bfd/

2005-10-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR ld/1467
	* elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_match_sections_by_type): New.
	(_bfd_generic_match_sections_by_type): New. Defined.

	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_match_sections_by_type): New.

	* libbfd-in.h (_bfd_generic_match_sections_by_type): New.

	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
	* libbfd.h: Likewise.

	* libbfd.c (_bfd_generic_match_sections_by_type): New.

	* targets.c (BFD_JUMP_TABLE_LINK): Initialize
	_bfd_match_sections_by_type with
	_bfd_generic_match_sections_by_type.
	(bfd_target): Add _bfd_match_sections_by_type.

ld/

2005-10-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR ld/1467
	* emultempl/elf32.em: Include "elf-bfd.h".
	(gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Check section type and
	don't use section name for ELF input sections.

	* ld.texinfo: Document orphan section processing.

	* ldlang.c (lang_output_section_find_by_flags): Match section
	types by calling bfd_match_sections_by_type.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 435622d219..3a139a0bcf 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -8502,3 +8502,18 @@ asection _bfd_elf_large_com_section
   = BFD_FAKE_SECTION (_bfd_elf_large_com_section,
 		      SEC_IS_COMMON, NULL, NULL, "LARGE_COMMON",
 		      0);
+
+/* Return TRUE if 2 section types are compatible.  */
+
+bfd_boolean
+_bfd_elf_match_sections_by_type (bfd *abfd, const asection *asec,
+				 bfd *bbfd, const asection *bsec)
+{
+  if (asec == NULL
+      || bsec == NULL
+      || abfd->xvec->flavour != bfd_target_elf_flavour
+      || bbfd->xvec->flavour != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  return elf_section_type (asec) == elf_section_type (bsec);
+}