HP UX Software Transition Kit (STK) manual Linker Tools for Itanium-Based Systems

Linking in PA-64 Mode with +std	48
Linking in PA-32 Mode with +compat	48
Changing Mapfiles with -k and +nodefaultmap	48
Selecting Verbose Output with +vtype	48
Turning on the linkage table protection with +protect	50
Creating read-only text segment in MPAS executable	50
Allocating Storage for Uninitialized Data with +nobss	50
Initializing Floating Point Environment with +FP	50
Allocating Storage for Hidden Common Symbols with +alloc_hidden_commons	51
Turn Off Linker Warnings with -w	52
Preserving Compiler Generated Relocation Sections with -emit_relocs	52
3 Linker Tools for Itanium-Based Systems	53
Changing a Program's Attributes with chatr(1)	53
Viewing Symbols in an Object file with nm(1)	56
Viewing the Contents of an Object File with elfdump(1)	58
Viewing Library Dependencies with ldd(1)	60
Listing Dynamic Libraries with pldd(1)	61
Printing a Stack Trace with pstack(1)	62
Viewing the Size of Object File Elements with size(1)	65
Reducing Storage Space with strip(1)	65
Improving Program Start-up with fastbind(1)	66
Finding Object Library Ordering Relationships with lorder(1)	67
Tracing Inter-Module Procedure Calls with ltrace(1)	67
4 Linker Tools for PA-RISC Systems	69
Changing a Program's Attributes with chatr(1)	69
Using chatr for 32-bit Program Attributes	69
Using chatr for 64-bit Program Attributes	70
Viewing Symbols in an Object file with nm(1)	71
Viewing the Contents of an Object File with elfdump(1)	72
Viewing library dependencies with ldd(1)	74
Viewing the Size of Object File Elements with size(1)	75
Reducing Storage Space with strip(1)	76
Improving Program Start-up with fastbind(1)	76
Finding Object Library Ordering Relationships with lorder(1)	77
5 Linker Toolset Differences Between PA-RISC and Itanium-Based Systems	79
Linker Toolset Compatibility with De Facto Industry Standards	79
ELF Object File Format	79
PA-RISC Changes in Hardware Compatibility	79
PA-RISC 2.0 Compatibility	80
PA-RISC Architectures and Their System Models	80
Link-time Differences Between SOM (PA32) and ELF (PA64 and Itanium)	80
Run-time Differences Between SOM (PA32) and ELF (PA64 and Itanium)	82
PA64 Mode Linker Options	82
Linker-Defined Symbols	82
Dynamic Path Searching for Shared Libraries	83
Symbol Searching in Dependent Libraries	86
System Libraries - Locations and Library Name Extension	87
System Library Location	87
Shared Library Extension (suffix)	87
Statically-bound programs (archive-bound programs)	88
6 Creating and Using Libraries	89
Overview of Shared and Archive Libraries	89
What are Archive Libraries?	90

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