| 1 | BFD is a an object file library. It permits applications to use the
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| 2 | same routines to process object files regardless of their format.
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| 3 |
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| 4 | BFD is used by the GNU debugger, assembler, linker, and the binary
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| 5 | utilities.
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| 6 |
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| 7 | The documentation on using BFD is scanty and may be occasionally
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| 8 | incorrect. Pointers to documentation problems, or an entirely
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| 9 | rewritten manual, would be appreciated.
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| 10 |
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| 11 | There is some BFD internals documentation in doc/bfdint.texi which may
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| 12 | help programmers who want to modify BFD.
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| 13 |
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| 14 | BFD is normally built as part of another package. See the build
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| 15 | instructions for that package, probably in a README file in the
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| 16 | appropriate directory.
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| 17 |
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| 18 | BFD supports the following configure options:
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| 19 |
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| 20 | --target=TARGET
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| 21 | The default target for which to build the library. TARGET is
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| 22 | a configuration target triplet, such as sparc-sun-solaris.
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| 23 | --enable-targets=TARGET,TARGET,TARGET...
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| 24 | Additional targets the library should support. To include
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| 25 | support for all known targets, use --enable-targets=all.
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| 26 | --enable-64-bit-bfd
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| 27 | Include support for 64 bit targets. This is automatically
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| 28 | turned on if you explicitly request a 64 bit target, but not
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| 29 | for --enable-targets=all. This requires a compiler with a 64
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| 30 | bit integer type, such as gcc.
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| 31 | --enable-shared
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| 32 | Build BFD as a shared library.
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| 33 | --with-mmap
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| 34 | Use mmap when accessing files. This is faster on some hosts,
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| 35 | but slower on others. It may not work on all hosts.
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| 36 |
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| 37 | Report bugs with BFD to bug-binutils@gnu.org.
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| 38 |
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| 39 | Patches are encouraged. When sending patches, always send the output
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| 40 | of diff -u or diff -c from the original file to the new file. Do not
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| 41 | send default diff output. Do not make the diff from the new file to
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| 42 | the original file. Remember that any patch must not break other
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| 43 | systems. Remember that BFD must support cross compilation from any
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| 44 | host to any target, so patches which use ``#ifdef HOST'' are not
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| 45 | acceptable. Please also read the ``Reporting Bugs'' section of the
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| 46 | gcc manual.
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| 47 |
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| 48 | Bug reports without patches will be remembered, but they may never get
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| 49 | fixed until somebody volunteers to fix them.
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