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-@section Targets
-
-
-@strong{Description}@*
-Each port of BFD to a different machine requires 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 @code{bfd_openr}, its format and
-target are unknown. BFD uses various mechanisms to determine
-how to interpret the file. The operations performed are:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-
-@item
-Create a BFD by calling the internal routine
-@code{_bfd_new_bfd}, then call @code{bfd_find_target} with the
-target string supplied to @code{bfd_openr} and the new BFD pointer.
-
-@item
-If a null target string was provided to @code{bfd_find_target},
-look up the environment variable @code{GNUTARGET} and use
-that as the target string.
-
-@item
-If the target string is still @code{NULL}, or the target string is
-@code{default}, then use the first item in the target vector
-as the target type, and set @code{target_defaulted} in the BFD to
-cause @code{bfd_check_format} to loop through all the targets.
-@xref{bfd_target}. @xref{Formats}.
-
-@item
-Otherwise, inspect the elements in the target vector
-one by one, until a match on target name is found. When found,
-use it.
-
-@item
-Otherwise return the error @code{bfd_error_invalid_target} to
-@code{bfd_openr}.
-
-@item
-@code{bfd_openr} attempts to open the file using
-@code{bfd_open_file}, and returns the BFD.
-@end itemize
-Once the BFD has been opened and the target selected, the file
-format may be determined. This is done by calling
-@code{bfd_check_format} on the BFD with a suggested format.
-If @code{target_defaulted} has been set, each possible target
-type is tried to see if it recognizes the specified format.
-@code{bfd_check_format} returns @code{TRUE} when the caller guesses right.
-@menu
-* bfd_target::
-@end menu
-
-@node bfd_target, , Targets, Targets
-
-@subsection bfd_target
-
-
-@strong{Description}@*
-This structure contains everything that BFD knows about a
-target. It includes things like its byte order, name, and which
-routines to call to do various operations.
-
-Every BFD points to a target structure with its @code{xvec}
-member.
-
-The macros below are used to dispatch to functions through the
-@code{bfd_target} vector. They are used in a number of macros further
-down in @file{bfd.h}, and are also used when calling various
-routines by hand inside the BFD implementation. The @var{arglist}
-argument must be parenthesized; it contains all the arguments
-to the called function.
-
-They make the documentation (more) unpleasant to read, so if
-someone wants to fix this and not break the above, please do.
-@example
-#define BFD_SEND(bfd, message, arglist) \
- ((*((bfd)->xvec->message)) arglist)
-
-#ifdef DEBUG_BFD_SEND
-#undef BFD_SEND
-#define BFD_SEND(bfd, message, arglist) \
- (((bfd) && (bfd)->xvec && (bfd)->xvec->message) ? \
- ((*((bfd)->xvec->message)) arglist) : \
- (bfd_assert (__FILE__,__LINE__), NULL))
-#endif
-@end example
-For operations which index on the BFD format:
-@example
-#define BFD_SEND_FMT(bfd, message, arglist) \
- (((bfd)->xvec->message[(int) ((bfd)->format)]) arglist)
-
-#ifdef DEBUG_BFD_SEND
-#undef BFD_SEND_FMT
-#define BFD_SEND_FMT(bfd, message, arglist) \
- (((bfd) && (bfd)->xvec && (bfd)->xvec->message) ? \
- (((bfd)->xvec->message[(int) ((bfd)->format)]) arglist) : \
- (bfd_assert (__FILE__,__LINE__), NULL))
-#endif
-
-@end example
-This is the structure which defines the type of BFD this is. The
-@code{xvec} member of the struct @code{bfd} itself points here. Each
-module that implements access to a different target under BFD,
-defines one of these.
-
-FIXME, these names should be rationalised with the names of
-the entry points which call them. Too bad we can't have one
-macro to define them both!
-@example
-enum bfd_flavour
-@{
- bfd_target_unknown_flavour,
- bfd_target_aout_flavour,
- bfd_target_coff_flavour,
- bfd_target_ecoff_flavour,
- bfd_target_xcoff_flavour,
- bfd_target_elf_flavour,
- bfd_target_ieee_flavour,
- bfd_target_nlm_flavour,
- bfd_target_oasys_flavour,
- bfd_target_tekhex_flavour,
- bfd_target_srec_flavour,
- bfd_target_verilog_flavour,
- bfd_target_ihex_flavour,
- bfd_target_som_flavour,
- bfd_target_os9k_flavour,
- bfd_target_versados_flavour,
- bfd_target_msdos_flavour,
- bfd_target_ovax_flavour,
- bfd_target_evax_flavour,
- bfd_target_mmo_flavour,
- bfd_target_mach_o_flavour,
- bfd_target_pef_flavour,
- bfd_target_pef_xlib_flavour,
- bfd_target_sym_flavour
-@};
-
-enum bfd_endian @{ BFD_ENDIAN_BIG, BFD_ENDIAN_LITTLE, BFD_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN @};
-
-/* Forward declaration. */
-typedef struct bfd_link_info _bfd_link_info;
-
-/* Forward declaration. */
-typedef struct flag_info flag_info;
-
-typedef struct bfd_target
-@{
- /* Identifies the kind of target, e.g., SunOS4, Ultrix, etc. */
- char *name;
-
- /* The "flavour" of a back end is a general indication about
- the contents of a file. */
- enum bfd_flavour flavour;
-
- /* The order of bytes within the data area of a file. */
- enum bfd_endian byteorder;
-
- /* The order of bytes within the header parts of a file. */
- enum bfd_endian header_byteorder;
-
- /* A mask of all the flags which an executable may have set -
- from the set @code{BFD_NO_FLAGS}, @code{HAS_RELOC}, ...@code{D_PAGED}. */
- flagword object_flags;
-
- /* A mask of all the flags which a section may have set - from
- the set @code{SEC_NO_FLAGS}, @code{SEC_ALLOC}, ...@code{SET_NEVER_LOAD}. */
- flagword section_flags;
-
- /* The character normally found at the front of a symbol.
- (if any), perhaps `_'. */
- char symbol_leading_char;
-
- /* The pad character for file names within an archive header. */
- char ar_pad_char;
-
- /* The maximum number of characters in an archive header. */
- unsigned char ar_max_namelen;
-
- /* How well this target matches, used to select between various
- possible targets when more than one target matches. */
- unsigned char match_priority;
-
- /* Entries for byte swapping for data. These are different from the
- other entry points, since they don't take a BFD as the first argument.
- Certain other handlers could do the same. */
- bfd_uint64_t (*bfd_getx64) (const void *);
- bfd_int64_t (*bfd_getx_signed_64) (const void *);
- void (*bfd_putx64) (bfd_uint64_t, void *);
- bfd_vma (*bfd_getx32) (const void *);
- bfd_signed_vma (*bfd_getx_signed_32) (const void *);
- void (*bfd_putx32) (bfd_vma, void *);
- bfd_vma (*bfd_getx16) (const void *);
- bfd_signed_vma (*bfd_getx_signed_16) (const void *);
- void (*bfd_putx16) (bfd_vma, void *);
-
- /* Byte swapping for the headers. */
- bfd_uint64_t (*bfd_h_getx64) (const void *);
- bfd_int64_t (*bfd_h_getx_signed_64) (const void *);
- void (*bfd_h_putx64) (bfd_uint64_t, void *);
- bfd_vma (*bfd_h_getx32) (const void *);
- bfd_signed_vma (*bfd_h_getx_signed_32) (const void *);
- void (*bfd_h_putx32) (bfd_vma, void *);
- bfd_vma (*bfd_h_getx16) (const void *);
- bfd_signed_vma (*bfd_h_getx_signed_16) (const void *);
- void (*bfd_h_putx16) (bfd_vma, void *);
-
- /* Format dependent routines: these are vectors of entry points
- within the target vector structure, one for each format to check. */
-
- /* Check the format of a file being read. Return a @code{bfd_target *} or zero. */
- const struct bfd_target *(*_bfd_check_format[bfd_type_end]) (bfd *);
-
- /* Set the format of a file being written. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_set_format[bfd_type_end]) (bfd *);
-
- /* Write cached information into a file being written, at @code{bfd_close}. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_write_contents[bfd_type_end]) (bfd *);
-
-@end example
-The general target vector. These vectors are initialized using the
-BFD_JUMP_TABLE macros.
-@example
-
- /* Generic entry points. */
-#define BFD_JUMP_TABLE_GENERIC(NAME) \
- NAME##_close_and_cleanup, \
- NAME##_bfd_free_cached_info, \
- NAME##_new_section_hook, \
- NAME##_get_section_contents, \
- NAME##_get_section_contents_in_window
-
- /* Called when the BFD is being closed to do any necessary cleanup. */
- bfd_boolean (*_close_and_cleanup) (bfd *);
- /* Ask the BFD to free all cached information. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_free_cached_info) (bfd *);
- /* Called when a new section is created. */
- bfd_boolean (*_new_section_hook) (bfd *, sec_ptr);
- /* Read the contents of a section. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_get_section_contents)
- (bfd *, sec_ptr, void *, file_ptr, bfd_size_type);
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_get_section_contents_in_window)
- (bfd *, sec_ptr, bfd_window *, file_ptr, bfd_size_type);
-
- /* Entry points to copy private data. */
-#define BFD_JUMP_TABLE_COPY(NAME) \
- NAME##_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data, \
- NAME##_bfd_merge_private_bfd_data, \
- _bfd_generic_init_private_section_data, \
- NAME##_bfd_copy_private_section_data, \
- NAME##_bfd_copy_private_symbol_data, \
- NAME##_bfd_copy_private_header_data, \
- NAME##_bfd_set_private_flags, \
- NAME##_bfd_print_private_bfd_data
-
- /* Called to copy BFD general private data from one object file
- to another. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data) (bfd *, bfd *);
- /* Called to merge BFD general private data from one object file
- to a common output file when linking. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_merge_private_bfd_data) (bfd *, bfd *);
- /* Called to initialize BFD private section data from one object file
- to another. */
-#define bfd_init_private_section_data(ibfd, isec, obfd, osec, link_info) \
- BFD_SEND (obfd, _bfd_init_private_section_data, (ibfd, isec, obfd, osec, link_info))
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_init_private_section_data)
- (bfd *, sec_ptr, bfd *, sec_ptr, struct bfd_link_info *);
- /* Called to copy BFD private section data from one object file
- to another. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_copy_private_section_data)
- (bfd *, sec_ptr, bfd *, sec_ptr);
- /* Called to copy BFD private symbol data from one symbol
- to another. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_copy_private_symbol_data)
- (bfd *, asymbol *, bfd *, asymbol *);
- /* Called to copy BFD private header data from one object file
- to another. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_copy_private_header_data)
- (bfd *, bfd *);
- /* Called to set private backend flags. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_set_private_flags) (bfd *, flagword);
-
- /* Called to print private BFD data. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_print_private_bfd_data) (bfd *, void *);
-
- /* Core file entry points. */
-#define BFD_JUMP_TABLE_CORE(NAME) \
- NAME##_core_file_failing_command, \
- NAME##_core_file_failing_signal, \
- NAME##_core_file_matches_executable_p, \
- NAME##_core_file_pid
-
- char * (*_core_file_failing_command) (bfd *);
- int (*_core_file_failing_signal) (bfd *);
- bfd_boolean (*_core_file_matches_executable_p) (bfd *, bfd *);
- int (*_core_file_pid) (bfd *);
-
- /* Archive entry points. */
-#define BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE(NAME) \
- NAME##_slurp_armap, \
- NAME##_slurp_extended_name_table, \
- NAME##_construct_extended_name_table, \
- NAME##_truncate_arname, \
- NAME##_write_armap, \
- NAME##_read_ar_hdr, \
- NAME##_write_ar_hdr, \
- NAME##_openr_next_archived_file, \
- NAME##_get_elt_at_index, \
- NAME##_generic_stat_arch_elt, \
- NAME##_update_armap_timestamp
-
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_slurp_armap) (bfd *);
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_slurp_extended_name_table) (bfd *);
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_construct_extended_name_table)
- (bfd *, char **, bfd_size_type *, const char **);
- void (*_bfd_truncate_arname) (bfd *, const char *, char *);
- bfd_boolean (*write_armap)
- (bfd *, unsigned int, struct orl *, unsigned int, int);
- void * (*_bfd_read_ar_hdr_fn) (bfd *);
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_write_ar_hdr_fn) (bfd *, bfd *);
- bfd * (*openr_next_archived_file) (bfd *, bfd *);
-#define bfd_get_elt_at_index(b,i) BFD_SEND (b, _bfd_get_elt_at_index, (b,i))
- bfd * (*_bfd_get_elt_at_index) (bfd *, symindex);
- int (*_bfd_stat_arch_elt) (bfd *, struct stat *);
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_update_armap_timestamp) (bfd *);
-
- /* Entry points used for symbols. */
-#define BFD_JUMP_TABLE_SYMBOLS(NAME) \
- NAME##_get_symtab_upper_bound, \
- NAME##_canonicalize_symtab, \
- NAME##_make_empty_symbol, \
- NAME##_print_symbol, \
- NAME##_get_symbol_info, \
- NAME##_bfd_is_local_label_name, \
- NAME##_bfd_is_target_special_symbol, \
- NAME##_get_lineno, \
- NAME##_find_nearest_line, \
- _bfd_generic_find_nearest_line_discriminator, \
- _bfd_generic_find_line, \
- NAME##_find_inliner_info, \
- NAME##_bfd_make_debug_symbol, \
- NAME##_read_minisymbols, \
- NAME##_minisymbol_to_symbol
-
- long (*_bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound) (bfd *);
- long (*_bfd_canonicalize_symtab)
- (bfd *, struct bfd_symbol **);
- struct bfd_symbol *
- (*_bfd_make_empty_symbol) (bfd *);
- void (*_bfd_print_symbol)
- (bfd *, void *, struct bfd_symbol *, bfd_print_symbol_type);
-#define bfd_print_symbol(b,p,s,e) BFD_SEND (b, _bfd_print_symbol, (b,p,s,e))
- void (*_bfd_get_symbol_info)
- (bfd *, struct bfd_symbol *, symbol_info *);
-#define bfd_get_symbol_info(b,p,e) BFD_SEND (b, _bfd_get_symbol_info, (b,p,e))
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_is_local_label_name) (bfd *, const char *);
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_is_target_special_symbol) (bfd *, asymbol *);
- alent * (*_get_lineno) (bfd *, struct bfd_symbol *);
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_find_nearest_line)
- (bfd *, struct bfd_section *, struct bfd_symbol **, bfd_vma,
- const char **, const char **, unsigned int *);
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_find_nearest_line_discriminator)
- (bfd *, struct bfd_section *, struct bfd_symbol **, bfd_vma,
- const char **, const char **, unsigned int *, unsigned int *);
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_find_line)
- (bfd *, struct bfd_symbol **, struct bfd_symbol *,
- const char **, unsigned int *);
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_find_inliner_info)
- (bfd *, const char **, const char **, unsigned int *);
- /* Back-door to allow format-aware applications to create debug symbols
- while using BFD for everything else. Currently used by the assembler
- when creating COFF files. */
- asymbol * (*_bfd_make_debug_symbol)
- (bfd *, void *, unsigned long size);
-#define bfd_read_minisymbols(b, d, m, s) \
- BFD_SEND (b, _read_minisymbols, (b, d, m, s))
- long (*_read_minisymbols)
- (bfd *, bfd_boolean, void **, unsigned int *);
-#define bfd_minisymbol_to_symbol(b, d, m, f) \
- BFD_SEND (b, _minisymbol_to_symbol, (b, d, m, f))
- asymbol * (*_minisymbol_to_symbol)
- (bfd *, bfd_boolean, const void *, asymbol *);
-
- /* Routines for relocs. */
-#define BFD_JUMP_TABLE_RELOCS(NAME) \
- NAME##_get_reloc_upper_bound, \
- NAME##_canonicalize_reloc, \
- NAME##_bfd_reloc_type_lookup, \
- NAME##_bfd_reloc_name_lookup
-
- long (*_get_reloc_upper_bound) (bfd *, sec_ptr);
- long (*_bfd_canonicalize_reloc)
- (bfd *, sec_ptr, arelent **, struct bfd_symbol **);
- /* See documentation on reloc types. */
- reloc_howto_type *
- (*reloc_type_lookup) (bfd *, bfd_reloc_code_real_type);
- reloc_howto_type *
- (*reloc_name_lookup) (bfd *, const char *);
-
-
- /* Routines used when writing an object file. */
-#define BFD_JUMP_TABLE_WRITE(NAME) \
- NAME##_set_arch_mach, \
- NAME##_set_section_contents
-
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_set_arch_mach)
- (bfd *, enum bfd_architecture, unsigned long);
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_set_section_contents)
- (bfd *, sec_ptr, const void *, file_ptr, bfd_size_type);
-
- /* Routines used by the linker. */
-#define BFD_JUMP_TABLE_LINK(NAME) \
- NAME##_sizeof_headers, \
- NAME##_bfd_get_relocated_section_contents, \
- NAME##_bfd_relax_section, \
- NAME##_bfd_link_hash_table_create, \
- NAME##_bfd_link_hash_table_free, \
- NAME##_bfd_link_add_symbols, \
- NAME##_bfd_link_just_syms, \
- NAME##_bfd_copy_link_hash_symbol_type, \
- NAME##_bfd_final_link, \
- NAME##_bfd_link_split_section, \
- NAME##_bfd_gc_sections, \
- NAME##_bfd_lookup_section_flags, \
- NAME##_bfd_merge_sections, \
- NAME##_bfd_is_group_section, \
- NAME##_bfd_discard_group, \
- NAME##_section_already_linked, \
- NAME##_bfd_define_common_symbol
-
- int (*_bfd_sizeof_headers) (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *);
- bfd_byte * (*_bfd_get_relocated_section_contents)
- (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *, struct bfd_link_order *,
- bfd_byte *, bfd_boolean, struct bfd_symbol **);
-
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_relax_section)
- (bfd *, struct bfd_section *, struct bfd_link_info *, bfd_boolean *);
-
- /* Create a hash table for the linker. Different backends store
- different information in this table. */
- struct bfd_link_hash_table *
- (*_bfd_link_hash_table_create) (bfd *);
-
- /* Release the memory associated with the linker hash table. */
- void (*_bfd_link_hash_table_free) (struct bfd_link_hash_table *);
-
- /* Add symbols from this object file into the hash table. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_link_add_symbols) (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *);
-
- /* Indicate that we are only retrieving symbol values from this section. */
- void (*_bfd_link_just_syms) (asection *, struct bfd_link_info *);
-
- /* Copy the symbol type of a linker hash table entry. */
-#define bfd_copy_link_hash_symbol_type(b, t, f) \
- BFD_SEND (b, _bfd_copy_link_hash_symbol_type, (b, t, f))
- void (*_bfd_copy_link_hash_symbol_type)
- (bfd *, struct bfd_link_hash_entry *, struct bfd_link_hash_entry *);
-
- /* Do a link based on the link_order structures attached to each
- section of the BFD. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_final_link) (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *);
-
- /* Should this section be split up into smaller pieces during linking. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_link_split_section) (bfd *, struct bfd_section *);
-
- /* Remove sections that are not referenced from the output. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_gc_sections) (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *);
-
- /* Sets the bitmask of allowed and disallowed section flags. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_lookup_section_flags) (struct bfd_link_info *,
- struct flag_info *,
- asection *);
-
- /* Attempt to merge SEC_MERGE sections. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_merge_sections) (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *);
-
- /* Is this section a member of a group? */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_is_group_section) (bfd *, const struct bfd_section *);
-
- /* Discard members of a group. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_discard_group) (bfd *, struct bfd_section *);
-
- /* Check if SEC has been already linked during a reloceatable or
- final link. */
- bfd_boolean (*_section_already_linked) (bfd *, asection *,
- struct bfd_link_info *);
-
- /* Define a common symbol. */
- bfd_boolean (*_bfd_define_common_symbol) (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *,
- struct bfd_link_hash_entry *);
-
- /* Routines to handle dynamic symbols and relocs. */
-#define BFD_JUMP_TABLE_DYNAMIC(NAME) \
- NAME##_get_dynamic_symtab_upper_bound, \
- NAME##_canonicalize_dynamic_symtab, \
- NAME##_get_synthetic_symtab, \
- NAME##_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound, \
- NAME##_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc
-
- /* Get the amount of memory required to hold the dynamic symbols. */
- long (*_bfd_get_dynamic_symtab_upper_bound) (bfd *);
- /* Read in the dynamic symbols. */
- long (*_bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_symtab)
- (bfd *, struct bfd_symbol **);
- /* Create synthetized symbols. */
- long (*_bfd_get_synthetic_symtab)
- (bfd *, long, struct bfd_symbol **, long, struct bfd_symbol **,
- struct bfd_symbol **);
- /* Get the amount of memory required to hold the dynamic relocs. */
- long (*_bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound) (bfd *);
- /* Read in the dynamic relocs. */
- long (*_bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc)
- (bfd *, arelent **, struct bfd_symbol **);
-
-@end example
-A pointer to an alternative bfd_target in case the current one is not
-satisfactory. This can happen when the target cpu supports both big
-and little endian code, and target chosen by the linker has the wrong
-endianness. The function open_output() in ld/ldlang.c uses this field
-to find an alternative output format that is suitable.
-@example
- /* Opposite endian version of this target. */
- const struct bfd_target * alternative_target;
-
- /* Data for use by back-end routines, which isn't
- generic enough to belong in this structure. */
- const void *backend_data;
-
-@} bfd_target;
-
-@end example
-
-@findex bfd_set_default_target
-@subsubsection @code{bfd_set_default_target}
-@strong{Synopsis}
-@example
-bfd_boolean bfd_set_default_target (const char *name);
-@end example
-@strong{Description}@*
-Set the default target vector to use when recognizing a BFD.
-This takes the name of the target, which may be a BFD target
-name or a configuration triplet.
-
-@findex bfd_find_target
-@subsubsection @code{bfd_find_target}
-@strong{Synopsis}
-@example
-const bfd_target *bfd_find_target (const char *target_name, bfd *abfd);
-@end example
-@strong{Description}@*
-Return a pointer to the transfer vector for the object target
-named @var{target_name}. If @var{target_name} is @code{NULL},
-choose the one in the environment variable @code{GNUTARGET}; if
-that is null or not defined, then choose the first entry in the
-target list. Passing in the string "default" or setting the
-environment variable to "default" will cause the first entry in
-the target list to be returned, and "target_defaulted" will be
-set in the BFD if @var{abfd} isn't @code{NULL}. This causes
-@code{bfd_check_format} to loop over all the targets to find the
-one that matches the file being read.
-
-@findex bfd_get_target_info
-@subsubsection @code{bfd_get_target_info}
-@strong{Synopsis}
-@example
-const bfd_target *bfd_get_target_info (const char *target_name,
- bfd *abfd,
- bfd_boolean *is_bigendian,
- int *underscoring,
- const char **def_target_arch);
-@end example
-@strong{Description}@*
-Return a pointer to the transfer vector for the object target
-named @var{target_name}. If @var{target_name} is @code{NULL},
-choose the one in the environment variable @code{GNUTARGET}; if
-that is null or not defined, then choose the first entry in the
-target list. Passing in the string "default" or setting the
-environment variable to "default" will cause the first entry in
-the target list to be returned, and "target_defaulted" will be
-set in the BFD if @var{abfd} isn't @code{NULL}. This causes
-@code{bfd_check_format} to loop over all the targets to find the
-one that matches the file being read.
-If @var{is_bigendian} is not @code{NULL}, then set this value to target's
-endian mode. True for big-endian, FALSE for little-endian or for
-invalid target.
-If @var{underscoring} is not @code{NULL}, then set this value to target's
-underscoring mode. Zero for none-underscoring, -1 for invalid target,
-else the value of target vector's symbol underscoring.
-If @var{def_target_arch} is not @code{NULL}, then set it to the architecture
-string specified by the target_name.
-
-@findex bfd_target_list
-@subsubsection @code{bfd_target_list}
-@strong{Synopsis}
-@example
-const char ** bfd_target_list (void);
-@end example
-@strong{Description}@*
-Return a freshly malloced NULL-terminated
-vector of the names of all the valid BFD targets. Do not
-modify the names.
-
-@findex bfd_seach_for_target
-@subsubsection @code{bfd_seach_for_target}
-@strong{Synopsis}
-@example
-const bfd_target *bfd_search_for_target
- (int (*search_func) (const bfd_target *, void *),
- void *);
-@end example
-@strong{Description}@*
-Return a pointer to the first transfer vector in the list of
-transfer vectors maintained by BFD that produces a non-zero
-result when passed to the function @var{search_func}. The
-parameter @var{data} is passed, unexamined, to the search
-function.
-