Where's bfd.h

Bill Cunningham billcun@suddenlink.net
Wed Jul 13 14:32:00 GMT 2011


Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> writes:
> 
>> In the compiled compiled binutils-2.21 I get syscat.h ansidecl.h and
>> bfd.h and the libbfd.a static library in the /lib directory. ELF's
>> section struct has a referrence to SH_INFO. This is I believe where a
>> vendor puts information about his ELF file. COFF maybe different.
> 
> The sh_info field of an ELF section header has a different meaning for
> different section types (sh_type field).  It does not have a
> vendor-specific meaning, except, of course, when using a
> vendor-specific section type.
> 
> Vendor specific information is normally put in a vendor specific note
> section (type SHT_NOTE).

    Oh Ok SHT_NOTE. I stand corrected.

Bill



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