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1 2008-07-09 Craig Silverstein <csilvers@google.com>
2
3 * config.in: Add HAVE_ZLIB_H
4 * configure.in: Add test for libz and zlib.h
5 * configure: Regenerate.
6 * dwarf.c (debug_displays): Add .zdebug_* strings.
7 * dwarf.h (struct dwarf_section): Add fields uncompressed_namd
8 and compressed_name.
9 * objdump.c (load_debug_section): Call
10 bfd_uncompress_section_contents when loading a compressed
11 section.
12 (dump_dwarf_section): Recognize compressed section name.
13 (mach_o_dwarf_sections): Rename as
14 mach_o_uncompressed_dwarf_sections.
15 (mach_o_compressed_dwarf_sections): New variable.
16 (generic_dwarf_section): Rename as
17 generic_uncompressed_dwarf_sections.
18 (generic_compressed_dwarf_sections): New variable.
19 (check_mach_o_dwarf): Save and restore
20 mach_o_compressed_dwarf_sections.
21 * readelf.c: Add #include for config.h and zlib.h
22 (process_section_headers): Recognize compressed section name.
23 (uncompress_section_contents): New function.
24 (load_debug_section): Call uncompress_section_contents when
25 loading a compressed section.
26 (display_debug_section): Recognize compressed section name.
27
28 2008-07-07 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
29
30 * objdump.c (find_symbol_for_address): Prefer symbols in current
31 section.
32
33 2008-07-07 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
34
35 * ieee.c (write_ieee_debugging_info): Use bfd_make_section_with_flags.
36 * nlmconv.c (main, powerpc_build_stubs): Likewise.
37 * rescoff.c (write_coff_file): Likewise.
38 * resres.c (write_res_file): Likewise.
39 * windmc.c (windmc_write_bin): Likewise.
40
41 2008-06-18 M R Swami Reddy <MR.Swami.Reddy@nsc.com>
42
43 * readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Add EM_CR16_OLD.
44 (dump_relocations): Likewise.
45 (get_machine_name): Likewise.
46 (is_32bit_abs_reloc): Likewise.
47
48 2008-06-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
49
50 * configure: Regenerate.
51
52 2008-06-12 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
53
54 * readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Add EM_M32C_OLD.
55 (dump_relocations): Likewise.
56 (process_section_headers): Likewise.
57 (is_32bit_abs_reloc): Likewise.
58 (is_16bit_abs_reloc): Likewise.
59
60 2008-06-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
61
62 PR binutils/6483
63 * objdump.c (dump_bfd): If the -g option found no STABS or IEEE
64 debug information to display, try dumping DWARF information
65 instead.
66 * rddbg.c (read_debugging_info): Add a parameter to suppress the
67 display of a warning message when no debug information is found.
68 * budbg.h (read_debugging_info): Update prototype.
69 * objcopy.c (copy_object): Continue to allow read_debugging_info
70 to produce warning messages.
71 * doc/binutils.texi (--debugging): Document new behaviour of the
72 -g/--debugging option.
73
74 2008-06-10 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>
75
76 * MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as m68k maintainer.
77
78 2008-05-14 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
79
80 * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
81 * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
82
83 2008-05-12 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
84
85 * embedspu.sh: Test for presence of ._ea by looking at section
86 table rather than looking at relocs. Correct toe_addr substitution.
87
88 2008-05-08 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
89
90 * embedspu.sh: Take note of R_SPU_PPU32/64 relocs without a symbol,
91 and if present, put image in ".data.speelf". Put program handle
92 in ".data.spehandle".
93
94 2008-05-01 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
95
96 * readelf.c (print_symbol): Add code to display non-printing
97 characters.
98
99 2008-04-30 John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>
100
101 * doc/binutils.texi (strings): Add "unicode" to the documentation
102 of strings in order to make explicit that it supports this
103 feature.
104
105 2008-04-30 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
106
107 * readelf.c (process_program_headers): Correct section in segment
108 display.
109
110 2008-04-28 M Thomas <mthomas@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
111 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
112
113 PR binutils/6449
114 * objdump.c (slurp_file): Open the file in binary mode.
115 * ar.c: Remove conditional definition of O_BINARY.
116 * bin2.c: Likewise.
117 * rename.c: Likewise.
118 * strings.c: Likewise.
119 * sysdep.h: Add conditional definition of O_BINARY.
120
121 2008-04-23 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
122
123 * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
124 * configure: Regenerate.
125
126 2008-04-16 Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort@brutele.be>
127
128 PR binutils/6034
129 * objcopy.c (stuct symlist): Rename to
130 is_specified_symbol_predicate_data.
131 (strip_specific_list): Rename to strip_specific_htab.
132 (strip_unneeded_list): Rename to strip_unneeded_htab.
133 (keep_specific_list): Rename to keep_specific_htab.
134 (localize_specific_list): Rename to localize_specific_htab.
135 (globalize_specific_list): Rename to globalize_specific_htab.
136 (keepglobal_specific_list): Rename to keepglobal_specific_htab.
137 (weaken_specific_list): Rename to weaken_specific_htab.
138 (eq_string): New function.
139 (create_symbol_htab): New function.
140 (create_symbol_htabs): New function.
141 (add_specific_symbol): Change to use hash tables.
142 (is_specified_symbol_predicate): New function.
143 (is_specified_symbol): Use hash table lookup.
144 (is_strip_section): Update to use new functions and hash tables.
145 (filter_symbols): Likewise.
146 (copy_object): Likewise.
147 (copy_section): Likewise.
148 (strip_main): Likewise.
149 (copy_main): Likewise.
150 (main): Likewise.
151
152 2008-04-14 David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
153
154 * readelf.c (get_gnu_elf_note_type): Recognize NT_GNU_GOLD_VERSION.
155
156 2008-04-11 Torleif Sandnes <torleif.sandnes@gmail.com>
157
158 * dwarf.c (display_debug_lines): Rename to
159 display_debug_lines_raw.
160 (display_debug_lines_decoded): New function. Displays the
161 interpreted contents of a .debug_line section.
162 (display_debug_lines): New function: Selects either a raw dump or
163 a decoded dump (or both) as requested by the user.
164 * dwarf.h (do_debug_lines_decoded): New extern.
165 * readelf.c: Add support for -wL or --debug-dump=decodedline
166 option to display the decoded contents of a .debug_line section.
167 * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new option.
168 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
169
170 2008-04-08 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
171
172 * dwarf.c: Remove trailing whitespace throughout file.
173
174 2008-04-04 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
175
176 * po/sk.po: Updated Slovak translation.
177
178 2008-04-03 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
179
180 * dwarf.c (dwarf_regnames_i386): Add AVX registers.
181 (dwarf_regnames_x86_64): Likewise.
182
183 2008-03-27 Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com>
184
185 Add support for thin archives.
186 * ar.c (make_thin_archive): New global flag.
187 (map_over_members): Deal with full pathnames in thin archives.
188 (usage, main): Add 'T' option for building thin archives.
189 (replace_members): Pass thin archive flag to ar_emul_append.
190 * arsup.c (ar_open): Initialize new flag.
191 * binemul.c (ar_emul_append): Add new parameter for
192 flattening nested archives.
193 (do_ar_emul_default_append): New function.
194 (ar_emul_default_append): Factored out recursive code.
195 * binutils/binemul.h (ar_emul_default_append): Add new parameter.
196 (struct bin_emulation_xfer_struct): New parameter for ar_append.
197 * dlltool.c (gen_lib_file): Initialize thin archive flag.
198 * emul_aix.c (ar_emul_aix_internal): Add new flatten
199 parameter, currently unimplemented.
200 All callers changed.
201 * objcopy.c (copy_archive): Preserve thin archive flag.
202 * doc/binutils.texi: Update ar documentation.
203 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
204
205 2008-03-20 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
206
207 * readelf.c (process_mips_specific): Declare addr_size as int.
208
209 2008-03-20 Richard Sandiford <rsandifo@nildram.co.uk>
210
211 * readelf.c (print_mips_got_entry): New function.
212 (process_mips_specific): Print GOT information.
213
214 2008-03-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
215
216 * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
217 * configure: Likewise.
218 * Makefile.in: Likewise.
219 * doc/Makefile.in: Likewise.
220
221 2008-03-16 Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
222
223 * rcparse.y (resid): Allow control text to span multiple lines.
224
225 2008-03-13 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
226
227 * readelf.c: Use %u throughout when printing sh_link or sh_info,
228 %lu when printing sh_addralign.
229 (process_version_sections): Use identical formats when printing
230 all offset and sh_link fields.
231
232 2008-03-13 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
233
234 * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".
235 * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
236 * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
237 * configure: Regenerate.
238
239 2008-03-12 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
240
241 PR 5900
242 * readelf.c (SECTION_HEADER_INDEX, SECTION_HEADER_NUM): Delete.
243 Remove use throughout file.
244 (SECTION_HEADER): Likewise.
245 (dump_relocations): Don't adjust st_shndx for reserved range.
246 (process_file_header): Mask SHN_XINDEX to values seen in external
247 elf structs. Simplify valid section index tests.
248 (get_32bit_elf_symbols, get_64bit_elf_symbols): Mask SHN_XINDEX.
249 Map reserved st_shndx to internal form.
250 (process_section_groups): Test that group symbol st_shndx is in
251 range, not just non-zero. Delete reserved range check.
252 (get_symbol_index_type): Mask "type" to 16 bits when printing PRC,
253 OS or RSV.
254
255 2008-03-09 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
256
257 * readelf.c (arm_attr_tag_VFP_arch): Add "VFPv3-D16".
258
259 2008-03-03 James E. Wilson <wilson@tuliptree.org>
260
261 * MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.
262
263 2008-03-03 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
264
265 * dwarf.c (decode_location_expression): Handle
266 DW_OP_PGI_omp_thread_num.
267
268 2008-03-01 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
269
270 * objdump.c (objdump_print_addr): Initialise "sym".
271
272 2008-02-27 Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>
273 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
274
275 * ar.c (usage): Mention -t command line switch.
276 * doc/binutils.texi (ranlib): Document -t command line switch.
277
278 2008-02-26 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
279
280 * objdump.c (objdump_print_addr): If displaying file offsets, show
281 the offset even if there are no symbols available.
282 (dump_section): Display nothing if none of the section is going to
283 be dumped. Display the file offset, if requested, of the location
284 from where the dump starts.
285 * doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Mention that dumping via the -s
286 switch is also affected by the -F option.
287
288 2008-02-26 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
289
290 Re-apply this patch which was accidentally deleted:
291 2006-05-16 Carlos O'Donell <carlos@codesourcery.com>
292
293 * doc/binutils.texi: Use "Binutils Index" for index name.
294
295 2008-02-22 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
296
297 * objdump.c (display_file_offsets): New variable.
298 (long_options): Add -F/--file-offsets.
299 (objdump_print_addr_with_sym): If displaying file offsets, print
300 the offset of the given address.
301 (disassemble_bytes): If displaying file offsets, tell the user how
302 many zeroes are skipped and the file offset of the point where
303 dumping resumes.
304 (disassemble_section): Only display the name of the section if
305 data is going to be dumped from it.
306 (main): Handle new option. Produce error messages if the start or
307 stop addresses do not make sense.
308 * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
309 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
310
311 2008-02-15 Chu Li <chul@cn.fujitsu.com>
312 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
313
314 PR binutils/5713
315 * strings.c (integer_arg): Delete function.
316 (string_min): Initialise to 4.
317 (main): Use strtoul to parse integer arguments.
318 Move check for an invalid string length to after all the arguments
319 have been parsed.
320 (usage): Use indentation to indicate that -<n> is a another form
321 of the --bytes= command line option.
322
323 2008-02-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
324
325 * dlltool.c (mcore_elf_cache_filename): Add a const qualifier to
326 the argument.
327 (scan_obj_filename): Do not drop the const qualifier when calling
328 mcore_elf_cache_filename.
329 (struct fname_cache): Add const qualifier to filename field.
330
331 2008-02-08 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
332
333 PR binutils/5713
334 * strings.c (main): Set string_min to 4 if it is <= 0.
335
336 2008-02-07 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
337
338 * objdump.c (main): Don't pass unadorned NULL to concat.
339
340 2008-02-04 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
341
342 PR 5715
343 * configure: Regenerated.
344
345 2008-02-03 Adam Nemet <anemet@caviumnetworks.com>
346
347 * readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Handle Octeon.
348
349 2008-01-30 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
350
351 * readelf.c (dump_relocations): Decode OpenVMS-specific sections.
352 (get_ia64_dynamic_type): Decode OpenVMS-specific tags.
353 (get_dynamic_type): Handle IA64-specific tags.
354 (get_ia64_section_type_name): Handle OpenVMS-specific sections.
355 (get_section_type_name): Handle OS-specific sections (and
356 particularly IA64 OpenVMS one).
357 (get_elf_section_flags): Makes flags static. Add entries for IA64 and
358 decode them.
359
360 2008-01-29 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
361
362 * dwarf.c (print_dwarf_vma): New function. Display the value of a
363 dwarf_vma type at a specified precision. Use mingw field type
364 specifier if necessary.
365 (display_debug_loc): Use dwarf_vma type for begin and end values.
366 Use print_dwarf_vma to display their values. Use byte_get_signed
367 in order to correctly detect the -1 escape value.
368 (display_debug_aranges): Likewise.
369 (display_debug_ranges): Likewise.
370
371 2008-01-29 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
372
373 * dwarf.c (display_debug_loc): Correct test for base address
374 entry when 64-bit host dumping 32-bit object.
375
376 2008-01-29 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
377
378 * MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as ix86 maintainer. Add for SPU.
379
380 2008-01-28 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
381
382 PR binutils/5529
383 * rclex.c (yylex): Also allow the hypen character.
384
385 2008-01-28 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
386
387 * dwarf.c: Include "elf/common.h".
388 (eh_addr_size): Changed to int.
389 (dwarf_regnames_i386): New.
390 (dwarf_regnames_x86_64): Likewise.
391 (dwarf_regnames): Likewise.
392 (dwarf_regnames_count): Likewise.
393 (init_dwarf_regnames): Likewise.
394 (regname): Likewise.
395 (frame_display_row): Properly support different address size.
396 Call regname to get register name.
397 (display_debug_frames): Call regname to get register name.
398 Display DW_CFA_def_cfa_register as DW_CFA_def_cfa_register
399 instead of DW_CFA_def_cfa_reg.
400
401 * dwarf.h (init_dwarf_regnames): New.
402
403 * objdump.c: Include "elf-bfd.h".
404 (dump_dwarf): Call init_dwarf_regnames on ELF input.
405
406 * readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Change argument to int.
407 (parse_args): Remove the undocumented upper case options for
408 -wX.
409 (process_file_header): Call init_dwarf_regnames.
410
411 2008-01-25 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
412
413 * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Add m16c handler.
414 (is_16bit_abs_reloc): Recognize R_M32C_16.
415
416 2008-01-25 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
417
418 * prdbg.c: Correct formatter style use.
419 * readelf.c: Likewise.
420 * strings.c: Likewise.
421
422 2008-01-25 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
423
424 * po/ru.po: Updated Russian translation.
425
426 2008-01-17 H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
427
428 * MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.
429
430 2008-01-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
431
432 * dwarf.c (process_debug_info): Include the CU offset and corrupt
433 version value when reporting unrecognised DWARF version numbers.
434 (load_debug_info): Remember a failed attempt to load and parse the
435 .debug_info section and do not repeat such attempts.
436 (display_debug_lines): Check the return value from load_debug_info
437 and return whilst displaying a warning message if the load failed.
438 (display_debug_loc): Likewise.
439 (display_debug_ranges): Likewise.
440 (DEBUG_INFO_UNAVAILABLE): Value stored in num_debug_info_entries
441 when the .debug_info section could not be loaded/parsed.
442 (process_debug_info): Display the length of the compilation unit
443 in hex, so that it corresponds with the offsets that will follow.
444 Tell the user if the length was 32-bit or 64-bit.
445 If a DIE abbreviation could not be found, tell the user the offset
446 of the DIE.
447 (free_debug_memory): Do not attempt to free any entries in the
448 debug_information array if num_debug_info_entries is set to
449 DEBUG_INFO_UNAVAILABLE.
450
451 2008-01-10 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
452
453 * readelf.c (is_64bit_abs_reloc): Handle R_S390_64.
454
455 2008-01-09 Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames@darkjames.ath.cx>
456
457 PR binutils/55326
458 * bucomm.c (list_supported_architectures): Free architecture list
459 after use.
460 * windres.c (set_endianess): Likewise.
461 * windmc.c (set_endianess): Likewise.
462
463 2008-01-08 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
464
465 PR binutils/5529
466 * binutils/rclex.c: (yylex): Add ':', '_', '\\', and '/' to post
467 characters for name tokens.
468
469 2008-01-04 Greg McGary <greg@mcgary.org>
470
471 * prdbg.c (print_vma): Print as long long, if host supports it.
472
473 2008-01-03 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
474
475 * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Prefix values that are
476 displayed in hexadecimal with 0x.
477 For the DW_AT_import attribute display the abbreviation number and
478 tag of the imported DIE.
479 (process_debug_info): Warn about lengths that reserved by the
480 DWARF3 specification.
481 Provide more information when corrupted DIEs are detected.
482 Warn if DIE corruption makes the sibling level negative.
483
484 For older changes see ChangeLog-2007
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