The GNU binary utilities. A collection of tools for operating on object files. Most notably they include the GNU assembler and linker. They are typically used in conjunction with the GNU compiler collection (GCC).
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TensorFlow compilation error: Expecting string instruction after 'rep'
I'm trying to compile TensorFlow from source on OSX 10.10, following these instructions so that I can use the GPU. I'm using GCC 4.8.5.
This is the error that I get during compilation:
/var/tmp//cccfsYPu.s:2774:expecting string instruction after…
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Error compiling against libopcodes
I'm following some code from here which is as follows:
The OP says that you can link with -lbfd -lopcodes.
However, for OpenSuSE I've found that for libbfd I need -lbfd -liberty -lz -ldl
When trying to compile, here is my results:
make
gcc…
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How can I build binutils for Android?
I am building binutils for my x86 Android(Remix OS).
I am using NDK toolchain.
I built 'make' successfully with using this configure command:
./configure --host=x86_64-linux-android --prefix=/home/newnis/remixBin/
I tried same thing on binutils.…
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Output relocatable section data from linker script
Using commands like BYTE or LONG, it is possible to include explicit bytes of data in an output section from a linker script. The linked page also describes that those commands can be used to output the value of symbols.
I would have expected that…
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Wildcard doesn't work in Mingw (Windows) GNU ld script
I am using the tool chain provided by GCC ARM Embedded. It seems ld (4.9-2015-q3-update) cannot handle wild card (*) with Windows path correctly.
For example, the code snippet below
.foo_v0 { obj\*(.s_foo_v0) }
won't find files under directory obj,…
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Binary files format (ARM GCC)
what contains a binary file which come from a ARM GCC for ARM devices?
Is there inside it some information about destination address which write to?
Or just native, pure, content of program without information about memory location?
If i have a…
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What is the meaning/purpose of the "=" that sometimes appears in the SEARCH_DIR command in binutils' ldscripts?
When I build binutils, the ldscripts folder contains several files that are used by ld to determine how to link objects for a particular platform. In the scripts I see lines…
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binutils-2.20 install failed
I am trying to install binutils in my mac.
configure works:
sudo ./configure --target=i386-elf --disable-nls --disable-werror
but the make command gives me a fatal error:
i386-dis.c:6671:21: fatal error: bracket nesting level exceeded maximum of…
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gcc replacing default library search paths
I want to make a "bare bones" Linux environment, so first I compile and install the Linux kernel to a directory called /distro (on the "host" machine).
After configuring the boot loader, I am able to boot into this kernel and it naturally pauses…
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How could I remove a certain .o section out of .a file
I have a .a file with a bunch of symbols and objects. There is a section which
libunwind.o:
00000184 T _Unwind_Backtrace
00000160 T _Unwind_ForcedUnwind
000000f4 T _Unwind_RaiseException
00000118 T _Unwind_Resume
0000013c T…
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what are the common symbols in objdump?
I'm reading the documentation of objdump in :
objdump manual
and in the line that specifies the output of the symbol table for ELF based files entries with the -t option, there's one line that i would like to better understand. I copied that part…
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How to re-assemble disassembled code
I have an old lib created by old binutils. I can't link this lib with my new binutils (there was a bug in the my old binutils that caused functions names to stay as they compiled (no prefix was added) instead of adding the prefix "_" e.g. function…
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can't understand how to use sim folder in binutils
I am porting binutils to a new arch. What is the sim folder for ? and how can I use it ? If I understand correctly, the sim folder suppose to build some kind of simulator for the new arch but I can't find any information about it. Is there more…
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Forcing ld to resolve weak references at ld time
Consider a program like:
#include
void foo() __attribute__((__weak__));
int main()
{
printf("%p\n", (void *)foo);
if (foo) foo();
}
If compiled as a regular, non-PIE dynamic-linked executable, the non-existence of foo is resolved…
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How to get information from objdump
I encounter a problem when reading information dumped out from an executable file in linux.
The information is as follows:
804a0ea: 04 08 add $0x8, %al
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804a0f4: a6 cmpsb %es:(%edi),%ds:(%esi)
I have two…
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