Roland McGrath | 725aad5 | 2011-02-23 19:52:46 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Version 0.153 |
| 2 | |
| 3 | libdw: Support reading .zdebug_* DWARF sections compressed via zlib. |
| 4 | |
Roland McGrath | f339cd6 | 2011-02-02 17:24:53 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | Version 0.152 |
| 6 | |
Roland McGrath | 8a7b623 | 2011-02-08 19:40:19 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | Various build and warning nits fixed for newest GCC and Autoconf. |
| 8 | |
Roland McGrath | f339cd6 | 2011-02-02 17:24:53 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | libdwfl: Yet another prelink-related fix for another regression. |
Roland McGrath | 788cc88 | 2011-02-11 12:38:36 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | Look for Linux kernel images in files named with compression suffixes. |
Roland McGrath | f339cd6 | 2011-02-02 17:24:53 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | |
Roland McGrath | 1fb9c91 | 2011-02-11 10:32:30 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | elfcmp: New flag --ignore-build-id to ignore differing build ID bits. |
Roland McGrath | 4a14ef7 | 2011-02-11 10:42:45 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | New flag -l/--verbose to print all differences. |
Roland McGrath | 1fb9c91 | 2011-02-11 10:32:30 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
Roland McGrath | f631595 | 2011-01-11 10:33:32 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | Version 0.151 |
| 16 | |
| 17 | libdwfl: Fix for more prelink cases with separate debug file. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | strip: New flag --strip-sections to remove section headers entirely. |
| 20 | |
Roland McGrath | 65d8e4e | 2010-11-22 17:35:56 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | Version 0.150 |
| 22 | |
| 23 | libdw: Fix for handling huge .debug_aranges section. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | libdwfl: Fix for handling prelinked DSO with separate debug file. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | findtextrel: Fix diagnostics to work with usual section ordering. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | libebl: i386 backend fix for multi-register integer return value location. |
| 30 | |
Roland McGrath | de44f13 | 2010-08-24 15:38:42 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | Version 0.149: |
| 32 | |
Roland McGrath | 932585d | 2010-05-08 04:01:14 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | libdw: Decode new DW_OP_GNU_implicit_pointer operation; |
| 34 | new function dwarf_getlocation_implicit_pointer. |
| 35 | |
Roland McGrath | de44f13 | 2010-08-24 15:38:42 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | libdwfl: New function dwfl_dwarf_line. |
| 37 | |
Roland McGrath | 5c45def | 2010-09-09 23:55:32 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | addr2line: New flag -F/--flags to print more DWARF line information details. |
Roland McGrath | de44f13 | 2010-08-24 15:38:42 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | |
Roland McGrath | 6849dbb | 2010-09-09 23:26:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | strip: -g recognizes .gdb_index as a debugging section. |
| 41 | |
Roland McGrath | 1fa6bf4 | 2010-05-06 01:14:32 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | Version 0.148: |
| 43 | |
Roland McGrath | 2b1f095 | 2010-06-20 17:55:50 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | libdw: Accept DWARF 4 format: new functions dwarf_next_unit, dwarf_offdie_types. |
Roland McGrath | c70cf4e | 2010-06-18 17:01:05 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | New functions dwarf_lineisa, dwarf_linediscriminator, dwarf_lineop_index. |
Roland McGrath | 3e4b5bb | 2010-06-16 03:40:56 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | |
Roland McGrath | 1fa6bf4 | 2010-05-06 01:14:32 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | libdwfl: Fixes in core-file handling, support cores from PIEs. |
| 48 | When working from build IDs, don't open a named file that mismatches. |
| 49 | |
Roland McGrath | 2b1f095 | 2010-06-20 17:55:50 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | readelf: Handle DWARF 4 formats. |
Roland McGrath | 7fac1ce | 2010-06-01 15:56:58 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | |
Roland McGrath | fba8ec8 | 2010-05-03 11:42:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | Version 0.147: |
| 53 | |
| 54 | libdw: Fixes in CFI handling, best possible handling of bogus CFA ops. |
| 55 | |
| 56 | libdwfl: Ignore R_*_NONE relocs, works around old (binutils) ld -r bugs. |
| 57 | |
Ulrich Drepper | ad64d8e | 2010-03-04 21:51:19 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | Version 0.146: |
| 59 | |
Roland McGrath | 8068e06 | 2010-03-10 23:49:13 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | libdwfl: New function dwfl_core_file_report. |
| 61 | |
Roland McGrath | 056d693 | 2010-02-15 16:05:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | Version 0.145: |
| 63 | |
| 64 | Fix build with --disable-dependency-tracking. |
| 65 | |
| 66 | Fix build with most recent glibc headers. |
| 67 | |
Roland McGrath | 4b0ee3b | 2010-02-18 14:04:45 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | libelf: More robust to bogus section headers. |
| 69 | |
Roland McGrath | 056d693 | 2010-02-15 16:05:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | libdw: Fix CFI decoding. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | libdwfl: Fix address bias returned by CFI accessors. |
Roland McGrath | 4b0ee3b | 2010-02-18 14:04:45 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | Fix core file module layout identification. |
Roland McGrath | 056d693 | 2010-02-15 16:05:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | |
| 75 | readelf: Fix CFI decoding. |
| 76 | |
Roland McGrath | ec9746f | 2010-01-04 22:08:45 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | Version 0.144: |
| 78 | |
Roland McGrath | 6fd3cd1 | 2010-01-07 19:41:04 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | libelf: New function elf_getphdrnum. |
| 80 | Now support using more than 65536 program headers in a file. |
| 81 | |
Roland McGrath | ebc5c88 | 2010-01-05 22:53:31 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | libdw: New function dwarf_aggregate_size for computing (constant) type |
| 83 | sizes, including array_type cases with nontrivial calculation. |
| 84 | |
Roland McGrath | ec9746f | 2010-01-04 22:08:45 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | readelf: Don't give errors for missing info under -a. |
| 86 | Handle Linux "VMCOREINFO" notes under -n. |
| 87 | |
Roland McGrath | de69d52 | 2009-08-07 18:26:19 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | Version 0.143: |
| 89 | |
| 90 | libdw: Various convenience functions for individual attributes now use |
| 91 | dwarf_attr_integrate to look up indirect inherited attributes. |
Roland McGrath | 7e0aecd | 2009-09-17 15:02:34 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | Location expression handling now supports DW_OP_implicit_value. |
Roland McGrath | de69d52 | 2009-08-07 18:26:19 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | |
Roland McGrath | e5a1a81 | 2009-08-26 03:05:50 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | libdwfl: Support automatic decompression of files in XZ format, |
| 95 | and of Linux kernel images made with bzip2 or LZMA (as well as gzip). |
Roland McGrath | d6ccdc1 | 2009-08-26 00:23:01 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | |
Ulrich Drepper | f189493 | 2009-06-13 15:55:42 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | Version 0.142: |
| 98 | |
| 99 | libelf: Add elf_getshdrnum alias for elf_getshnum and elf_getshdrstrndx alias |
| 100 | for elf_getshstrndx and deprecate original names. Sun screwed up |
| 101 | their implementation and asked for a solution. |
| 102 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 70c442c | 2009-07-08 00:53:24 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | libebl: Add support for STB_GNU_UNIQUE. |
| 104 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 96d950e | 2009-07-14 10:42:01 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 105 | elflint: Add support for STB_GNU_UNIQUE. |
| 106 | |
Roland McGrath | 5dbccdb | 2009-06-28 14:48:02 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | readelf: Add -N option, speeds up DWARF printing without address->name lookups. |
| 108 | |
Roland McGrath | 409fe10 | 2009-07-23 11:32:47 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 109 | libdw: Add support for decoding DWARF CFI into location description form. |
| 110 | Handle some new DWARF 3 expression operations previously omitted. |
| 111 | Basic handling of some new encodings slated for DWARF 4. |
| 112 | |
Roland McGrath | 54eb890 | 2009-04-14 03:18:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 113 | Version 0.141: |
| 114 | |
Roland McGrath | eb9ba47 | 2009-04-14 18:44:45 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 115 | libebl: sparc backend fixes; |
| 116 | some more arm backend support |
Roland McGrath | d86e183 | 2009-04-20 00:49:33 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | |
Roland McGrath | 54eb890 | 2009-04-14 03:18:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | libdwfl: fix dwfl_module_build_id for prelinked DSO case; |
| 119 | fixes in core file support; |
| 120 | dwfl_module_getsym interface improved for non-address symbols |
Roland McGrath | d86e183 | 2009-04-20 00:49:33 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | |
Roland McGrath | 54eb890 | 2009-04-14 03:18:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 122 | strip: fix infinite loop on strange inputs with -f |
| 123 | |
Roland McGrath | d86e183 | 2009-04-20 00:49:33 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 124 | addr2line: take -j/--section=NAME option for binutils compatibility |
| 125 | (same effect as '(NAME)0x123' syntax already supported) |
| 126 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 8a3b0fa | 2009-02-16 11:02:37 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | Version 0.140: |
| 128 | |
| 129 | libelf: Fix regression in creation of section header |
| 130 | |
| 131 | libdwfl: Less strict behavior if DWARF reader ist just used to display data |
| 132 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 3bf5759 | 2009-01-01 18:52:05 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 133 | Version 0.139: |
| 134 | |
| 135 | libcpu: Add Intel SSE4 disassembler support |
| 136 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 05d2b20 | 2009-01-16 17:58:54 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 137 | readelf: Implement call frame information and exception handling dumping. |
| 138 | Add -e option. Enable it implicitly for -a. |
Ulrich Drepper | ac194d0 | 2009-01-06 00:30:01 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 139 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 3a52c7a | 2009-01-16 21:11:49 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | elflint: Check PT_GNU_EH_FRAME program header entry. |
| 141 | |
Roland McGrath | d666b00 | 2009-01-06 02:14:26 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | libdwfl: Support automatic gzip/bzip2 decompression of ELF files. |
| 143 | |
Roland McGrath | d8ca9bd | 2008-12-24 01:09:18 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | Version 0.138: |
| 145 | |
| 146 | Install <elfutils/version.h> header file for applications to use in source |
| 147 | version compatibility checks. |
| 148 | |
| 149 | libebl: backend fixes for i386 TLS relocs; backend support for NT_386_IOPERM |
| 150 | |
| 151 | libcpu: disassembler fixes |
| 152 | |
| 153 | libdwfl: bug fixes |
| 154 | |
| 155 | libelf: bug fixes |
| 156 | |
| 157 | nm: bug fixes for handling corrupt input files |
| 158 | |
Ulrich Drepper | bb48a27 | 2008-08-27 03:01:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | Version 0.137: |
| 160 | |
| 161 | Minor fixes for unreleased 0.136 release. |
| 162 | |
Roland McGrath | b4d6f0f | 2008-08-25 22:55:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 163 | Version 0.136: |
| 164 | |
| 165 | libdwfl: bug fixes; new "segment" interfaces; |
| 166 | all the libdwfl-based tools now support --core=COREFILE option |
| 167 | |
Roland McGrath | b37d253 | 2008-05-07 18:38:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | Version 0.135: |
| 169 | |
| 170 | libdwfl: bug fixes |
| 171 | |
| 172 | strip: changed handling of ET_REL files wrt symbol tables and relocs |
| 173 | |
Roland McGrath | 60982e6 | 2008-04-05 00:40:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 174 | Version 0.134: |
| 175 | |
| 176 | elflint: backend improvements for sparc, alpha |
| 177 | |
| 178 | libdwfl, libelf: bug fixes |
| 179 | |
Roland McGrath | 47c5c35 | 2008-02-29 10:17:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | Version 0.133: |
| 181 | |
| 182 | readelf, elflint, libebl: SHT_GNU_ATTRIBUTE section handling (readelf -A) |
| 183 | |
| 184 | readelf: core note handling for NT_386_TLS, NT_PPC_SPE, Alpha NT_AUXV |
| 185 | |
| 186 | libdwfl: bug fixes and optimization in relocation handling |
| 187 | |
| 188 | elfcmp: bug fix for non-allocated section handling |
| 189 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 1c5928d | 2008-03-01 18:34:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 190 | ld: implement newer features of binutils linker. |
| 191 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 28a0c61 | 2008-01-21 18:57:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | Version 0.132: |
| 193 | |
| 194 | libcpu: Implement x86 and x86-64 disassembler. |
| 195 | libasm: Add interface for disassembler. |
| 196 | |
| 197 | all programs: add debugging of branch prediction. |
| 198 | |
| 199 | libelf: new function elf_scnshndx. |
| 200 | |
Roland McGrath | 478a960 | 2007-11-08 00:59:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 201 | Version 0.131: |
| 202 | |
| 203 | libdw: DW_FORM_ref_addr support; dwarf_formref entry point now deprecated; |
| 204 | bug fixes for oddly-formatted DWARF |
| 205 | |
| 206 | libdwfl: bug fixes in offline archive support, symbol table handling; |
| 207 | apply partial relocations for dwfl_module_address_section on ET_REL |
| 208 | |
| 209 | libebl: powerpc backend support for Altivec registers |
| 210 | |
Roland McGrath | c76f0b0 | 2007-09-27 07:31:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 211 | Version 0.130: |
| 212 | |
| 213 | readelf: -p option can take an argument like -x for one section, |
Roland McGrath | 59ea7f3 | 2007-10-04 08:50:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 214 | or no argument (as before) for all SHF_STRINGS sections; |
Ulrich Drepper | b597dfa | 2007-10-16 05:21:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 215 | new option --archive-index (or -c); |
| 216 | improved -n output for core files, on many machines |
Roland McGrath | 59ea7f3 | 2007-10-04 08:50:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 217 | |
| 218 | libelf: new function elf_getdata_rawchunk, replaces gelf_rawchunk; |
| 219 | new functions gelf_getnote, gelf_getauxv, gelf_update_auxv |
| 220 | |
| 221 | readelf, elflint: handle SHT_NOTE sections without requiring phdrs |
| 222 | |
Ulrich Drepper | b597dfa | 2007-10-16 05:21:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 223 | elflint: stricter checks on debug sections |
| 224 | |
Roland McGrath | 59ea7f3 | 2007-10-04 08:50:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | libdwfl: new functions dwfl_build_id_find_elf, dwfl_build_id_find_debuginfo, |
| 226 | dwfl_module_build_id, dwfl_module_report_build_id; |
| 227 | support dynamic symbol tables found via phdrs; |
| 228 | dwfl_standard_find_debuginfo now uses build IDs when available |
| 229 | |
| 230 | unstrip: new option --list (or -n) |
Roland McGrath | c76f0b0 | 2007-09-27 07:31:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 231 | |
Ulrich Drepper | b597dfa | 2007-10-16 05:21:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 232 | libebl: backend improvements for sparc, alpha, powerpc |
| 233 | |
Roland McGrath | 60fc84c | 2007-08-03 21:59:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 234 | Version 0.129: |
| 235 | |
| 236 | readelf: new options --hex-dump (or -x), --strings (or -p) |
| 237 | |
| 238 | addr2line: new option --symbols (or -S) |
| 239 | |
Roland McGrath | 4be1524 | 2007-04-25 03:09:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 240 | Version 0.128: |
| 241 | |
| 242 | new program: unstrip |
| 243 | |
| 244 | elfcmp: new option --hash-inexact |
| 245 | |
Ulrich Drepper | a1090f8 | 2007-03-30 19:16:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 246 | Version 0.127: |
Ulrich Drepper | 6258e74 | 2007-03-13 06:22:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 247 | |
Roland McGrath | 43da989 | 2007-04-16 23:13:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 248 | libdw: new function dwarf_getsrcdirs |
| 249 | |
Ulrich Drepper | f527aa8 | 2007-04-19 04:15:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 250 | libdwfl: new functions dwfl_module_addrsym, dwfl_report_begin_add, |
| 251 | dwfl_module_address_section |
Ulrich Drepper | 6258e74 | 2007-03-13 06:22:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 252 | |
Ulrich Drepper | ce0bdb6 | 2007-02-05 07:13:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 253 | Version 0.126: |
| 254 | |
| 255 | new program: ar |
| 256 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 56bc0b8 | 2006-12-18 22:38:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 257 | Version 0.125: |
| 258 | |
| 259 | elflint: Compare DT_GNU_HASH tests. |
| 260 | |
| 261 | move archives into -static RPMs |
| 262 | |
| 263 | libelf, elflint: better support for core file handling |
| 264 | |
Roland McGrath | c373d85 | 2006-10-10 00:25:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 265 | Version 0.124: |
| 266 | |
| 267 | libebl: sparc backend support for return value location |
| 268 | |
| 269 | libebl, libdwfl: backend register name support extended with more info |
| 270 | |
| 271 | libelf, libdw: bug fixes for unaligned accesses on machines that care |
| 272 | |
| 273 | readelf, elflint: trivial bugs fixed |
| 274 | |
Roland McGrath | 1dee360 | 2006-08-15 01:57:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 275 | Version 0.123: |
| 276 | |
| 277 | libebl: Backend build fixes, thanks to Stepan Kasal. |
| 278 | |
| 279 | libebl: ia64 backend support for register names, return value location |
| 280 | |
| 281 | libdwfl: Handle truncated linux kernel module section names. |
| 282 | |
| 283 | libdwfl: Look for linux kernel "vmlinux" files with ".debug" suffix. |
| 284 | |
| 285 | elflint: Fix checks to permit --hash-style=gnu format. |
| 286 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 28ed895 | 2006-07-07 03:43:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 287 | Version 0.122: |
| 288 | |
Ulrich Drepper | cc41562 | 2006-07-12 19:42:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 289 | libebl: add function to test for relative relocation |
Ulrich Drepper | 28ed895 | 2006-07-07 03:43:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 290 | |
| 291 | elflint: fix and extend DT_RELCOUNT/DT_RELACOUNT checks |
| 292 | |
| 293 | elflint, readelf: add support for DT_GNU_HASH |
| 294 | libelf: add elf_gnu_hash |
| 295 | |
| 296 | elflint, readelf: add support for 64-bit SysV-style hash tables |
| 297 | |
Ulrich Drepper | cc41562 | 2006-07-12 19:42:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 298 | libdwfl: new functions dwfl_module_getsymtab, dwfl_module_getsym. |
| 299 | |
Ulrich Drepper | d9a8712 | 2006-05-28 08:00:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 300 | Version 0.121: |
| 301 | |
| 302 | libelf: bug fixes for rewriting existing files when using mmap. |
| 303 | |
| 304 | make all installed headers usable in C++ code. |
| 305 | |
| 306 | readelf: better output format. |
| 307 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 6ca4600 | 2006-06-12 22:40:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 308 | elflint: fix tests of dynamic section content. |
| 309 | |
| 310 | ld: Implement --as-needed, --execstack, PT_GNU_STACK. Many small patches. |
| 311 | |
Ulrich Drepper | d9a8712 | 2006-05-28 08:00:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | libdw, libdwfl: handle files without aranges info. |
| 313 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 361df7d | 2006-04-04 21:38:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 314 | Version 0.120: |
| 315 | |
| 316 | Bug fixes. |
| 317 | |
| 318 | dwarf.h updated for DWARF 3.0 final specification. |
| 319 | |
| 320 | libdwfl: New function dwfl_version. |
| 321 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 82c345d | 2006-04-04 22:07:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 322 | The license is now GPL for most files. The libelf, libebl, libdw, |
| 323 | and libdwfl libraries have additional exceptions. Add reference to |
| 324 | OIN. |
| 325 | |
tailor | 808b412 | 2006-01-13 18:50:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 326 | Version 0.119: |
| 327 | |
| 328 | bug fixes |
| 329 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 607e054 | 2005-12-04 15:51:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 330 | Version 0.118: |
| 331 | |
| 332 | elflint: more tests. |
| 333 | |
Roland McGrath | 994b489 | 2005-12-05 22:46:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 334 | libdwfl: New function dwfl_module_register_names. |
| 335 | |
| 336 | libebl: New backend hook for register names. |
| 337 | |
Roland McGrath | 37ecca7 | 2005-11-18 01:42:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 338 | Version 0.117: |
| 339 | |
| 340 | libdwfl: New function dwfl_module_return_value_location. |
| 341 | |
| 342 | libebl: Backend improvements for several CPUs. |
| 343 | |
Roland McGrath | 07d4f2f | 2005-10-28 06:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 344 | Version 0.116: |
| 345 | |
| 346 | libdw: New functions dwarf_ranges, dwarf_entrypc, dwarf_diecu, |
Roland McGrath | 6724c90 | 2005-10-28 07:07:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 347 | dwarf_entry_breakpoints. Removed Dwarf_Func type and functions |
| 348 | dwarf_func_name, dwarf_func_lowpc, dwarf_func_highpc, |
| 349 | dwarf_func_entrypc, dwarf_func_die; dwarf_getfuncs callback now uses |
| 350 | Dwarf_Die, and dwarf_func_file, dwarf_func_line, dwarf_func_col |
| 351 | replaced by dwarf_decl_file, dwarf_decl_line, dwarf_decl_column; |
| 352 | dwarf_func_inline, dwarf_func_inline_instances now take Dwarf_Die. |
| 353 | Type Dwarf_Loc renamed to Dwarf_Op; dwarf_getloclist, |
| 354 | dwarf_addrloclists renamed dwarf_getlocation, dwarf_getlocation_addr. |
Roland McGrath | 07d4f2f | 2005-10-28 06:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 355 | |
Roland McGrath | c94e47d | 2005-08-27 10:37:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 356 | Version 0.115: |
| 357 | |
Ulrich Drepper | fbe998a | 2005-08-29 16:27:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 358 | libelf: speed-ups of non-mmap reading. |
| 359 | |
| 360 | strings: New program. |
| 361 | |
| 362 | Implement --enable-gcov option for configure. |
| 363 | |
Roland McGrath | c94e47d | 2005-08-27 10:37:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 364 | libdw: New function dwarf_getscopes_die. |
| 365 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 5d83229 | 2005-08-15 21:36:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 366 | Version 0.114: |
| 367 | |
| 368 | libelf: new function elf_getaroff |
| 369 | |
Roland McGrath | a5c2643 | 2005-08-18 23:41:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 370 | libdw: Added dwarf_func_die, dwarf_func_inline, dwarf_func_inline_instances. |
| 371 | |
Roland McGrath | 7c77729 | 2005-08-24 18:53:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 372 | libdwfl: New functions dwfl_report_offline, dwfl_offline_section_address, |
| 373 | dwfl_linux_kernel_report_offline. |
| 374 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 5d83229 | 2005-08-15 21:36:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 375 | ranlib: new program |
| 376 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 637963b | 2005-08-07 05:33:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 377 | Version 0.113: |
| 378 | |
| 379 | elflint: relax a bit. Allow version definitions for defined symbols against |
| 380 | DSO versions also for symbols in nobits sections. Allow .rodata section |
| 381 | to have STRINGS and MERGE flag set. |
| 382 | |
Roland McGrath | 1c83bf1 | 2005-08-11 07:03:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 383 | strip: add some more compatibility with binutils. |
| 384 | |
Ulrich Drepper | c911c9e | 2005-08-02 16:07:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 385 | Version 0.112: |
| 386 | |
| 387 | elfcmp: some more relaxation. |
| 388 | |
Ulrich Drepper | dbace23 | 2005-08-06 01:37:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 389 | elflint: many more tests, especially regarding to symbol versioning. |
Ulrich Drepper | 41de488 | 2005-08-03 00:02:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 390 | |
| 391 | libelf: Add elfXX_offscn and gelf_offscn. |
| 392 | |
Ulrich Drepper | a38998e | 2005-08-03 02:05:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 393 | libasm: asm_begin interface changes. |
| 394 | |
| 395 | libebl: Add three new interfaces to directly access machine, class, and |
| 396 | data encoding information. |
| 397 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 8a68774 | 2005-08-03 02:24:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 398 | objdump: New program. Just the beginning. |
| 399 | |
Ulrich Drepper | 7018915 | 2005-07-28 21:31:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 400 | Version 0.111: |
| 401 | |
| 402 | libdw: now contains all of libdwfl. The latter is not installed anymore. |
| 403 | |
| 404 | elfcmp: little usability tweak, name and index of differing section is printed. |
| 405 | |
Ulrich Drepper | b08d5a8 | 2005-07-26 05:00:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 406 | Version 0.110: |
| 407 | |
Roland McGrath | 1c83bf1 | 2005-08-11 07:03:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 408 | libelf: fix a number of problems with elf_update |
Ulrich Drepper | b08d5a8 | 2005-07-26 05:00:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 409 | |
| 410 | elfcmp: fix a few bugs. Compare gaps. |
| 411 | |
| 412 | Fix a few PLT problems and mudflap build issues. |
| 413 | |
| 414 | libebl: Don't expose Ebl structure definition in libebl.h. It's now private. |
| 415 | |
| 416 | Version 0.109: |
| 417 | |
| 418 | libebl: Check for matching modules. |
| 419 | |
| 420 | elflint: Check that copy relocations only happen for OBJECT or NOTYPE symbols. |
| 421 | |
| 422 | elfcmp: New program. |
| 423 | |
| 424 | libdwfl: New library. |
| 425 | |
| 426 | Version 0.108: |
| 427 | |
| 428 | strip: fix bug introduced in last change |
| 429 | |
| 430 | libdw: records returned by dwarf_getsrclines are now sorted by address |
| 431 | |
| 432 | Version 0.107: |
| 433 | |
| 434 | readelf: improve DWARF output format |
| 435 | |
| 436 | strip: support Linux kernel modules |
| 437 | |
| 438 | Version 0.106: |
| 439 | |
| 440 | libdw: Updated dwarf.h from DWARF3 spec |
| 441 | libdw: add new funtions dwarf_func_entrypc, dwarf_func_file, dwarf_func_line, |
| 442 | dwarf_func_col, dwarf_getsrc_file |
| 443 | |
| 444 | Version 0.105: |
| 445 | |
| 446 | addr2line: New program |
| 447 | |
| 448 | libdw: add new functions: dwarf_addrdie, dwarf_macro_*, dwarf_getfuncs, |
| 449 | dwarf_func_*. |
| 450 | |
| 451 | findtextrel: use dwarf_addrdie |
| 452 | |
| 453 | Version 0.104: |
| 454 | |
| 455 | findtextrel: New program. |
| 456 | |
| 457 | Version 0.103: |
| 458 | |
| 459 | libdw: Fix using libdw.h with gcc < 4 and C++ code. Compiler bug. |
| 460 | |
| 461 | Version 0.102: |
| 462 | |
| 463 | More Makefile and spec file cleanups. |
| 464 | |
| 465 | Version 0.101: |
| 466 | |
| 467 | Remove most gettext autoconf handling. |
| 468 | |
| 469 | Add more warnings |
| 470 | |
| 471 | Fix resulting problems. One actual bug found and fixed this way |
| 472 | |
| 473 | Version 0.100: |
| 474 | |
| 475 | libebl: Fix x86-64 relocations. |
| 476 | |
| 477 | Add -Wunused -Wextra warnings. |
| 478 | |
| 479 | Some cleanups resulting from those additional warnings. |
| 480 | |
| 481 | Lots of Makefile cleanup. |
| 482 | |
| 483 | Version 0.99: |
| 484 | |
| 485 | libelf: add gelf_checksum prototype to <libelf.h> |
| 486 | |
| 487 | libelf: fix elf*_checksum handling of NOBITS sections |
| 488 | |
| 489 | Finish mudflap support. |
| 490 | |
| 491 | Fix three bugs found by mudflap. |
| 492 | |
| 493 | ld: add as_needed support |
| 494 | |
| 495 | Version 0.98: |
| 496 | |
| 497 | readelf: in section to segment mapping, indicate read-only sections. |
| 498 | |
| 499 | elflint: more relaxation for GNU ld |
| 500 | |
| 501 | Version 0.97: |
| 502 | |
| 503 | Fix compiling with gcc 4.0. |
| 504 | Some tests called elflint without appropriate LD_LIBRARY_PATH. |
| 505 | |
| 506 | Version 0.96: |
| 507 | |
| 508 | Fix support for platforms with lib64. |
| 509 | |
| 510 | Version 0.95: |
| 511 | |
| 512 | libebl: add ppc and ppc64 support |
| 513 | |
| 514 | readelf: fix minimal memory leak. |
| 515 | |
| 516 | Add support to compile with mudflap. |
| 517 | |
| 518 | Modernize configure.ac. Move scripts in config subdir. |
| 519 | |
| 520 | Modernize *-po directory infrastructure. |
| 521 | |
| 522 | libelf: Add gelf_getlib and gelf_update_lib |
| 523 | |
| 524 | readelf: print liblist sections |
| 525 | |
| 526 | Version 0.94: |
| 527 | |
| 528 | Fix some minimal build problems. |
| 529 | |
| 530 | Version 0.93: |
| 531 | |
| 532 | ibdw: tons of new functionality and bug fixes. Several interface changes. |
| 533 | |
| 534 | readelf: use libdw now. |
| 535 | |
| 536 | libdwarf: removed completely. |
| 537 | |
| 538 | Version 0.92: |
| 539 | |
| 540 | configuration changes. |
| 541 | |
| 542 | Version 0.91: |
| 543 | |
| 544 | libdw: fix memory handling. Implement source line handling. |
| 545 | nm: use libdw instead of libdwarf. |
| 546 | libelf: change to GPL from OSL1 for now. |
| 547 | |
| 548 | Version 0.90: |
| 549 | |
| 550 | libebl: Recognize a few more section types and dynamic tags and return |
| 551 | approriate strings. |
| 552 | |
| 553 | Version 0.89: |
| 554 | |
| 555 | strip: fix overwriting of symbol table in input file. |
| 556 | |
| 557 | Version 0.88: |
| 558 | |
| 559 | libebl: Add some ia64 bits. |
| 560 | |
| 561 | Version 0.87: |
| 562 | |
| 563 | Bug fixes for big endian and some 64-bit machines. |
| 564 | |
| 565 | Version 0.86: |
| 566 | |
| 567 | strip: fix handling of Alpha and s390x which use incorrect hash bucket sizes. |
| 568 | |
| 569 | ld: tons of changes, moving towards usability. |
| 570 | |
| 571 | Version 0.85: |
| 572 | |
| 573 | strip: update section group symbol index if the associated symbol table changed |
| 574 | |
| 575 | libelf: fix two problems with generating output not via mmap |
| 576 | |
| 577 | elflint: add probably 10-15 more tests |
| 578 | libebl: add support for some of the new tests |
| 579 | |
| 580 | ld: gazillion changes |
| 581 | |
| 582 | Version 0.84: |
| 583 | |
| 584 | elflint: deal with .rel.dyn section. Fix a problem with rela platforms. |
| 585 | Handle PT_GNU_STACK. Change to write messages to stdout. |
| 586 | |
| 587 | readelf: fix a problem with version information in the symbol table output. |
| 588 | |
| 589 | strip: update all version symbol table entries |
| 590 | |
| 591 | Version 0.83: |
| 592 | |
| 593 | size: fix a warning |
| 594 | |
| 595 | strip: last changed caused problems when the symbol table is before the |
| 596 | relocation section. Fixed. This fix also improved the asymptotic |
| 597 | behavior if many symbol table sections are present. |
| 598 | |
| 599 | Version 0.82: |
| 600 | |
| 601 | Run strip tests with the correct libelf and libebl. |
| 602 | |
| 603 | libelf: fix bug in verneed byte order changing code. |
| 604 | |
| 605 | Version 0.81: |
| 606 | |
| 607 | strip: Remove unused symbol table entries. This might require updating |
| 608 | various other sections. |
| 609 | |
| 610 | Version 0.80: |
| 611 | |
| 612 | Fix some libelf problems with ET_REL files. |
| 613 | |
| 614 | Version 0.79: |
| 615 | |
| 616 | More warning changes, mainly by jbj. |
| 617 | |
| 618 | libdw: yet more new code. dwarf_child and dwarf_sibling should now actually |
| 619 | work. |
| 620 | |
| 621 | Version 0.78: |
| 622 | |
| 623 | libdw: 10+ new functions. get-pubnames2 works now fully. Almost all the |
| 624 | code needed for nm is in place. |
| 625 | |
| 626 | Version 0.77: |
| 627 | |
| 628 | cleanups to compile cleanly with gcc 3.3 and -Werror. |
| 629 | |
| 630 | libdw: some new code. |
| 631 | |
| 632 | Version 0.76: |
| 633 | |
| 634 | libebl: Fix last patch to recognize relocation sections. We must not |
| 635 | use the name. |
| 636 | |
| 637 | Version 0.75: |
| 638 | |
| 639 | libebl: .debug_ranges is a DWARF 3 debug section |
| 640 | libebl: recognize relocation sections for debug section |
| 641 | Patches by Jakub Jelinek. |
| 642 | |
| 643 | Version 0.74: |
| 644 | |
| 645 | Cleanups and more SPARC support by Tom Callaway <tcallaway@redhat.com>. |
| 646 | |
| 647 | Version 0.73: |
| 648 | |
| 649 | 64-bit cleanups for the programs. |
| 650 | |
| 651 | Version 0.72: |
| 652 | |
| 653 | libelf: and yet more fun with endian tranformation at output time. |
| 654 | |
| 655 | Version 0.71: |
| 656 | |
| 657 | libelf: more fun with endian tranformation at output time. Add test for it. |
| 658 | |
| 659 | Version 0.70: |
| 660 | |
| 661 | libelf: Two little bugs left from previous patch to handle section output |
| 662 | order. |
| 663 | |
| 664 | libelf: add unlikely in some more places. |
| 665 | |
| 666 | Version 0.69: |
| 667 | |
| 668 | libelf: fix output routines to handle case where section indeces and |
| 669 | ordre in the output file don't match correctly. Patch by Jakub. |
| 670 | |
| 671 | elflint: fix test of note section content for 64-bit platforms and files |
| 672 | with different byte order. |
| 673 | |
| 674 | Version 0.68: |
| 675 | |
| 676 | libebl: Fix SH_ENTSIZE_HASH definition (patch by Jakub) |
| 677 | |
| 678 | Version 0.67: |
| 679 | |
| 680 | libelf: correct mistake in error string handling. |
| 681 | |
| 682 | libelf: Implement ELF_F_PERMISSIVE. |
| 683 | strip: Implement --permissive option. |
| 684 | |
| 685 | Version 0.66: |
| 686 | |
| 687 | strip: Implement -g option. |
| 688 | |
| 689 | libelf: Handle broken hash table entry sizes. |
| 690 | |
| 691 | libebl: New function ebl_debugscn_p. Use it where appropriate. |
| 692 | |
| 693 | Version 0.65: |
| 694 | |
| 695 | libelf: Use correct file size for NOBITS section with ELF_F_LAYOUT set |
| 696 | |
| 697 | Version 0.64: |
| 698 | |
| 699 | libelf: Make error handling more robust. |
| 700 | libelf: Use TLS in error handler if configured with --enable-tls |
| 701 | |
| 702 | tests: input files are now distributed, not uuencoded in the shell scripts |
| 703 | |
| 704 | libdw: implement error handling, dwarf_get_pubnames |
| 705 | |
| 706 | Version 0.63: |
| 707 | |
| 708 | Build (incomplete) libdw. |
| 709 | |
| 710 | Version 0.62: |
| 711 | |
| 712 | Get rid of libtool. |
| 713 | |
| 714 | Version 0.61: |
| 715 | |
| 716 | Fix URL of OSL. |
| 717 | |
| 718 | Version 0.60: |
| 719 | |
| 720 | libebl: Handle .gnu.warning.* sections correctly. |
| 721 | |
| 722 | size: Implement -t option. |
| 723 | |
| 724 | libebl: Add IA-64 support. |
| 725 | libebl: Update SH relocations. |
| 726 | libebl: Add Alpha support. |
| 727 | libebl: Add Arm support. |
| 728 | libebl: Add support for all currently known architecture to the loader. |
| 729 | |
| 730 | Version 0.59: |
| 731 | |
| 732 | nm: Implement -S option. Correct portable output format. Implement -s option. |
| 733 | |
| 734 | libelf: Take offset of archive into account in elf_rand. |
| 735 | |
| 736 | Version 0.58: |
| 737 | |
| 738 | strip: fix handling of ET_REL files. |
| 739 | Add tests for strip. |
| 740 | |
| 741 | Version 0.57: |
| 742 | |
| 743 | strip: respect layout of input file |
| 744 | |
| 745 | Version 0.56: |
| 746 | |
| 747 | strip: handle files with large number of sections. |
| 748 | |
| 749 | Version 0.55: |
| 750 | |
| 751 | libelf: quite a few bug fixes by Alex Larsson. |
| 752 | |
| 753 | strip: implement -f option to place stripped sections into a separate |
| 754 | file. By Alex Larsson. |
| 755 | |
| 756 | Version 0.54: |
| 757 | |
| 758 | strip: don't let STT_SECTION symbols keeps sections from being removed |
| 759 | |
| 760 | elflint: local symbols are allowed in .dynsym |
| 761 | elflint: special case .rel.dyn a bit |
| 762 | |
| 763 | Version 0.53: |
| 764 | |
| 765 | elflint: check types and flags of special sections defined in gABI |
| 766 | |
| 767 | libebl: add x86-64 support |
| 768 | |
| 769 | Version 0.52: |
| 770 | |
| 771 | Start improvement of debug info handling in nm. |
| 772 | |
| 773 | libasm: implement asm_adduleb128 and asm_addsleb128 and a test for them |
| 774 | |
| 775 | Version 0.51: |
| 776 | |
| 777 | Fix build on 64-bit platforms. |
| 778 | |
| 779 | Version 0.50: |
| 780 | |
| 781 | nm: print file/line number also for local symbols |
| 782 | |
| 783 | use versions scripts not libtool's useless -export-symbols option |
| 784 | |
| 785 | Version 0.49: |
| 786 | |
| 787 | Update to autoconf 2.54 and automake 1.7. |
| 788 | |
| 789 | elflint: check note sections |
| 790 | |
| 791 | libdwarf: a number of bug fixes |
| 792 | |
| 793 | readelf: print .debug_info section content |
| 794 | |
| 795 | dwarf.h: Update from draft 7 |
| 796 | |
| 797 | Version 0.48: |
| 798 | |
| 799 | libcpu: beginning |
| 800 | |
| 801 | libelf: new function to read parts of the ELF file |
| 802 | |
| 803 | libebl: support for note section handling |
| 804 | |
| 805 | readelf: dump note sections |
| 806 | |
| 807 | Version 0.47: |
| 808 | |
| 809 | libelf: fix little new section-handling related bugs in elf_getshstrndx |
| 810 | and elf_nextscn |
| 811 | |
| 812 | elflint: tests for mandatory content of dynamic section |
| 813 | |
| 814 | libasm: better handling of absolute symbols |
| 815 | |
| 816 | Version 0.46: |
| 817 | |
| 818 | libasm: rewrite to store Elf_Scn* instead of indices |
| 819 | |
| 820 | nm: finish many-section support |
| 821 | |
| 822 | nm: use debug in to print file/line info in sysv format |
| 823 | |
| 824 | libdwarf: fix a few bugs in DIE handling |
| 825 | |
| 826 | Version 0.45: |
| 827 | |
| 828 | libelf: major rewrite to keep Elf_Scn references valid until elf_end |
| 829 | |
| 830 | Version 0.44: |
| 831 | |
| 832 | libasm: Add support for bss, ABS, and COM sections. |
| 833 | |
| 834 | libebl: ebl_section_name takes now two index arguments to distinguish |
| 835 | between special sections and extended sections |
| 836 | |
| 837 | Version 0.43: |
| 838 | |
| 839 | General: fix a few problem gcc 3.1 had with the code. |
| 840 | |
| 841 | libelf: implement {gelf,elf32,elf64}_checksum |
| 842 | |
| 843 | libelf: optimze DSO: fewer relocations, fewer PLTs |
| 844 | |
| 845 | add msg_tst test |
| 846 | |
| 847 | ld: use correct section header string table index; write correct index |
| 848 | |
| 849 | add dependencies for *.sym files |
| 850 | |
| 851 | Version 0.42: |
| 852 | |
| 853 | libelf: add elf_getshnum and elf_getshstrndx |
| 854 | |
| 855 | libebl: update section type name function |
| 856 | |
| 857 | elflint: tons of fixes wrt large number of sections. New tests in this area. |
| 858 | Same amount of other bug fixes. |
| 859 | |
| 860 | size, strip, nm: better support for large number of sections. Including |
| 861 | using correct section header string table |
| 862 | |
| 863 | libasm: correctly create data structures for large number of sections |
| 864 | |
| 865 | new tests asm-tst4 and asm-tst5 to check large number of sections |
| 866 | |
| 867 | libasm: implement section group generation |
| 868 | |
| 869 | elflint: more tests on section groups. Improve performance on existing |
| 870 | section group tests |
| 871 | |
| 872 | Version 0.41: |
| 873 | |
| 874 | ld: add undefined symbols to dynamic symbol table if --export-dynamic is |
| 875 | not given |
| 876 | |
| 877 | ld: fix value of e_entry |
| 878 | |
| 879 | Version 0.40: |
| 880 | |
| 881 | elflint: print section names in error messages |
| 882 | |
| 883 | elflint: mustn't warn about multiple DT_NULL |
| 884 | |
| 885 | ld: don't emit all symbols if --export-dynamic is not given |
| 886 | |
| 887 | ld: correct compute symbol address in output file (section index was off by 1) |
| 888 | |
| 889 | ld: generate correct version info in dynsym without --export-dynamic and |
| 890 | in symtab |
| 891 | |
| 892 | Version 0.39: |
| 893 | |
| 894 | Fix check of various e_*size entries in elflint. |
| 895 | |
| 896 | Handle text output in asm_newsym. |
| 897 | |
| 898 | Finish checks in asm-tst3. |
| 899 | |
| 900 | Version 0.38: |
| 901 | |
| 902 | Update to autoconf 2.53, automake 1.6, gettext 0.11+. |
| 903 | |
| 904 | Introduce *.sym files to restrict export from DSOs. |
| 905 | |
| 906 | Use attribute_hidden and internal_function to optimize DSO code. |
| 907 | |
| 908 | Add TLS definitions in elf.h and handle them in readelf. |
| 909 | |
| 910 | Fix bug in verdef section generation in ld. |
| 911 | |
| 912 | Add initial libasm code. |
| 913 | |
| 914 | Version 0.37: |
| 915 | |
| 916 | Implement better hash size optimization heuristic in ld. It uses a formula |
| 917 | taking number of tests into account. |
| 918 | |
| 919 | Lots of small bug fixes. |
| 920 | |
| 921 | Improve readelf output format. Respect various sh_link/sh_info values. |
| 922 | Correctly print versioning information for symbol tables. |
| 923 | |
| 924 | Version 0.36: |
| 925 | |
| 926 | Implement preprocessing of linker script. Recognize -z combreloc. |
| 927 | |
| 928 | Version 0.35: |
| 929 | |
| 930 | Implement -z ignore|record for ld. |
| 931 | |
| 932 | Implement creating of .gnu.version_r and .gnu.version sections. The |
| 933 | .gnu.version does not yet contain correct info for defined and versioned |
| 934 | symbols (means .gnu.version_d is not yet implemented). |
| 935 | |
| 936 | Implement gelf_update_* functions to create versioning data. |
| 937 | |
| 938 | Version 0.34: |
| 939 | |
| 940 | Add DT_RUNPATH/DT_RPATH entries to dynamic section. Create .plt and |
| 941 | .rel.plt sections (completely). Add support for all four PLT related |
| 942 | dynamic section entries. Add callback function for PLT creation. |
| 943 | |
| 944 | More tests in elflint. Add support for very strict checking which for |
| 945 | now flags level 2 (deprecated features) usage. |
| 946 | |
| 947 | Version 0.33: |
| 948 | |
| 949 | Create dynamic symbol table, dynamic string table, and hash table to ld. |
| 950 | |
| 951 | Add hash table histogram support to readelf. |
| 952 | |
| 953 | Version 0.32: |
| 954 | |
| 955 | more work on elflint |
| 956 | |
| 957 | ld now creates the dynamic section and references it. Start adding entries |
| 958 | to dynamic section. |
| 959 | |
| 960 | Version 0.31: |
| 961 | |
| 962 | Start implementing elflint. |
| 963 | |
| 964 | Version 0.30: |
| 965 | |
| 966 | Fix handling of NOBITS sections in elf_getdata. |
| 967 | |
| 968 | Start implementing generation of executables and DSOs in ld. |
| 969 | Generation of program header mostly done. Address computation done. |
| 970 | Extension of linker script syntax. |
| 971 | |
| 972 | Various cleanups. |
| 973 | |
| 974 | Implement section group handling in readelf. |
| 975 | |
| 976 | Version 0.29: |
| 977 | |
| 978 | Implement section groups. This involved a lot of code moving. The |
| 979 | new code is entirely untested since gas/gcc are currently not able to |
| 980 | create section groups. ld works fine on files without section groups. |
| 981 | |
| 982 | Version 0.28: |
| 983 | |
| 984 | Fix problem with adding more section in elf_newscn. The section pointers |
| 985 | for the data buffers wasn't adjusted. |
| 986 | |
| 987 | Fix elf_getdata with nonzero second parameter. Correctly handle creation |
| 988 | of internal data buffer for machines without unaligned access. |
| 989 | |
| 990 | Version 0.27: |
| 991 | |
| 992 | Start adding support to selectively add sections. Includes support for |
| 993 | section groups. |
| 994 | Add --gc-sections/--no-gc-sections options. |
| 995 | Add general section merging support. |
| 996 | |
| 997 | Fix a bug in section group support in strip. |
| 998 | |
| 999 | Fix some potential problems with hash value in dynamic hash implementation. |
| 1000 | |
| 1001 | Version 0.26: |
| 1002 | |
| 1003 | section merging works in ld. |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | Version 0.25: |
| 1006 | |
| 1007 | Actually create data structures from version map file and use it to hide |
| 1008 | symbols in ld. |
| 1009 | |
| 1010 | Implement -s -s for ld. |
| 1011 | |
| 1012 | Version 0.24: |
| 1013 | |
| 1014 | Improve relocation table output in readelf. Avoid some crashes. |
| 1015 | Finish many section handling in readelf. |
| 1016 | |
| 1017 | Finish: finish implementation of ld -r. At least some simple tests pass. |
| 1018 | |
| 1019 | Version 0.23: |
| 1020 | |
| 1021 | Fix a number of errors in ELF_C_WRITE handling. |
| 1022 | |
| 1023 | Almost finished implementation of ld -r. The data sections are all copied. |
| 1024 | Handling of symbol tables is missing. |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | Version 0.22: |
| 1027 | |
| 1028 | Handle DSO and archive input files correctly if -r option is given. |
| 1029 | |
| 1030 | Gracefully deal with no phdr in new file in libelf. |
| 1031 | Fix various small error handling problems. |
| 1032 | Don't mmap file for output unless the command says so. |
| 1033 | |
| 1034 | Add code to create ELF section header table to ld finalize routines. |
| 1035 | |
| 1036 | Version 0.21: |
| 1037 | |
| 1038 | Fix some problems with recursive handling of archives in libelf. |
| 1039 | |
| 1040 | Improve messages printed by nm. |
| 1041 | |
| 1042 | Add symbol binding name handling to libebl. Fix section name handling in |
| 1043 | libebl. |
| 1044 | |
| 1045 | readelf and nm use more libebl functions. |
| 1046 | |
| 1047 | Handle XINDEX correctly in nm and string. |
| 1048 | |
| 1049 | Add first machine ld backend library (i386). |
| 1050 | Use it. Recognize -r and --shared. Avoid using -lxxx parameters for -r. |
| 1051 | Create ELF header in output file. Change mode of output file according to |
| 1052 | output file type. Reorganize callback initialization in ld. |
| 1053 | |
| 1054 | Version 0.20: |
| 1055 | |
| 1056 | Fix some memory leaks in libelf. |
| 1057 | |
| 1058 | Version 0.19: |
| 1059 | |
| 1060 | Implement reading version script. Both inside linker scripts and via the |
| 1061 | --version-script command line parameter. Uses the same code. |
| 1062 | What remains to be done is to implement a data structure which allows |
| 1063 | efficient matching against the version names to decide which pattern |
| 1064 | matches. |
| 1065 | |
| 1066 | Beginning of output generation and output writing functions. |
| 1067 | |
| 1068 | Version 0.18: |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | Finish implementation for DSO input file handling. Implement rpath, runpath, |
| 1071 | and LD_LIBRARY_PATH handling. |
| 1072 | |
| 1073 | Version 0.17: |
| 1074 | |
| 1075 | make handling of e_shnum overflow in libelf standard conforming |
| 1076 | |
| 1077 | ld now actually can handle DSOs in linker scripts. Handling of DT_RUNPATH, |
| 1078 | DT_RPATH, -rpath, -rpath-link still remains to be implemented. |
| 1079 | |
| 1080 | fix handling of -L parameters. Make actual use of the default_paths element. |
| 1081 | |
| 1082 | make re-definition of symbols in and from DSO compatible with existing linker |
| 1083 | |
| 1084 | Version 0.16: |
| 1085 | |
| 1086 | more work on assigning input sections to output sections. |
| 1087 | |
| 1088 | Add gelf_xlatetof and gelf_xlatetom which were accidently left out. |
| 1089 | |
| 1090 | Fix memory handling of section headers. |
| 1091 | |
| 1092 | Version 0.15: |
| 1093 | |
| 1094 | Add many-section support to ld. Add various new command line parameters. |
| 1095 | Allow pagesize to be specified in linker script or on the command line. |
| 1096 | Collect input sections in list for the output section according to the rules |
| 1097 | specified in the linker script. |
| 1098 | |
| 1099 | Version 0.14: |
| 1100 | |
| 1101 | Fix some problems in the internal list handling which had the result |
| 1102 | that we didn't look for some of the unresolved symbols. |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | Free some memory if we know we don't need it anymore. |
| 1105 | |
| 1106 | Optimize the list of unresolved symbols. Throw out symbols which are |
| 1107 | meanwhile resolved. |
| 1108 | |
| 1109 | Version 0.13: |
| 1110 | |
| 1111 | Got file reading correct now. The files are all read while parsing |
| 1112 | the parameters. No creating of data structures to describe the linker |
| 1113 | command line. The symbol table is built up while reading the files. |
| 1114 | DSOs are handled now. -( -) handling is optimized. |
| 1115 | |
| 1116 | Version 0.12: |
| 1117 | |
| 1118 | Linker read linker scripts everywhere. Handles --whole-archive. Recognizes |
| 1119 | --dynamic and --static. Collects defined and undefined symbols. Recognizes |
| 1120 | conflicts. |
| 1121 | |
| 1122 | libebl now defines functions to call the callbacks. Add generic name handling |
| 1123 | in these new functions. Remove the code from readelf and call the new |
| 1124 | functions. |
| 1125 | |
| 1126 | Version 0.11: |
| 1127 | |
| 1128 | Start of linker. Basic argument parsing, finding of input files, |
| 1129 | linker script reading. |
| 1130 | |
| 1131 | Version 0.10: |
| 1132 | |
| 1133 | Implement dwarf_get_fde_n(), dwarf_get_abbrev(), dwarf_get_abbrev_tag(), |
| 1134 | dwarf_get_abbrev_code(), dwarf_get_abbrev_children_flag(), |
| 1135 | dwarf_get_abbrev_entry(), dwarf_get_fde_at_pc(), and tests for it. |
| 1136 | |
| 1137 | Version 0.9: |
| 1138 | |
| 1139 | Implement dwarf_get_fde_list_eh(), dwarf_get_cie_of_fde(), |
| 1140 | dwarf_get_fde_range(), dwarf_get_cie_info(), dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes(), |
| 1141 | and tests for them. |
| 1142 | |
| 1143 | Version 0.8: |
| 1144 | |
| 1145 | Make handling of binaries in other byte order work and add tests for it. |
| 1146 | |
| 1147 | Version 0.7: |
| 1148 | |
| 1149 | Implement dwarf_get_aranges(), dwarf_get_arange(), dwarf_get_cu_die_offset(), |
| 1150 | dwarf_get_arange_info(), and tests for them. |
| 1151 | |
| 1152 | Version 0.6: |
| 1153 | |
| 1154 | Implement dwarf_get_global(), dwarf_globname(), dwarf_global_die_offset(), |
| 1155 | dwarf_global_cu_offset(), dwarf_global_name_offsets(), and tests for them |
| 1156 | |
| 1157 | Version 0.5: |
| 1158 | |
| 1159 | Implemented dwarf_srclines(), dwarf_srcfiles(), dwarf_linebeginstatement(), |
| 1160 | dwarf_lineendsequence(), dwarf_lineno(), dwarf_lineaddr(), dwarf_lineoff(), |
| 1161 | dwarf_linesrc(), dwarf_lineblock(), dwarf_lineprologueend(), |
| 1162 | dwarf_lineepiloguebegin(), and tests for them. |
| 1163 | |
| 1164 | Version 0.4: |
| 1165 | |
| 1166 | Implemented dwarf_loclist(). |
| 1167 | |
| 1168 | Version 0.3: |
| 1169 | |
| 1170 | Implemented dwarf_dieoffset(), dwarf_die_CU_offset(), dwarf_diename() and |
| 1171 | tests. |
| 1172 | |
| 1173 | Implemented dwarf_attrlist(), dwarf_hasattr(), dwarf_attr(), dwarf_lowpc(), |
| 1174 | dwarf_highpc(), dwarf_bytesize(), dwarf_bitsize(), dwarf_bitoffset(), |
| 1175 | dwarf_srclang(), dwarf_arrayorder(), dwarf_hasform(), dwarf_whatform(), |
| 1176 | dwarf_whatattr(), dwarf_formref(), dwarf_global_formref(), dwarf_formaddr(), |
| 1177 | dwarf_formflag(), dwarf_formudata(), dwarf_formsdata(), dwarf_formblock, |
| 1178 | dwarf_formstring() and tests for them. |
| 1179 | |
| 1180 | Version 0.2: |
| 1181 | |
| 1182 | Implemented dwarf_offdie()), dwarf_tag(), dwarf_dieoffset(), |
| 1183 | dwarf_die_CU_offset(), dwarf_diename() and tests for them. |
| 1184 | |
| 1185 | Version 0.1: |
| 1186 | |
| 1187 | First libdwarf functions work. |
| 1188 | |
| 1189 | Version 0.0: |
| 1190 | |
| 1191 | libelf and parts of libebl are done. |