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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-cross-tools-binutils" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="binutils.html"?>
10
11 <title>Cross Binutils-&binutils-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils">
14 <primary sortas="a-Binutils">Binutils</primary>
15 <secondary>cross tools</secondary>
16 </indexterm>
17
18 <sect2 role="package">
19 <title/>
20
21 <para>The Binutils package contains a linker, an assembler, and other
22 tools for handling object files.</para>
23
24 </sect2>
25
26 <sect2 role="installation">
27 <title>Installation of Cross Binutils</title>
28
29 <para os="a">It is important that Binutils be the first package compiled
30 because both uClibc and GCC perform various tests on the available
31 linker and assembler to determine which of their own features to
32 enable.</para>
33
34 <para os="ab">Fix a couple of syntax errors that prevent the documentation
35 from building with some versions of Texinfo:</para>
36
37<screen os="ac"><userinput>sed -i -e 's/@colophon/@@colophon/' \
38 -e 's/doc@cygnus.com/doc@@cygnus.com/' bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo</userinput></screen>
39
40 <para os="b">The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the
41 source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
42
43<screen os="c"><userinput>mkdir -v ../binutils-build
44cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
45
46 <para os="d">Prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
47
48<screen os="e"><userinput>../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=${CLFS}/cross-tools \
49 --target=${CLFS_TARGET} --with-sysroot=${CLFS} --disable-nls \
50 --enable-shared --disable-multilib</userinput></screen>
51
52 <variablelist os="f">
53 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
54
55 <varlistentry os="f1">
56 <term><parameter>--prefix=${CLFS}/cross-tools</parameter></term>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>This tells the configure script to prepare to install the
59 package in the <filename class="directory">${CLFS}/cross-tools</filename>
60 directory.</para>
61 </listitem>
62 </varlistentry>
63
64 <varlistentry os="f3">
65 <term><parameter>--target=${CLFS_TARGET}</parameter></term>
66 <listitem>
67 <para>When used with --host, this creates a cross-architecture
68 executable that creates files for ${CLFS_TARGET} but runs on
69 the host system.</para>
70 </listitem>
71 </varlistentry>
72
73 <varlistentry os="f4">
74 <term><parameter>--with-sysroot=${CLFS}</parameter></term>
75 <listitem>
76 <para>This tells configure that ${CLFS} is going to be the root
77 of our system. It will now use the specified sysroot, ${CLFS}, as
78 a prefix of the default search paths.</para>
79 </listitem>
80 </varlistentry>
81
82 <varlistentry os="f5">
83 <term><parameter>--disable-nls</parameter></term>
84 <listitem>
85 <para>This disables internationalization as i18n is not needed for the
86 cross-compile tools.</para>
87 </listitem>
88 </varlistentry>
89
90 <varlistentry os="f6">
91 <term><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter></term>
92 <listitem>
93 <para>Enable the creation of the shared libraries.</para>
94 </listitem>
95 </varlistentry>
96
97 <varlistentry os="f7">
98 <term><parameter>--disable-multilib</parameter></term>
99 <listitem>
100 <para>This option disables the building of a multilib
101 capable binutils.</para>
102 </listitem>
103 </varlistentry>
104
105 </variablelist>
106
107 <para os="g">Compile the package:</para>
108
109<screen os="h"><userinput>make configure-host
110make</userinput></screen>
111
112 <variablelist os="i">
113 <title>The meaning of the make options:</title>
114
115 <varlistentry os="i1">
116 <term><parameter>configure-host</parameter></term>
117 <listitem>
118 <para>This checks the host environment and makes sure all the
119 necessary tools are available to compile Binutils.</para>
120 </listitem>
121 </varlistentry>
122
123 </variablelist>
124
125 <para os="j">Install the package:</para>
126
127<screen os="k"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
128
129 <para os="l">Copy the <filename class="headerfile">libiberty.h</filename> file to
130 <filename class="directory">${CLFS}/usr/include</filename> directory:</para>
131
132<screen os="m"><userinput>cp -v ../binutils-&binutils-version;/include/libiberty.h ${CLFS}/cross-tools/include</userinput></screen>
133
134 </sect2>
135
136 <sect2 id="contents-binutils" role="content">
137 <title>Contents of Binutils</title>
138
139 <segmentedlist>
140 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
141 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
142
143 <seglistitem>
144 <seg>addr2line, ar, as, c++filt, elfedit, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy,
145 objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, and strip</seg>
146 <seg>libiberty.a, libbfd.[a,so], and libopcodes.[a,so]</seg>
147 </seglistitem>
148 </segmentedlist>
149
150 <variablelist>
151 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
152 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
153 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
154
155 <varlistentry id="addr2line">
156 <term><command>addr2line</command></term>
157 <listitem>
158 <para>Translates program addresses to file names and line numbers;
159 given an address and the name of an executable, it uses the debugging
160 information in the executable to determine which source file and line
161 number are associated with the address</para>
162 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils addr2line">
163 <primary sortas="b-addr2line">addr2line</primary>
164 </indexterm>
165 </listitem>
166 </varlistentry>
167
168 <varlistentry id="ar">
169 <term><command>ar</command></term>
170 <listitem>
171 <para>Creates, modifies, and extracts from archives</para>
172 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils ar">
173 <primary sortas="b-ar">ar</primary>
174 </indexterm>
175 </listitem>
176 </varlistentry>
177
178 <varlistentry id="as">
179 <term><command>as</command></term>
180 <listitem>
181 <para>An assembler that assembles the output of <command>gcc</command>
182 into object files</para>
183 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils as">
184 <primary sortas="b-as">as</primary>
185 </indexterm>
186 </listitem>
187 </varlistentry>
188
189 <varlistentry id="c-filt">
190 <term><command>c++filt</command></term>
191 <listitem>
192 <para>Used by the linker to de-mangle C++ and Java symbols and to keep
193 overloaded functions from clashing</para>
194 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils c-filt">
195 <primary sortas="b-c++filt">c++filt</primary>
196 </indexterm>
197 </listitem>
198 </varlistentry>
199
200 <varlistentry id="elfedit">
201 <term><command>elfedit</command></term>
202 <listitem>
203 <para>Examine and modify ELF metadata within an ELF object</para>
204 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils elfedit">
205 <primary sortas="b-elfedit">elfedit</primary>
206 </indexterm>
207 </listitem>
208 </varlistentry>
209
210 <varlistentry id="gprof">
211 <term><command>gprof</command></term>
212 <listitem>
213 <para>Displays call graph profile data</para>
214 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils gprof">
215 <primary sortas="b-gprof">gprof</primary>
216 </indexterm>
217 </listitem>
218 </varlistentry>
219
220 <varlistentry id="ld">
221 <term><command>ld</command></term>
222 <listitem>
223 <para>A linker that combines a number of object and archive files
224 into a single file, relocating their data and tying up symbol
225 references</para>
226 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils ld">
227 <primary sortas="b-ld">ld</primary>
228 </indexterm>
229 </listitem>
230 </varlistentry>
231
232 <varlistentry id="nm">
233 <term><command>nm</command></term>
234 <listitem>
235 <para>Lists the symbols occurring in a given object file</para>
236 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils nm">
237 <primary sortas="b-nm">nm</primary>
238 </indexterm>
239 </listitem>
240 </varlistentry>
241
242 <varlistentry id="objcopy">
243 <term><command>objcopy</command></term>
244 <listitem>
245 <para>Copy the contents of one object file to another</para>
246 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils objcopy">
247 <primary sortas="b-objcopy">objcopy</primary>
248 </indexterm>
249 </listitem>
250 </varlistentry>
251
252 <varlistentry id="objdump">
253 <term><command>objdump</command></term>
254 <listitem>
255 <para>Displays information about the given object file, with options
256 controlling the particular information to display; the information
257 shown is useful to programmers who are working on the compilation
258 tools</para>
259 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils objdump">
260 <primary sortas="b-objdump">objdump</primary>
261 </indexterm>
262 </listitem>
263 </varlistentry>
264
265 <varlistentry id="ranlib">
266 <term><command>ranlib</command></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>Generates an index of the contents of an archive and stores it
269 in the archive; the index lists all of the symbols defined by archive
270 members that are relocatable object files</para>
271 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils ranlib">
272 <primary sortas="b-ranlib">ranlib</primary>
273 </indexterm>
274 </listitem>
275 </varlistentry>
276
277 <varlistentry id="readelf">
278 <term><command>readelf</command></term>
279 <listitem>
280 <para>Displays information about ELF type binaries</para>
281 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils readelf">
282 <primary sortas="b-readelf">readelf</primary>
283 </indexterm>
284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 <varlistentry id="size">
288 <term><command>size</command></term>
289 <listitem>
290 <para>Lists the section sizes and the total size for the given
291 object files</para>
292 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils size">
293 <primary sortas="b-size">size</primary>
294 </indexterm>
295 </listitem>
296 </varlistentry>
297
298 <varlistentry id="strings">
299 <term><command>strings</command></term>
300 <listitem>
301 <para>Outputs, for each given file, the sequences of printable
302 characters that are of at least the specified length (defaulting to
303 four); for object files, it prints, by default, only the strings from
304 the initializing and loading sections while for other types of files,
305 it scans the entire file</para>
306 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils strings">
307 <primary sortas="b-strings">strings</primary>
308 </indexterm>
309 </listitem>
310 </varlistentry>
311
312 <varlistentry id="strip">
313 <term><command>strip</command></term>
314 <listitem>
315 <para>Discards symbols from object files</para>
316 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils strip">
317 <primary sortas="b-strip">strip</primary>
318 </indexterm>
319 </listitem>
320 </varlistentry>
321
322 <varlistentry id="libiberty">
323 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libiberty</filename></term>
324 <listitem>
325 <para>Contains routines used by various GNU programs, including
326 <command>getopt</command>, <command>obstack</command>,
327 <command>strerror</command>, <command>strtol</command>, and
328 <command>strtoul</command></para>
329 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils libiberty">
330 <primary sortas="c-libiberty">libiberty</primary>
331 </indexterm>
332 </listitem>
333 </varlistentry>
334
335 <varlistentry id="libbfd">
336 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libbfd</filename></term>
337 <listitem>
338 <para>The Binary File Descriptor library</para>
339 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils libbfd">
340 <primary sortas="c-libbfd">libbfd</primary>
341 </indexterm>
342 </listitem>
343 </varlistentry>
344
345 <varlistentry id="libopcodes">
346 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libopcodes</filename></term>
347 <listitem>
348 <para>A library for dealing with opcodes&mdash;the <quote>readable
349 text</quote> versions of instructions for the processor;
350 it is used for building utilities like
351 <command>objdump</command>.</para>
352 <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-binutils libopcodes">
353 <primary sortas="c-libopcodes">libopcodes</primary>
354 </indexterm>
355 </listitem>
356 </varlistentry>
357
358 </variablelist>
359
360 </sect2>
361
362</sect1>
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