- /* FIXME: We should handle this section. */
- (*_bfd_error_handler)
- (_("%B: don't know how to handle OS specific section "
- "`%s' [0x%8x]"),
- abfd, name, hdr->sh_type);
+ {
+ /* Unrecognised OS-specific sections. */
+ if ((hdr->sh_flags & SHF_OS_NONCONFORMING) != 0)
+ /* SHF_OS_NONCONFORMING indicates that special knowledge is
+ required to correctly process the section and the file should
+ be rejected with an error message. */
+ (*_bfd_error_handler)
+ (_("%B: don't know how to handle OS specific section "
+ "`%s' [0x%8x]"),
+ abfd, name, hdr->sh_type);
+ else
+ /* Otherwise it should be processed. */
+ return _bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr (abfd, hdr, name, shindex);
+ }