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Ray Frederick (s442013@nexus.yorku.ca) wrote:
> Is there complete documentation to the bfd library? I only found bfd.texinfo in
> bfd/doc and it isn't complete. I have been trying to follow the code that
> recognizes a loadfile but I don't have any luck.

The documentation is extracted from the source code.  There's also some include
files created from documentation in the source (which may take a while to figure
out).  To build the documentation, you first have to configure the bfd package,
then go to bfd/doc and say "make".  Examine doc/Makefile (created by configure)
for clues on how this all works.

> I am interested in creating a new bfd but would like to be able to follow the
> code that examines the files structure first.

I'd suggest executing it in a source level debugger (go the the ../binutils
and "make nm" for example, then run that in the debugger).

When writing a new format, try to avoid looking at the a.out-related
files (unless you're adding an a.out flavour, of course), as these add
yet another level of complexity.  I found the srec, ieee and bout-related
files to be pretty useful.

BTW, I'm currently adding bfd support for the amiga hunk format.

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Ray. 	s442013@nexus.yorku.ca

-- Leonard