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* Bfd: (bfd).                   The Binary File Descriptor library.
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File: bfd.info,  Node: howto manager,  Prev: typedef arelent,  Up: Relocations

The howto manager
=================

   When an application wants to create a relocation, but doesn't know
what the target machine might call it, it can find out by using this
bit of code.

`bfd_reloc_code_type'
.....................

   *Description*
The insides of a reloc code.  The idea is that, eventually, there will
be one enumerator for every type of relocation we ever do.  Pass one of
these values to `bfd_reloc_type_lookup', and it'll return a howto
pointer.

   This does mean that the application must determine the correct
enumerator value; you can't get a howto pointer from a random set of
attributes.

   Here are the possible values for `enum bfd_reloc_code_real':

 - : BFD_RELOC_64
 - : BFD_RELOC_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_26
 - : BFD_RELOC_24
 - : BFD_RELOC_16
 - : BFD_RELOC_14
 - : BFD_RELOC_8
     Basic absolute relocations of N bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_64_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_32_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_24_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_16_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_12_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_8_PCREL
     PC-relative relocations.  Sometimes these are relative to the
     address of the relocation itself; sometimes they are relative to
     the start of the section containing the relocation.  It depends on
     the specific target.

     The 24-bit relocation is used in some Intel 960 configurations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_32_GOT_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_16_GOT_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_8_GOT_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_32_GOTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_16_GOTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_LO16_GOTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_HI16_GOTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_HI16_S_GOTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_8_GOTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_64_PLT_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_32_PLT_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_24_PLT_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_16_PLT_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_8_PLT_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_64_PLTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_32_PLTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_16_PLTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_LO16_PLTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_HI16_PLTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_HI16_S_PLTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_8_PLTOFF
     For ELF.

 - : BFD_RELOC_68K_GLOB_DAT
 - : BFD_RELOC_68K_JMP_SLOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_68K_RELATIVE
     Relocations used by 68K ELF.

 - : BFD_RELOC_32_BASEREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_16_BASEREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_LO16_BASEREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_HI16_BASEREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_HI16_S_BASEREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_8_BASEREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_RVA
     Linkage-table relative.

 - : BFD_RELOC_8_FFnn
     Absolute 8-bit relocation, but used to form an address like 0xFFnn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_32_PCREL_S2
 - : BFD_RELOC_16_PCREL_S2
 - : BFD_RELOC_23_PCREL_S2
     These PC-relative relocations are stored as word displacements -
     i.e., byte displacements shifted right two bits.  The 30-bit word
     displacement (<<32_PCREL_S2>> - 32 bits, shifted 2) is used on the
     SPARC.  (SPARC tools generally refer to this as <<WDISP30>>.)  The
     signed 16-bit displacement is used on the MIPS, and the 23-bit
     displacement is used on the Alpha.

 - : BFD_RELOC_HI22
 - : BFD_RELOC_LO10
     High 22 bits and low 10 bits of 32-bit value, placed into lower
     bits of the target word.  These are used on the SPARC.

 - : BFD_RELOC_GPREL16
 - : BFD_RELOC_GPREL32
     For systems that allocate a Global Pointer register, these are
     displacements off that register.  These relocation types are
     handled specially, because the value the register will have is
     decided relatively late.

 - : BFD_RELOC_I960_CALLJ
     Reloc types used for i960/b.out.

 - : BFD_RELOC_NONE
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_WDISP22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC13
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_GOT10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_GOT13
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_GOT22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_PC10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_PC22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_WPLT30
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_COPY
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_GLOB_DAT
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_JMP_SLOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_RELATIVE
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_UA16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_UA32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_UA64
     SPARC ELF relocations.  There is probably some overlap with other
     relocation types already defined.

 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_BASE13
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_BASE22
     I think these are specific to SPARC a.out (e.g., Sun 4).

 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_64
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_11
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_OLO10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_HH22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_HM10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_LM22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_PC_HH22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_PC_HM10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_PC_LM22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_WDISP16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_WDISP19
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_7
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_6
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_5
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_DISP64
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_PLT32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_PLT64
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_HIX22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_LOX10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_H44
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_M44
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_L44
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_REGISTER
     SPARC64 relocations

 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_REV32
     SPARC little endian relocation

 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_GD_HI22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_GD_LO10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_GD_ADD
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_GD_CALL
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_LDM_HI22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_LDM_LO10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_LDM_ADD
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_LDM_CALL
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_LDO_HIX22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_LDO_LOX10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_LDO_ADD
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_IE_HI22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_IE_LO10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_IE_LD
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_IE_LDX
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_IE_ADD
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_LE_HIX22
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_LE_LOX10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_DTPMOD32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_DTPMOD64
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_DTPOFF32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_DTPOFF64
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_TPOFF32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SPARC_TLS_TPOFF64
     SPARC TLS relocations

 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_GPDISP_HI16
     Alpha ECOFF and ELF relocations.  Some of these treat the symbol or
     "addend" in some special way.  For GPDISP_HI16 ("gpdisp")
     relocations, the symbol is ignored when writing; when reading, it
     will be the absolute section symbol.  The addend is the
     displacement in bytes of the "lda" instruction from the "ldah"
     instruction (which is at the address of this reloc).

 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_GPDISP_LO16
     For GPDISP_LO16 ("ignore") relocations, the symbol is handled as
     with GPDISP_HI16 relocs.  The addend is ignored when writing the
     relocations out, and is filled in with the file's GP value on
     reading, for convenience.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_GPDISP
     The ELF GPDISP relocation is exactly the same as the GPDISP_HI16
     relocation except that there is no accompanying GPDISP_LO16
     relocation.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_LITERAL
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_ELF_LITERAL
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_LITUSE
     The Alpha LITERAL/LITUSE relocs are produced by a symbol reference;
     the assembler turns it into a LDQ instruction to load the address
     of the symbol, and then fills in a register in the real
     instruction.

     The LITERAL reloc, at the LDQ instruction, refers to the .lita
     section symbol.  The addend is ignored when writing, but is filled
     in with the file's GP value on reading, for convenience, as with
     the GPDISP_LO16 reloc.

     The ELF_LITERAL reloc is somewhere between 16_GOTOFF and
     GPDISP_LO16.  It should refer to the symbol to be referenced, as
     with 16_GOTOFF, but it generates output not based on the position
     within the .got section, but relative to the GP value chosen for
     the file during the final link stage.

     The LITUSE reloc, on the instruction using the loaded address,
     gives information to the linker that it might be able to use to
     optimize away some literal section references.  The symbol is
     ignored (read as the absolute section symbol), and the "addend"
     indicates the type of instruction using the register: 1 - "memory"
     fmt insn 2 - byte-manipulation (byte offset reg) 3 - jsr (target
     of branch)

 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_HINT
     The HINT relocation indicates a value that should be filled into
     the "hint" field of a jmp/jsr/ret instruction, for possible branch-
     prediction logic which may be provided on some processors.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_LINKAGE
     The LINKAGE relocation outputs a linkage pair in the object file,
     which is filled by the linker.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_CODEADDR
     The CODEADDR relocation outputs a STO_CA in the object file, which
     is filled by the linker.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_GPREL_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_GPREL_LO16
     The GPREL_HI/LO relocations together form a 32-bit offset from the
     GP register.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_BRSGP
     Like BFD_RELOC_23_PCREL_S2, except that the source and target must
     share a common GP, and the target address is adjusted for
     STO_ALPHA_STD_GPLOAD.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_TLSGD
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_TLSLDM
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_DTPMOD64
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_GOTDTPREL16
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_DTPREL64
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_DTPREL_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_DTPREL_LO16
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_DTPREL16
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_GOTTPREL16
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_TPREL64
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_TPREL_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_TPREL_LO16
 - : BFD_RELOC_ALPHA_TPREL16
     Alpha thread-local storage relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_JMP
     Bits 27..2 of the relocation address shifted right 2 bits; simple
     reloc otherwise.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS16_JMP
     The MIPS16 jump instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS16_GPREL
     MIPS16 GP relative reloc.

 - : BFD_RELOC_HI16
     High 16 bits of 32-bit value; simple reloc.

 - : BFD_RELOC_HI16_S
     High 16 bits of 32-bit value but the low 16 bits will be sign
     extended and added to form the final result.  If the low 16 bits
     form a negative number, we need to add one to the high value to
     compensate for the borrow when the low bits are added.

 - : BFD_RELOC_LO16
     Low 16 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_PCREL_HI16_S
     Like BFD_RELOC_HI16_S, but PC relative.

 - : BFD_RELOC_PCREL_LO16
     Like BFD_RELOC_LO16, but PC relative.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_LITERAL
     Relocation against a MIPS literal section.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_GOT16
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_CALL16
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_GOT_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_GOT_LO16
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_CALL_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_CALL_LO16
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_SUB
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_GOT_PAGE
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_GOT_OFST
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_GOT_DISP
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_SHIFT5
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_SHIFT6
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_INSERT_A
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_INSERT_B
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_DELETE
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_HIGHEST
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_HIGHER
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_SCN_DISP
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_REL16
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_RELGOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_MIPS_JALR
      - : BFD_RELOC_FRV_LABEL16
      - : BFD_RELOC_FRV_LABEL24
      - : BFD_RELOC_FRV_LO16
      - : BFD_RELOC_FRV_HI16
      - : BFD_RELOC_FRV_GPREL12
      - : BFD_RELOC_FRV_GPRELU12
      - : BFD_RELOC_FRV_GPREL32
      - : BFD_RELOC_FRV_GPRELHI
      - : BFD_RELOC_FRV_GPRELLO
          Fujitsu Frv Relocations.
     MIPS ELF relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_386_GOT32
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_PLT32
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_COPY
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_GLOB_DAT
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_JUMP_SLOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_RELATIVE
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_GOTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_GOTPC
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_TPOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_IE
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_GOTIE
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_LE
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_GD
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_LDM
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_LDO_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_IE_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_LE_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_DTPMOD32
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_DTPOFF32
 - : BFD_RELOC_386_TLS_TPOFF32
     i386/elf relocations

 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_GOT32
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_PLT32
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_COPY
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_GLOB_DAT
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_RELATIVE
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_GOTPCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_32S
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_DTPMOD64
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_DTPOFF64
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_TPOFF64
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_TLSGD
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_TLSLD
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_DTPOFF32
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_GOTTPOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_X86_64_TPOFF32
     x86-64/elf relocations

 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_IMM_8
 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_IMM_16
 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_IMM_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_IMM_8_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_IMM_16_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_IMM_32_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_DISP_8
 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_DISP_16
 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_DISP_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_DISP_8_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_DISP_16_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_NS32K_DISP_32_PCREL
     ns32k relocations

 - : BFD_RELOC_PDP11_DISP_8_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_PDP11_DISP_6_PCREL
     PDP11 relocations

 - : BFD_RELOC_PJ_CODE_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PJ_CODE_LO16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PJ_CODE_DIR16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PJ_CODE_DIR32
 - : BFD_RELOC_PJ_CODE_REL16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PJ_CODE_REL32
     Picojava relocs.  Not all of these appear in object files.

 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_B26
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_BA26
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_TOC16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_B16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_B16_BRTAKEN
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_B16_BRNTAKEN
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_BA16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_BA16_BRTAKEN
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_BA16_BRNTAKEN
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_COPY
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GLOB_DAT
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_JMP_SLOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_RELATIVE
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_LOCAL24PC
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_NADDR32
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_NADDR16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_NADDR16_LO
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_NADDR16_HI
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_NADDR16_HA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_SDAI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_SDA2I16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_SDA2REL
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_SDA21
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_MRKREF
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_RELSEC16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_RELST_LO
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_RELST_HI
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_RELST_HA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_BIT_FLD
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_EMB_RELSDA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_HIGHER
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_HIGHER_S
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_HIGHEST
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_HIGHEST_S
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TOC16_LO
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TOC16_HI
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TOC16_HA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TOC
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_PLTGOT16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_PLTGOT16_LO
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_PLTGOT16_HI
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_PLTGOT16_HA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_ADDR16_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_ADDR16_LO_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_GOT16_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_GOT16_LO_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_PLT16_LO_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_SECTOFF_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_SECTOFF_LO_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TOC16_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TOC16_LO_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_PLTGOT16_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_PLTGOT16_LO_DS
     Power(rs6000) and PowerPC relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_TLS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_DTPMOD
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_TPREL16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_TPREL16_LO
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_TPREL16_HI
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_TPREL16_HA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_TPREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_DTPREL16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_DTPREL16_LO
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_DTPREL16_HI
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_DTPREL16_HA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_DTPREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TLSGD16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TLSGD16_LO
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TLSGD16_HI
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TLSGD16_HA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TLSLD16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TLSLD16_LO
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TLSLD16_HI
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TLSLD16_HA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TPREL16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TPREL16_LO
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TPREL16_HI
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_TPREL16_HA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_DTPREL16
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_DTPREL16_LO
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_DTPREL16_HI
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC_GOT_DTPREL16_HA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TPREL16_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TPREL16_LO_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TPREL16_HIGHER
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TPREL16_HIGHERA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TPREL16_HIGHEST
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TPREL16_HIGHESTA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_DTPREL16_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_DTPREL16_LO_DS
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_DTPREL16_HIGHER
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_DTPREL16_HIGHERA
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_DTPREL16_HIGHEST
 - : BFD_RELOC_PPC64_DTPREL16_HIGHESTA
     PowerPC and PowerPC64 thread-local storage relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_I370_D12
     IBM 370/390 relocations

 - : BFD_RELOC_CTOR
     The type of reloc used to build a contructor table - at the moment
     probably a 32 bit wide absolute relocation, but the target can
     choose.  It generally does map to one of the other relocation
     types.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_PCREL_BRANCH
     ARM 26 bit pc-relative branch.  The lowest two bits must be zero
     and are not stored in the instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_PCREL_BLX
     ARM 26 bit pc-relative branch.  The lowest bit must be zero and is
     not stored in the instruction.  The 2nd lowest bit comes from a 1
     bit field in the instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_THUMB_PCREL_BLX
     Thumb 22 bit pc-relative branch.  The lowest bit must be zero and
     is not stored in the instruction.  The 2nd lowest bit comes from a
     1 bit field in the instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_IMMEDIATE
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_ADRL_IMMEDIATE
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_OFFSET_IMM
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_SHIFT_IMM
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_SWI
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_MULTI
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_CP_OFF_IMM
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_CP_OFF_IMM_S2
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_ADR_IMM
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_LDR_IMM
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_LITERAL
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_IN_POOL
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_OFFSET_IMM8
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_HWLITERAL
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_THUMB_ADD
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_THUMB_IMM
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_THUMB_SHIFT
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_THUMB_OFFSET
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_GOT12
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_GOT32
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_JUMP_SLOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_COPY
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_GLOB_DAT
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_PLT32
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_RELATIVE
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_GOTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_ARM_GOTPC
     These relocs are only used within the ARM assembler.  They are not
     (at present) written to any object files.

 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_PCDISP8BY2
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_PCDISP12BY2
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM4
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM4BY2
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM4BY4
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM8
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM8BY2
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM8BY4
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_PCRELIMM8BY2
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_PCRELIMM8BY4
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_SWITCH16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_SWITCH32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_USES
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_COUNT
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_ALIGN
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_CODE
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_DATA
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_LABEL
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_LOOP_START
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_LOOP_END
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_COPY
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GLOB_DAT
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_JMP_SLOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_RELATIVE
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPC
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOT_LOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOT_MEDLOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOT_MEDHI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOT_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPLT_LOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPLT_MEDLOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPLT_MEDHI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPLT_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_PLT_LOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_PLT_MEDLOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_PLT_MEDHI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_PLT_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTOFF_LOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTOFF_MEDLOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTOFF_MEDHI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTOFF_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPC_LOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPC_MEDLOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPC_MEDHI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPC_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_COPY64
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GLOB_DAT64
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_JMP_SLOT64
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_RELATIVE64
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOT10BY4
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOT10BY8
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPLT10BY4
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPLT10BY8
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_GOTPLT32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_SHMEDIA_CODE
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMMU5
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMMS6
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMMS6BY32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMMU6
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMMS10
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMMS10BY2
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMMS10BY4
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMMS10BY8
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMMS16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMMU16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM_LOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM_LOW16_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM_MEDLOW16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM_MEDLOW16_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM_MEDHI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM_MEDHI16_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM_HI16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_IMM_HI16_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_PT_16
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_TLS_GD_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_TLS_LD_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_TLS_LDO_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_TLS_IE_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_TLS_LE_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_TLS_DTPMOD32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_TLS_DTPOFF32
 - : BFD_RELOC_SH_TLS_TPOFF32
     Renesas / SuperH SH relocs.  Not all of these appear in object
     files.

 - : BFD_RELOC_THUMB_PCREL_BRANCH9
 - : BFD_RELOC_THUMB_PCREL_BRANCH12
 - : BFD_RELOC_THUMB_PCREL_BRANCH23
     Thumb 23-, 12- and 9-bit pc-relative branches.  The lowest bit must
     be zero and is not stored in the instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ARC_B22_PCREL
     ARC Cores relocs.  ARC 22 bit pc-relative branch.  The lowest two
     bits must be zero and are not stored in the instruction.  The high
     20 bits are installed in bits 26 through 7 of the instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_ARC_B26
     ARC 26 bit absolute branch.  The lowest two bits must be zero and
     are not stored in the instruction.  The high 24 bits are installed
     in bits 23 through 0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D10V_10_PCREL_R
     Mitsubishi D10V relocs.  This is a 10-bit reloc with the right 2
     bits assumed to be 0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D10V_10_PCREL_L
     Mitsubishi D10V relocs.  This is a 10-bit reloc with the right 2
     bits assumed to be 0.  This is the same as the previous reloc
     except it is in the left container, i.e., shifted left 15 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D10V_18
     This is an 18-bit reloc with the right 2 bits assumed to be 0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D10V_18_PCREL
     This is an 18-bit reloc with the right 2 bits assumed to be 0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D30V_6
     Mitsubishi D30V relocs.  This is a 6-bit absolute reloc.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D30V_9_PCREL
     This is a 6-bit pc-relative reloc with the right 3 bits assumed to
     be 0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D30V_9_PCREL_R
     This is a 6-bit pc-relative reloc with the right 3 bits assumed to
     be 0. Same as the previous reloc but on the right side of the
     container.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D30V_15
     This is a 12-bit absolute reloc with the right 3 bitsassumed to be
     0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D30V_15_PCREL
     This is a 12-bit pc-relative reloc with the right 3 bits assumed
     to be 0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D30V_15_PCREL_R
     This is a 12-bit pc-relative reloc with the right 3 bits assumed
     to be 0. Same as the previous reloc but on the right side of the
     container.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D30V_21
     This is an 18-bit absolute reloc with the right 3 bits assumed to
     be 0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D30V_21_PCREL
     This is an 18-bit pc-relative reloc with the right 3 bits assumed
     to be 0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D30V_21_PCREL_R
     This is an 18-bit pc-relative reloc with the right 3 bits assumed
     to be 0. Same as the previous reloc but on the right side of the
     container.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D30V_32
     This is a 32-bit absolute reloc.

 - : BFD_RELOC_D30V_32_PCREL
     This is a 32-bit pc-relative reloc.

 - : BFD_RELOC_DLX_HI16_S
     DLX relocs

 - : BFD_RELOC_DLX_LO16
     DLX relocs

 - : BFD_RELOC_DLX_JMP26
     DLX relocs

 - : BFD_RELOC_M32R_24
     Renesas M32R (formerly Mitsubishi M32R) relocs.  This is a 24 bit
     absolute address.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M32R_10_PCREL
     This is a 10-bit pc-relative reloc with the right 2 bits assumed
     to be 0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M32R_18_PCREL
     This is an 18-bit reloc with the right 2 bits assumed to be 0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M32R_26_PCREL
     This is a 26-bit reloc with the right 2 bits assumed to be 0.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M32R_HI16_ULO
     This is a 16-bit reloc containing the high 16 bits of an address
     used when the lower 16 bits are treated as unsigned.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M32R_HI16_SLO
     This is a 16-bit reloc containing the high 16 bits of an address
     used when the lower 16 bits are treated as signed.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M32R_LO16
     This is a 16-bit reloc containing the lower 16 bits of an address.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M32R_SDA16
     This is a 16-bit reloc containing the small data area offset for
     use in add3, load, and store instructions.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_9_PCREL
     This is a 9-bit reloc

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_22_PCREL
     This is a 22-bit reloc

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_SDA_16_16_OFFSET
     This is a 16 bit offset from the short data area pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_SDA_15_16_OFFSET
     This is a 16 bit offset (of which only 15 bits are used) from the
     short data area pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_ZDA_16_16_OFFSET
     This is a 16 bit offset from the zero data area pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_ZDA_15_16_OFFSET
     This is a 16 bit offset (of which only 15 bits are used) from the
     zero data area pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_TDA_6_8_OFFSET
     This is an 8 bit offset (of which only 6 bits are used) from the
     tiny data area pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_TDA_7_8_OFFSET
     This is an 8bit offset (of which only 7 bits are used) from the
     tiny data area pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_TDA_7_7_OFFSET
     This is a 7 bit offset from the tiny data area pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_TDA_16_16_OFFSET
     This is a 16 bit offset from the tiny data area pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_TDA_4_5_OFFSET
     This is a 5 bit offset (of which only 4 bits are used) from the
     tiny data area pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_TDA_4_4_OFFSET
     This is a 4 bit offset from the tiny data area pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_SDA_16_16_SPLIT_OFFSET
     This is a 16 bit offset from the short data area pointer, with the
     bits placed non-contigously in the instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_ZDA_16_16_SPLIT_OFFSET
     This is a 16 bit offset from the zero data area pointer, with the
     bits placed non-contigously in the instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_CALLT_6_7_OFFSET
     This is a 6 bit offset from the call table base pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_CALLT_16_16_OFFSET
     This is a 16 bit offset from the call table base pointer.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_LONGCALL
     Used for relaxing indirect function calls.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_LONGJUMP
     Used for relaxing indirect jumps.

 - : BFD_RELOC_V850_ALIGN
     Used to maintain alignment whilst relaxing.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MN10300_32_PCREL
     This is a 32bit pcrel reloc for the mn10300, offset by two bytes
     in the instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MN10300_16_PCREL
     This is a 16bit pcrel reloc for the mn10300, offset by two bytes
     in the instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_TIC30_LDP
     This is a 8bit DP reloc for the tms320c30, where the most
     significant 8 bits of a 24 bit word are placed into the least
     significant 8 bits of the opcode.

 - : BFD_RELOC_TIC54X_PARTLS7
     This is a 7bit reloc for the tms320c54x, where the least
     significant 7 bits of a 16 bit word are placed into the least
     significant 7 bits of the opcode.

 - : BFD_RELOC_TIC54X_PARTMS9
     This is a 9bit DP reloc for the tms320c54x, where the most
     significant 9 bits of a 16 bit word are placed into the least
     significant 9 bits of the opcode.

 - : BFD_RELOC_TIC54X_23
     This is an extended address 23-bit reloc for the tms320c54x.

 - : BFD_RELOC_TIC54X_16_OF_23
     This is a 16-bit reloc for the tms320c54x, where the least
     significant 16 bits of a 23-bit extended address are placed into
     the opcode.

 - : BFD_RELOC_TIC54X_MS7_OF_23
     This is a reloc for the tms320c54x, where the most significant 7
     bits of a 23-bit extended address are placed into the opcode.

 - : BFD_RELOC_FR30_48
     This is a 48 bit reloc for the FR30 that stores 32 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_FR30_20
     This is a 32 bit reloc for the FR30 that stores 20 bits split up
     into two sections.

 - : BFD_RELOC_FR30_6_IN_4
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the FR30 that stores a 6 bit word
     offset in 4 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_FR30_8_IN_8
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the FR30 that stores an 8 bit byte
     offset into 8 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_FR30_9_IN_8
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the FR30 that stores a 9 bit short
     offset into 8 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_FR30_10_IN_8
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the FR30 that stores a 10 bit word
     offset into 8 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_FR30_9_PCREL
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the FR30 that stores a 9 bit pc relative
     short offset into 8 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_FR30_12_PCREL
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the FR30 that stores a 12 bit pc
     relative short offset into 11 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MCORE_PCREL_IMM8BY4
 - : BFD_RELOC_MCORE_PCREL_IMM11BY2
 - : BFD_RELOC_MCORE_PCREL_IMM4BY2
 - : BFD_RELOC_MCORE_PCREL_32
 - : BFD_RELOC_MCORE_PCREL_JSR_IMM11BY2
 - : BFD_RELOC_MCORE_RVA
     Motorola Mcore relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_GETA
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_GETA_1
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_GETA_2
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_GETA_3
     These are relocations for the GETA instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_CBRANCH
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_CBRANCH_J
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_CBRANCH_1
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_CBRANCH_2
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_CBRANCH_3
     These are relocations for a conditional branch instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_PUSHJ
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_PUSHJ_1
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_PUSHJ_2
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_PUSHJ_3
     These are relocations for the PUSHJ instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_JMP
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_JMP_1
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_JMP_2
 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_JMP_3
     These are relocations for the JMP instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_ADDR19
     This is a relocation for a relative address as in a GETA
     instruction or a branch.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_ADDR27
     This is a relocation for a relative address as in a JMP
     instruction.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_REG_OR_BYTE
     This is a relocation for an instruction field that may be a general
     register or a value 0..255.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_REG
     This is a relocation for an instruction field that may be a general
     register.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_BASE_PLUS_OFFSET
     This is a relocation for two instruction fields holding a register
     and an offset, the equivalent of the relocation.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MMIX_LOCAL
     This relocation is an assertion that the expression is not
     allocated as a global register.  It does not modify contents.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_7_PCREL
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores 8 bit pc relative
     short offset into 7 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_13_PCREL
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores 13 bit pc relative
     short offset into 12 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_16_PM
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores 17 bit value
     (usually program memory address) into 16 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_LO8_LDI
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores 8 bit value (usually
     data memory address) into 8 bit immediate value of LDI insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_HI8_LDI
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores 8 bit value (high 8
     bit of data memory address) into 8 bit immediate value of LDI insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_HH8_LDI
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores 8 bit value (most
     high 8 bit of program memory address) into 8 bit immediate value
     of LDI insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_LO8_LDI_NEG
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores negated 8 bit value
     (usually data memory address) into 8 bit immediate value of SUBI
     insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_HI8_LDI_NEG
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores negated 8 bit value
     (high 8 bit of data memory address) into 8 bit immediate value of
     SUBI insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_HH8_LDI_NEG
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores negated 8 bit value
     (most high 8 bit of program memory address) into 8 bit immediate
     value of LDI or SUBI insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_LO8_LDI_PM
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores 8 bit value (usually
     command address) into 8 bit immediate value of LDI insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_HI8_LDI_PM
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores 8 bit value (high 8
     bit of command address) into 8 bit immediate value of LDI insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_HH8_LDI_PM
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores 8 bit value (most
     high 8 bit of command address) into 8 bit immediate value of LDI
     insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_LO8_LDI_PM_NEG
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores negated 8 bit value
     (usually command address) into 8 bit immediate value of SUBI insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_HI8_LDI_PM_NEG
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores negated 8 bit value
     (high 8 bit of 16 bit command address) into 8 bit immediate value
     of SUBI insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_HH8_LDI_PM_NEG
     This is a 16 bit reloc for the AVR that stores negated 8 bit value
     (high 6 bit of 22 bit command address) into 8 bit immediate value
     of SUBI insn.

 - : BFD_RELOC_AVR_CALL
     This is a 32 bit reloc for the AVR that stores 23 bit value into
     22 bits.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_12
     Direct 12 bit.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOT12
     12 bit GOT offset.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_PLT32
     32 bit PC relative PLT address.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_COPY
     Copy symbol at runtime.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GLOB_DAT
     Create GOT entry.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_JMP_SLOT
     Create PLT entry.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_RELATIVE
     Adjust by program base.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOTPC
     32 bit PC relative offset to GOT.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOT16
     16 bit GOT offset.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_PC16DBL
     PC relative 16 bit shifted by 1.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_PLT16DBL
     16 bit PC rel. PLT shifted by 1.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_PC32DBL
     PC relative 32 bit shifted by 1.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_PLT32DBL
     32 bit PC rel. PLT shifted by 1.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOTPCDBL
     32 bit PC rel. GOT shifted by 1.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOT64
     64 bit GOT offset.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_PLT64
     64 bit PC relative PLT address.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOTENT
     32 bit rel. offset to GOT entry.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOTOFF64
     64 bit offset to GOT.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOTPLT12
     12-bit offset to symbol-entry within GOT, with PLT handling.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOTPLT16
     16-bit offset to symbol-entry within GOT, with PLT handling.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOTPLT32
     32-bit offset to symbol-entry within GOT, with PLT handling.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOTPLT64
     64-bit offset to symbol-entry within GOT, with PLT handling.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_GOTPLTENT
     32-bit rel. offset to symbol-entry within GOT, with PLT handling.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_PLTOFF16
     16-bit rel. offset from the GOT to a PLT entry.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_PLTOFF32
     32-bit rel. offset from the GOT to a PLT entry.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_PLTOFF64
     64-bit rel. offset from the GOT to a PLT entry.

 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_LOAD
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_GDCALL
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_LDCALL
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_GD32
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_GD64
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_GOTIE12
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_GOTIE32
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_GOTIE64
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_LDM32
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_LDM64
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_IE32
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_IE64
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_IEENT
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_LE32
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_LE64
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_LDO32
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_LDO64
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_DTPMOD
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_DTPOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_390_TLS_TPOFF
     s390 tls relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_FR9
     Scenix IP2K - 9-bit register number / data address

 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_BANK
     Scenix IP2K - 4-bit register/data bank number

 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_ADDR16CJP
     Scenix IP2K - low 13 bits of instruction word address

 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_PAGE3
     Scenix IP2K - high 3 bits of instruction word address

 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_LO8DATA
 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_HI8DATA
 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_EX8DATA
     Scenix IP2K - ext/low/high 8 bits of data address

 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_LO8INSN
 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_HI8INSN
     Scenix IP2K - low/high 8 bits of instruction word address

 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_PC_SKIP
     Scenix IP2K - even/odd PC modifier to modify snb pcl.0

 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_TEXT
     Scenix IP2K - 16 bit word address in text section.

 - : BFD_RELOC_IP2K_FR_OFFSET
     Scenix IP2K - 7-bit sp or dp offset

 - : BFD_RELOC_VPE4KMATH_DATA
 - : BFD_RELOC_VPE4KMATH_INSN
     Scenix VPE4K coprocessor - data/insn-space addressing

 - : BFD_RELOC_VTABLE_INHERIT
 - : BFD_RELOC_VTABLE_ENTRY
     These two relocations are used by the linker to determine which of
     the entries in a C++ virtual function table are actually used.
     When the -gc-sections option is given, the linker will zero out
     the entries that are not used, so that the code for those
     functions need not be included in the output.

     VTABLE_INHERIT is a zero-space relocation used to describe to the
     linker the inheritence tree of a C++ virtual function table.  The
     relocation's symbol should be the parent class' vtable, and the
     relocation should be located at the child vtable.

     VTABLE_ENTRY is a zero-space relocation that describes the use of a
     virtual function table entry.  The reloc's symbol should refer to
     the table of the class mentioned in the code.  Off of that base,
     an offset describes the entry that is being used.  For Rela hosts,
     this offset is stored in the reloc's addend.  For Rel hosts, we
     are forced to put this offset in the reloc's section offset.

 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_IMM14
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_IMM22
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_IMM64
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DIR32MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DIR32LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DIR64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DIR64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_GPREL22
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_GPREL64I
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_GPREL32MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_GPREL32LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_GPREL64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_GPREL64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF22
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF64I
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PLTOFF22
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PLTOFF64I
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PLTOFF64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PLTOFF64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_FPTR64I
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_FPTR32MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_FPTR32LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_FPTR64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_FPTR64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PCREL21B
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PCREL21BI
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PCREL21M
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PCREL21F
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PCREL22
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PCREL60B
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PCREL64I
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PCREL32MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PCREL32LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PCREL64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_PCREL64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF_FPTR22
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF_FPTR64I
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF_FPTR32MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF_FPTR32LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF_FPTR64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF_FPTR64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_SEGREL32MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_SEGREL32LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_SEGREL64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_SEGREL64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_SECREL32MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_SECREL32LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_SECREL64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_SECREL64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_REL32MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_REL32LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_REL64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_REL64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTV32MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTV32LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTV64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTV64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_IPLTMSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_IPLTLSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_COPY
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF22X
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LDXMOV
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_TPREL14
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_TPREL22
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_TPREL64I
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_TPREL64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_TPREL64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF_TPREL22
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DTPMOD64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DTPMOD64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF_DTPMOD22
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DTPREL14
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DTPREL22
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DTPREL64I
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DTPREL32MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DTPREL32LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DTPREL64MSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_DTPREL64LSB
 - : BFD_RELOC_IA64_LTOFF_DTPREL22
     Intel IA64 Relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M68HC11_HI8
     Motorola 68HC11 reloc.  This is the 8 bit high part of an absolute
     address.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M68HC11_LO8
     Motorola 68HC11 reloc.  This is the 8 bit low part of an absolute
     address.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M68HC11_3B
     Motorola 68HC11 reloc.  This is the 3 bit of a value.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M68HC11_RL_JUMP
     Motorola 68HC11 reloc.  This reloc marks the beginning of a
     jump/call instruction.  It is used for linker relaxation to
     correctly identify beginning of instruction and change some
     branchs to use PC-relative addressing mode.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M68HC11_RL_GROUP
     Motorola 68HC11 reloc.  This reloc marks a group of several
     instructions that gcc generates and for which the linker
     relaxation pass can modify and/or remove some of them.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M68HC11_LO16
     Motorola 68HC11 reloc.  This is the 16-bit lower part of an
     address.  It is used for 'call' instruction to specify the symbol
     address without any special transformation (due to memory bank
     window).

 - : BFD_RELOC_M68HC11_PAGE
     Motorola 68HC11 reloc.  This is a 8-bit reloc that specifies the
     page number of an address.  It is used by 'call' instruction to
     specify the page number of the symbol.

 - : BFD_RELOC_M68HC11_24
     Motorola 68HC11 reloc.  This is a 24-bit reloc that represents the
     address with a 16-bit value and a 8-bit page number.  The symbol
     address is transformed to follow the 16K memory bank of 68HC12
     (seen as mapped in the window).

 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_BDISP8
 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_UNSIGNED_5
 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_SIGNED_6
 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_UNSIGNED_6
 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_UNSIGNED_4
     These relocs are only used within the CRIS assembler.  They are not
     (at present) written to any object files.

 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_COPY
 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_GLOB_DAT
 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_JUMP_SLOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_RELATIVE
     Relocs used in ELF shared libraries for CRIS.

 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_32_GOT
     32-bit offset to symbol-entry within GOT.

 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_16_GOT
     16-bit offset to symbol-entry within GOT.

 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_32_GOTPLT
     32-bit offset to symbol-entry within GOT, with PLT handling.

 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_16_GOTPLT
     16-bit offset to symbol-entry within GOT, with PLT handling.

 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_32_GOTREL
     32-bit offset to symbol, relative to GOT.

 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_32_PLT_GOTREL
     32-bit offset to symbol with PLT entry, relative to GOT.

 - : BFD_RELOC_CRIS_32_PLT_PCREL
     32-bit offset to symbol with PLT entry, relative to this
     relocation.

 - : BFD_RELOC_860_COPY
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_GLOB_DAT
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_JUMP_SLOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_RELATIVE
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_PC26
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_PLT26
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_PC16
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_LOW0
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_SPLIT0
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_LOW1
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_SPLIT1
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_LOW2
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_SPLIT2
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_LOW3
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_LOGOT0
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_SPGOT0
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_LOGOT1
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_SPGOT1
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_LOGOTOFF0
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_SPGOTOFF0
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_LOGOTOFF1
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_SPGOTOFF1
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_LOGOTOFF2
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_LOGOTOFF3
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_LOPC
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_HIGHADJ
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_HAGOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_HAGOTOFF
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_HAPC
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_HIGH
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_HIGOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_860_HIGOTOFF
     Intel i860 Relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_OPENRISC_ABS_26
 - : BFD_RELOC_OPENRISC_REL_26
     OpenRISC Relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_H8_DIR16A8
 - : BFD_RELOC_H8_DIR16R8
 - : BFD_RELOC_H8_DIR24A8
 - : BFD_RELOC_H8_DIR24R8
 - : BFD_RELOC_H8_DIR32A16
     H8 elf Relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_XSTORMY16_REL_12
 - : BFD_RELOC_XSTORMY16_12
 - : BFD_RELOC_XSTORMY16_24
 - : BFD_RELOC_XSTORMY16_FPTR16
     Sony Xstormy16 Relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_VAX_GLOB_DAT
 - : BFD_RELOC_VAX_JMP_SLOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_VAX_RELATIVE
     Relocations used by VAX ELF.

 - : BFD_RELOC_MSP430_10_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_MSP430_16_PCREL
 - : BFD_RELOC_MSP430_16
 - : BFD_RELOC_MSP430_16_PCREL_BYTE
 - : BFD_RELOC_MSP430_16_BYTE
     msp430 specific relocation codes

 - : BFD_RELOC_IQ2000_OFFSET_16
 - : BFD_RELOC_IQ2000_OFFSET_21
 - : BFD_RELOC_IQ2000_UHI16
     IQ2000 Relocations.

 - : BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_RTLD
     Special Xtensa relocation used only by PLT entries in ELF shared
     objects to indicate that the runtime linker should set the value
     to one of its own internal functions or data structures.

 - : BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_GLOB_DAT
 - : BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_JMP_SLOT
 - : BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_RELATIVE
     Xtensa relocations for ELF shared objects.

 - : BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_PLT
     Xtensa relocation used in ELF object files for symbols that may
     require PLT entries.  Otherwise, this is just a generic 32-bit
     relocation.

 - : BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_OP0
 - : BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_OP1
 - : BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_OP2
     Generic Xtensa relocations.  Only the operand number is encoded in
     the relocation.  The details are determined by extracting the
     instruction opcode.

 - : BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_ASM_EXPAND
     Xtensa relocation to mark that the assembler expanded the
     instructions from an original target.  The expansion size is
     encoded in the reloc size.

 - : BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_ASM_SIMPLIFY
     Xtensa relocation to mark that the linker should simplify
     assembler-expanded instructions.  This is commonly used internally
     by the linker after analysis of a BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_ASM_EXPAND.


     typedef enum bfd_reloc_code_real bfd_reloc_code_real_type;

`bfd_reloc_type_lookup'
.......................

   *Synopsis*
     reloc_howto_type *
     bfd_reloc_type_lookup (bfd *abfd, bfd_reloc_code_real_type code);
   *Description*
Return a pointer to a howto structure which, when invoked, will perform
the relocation CODE on data from the architecture noted.

`bfd_default_reloc_type_lookup'
...............................

   *Synopsis*
     reloc_howto_type *bfd_default_reloc_type_lookup
        (bfd *abfd, bfd_reloc_code_real_type  code);
   *Description*
Provides a default relocation lookup routine for any architecture.

`bfd_get_reloc_code_name'
.........................

   *Synopsis*
     const char *bfd_get_reloc_code_name (bfd_reloc_code_real_type code);
   *Description*
Provides a printable name for the supplied relocation code.  Useful
mainly for printing error messages.

`bfd_generic_relax_section'
...........................

   *Synopsis*
     bfd_boolean bfd_generic_relax_section
        (bfd *abfd,
         asection *section,
         struct bfd_link_info *,
         bfd_boolean *);
   *Description*
Provides default handling for relaxing for back ends which don't do
relaxing - i.e., does nothing.

`bfd_generic_gc_sections'
.........................

   *Synopsis*
     bfd_boolean bfd_generic_gc_sections
        (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *);
   *Description*
Provides default handling for relaxing for back ends which don't do
section gc - i.e., does nothing.

`bfd_generic_merge_sections'
............................

   *Synopsis*
     bfd_boolean bfd_generic_merge_sections
        (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *);
   *Description*
Provides default handling for SEC_MERGE section merging for back ends
which don't have SEC_MERGE support - i.e., does nothing.

`bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents'
............................................

   *Synopsis*
     bfd_byte *
     bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
         struct bfd_link_info *link_info,
         struct bfd_link_order *link_order,
         bfd_byte *data,
         bfd_boolean relocateable,
         asymbol **symbols);
   *Description*
Provides default handling of relocation effort for back ends which
can't be bothered to do it efficiently.


File: bfd.info,  Node: Core Files,  Next: Targets,  Prev: Relocations,  Up: BFD front end

Core files
==========

   *Description*
These are functions pertaining to core files.

`bfd_core_file_failing_command'
...............................

   *Synopsis*
     const char *bfd_core_file_failing_command(bfd *abfd);
   *Description*
Return a read-only string explaining which program was running when it
failed and produced the core file ABFD.

`bfd_core_file_failing_signal'
..............................

   *Synopsis*
     int bfd_core_file_failing_signal(bfd *abfd);
   *Description*
Returns the signal number which caused the core dump which generated
the file the BFD ABFD is attached to.

`core_file_matches_executable_p'
................................

   *Synopsis*
     bfd_boolean core_file_matches_executable_p
        (bfd *core_bfd, bfd *exec_bfd);
   *Description*
Return `TRUE' if the core file attached to CORE_BFD was generated by a
run of the executable file attached to EXEC_BFD, `FALSE' otherwise.


File: bfd.info,  Node: Targets,  Next: Architectures,  Prev: Core Files,  Up: BFD front end

Targets
=======

   *Description*
Each port of BFD to a different machine requries the creation of a
target back end. All the back end provides to the root part of BFD is a
structure containing pointers to functions which perform certain low
level operations on files. BFD translates the applications's requests
through a pointer into calls to the back end routines.

   When a file is opened with `bfd_openr', its format and target are
unknown. BFD uses various mechanisms to determine how to interpret the
file. The operations performed are:

   * Create a BFD by calling the internal routine `_bfd_new_bfd', then
     call `bfd_find_target' with the target string supplied to
     `bfd_openr' and the new BFD pointer.

   * If a null target string was provided to `bfd_find_target', look up
     the environment variable `GNUTARGET' and use that as the target
     string.

   * If the target string is still `NULL', or the target string is
     `default', then use the first item in the target vector as the
     target type, and set `target_defaulted' in the BFD to cause
     `bfd_check_format' to loop through all the targets.  *Note
     bfd_target::.  *Note Formats::.

   * Otherwise, inspect the elements in the target vector one by one,
     until a match on target name is found. When found, use it.

   * Otherwise return the error `bfd_error_invalid_target' to
     `bfd_openr'.

   * `bfd_openr' attempts to open the file using `bfd_open_file', and
     returns the BFD.
   Once the BFD has been opened and the target selected, the file
format may be determined. This is done by calling `bfd_check_format' on
the BFD with a suggested format.  If `target_defaulted' has been set,
each possible target type is tried to see if it recognizes the
specified format.  `bfd_check_format' returns `TRUE' when the caller
guesses right.

* Menu:

* bfd_target::

