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bfd: What BFD Version 2 Can Do

 
 1.3 What BFD Version 2 Can Do
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 When an object file is opened, BFD subroutines automatically determine
 the format of the input object file.  They then build a descriptor in
 memory with pointers to routines that will be used to access elements of
 the object file's data structures.
 
    As different information from the object files is required, BFD reads
 from different sections of the file and processes them.  For example, a
 very common operation for the linker is processing symbol tables.  Each
 BFD back end provides a routine for converting between the object file's
 representation of symbols and an internal canonical format.  When the
 linker asks for the symbol table of an object file, it calls through a
 memory pointer to the routine from the relevant BFD back end which reads
 and converts the table into a canonical form.  The linker then operates
 upon the canonical form.  When the link is finished and the linker
 writes the output file's symbol table, another BFD back end routine is
 called to take the newly created symbol table and convert it into the
 chosen output format.
bfd: What BFD Version 2 Can Do

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