+
+/*
+FUNCTION
+ bfd_link_check_relocs
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ bfd_boolean bfd_link_check_relocs
+ (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info);
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ Checks the relocs in ABFD for validity.
+ Does not execute the relocs.
+ Return TRUE if everything is OK, FALSE otherwise.
+ This is the external entry point to this code.
+*/
+
+bfd_boolean
+bfd_link_check_relocs (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
+{
+ return BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_link_check_relocs, (abfd, info));
+}
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
+ _bfd_generic_link_check_relocs
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ bfd_boolean _bfd_generic_link_check_relocs
+ (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info);
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ Stub function for targets that do not implement reloc checking.
+ Return TRUE.
+ This is an internal function. It should not be called from
+ outside the BFD library.
+*/
+
+bfd_boolean
+_bfd_generic_link_check_relocs (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+ struct bfd_link_info *info ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+ return TRUE;
+}
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
+ bfd_merge_private_bfd_data
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ bfd_boolean bfd_merge_private_bfd_data
+ (bfd *ibfd, struct bfd_link_info *info);
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ Merge private BFD information from the BFD @var{ibfd} to the
+ the output file BFD when linking. Return <<TRUE>> on success,
+ <<FALSE>> on error. Possible error returns are:
+
+ o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
+ Not enough memory exists to create private data for @var{obfd}.
+
+.#define bfd_merge_private_bfd_data(ibfd, info) \
+. BFD_SEND ((info)->output_bfd, _bfd_merge_private_bfd_data, \
+. (ibfd, info))
+*/
+
+/*
+INTERNAL_FUNCTION
+ _bfd_generic_verify_endian_match
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ bfd_boolean _bfd_generic_verify_endian_match
+ (bfd *ibfd, struct bfd_link_info *info);
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ Can be used from / for bfd_merge_private_bfd_data to check that
+ endianness matches between input and output file. Returns
+ TRUE for a match, otherwise returns FALSE and emits an error.
+*/
+
+bfd_boolean
+_bfd_generic_verify_endian_match (bfd *ibfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
+{
+ bfd *obfd = info->output_bfd;
+
+ if (ibfd->xvec->byteorder != obfd->xvec->byteorder
+ && ibfd->xvec->byteorder != BFD_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN
+ && obfd->xvec->byteorder != BFD_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN)
+ {
+ if (bfd_big_endian (ibfd))
+ _bfd_error_handler (_("%B: compiled for a big endian system "
+ "and target is little endian"), ibfd);
+ else
+ _bfd_error_handler (_("%B: compiled for a little endian system "
+ "and target is big endian"), ibfd);
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ return TRUE;
+}