@section ELF backends
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@section ELF backends
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BFD support for ELF formats is being worked on.
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BFD support for ELF formats is being worked on.
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Currently, the best supported back ends are for sparc and i386
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Currently, the best supported back ends are for sparc and i386
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(running svr4 or Solaris 2).
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(running svr4 or Solaris 2).
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Documentation of the internals of the support code still needs
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Documentation of the internals of the support code still needs
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to be written. The code is changing quickly enough that we
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to be written. The code is changing quickly enough that we
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haven't bothered yet.
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haven't bothered yet.
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@findex bfd_elf_find_section
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@findex bfd_elf_find_section
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@subsubsection @code{bfd_elf_find_section}
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@subsubsection @code{bfd_elf_find_section}
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@strong{Synopsis}
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@strong{Synopsis}
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@example
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@example
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struct elf_internal_shdr *bfd_elf_find_section (bfd *abfd, char *name);
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struct elf_internal_shdr *bfd_elf_find_section (bfd *abfd, char *name);
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@end example
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@end example
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@strong{Description}@*
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@strong{Description}@*
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Helper functions for GDB to locate the string tables.
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Helper functions for GDB to locate the string tables.
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Since BFD hides string tables from callers, GDB needs to use an
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Since BFD hides string tables from callers, GDB needs to use an
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internal hook to find them. Sun's .stabstr, in particular,
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internal hook to find them. Sun's .stabstr, in particular,
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isn't even pointed to by the .stab section, so ordinary
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isn't even pointed to by the .stab section, so ordinary
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mechanisms wouldn't work to find it, even if we had some.
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mechanisms wouldn't work to find it, even if we had some.
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