bfd/README.hppaelf

   1 HPPA/ELF README file:
   2
   3         HP PA-RISC support was contributed by the Center for Software Science
   4         at the University of Utah.
   5
   6 This is the status of the hppa/elf code in bfd 2.0 as of January 29, 1993:
   7
   8 1. It generates correct ELF files for all of the input I've given it
   9 so far.  I've used this version of libbfd.a to build an hppa/elf
  10 version of gas 1.36 (emits SOM).  I've run files as large as 200K
  11 lines of assembly through it.
  12
  13 2. ELF executables that are created *always* have 3 program header
  14 table entries.  This is due to the exec() support we have in the
  15 kernel for ELF executables.  It expects *exactly* 3 program header
  16 table entries -- one for text, one for data, and one for bss.
  17 Currently, there's no support for any other types of program header
  18 table entries.