source: rtems-tools/linkers/rld-rap.h @ 26b46b1

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1/*
2 * Copyright (c) 2012, Chris Johns <chrisj@rtems.org>
3 *
4 * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
5 * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
6 * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
7 *
8 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
9 * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
10 * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
11 * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
12 * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
13 * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
14 * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
15 */
16/**
17 * @file
18 *
19 * @ingroup rtems-ld
20 *
21 * @brief RTEMS Linker RTEMS Application (RAP) Format management.
22 *
23 */
24
25#if !defined (_RLD_RAP_H_)
26#define _RLD_RAP_H_
27
28#include <rld-files.h>
29
30namespace rld
31{
32  namespace rap
33  {
34    /**
35     * The RAP relocation bit masks.
36     */
37    #define RAP_RELOC_RELA         (1UL << 31)
38    #define RAP_RELOC_STRING       (1UL << 31)
39    #define RAP_RELOC_STRING_EMBED (1UL << 30)
40
41    /**
42     * The sections of interest in a RAP file.
43     */
44    enum sections
45    {
46      rap_text = 0,
47      rap_const = 1,
48      rap_ctor = 2,
49      rap_dtor = 3,
50      rap_data = 4,
51      rap_bss = 5,
52      rap_secs = 6
53    };
54
55    /**
56     * Return the name of a section.
57     */
58    const char* section_name (int sec);
59
60    /**
61     * Write a RAP format file.
62     *
63     * The symbol table is provided to allow incremental linking at some point
64     * in the future. I suspect this will also require extra options being
65     * added to control symbol visibility in the RAP file. For example an
66     * "application" may be self contained and does not need to export any
67     * symbols therefore no symbols are added and the only ones are part of the
68     * relocation records to bind to base image symbols. Another case is the
69     * need for an application to export symbols because it is using dlopen to
70     * load modules. Here the symbols maybe 'all' or it could be a user
71     * maintained list that are exported.
72     *
73     * @param app The application image to write too.
74     * @param init The application's initialisation entry point.
75     * @param fini The application's finish entry point .
76     * @param objects The list of object files in the application.
77     * @param symbols The symbol table used to create the application.
78     */
79    void write (files::image&             app,
80                const std::string&        init,
81                const std::string&        fini,
82                const files::object_list& objects,
83                const symbols::table&     symbols);
84  }
85}
86
87#endif
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