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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2023-02-16 16:27:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2023-02-16 16:27:08 +0000 |
| commit | 9fe129a4105bb59398f73ce96938a94f19265b79 (patch) | |
| tree | 33772b47038b290b37158f78813bab4ce8360958 /ld/NEWS | |
| parent | 6f63b61dd116becf96f47bb2dec61edd59f88a08 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-gdb-9fe129a4105bb59398f73ce96938a94f19265b79.tar.gz | |
Add support for the ASCII directive inside linker scripts.
* ldlex.l: Add ASCII token.
* ldgram.y: Add parsing of the ASCII command.
* ldlang.c (lang_add_string): Add maximum size parameter. Move escape character handling code into separate function.
* ldlang.h (lang_add_string): Update prototype.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* ld.texi (Output Section Data): Document the new directives.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/asciz.t: Adjust to work on more architectures and to test more aspects of the ASCIZ directive.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/asciz.d: Adjust to match the changes to the test linker script.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/ascii.d: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/ascii.s: New test assembler source.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/ascii.t: New test script.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/script.exp: Run the new test.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/NEWS | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ -*- text -*- -* The linker script syntax has a new command for output sections: ASCIZ "string" +* The linker script syntax has two new commands for inserting text into output + sections: + ASCII (<size>) "string" + This will reserve a zero filled block of <size> bytes at the current + location and insert "string" at the beginning of the block. If the string + is too long, it will be truncated. + ASCIZ "string" This will insert a zero-terminated string at the current location. Changes in 2.40: |