+2001-07-19 Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
+
+ * README: Update for 2.11. Change bug reporting email address.
+ * MAINTAINERS: Tidy up. Change bug reporting email address.
+
2001-07-16 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
* resres.c (write_res_header): Align header size.
========= Binutils Maintainers =========
This is the list of individuals responsible for maintenance and update
-of the "binutils" module, which includes the bfd, binutils, include,
-gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes subdirectories. The home page for binutils
-is http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/ and patches should be sent to
-binutils@sources.redhat.com with "[patch]" as part of the subject.
+of the GNU Binary Utilities project. This includes the linker (ld),
+the assembler (gas), the profiler (gprof), a whole suite of other
+programs (binutils) and the libraries that they use (bfd and
+opcodes). This project shares a common set of header files with the
+GCC and GDB projects (include), so maintainership of those files is
+shared amoungst the projects.
-Note - patches to the top level configure.in and config.sub scripts
-should be sent to config-patches@gnu.org and not to the binutils list.
+The home page for binutils is:
- --------- Blanket Write Privs ---------
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/binutils.html
+
+and patches should be sent to:
+
+ bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org
+
+with "[Patch]" as part of the subject line. Note - patches to the
+top level configure.in and config.sub scripts should be sent to:
-Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> (head maintainer)
-Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
-Ian Taylor <ian@zembu.com>
-Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>
-Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
-DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
-Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
-Michael Meissner <meissner@redhat.com>
+ config-patches@gnu.org
- --------- Maintainers ---------
+and not to the binutils list.
+
+ --------- Blanket Write Privs ---------
-Maintainers are individuals who are responsible for, and have permission
-to check in changes in, certain subsets of the code. Note that
-maintainers still need approval to check in changes outside of the
-immediate domain that they maintain.
+The following people have permission to check patches into the
+repository without obtaining approval first:
+
+ Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> (head maintainer)
+ Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
+ Ian Taylor <ian@zembu.com>
+ Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>
+ Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
+ DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
+ Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+ Michael Meissner <meissner@redhat.com>
+
+ --------- Maintainers ---------
+
+Maintainers are individuals who are responsible for, and have
+permission to check in changes in, certain subsets of the code. Note
+that maintainers still need approval to check in changes outside of
+the immediate domain that they maintain.
If there is no maintainer for a given domain then the responsibility
-falls to the head maintainer (above). If there are several maintainers
-for a given domain then responsibility falls to the first maintainer.
-The first maintainer is free to devolve that responsibility among the
-other maintainers.
-
-ARM Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
-AVR Denis Chertykov <denisc@overta.ru>
-CRIS Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>
-HPPA elf32 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
-IA64 Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
-i860 Jason Eckhardt <jle@redhat.com>
-ix86 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
-ix86 COFF,PE DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
-ix86 H.J.Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
-ix86 INTEL MODE Diego Novillo <dnovillo@redhat.com>
-MN10300 Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
-MIPS Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
-M88k Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com>
-PPC Geoff Keating <geoffk@redhat.com>
-SH Jörn Rennecke <amylaar@redhat.com>
-SH Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>
-SPARC Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
-68HC11 68HC12 Stephane Carrez <Stephane.Carrez@worldnet.fr>
-DWARF2 Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
-x86_64 Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz>
-x86_64 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
-z8k Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>
-
- --------- CGEN Maintainers -------------
+falls to the head maintainer (above). If there are several
+maintainers for a given domain then responsibility falls to the first
+maintainer. The first maintainer is free to devolve that
+responsibility among the other maintainers.
+
+ ARM Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+ AVR Denis Chertykov <denisc@overta.ru>
+ CRIS Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>
+ DWARF2 Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
+ HPPA elf32 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+ IA64 Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
+ x86_64 Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz>
+ x86_64 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
+ i860 Jason Eckhardt <jle@redhat.com>
+ ix86 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+ ix86 COFF,PE DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
+ ix86 H.J.Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
+ ix86 INTEL MODE Diego Novillo <dnovillo@redhat.com>
+ M68HC11 M68HC12 Stephane Carrez <Stephane.Carrez@worldnet.fr>
+ MN10300 Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
+ MIPS Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
+ M88k Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com>
+ PPC Geoff Keating <geoffk@redhat.com>
+ SH Jörn Rennecke <amylaar@redhat.com>
+ SH Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>
+ SPARC Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
+ z8k Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>
+
+ --------- CGEN Maintainers -------------
CGEN is a tool for building, amongst other things, assemblers,
-disassemblers and simulators from a single description of a CPU. It
-creates files in several of the binutils directories, but it is
-mentioned here since there is a single group that maintains CGEN and
-the files that it creates.
+disassemblers and simulators from a single description of a CPU.
+It creates files in several of the binutils directories, but it
+is mentioned here since there is a single group that maintains
+CGEN and the files that it creates.
If you have CGEN related problems you can send email to;
- cgen@sources.redhat.com
+ cgen@sources.redhat.com
The current CGEN maintainers are:
Doug Evans, Ben Elliston, Frank Eigler
- --------- Write After Approval ---------
+ --------- Write After Approval ---------
Individuals with "write after approval" have the ability to check in
changes, but they must get approval for each change from someone in
one of the above lists (blanket write or maintainers).
[It's a huge list, folks. You know who you are. If you have the
- *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group. Just remember
- to get approval before checking anything in.]
+ *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group. Just
+ remember to get approval before checking anything in.]
- ------------- Obvious Fixes -------------
+ ------------- Obvious Fixes -------------
Fixes for obvious mistakes do not need approval, and can be checked in
right away, but the patch should still be sent to the binutils list.
small, the larger they are, the more likely it is that they contain
some un-obvious side effect or consequence.
- --------- Branch Checkins ---------
+ --------- Branch Checkins ---------
If a patch is approved for check in to the mainline sources, it can
also be checked into the current release branch. Normally however
great). If you are uncertain as to whether a patch is appropriate for
the branch, ask the branch maintainer. This is:
- Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
+
Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
-These are the GNU binutils. These are utilities of use when dealing
-with object files.
+ README for BINUTILS
-The linker (ld) is in a separate directory, which should be ../ld.
-Linker-specific notes are in ../ld/README.
+These are the GNU binutils. These are utilities of use when dealing
+with binary files, either object files or executables. These tools
+consist of the linker (ld), the assembler (gas), and the profiler
+(gprof) each of which have their own sub-directory named after them.
+There is also a collection of other binary tools, including the
+disassembler (objdump) in this directory. These tools make use of a
+pair of libraries (bfd and opcodes) and a common set of header files
+(include).
-As of version 2.5, the assembler (as) is also included in this package, in
-../gas. Assembler-specific notes can be found in ../gas/README.
+There are README and NEWS files in most of the program sub-directories
+which give more information about those specific programs.
-Recent changes are in ./NEWS, ../ld/NEWS, and ../gas/NEWS.
Unpacking and Installation -- quick overview
============================================
-When you unpack the binutils-2.9.tar.gz file, you'll get a directory
-called something like `binutils-2.9', which contains various files and
-directories. Most of the files in the top directory are for
-information and for configuration. The actual source code is in
-subdirectories.
+When you unpack the binutils archive file, you will get a directory
+called something like `binutils-XXX', where XXX is the number of the
+release. (Probably 2.11.2 or higher). This directory contains
+various files and sub-directories. Most of the files in the top
+directory are for information and for configuration. The actual
+source code is in sub-directories.
To build binutils, you can just do:
- cd binutils-2.9
+ cd binutils-XXX
./configure [options]
make
make install # copies the programs files into /usr/local/bin
mkdir objdir
cd objdir
- ../binutils-2.9/configure [options]
+ ../binutils-XXX/configure [options]
make
make install
By default, the binutils will be configured to support the system on
which they are built. When doing cross development, use the --target
-configure option to specify a different target.
+configure option to specify a different target, eg:
+
+ ./configure --target=foo-elf
The --enable-targets option adds support for more binary file formats
besides the default. List them as the argument to --enable-targets,
./configure --enable-targets=sun3,rs6000-aix,decstation
-The name 'all' compiles in support for all valid BFD targets (this was
-the default in releases before 2.3):
+The name 'all' compiles in support for all valid BFD targets:
./configure --enable-targets=all
+On 32-bit hosts though, this support will be restricted to 32-bit
+target unless the --enable-64-bit-bfd option is also used:
+
+ ./configure --enable-64-bit-bfd --enable-targets=all
+
You can also specify the --enable-shared option when you run
configure. This will build the BFD and opcodes libraries as shared
libraries. You can use arguments with the --enable-shared option to
a binutils release are bfd and opcodes.
The binutils will be linked against the shared libraries. The build
-step will attempt to place the correct library in the runtime search
+step will attempt to place the correct library in the run-time search
path for the binaries. However, in some cases, after you install the
binaries, you may have to set an environment variable, normally
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, so that the system can find the installed libbfd
To build under openVMS/AXP, see the file makefile.vms in the top level
directory.
+
If you don't have ar
====================
-If your system does not already have an ar program, the normal
+If your system does not already have an 'ar' program, the normal
binutils build process will not work. In this case, run configure as
usual. Before running make, run this script:
Porting
=======
-Binutils-2.9 supports many different architectures, but there
+Binutils-2.11 supports many different architectures, but there
are many more not supported, including some that were supported
-by earlier versions. We are hoping for volunteers to
-improve this situation.
+by earlier versions. We are hoping for volunteers to improve this
+situation.
The major effort in porting binutils to a new host and/or target
architecture involves the BFD library. There is some documentation
Reporting bugs
==============
-Send bug reports and patches to bug-binutils@gnu.org. Always mention
-the version number you are running; this is printed by running any of
-the binutils with the --version option. We appreciate reports about
-bugs, but we do not promise to fix them.
+Send bug reports and patches to:
+
+ bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org.
+
+Always mention the version number you are running; this is printed by
+running any of the binutils with the --version option. We appreciate
+reports about bugs, but we do not promise to fix them.
VMS
===
Installing the release
Provided that your directory setup conforms to the GNU on openVMS
-standard, you already have a concealed deviced named 'GNU_ROOT'.
+standard, you already have a concealed device named 'GNU_ROOT'.
In this case, a simple
$ gmake install
and define all programs as foreign commands.
-If you're satiesfied with the compilation, you may want to remove
+If you're satisfied with the compilation, you may want to remove
unneeded objects and libraries:
$ gmake clean
README for GAS
-A number of things have changed since version 1 and the wonderful world of gas
-looks very different. There's still a lot of irrelevant garbage lying around
-that will be cleaned up in time. Documentation is scarce, as are logs of the
-changes made since the last gas release. My apologies, and I'll try to get
-something useful.
+A number of things have changed since version 1 and the wonderful
+world of gas looks very different. There's still a lot of irrelevant
+garbage lying around that will be cleaned up in time. Documentation
+is scarce, as are logs of the changes made since the last gas release.
+My apologies, and I'll try to get something useful.
Unpacking and Installation - Summary
====================================
make as.dvi
The Info form is viewable with the GNU Emacs `info' subsystem, or the
-standalone `info' program, available as part of the GNU Texinfo distribution.
+stand-alone `info' program, available as part of the GNU Texinfo distribution.
To build the info files, you will need the `makeinfo' program. Type:
cd gas/doc
Supported platforms
===================
-At this point I believe gas to be ansi only code for most target cpu's. That
+At this point I believe gas to be ANSI only code for most target cpu's. That
is, there should be relatively few, if any host system dependencies. So
porting (as a cross-assembler) to hosts not yet supported should be fairly
easy. Porting to a new target shouldn't be too tough if it's a variant of one
sparc solaris
ns32k (netbsd, lites)
-I believe that gas as a cross-assembler can currently be targetted for
+I believe that gas as a cross-assembler can currently be targeted for
most of the above hosts, plus
+ arm
decstation-bsd (a.out format, to be used in BSD 4.4)
ebmon29k
go32 (DOS on i386, with DJGPP -- old a.out version)
REPORTING BUGS IN GAS
=====================
-Bugs in gas should be reported to bug-binutils@gnu.org. They may be
-cross-posted to bug-gcc if they affect the use of gas with gcc. They
-should not be reported just to bug-gcc, since I don't read that list,
-and therefore wouldn't see them.
+Bugs in gas should be reported to:
+
+ bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org.
+
+They may be cross-posted to gcc-bugs@gnu.org if they affect the use of
+gas with gcc. They should not be reported just to gcc-bugs, since not
+all of the maintainers read that list.
If you report a bug in GAS, please remember to include:
in filing the bug report, don't bother.
If the input file is very large, and you are on the internet, you may want to
-make it avaliable for anonymous FTP instead of mailing it. If you do, include
+make it available for anonymous FTP instead of mailing it. If you do, include
instructions for FTP'ing it in your bug report.
If you expect to be contributing a large number of test cases, it would be
+2001-07-19 Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
+
+ * NOTES: Rename to README for consistency with other binutils.
+
2001-06-18 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
* Makefile.am (diststuff): Add $(MANS).
-Sun Feb 5 16:09:16 1995
+ README for GPROF
+
+This is the GNU profiler. It is distributed with other "binary
+utilities" which should be in ../binutils. See ../binutils/README for
+more general notes, including where to send bug reports.
This file documents the changes and new features available with this
version of GNU gprof.
you must use the colon notation explained
below to specify a function from a specific
source file. Sometimes, functionnames contain
- dots. In such cases, it is necessar to
+ dots. In such cases, it is necessary to
add a leading colon to the name. For example,
":.mul" selects function ".mul".
IMPLEMENTATION NOTE: gcc -a can be used to instrument a program to
record basic-block execution counts. However, the __bb_exit_func()
that is currently present in libgcc2.c does not generate a gmon.out
-file in a suiteable format. This should be fixed for future releases
+file in a suitable format. This should be fixed for future releases
of gcc. In the meantime, contact davidm@cs.arizona.edu for a version
of __bb_exit_func() to is appropriate.
+2001-07-19 Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
+
+ * README: Add header for consistency with other README files.
+
2001-07-14 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
* emultempl/elf32.em (output_prev_sec_find): Never return
+ README for LD
+
This is the GNU linker. It is distributed with other "binary
utilities" which should be in ../binutils. See ../binutils/README for
more general notes, including where to send bug reports.
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