.c (load_debug_section): Likewise.
132 2008-07-12 Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@analog.com>
135 2008-07-12 Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@analog.com>
136 * readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Deal with Blackfin specific
139 2008-07-12 Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@analog.com>
141 * readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Deal with Blackfin specific
144 2008-07-09 Craig Silverstein <csilvers@google.com>
146 * config.in: Add HAVE_ZLIB_H
147 * configure.in: Add test for libz and zlib.h
148 * configure: Regenerate.
149 * dwarf.c (debug_displays): Add .zdebug_* strings.
150 * dwarf.h (struct dwarf_section): Add fields uncompressed_namd
152 * objdump.c (load_debug_section): Call
153 bfd_uncompress_section_contents when loading a compressed
155 (dump_dwarf_section): Recognize compressed section name.
156 (mach_o_dwarf_sections): Rename as
157 mach_o_uncompressed_dwarf_sections.
158 (mach_o_compressed_dwarf_sections): New variable.
159 (generic_dwarf_section): Rename as
160 generic_uncompressed_dwarf_sections.
161 (generic_compressed_dwarf_sections): New variable.
162 (check_mach_o_dwarf): Save and restore
163 mach_o_compressed_dwarf_sections.
164 * readelf.c: Add #include for config.h and zlib.h
165 (process_section_headers): Recognize compressed section name.
166 (uncompress_section_contents): New function.
167 (load_debug_section): Call uncompress_section_contents when
168 loading a compressed section.
169 (display_debug_section): Recognize compressed section name.
171 2008-07-07 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
173 * objdump.c (find_symbol_for_address): Prefer symbols in current
176 2008-07-07 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
178 * ieee.c (write_ieee_debugging_info): Use bfd_make_section_with_flags.
179 * nlmconv.c (main, powerpc_build_stubs): Likewise.
180 * rescoff.c (write_coff_file): Likewise.
181 * resres.c (write_res_file): Likewise.
182 * windmc.c (windmc_write_bin): Likewise.
184 2008-06-18 M R Swami Reddy <MR.Swami.Reddy@nsc.com>
186 * readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Add EM_CR16_OLD.
187 (dump_relocations): Likewise.
188 (get_machine_name): Likewise.
189 (is_32bit_abs_reloc): Likewise.
191 2008-06-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
193 * configure: Regenerate.
195 2008-06-12 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
197 * readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Add EM_M32C_OLD.
198 (dump_relocations): Likewise.
199 (process_section_headers): Likewise.
200 (is_32bit_abs_reloc): Likewise.
201 (is_16bit_abs_reloc): Likewise.
203 2008-06-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
206 * objdump.c (dump_bfd): If the -g option found no STABS or IEEE
207 debug information to display, try dumping DWARF information
209 * rddbg.c (read_debugging_info): Add a parameter to suppress the
210 display of a warning message when no debug information is found.
211 * budbg.h (read_debugging_info): Update prototype.
212 * objcopy.c (copy_object): Continue to allow read_debugging_info
213 to produce warning messages.
214 * doc/binutils.texi (--debugging): Document new behaviour of the
215 -g/--debugging option.
217 2008-06-10 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>
219 * MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as m68k maintainer.
221 2008-05-14 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
223 * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
224 * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
226 2008-05-12 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
228 * embedspu.sh: Test for presence of ._ea by looking at section
229 table rather than looking at relocs. Correct toe_addr substitution.
231 2008-05-08 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
233 * embedspu.sh: Take note of R_SPU_PPU32/64 relocs without a symbol,
234 and if present, put image in ".data.speelf". Put program handle
235 in ".data.spehandle".
237 2008-05-01 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
239 * readelf.c (print_symbol): Add code to display non-printing
242 2008-04-30 John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>
244 * doc/binutils.texi (strings): Add "unicode" to the documentation
245 of strings in order to make explicit that it supports this
248 2008-04-30 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
250 * readelf.c (process_program_headers): Correct section in segment
253 2008-04-28 M Thomas <mthomas@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
254 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
257 * objdump.c (slurp_file): Open the file in binary mode.
258 * ar.c: Remove conditional definition of O_BINARY.
260 * rename.c: Likewise.
261 * strings.c: Likewise.
262 * sysdep.h: Add conditional definition of O_BINARY.
264 2008-04-23 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
266 * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
267 * configure: Regenerate.
269 2008-04-16 Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort@brutele.be>
272 * objcopy.c (stuct symlist): Rename to
273 is_specified_symbol_predicate_data.
274 (strip_specific_list): Rename to strip_specific_htab.
275 (strip_unneeded_list): Rename to strip_unneeded_htab.
276 (keep_specific_list): Rename to keep_specific_htab.
277 (localize_specific_list): Rename to localize_specific_htab.
278 (globalize_specific_list): Rename to globalize_specific_htab.
279 (keepglobal_specific_list): Rename to keepglobal_specific_htab.
280 (weaken_specific_list): Rename to weaken_specific_htab.
281 (eq_string): New function.
282 (create_symbol_htab): New function.
283 (create_symbol_htabs): New function.
284 (add_specific_symbol): Change to use hash tables.
285 (is_specified_symbol_predicate): New function.
286 (is_specified_symbol): Use hash table lookup.
287 (is_strip_section): Update to use new functions and hash tables.
288 (filter_symbols): Likewise.
289 (copy_object): Likewise.
290 (copy_section): Likewise.
291 (strip_main): Likewise.
292 (copy_main): Likewise.
295 2008-04-14 David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
297 * readelf.c (get_gnu_elf_note_type): Recognize NT_GNU_GOLD_VERSION.
299 2008-04-11 Torleif Sandnes <torleif.sandnes@gmail.com>
301 * dwarf.c (display_debug_lines): Rename to
302 display_debug_lines_raw.
303 (display_debug_lines_decoded): New function. Displays the
304 interpreted contents of a .debug_line section.
305 (display_debug_lines): New function: Selects either a raw dump or
306 a decoded dump (or both) as requested by the user.
307 * dwarf.h (do_debug_lines_decoded): New extern.
308 * readelf.c: Add support for -wL or --debug-dump=decodedline
309 option to display the decoded contents of a .debug_line section.
310 * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new option.
311 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
313 2008-04-08 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
315 * dwarf.c: Remove trailing whitespace throughout file.
317 2008-04-04 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
319 * po/sk.po: Updated Slovak translation.
321 2008-04-03 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
323 * dwarf.c (dwarf_regnames_i386): Add AVX registers.
324 (dwarf_regnames_x86_64): Likewise.
326 2008-03-27 Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com>
328 Add support for thin archives.
329 * ar.c (make_thin_archive): New global flag.
330 (map_over_members): Deal with full pathnames in thin archives.
331 (usage, main): Add 'T' option for building thin archives.
332 (replace_members): Pass thin archive flag to ar_emul_append.
333 * arsup.c (ar_open): Initialize new flag.
334 * binemul.c (ar_emul_append): Add new parameter for
335 flattening nested archives.
336 (do_ar_emul_default_append): New function.
337 (ar_emul_default_append): Factored out recursive code.
338 * binutils/binemul.h (ar_emul_default_append): Add new parameter.
339 (struct bin_emulation_xfer_struct): New parameter for ar_append.
340 * dlltool.c (gen_lib_file): Initialize thin archive flag.
341 * emul_aix.c (ar_emul_aix_internal): Add new flatten
342 parameter, currently unimplemented.
344 * objcopy.c (copy_archive): Preserve thin archive flag.
345 * doc/binutils.texi: Update ar documentation.
346 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
348 2008-03-20 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
350 * readelf.c (process_mips_specific): Declare addr_size as int.
352 2008-03-20 Richard Sandiford <rsandifo@nildram.co.uk>
354 * readelf.c (print_mips_got_entry): New function.
355 (process_mips_specific): Print GOT information.
357 2008-03-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
359 * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
360 * configure: Likewise.
361 * Makefile.in: Likewise.
362 * doc/Makefile.in: Likewise.
364 2008-03-16 Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
366 * rcparse.y (resid): Allow control text to span multiple lines.
368 2008-03-13 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
370 * readelf.c: Use %u throughout when printing sh_link or sh_info,
371 %lu when printing sh_addralign.
372 (process_version_sections): Use identical formats when printing
373 all offset and sh_link fields.
375 2008-03-13 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
377 * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".
378 * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
379 * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
380 * configure: Regenerate.
382 2008-03-12 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
385 * readelf.c (SECTION_HEADER_INDEX, SECTION_HEADER_NUM): Delete.
386 Remove use throughout file.
387 (SECTION_HEADER): Likewise.
388 (dump_relocations): Don't adjust st_shndx for reserved range.
389 (process_file_header): Mask SHN_XINDEX to values seen in external
390 elf structs. Simplify valid section index tests.
391 (get_32bit_elf_symbols, get_64bit_elf_symbols): Mask SHN_XINDEX.
392 Map reserved st_shndx to internal form.
393 (process_section_groups): Test that group symbol st_shndx is in
394 range, not just non-zero. Delete reserved range check.
395 (get_symbol_index_type): Mask "type" to 16 bits when printing PRC,
398 2008-03-09 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
400 * readelf.c (arm_attr_tag_VFP_arch): Add "VFPv3-D16".
402 2008-03-03 James E. Wilson <wilson@tuliptree.org>
404 * MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.
406 2008-03-03 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
408 * dwarf.c (decode_location_expression): Handle
409 DW_OP_PGI_omp_thread_num.
411 2008-03-01 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
413 * objdump.c (objdump_print_addr): Initialise "sym".
415 2008-02-27 Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>
416 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
418 * ar.c (usage): Mention -t command line switch.
419 * doc/binutils.texi (ranlib): Document -t command line switch.
421 2008-02-26 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
423 * objdump.c (objdump_print_addr): If displaying file offsets, show
424 the offset even if there are no symbols available.
425 (dump_section): Display nothing if none of the section is going to
426 be dumped. Display the file offset, if requested, of the location
427 from where the dump starts.
428 * doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Mention that dumping via the -s
429 switch is also affected by the -F option.
431 2008-02-26 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
433 Re-apply this patch which was accidentally deleted:
434 2006-05-16 Carlos O'Donell <carlos@codesourcery.com>
436 * doc/binutils.texi: Use "Binutils Index" for index name.
438 2008-02-22 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
440 * objdump.c (display_file_offsets): New variable.
441 (long_options): Add -F/--file-offsets.
442 (objdump_print_addr_with_sym): If displaying file offsets, print
443 the offset of the given address.
444 (disassemble_bytes): If displaying file offsets, tell the user how
445 many zeroes are skipped and the file offset of the point where
447 (disassemble_section): Only display the name of the section if
448 data is going to be dumped from it.
449 (main): Handle new option. Produce error messages if the start or
450 stop addresses do not make sense.
451 * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
452 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
454 2008-02-15 Chu Li <chul@cn.fujitsu.com>
455 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
458 * strings.c (integer_arg): Delete function.
459 (string_min): Initialise to 4.
460 (main): Use strtoul to parse integer arguments.
461 Move check for an invalid string length to after all the arguments
463 (usage): Use indentation to indicate that -<n> is a another form
464 of the --bytes= command line option.
466 2008-02-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
468 * dlltool.c (mcore_elf_cache_filename): Add a const qualifier to
470 (scan_obj_filename): Do not drop the const qualifier when calling
471 mcore_elf_cache_filename.
472 (struct fname_cache): Add const qualifier to filename field.
474 2008-02-08 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
477 * strings.c (main): Set string_min to 4 if it is <= 0.
479 2008-02-07 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
481 * objdump.c (main): Don't pass unadorned NULL to concat.
483 2008-02-04 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
486 * configure: Regenerated.
488 2008-02-03 Adam Nemet <anemet@caviumnetworks.com>
490 * readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Handle Octeon.
492 2008-01-30 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
494 * readelf.c (dump_relocations): Decode OpenVMS-specific sections.
495 (get_ia64_dynamic_type): Decode OpenVMS-specific tags.
496 (get_dynamic_type): Handle IA64-specific tags.
497 (get_ia64_section_type_name): Handle OpenVMS-specific sections.
498 (get_section_type_name): Handle OS-specific sections (and
499 particularly IA64 OpenVMS one).
500 (get_elf_section_flags): Makes flags static. Add entries for IA64 and
503 2008-01-29 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
505 * dwarf.c (print_dwarf_vma): New function. Display the value of a
506 dwarf_vma type at a specified precision. Use mingw field type
507 specifier if necessary.
508 (display_debug_loc): Use dwarf_vma type for begin and end values.
509 Use print_dwarf_vma to display their values. Use byte_get_signed
510 in order to correctly detect the -1 escape value.
511 (display_debug_aranges): Likewise.
512 (display_debug_ranges): Likewise.
514 2008-01-29 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
516 * dwarf.c (display_debug_loc): Correct test for base address
517 entry when 64-bit host dumping 32-bit object.
519 2008-01-29 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
521 * MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as ix86 maintainer. Add for SPU.
523 2008-01-28 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
526 * rclex.c (yylex): Also allow the hypen character.
528 2008-01-28 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
530 * dwarf.c: Include "elf/common.h".
531 (eh_addr_size): Changed to int.
532 (dwarf_regnames_i386): New.
533 (dwarf_regnames_x86_64): Likewise.
534 (dwarf_regnames): Likewise.
535 (dwarf_regnames_count): Likewise.
536 (init_dwarf_regnames): Likewise.
538 (frame_display_row): Properly support different address size.
539 Call regname to get register name.
540 (display_debug_frames): Call regname to get register name.
541 Display DW_CFA_def_cfa_register as DW_CFA_def_cfa_register
542 instead of DW_CFA_def_cfa_reg.
544 * dwarf.h (init_dwarf_regnames): New.
546 * objdump.c: Include "elf-bfd.h".
547 (dump_dwarf): Call init_dwarf_regnames on ELF input.
549 * readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Change argument to int.
550 (parse_args): Remove the undocumented upper case options for
552 (process_file_header): Call init_dwarf_regnames.
554 2008-01-25 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
556 * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Add m16c handler.
557 (is_16bit_abs_reloc): Recognize R_M32C_16.
559 2008-01-25 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
561 * prdbg.c: Correct formatter style use.
562 * readelf.c: Likewise.
563 * strings.c: Likewise.
565 2008-01-25 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
567 * po/ru.po: Updated Russian translation.
569 2008-01-17 H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
571 * MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.
573 2008-01-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
575 * dwarf.c (process_debug_info): Include the CU offset and corrupt
576 version value when reporting unrecognised DWARF version numbers.
577 (load_debug_info): Remember a failed attempt to load and parse the
578 .debug_info section and do not repeat such attempts.
579 (display_debug_lines): Check the return value from load_debug_info
580 and return whilst displaying a warning message if the load failed.
581 (display_debug_loc): Likewise.
582 (display_debug_ranges): Likewise.
583 (DEBUG_INFO_UNAVAILABLE): Value stored in num_debug_info_entries
584 when the .debug_info section could not be loaded/parsed.
585 (process_debug_info): Display the length of the compilation unit
586 in hex, so that it corresponds with the offsets that will follow.
587 Tell the user if the length was 32-bit or 64-bit.
588 If a DIE abbreviation could not be found, tell the user the offset
590 (free_debug_memory): Do not attempt to free any entries in the
591 debug_information array if num_debug_info_entries is set to
592 DEBUG_INFO_UNAVAILABLE.
594 2008-01-10 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
596 * readelf.c (is_64bit_abs_reloc): Handle R_S390_64.
598 2008-01-09 Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames@darkjames.ath.cx>
601 * bucomm.c (list_supported_architectures): Free architecture list
603 * windres.c (set_endianess): Likewise.
604 * windmc.c (set_endianess): Likewise.
606 2008-01-08 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
609 * binutils/rclex.c: (yylex): Add ':', '_', '\\', and '/' to post
610 characters for name tokens.
612 2008-01-04 Greg McGary <greg@mcgary.org>
614 * prdbg.c (print_vma): Print as long long, if host supports it.
616 2008-01-03 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
618 * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Prefix values that are
619 displayed in hexadecimal with 0x.
620 For the DW_AT_import attribute display the abbreviation number and
621 tag of the imported DIE.
622 (process_debug_info): Warn about lengths that reserved by the
623 DWARF3 specification.
624 Provide more information when corrupted DIEs are detected.
625 Warn if DIE corruption makes the sibling level negative.
627 For older changes see ChangeLog-2007
633 version-control: never