X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 09:47:42 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: nm manual incomplete ? Message-ID: <20120523074742.GF9200@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <4FBC8C81.8070204@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FBC8C81.8070204@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On May 23 09:06, marco atzeri wrote: > using > $ nm --version > GNU nm (GNU Binutils) 2.22.52.20120326 > > I see on an npi (libmpi.dll.a) library > > d002278.o: > 00000000 i .idata$4 > 00000000 i .idata$5 > 00000000 i .idata$6 > 00000000 i .idata$7 > 00000000 t .text > U __head_cygmpi_1_dll > 00000000 I __imp__ompi_mpi_comm_world > 00000000 I __nm__ompi_mpi_comm_world > > but there is no "I" on the nm manual : > --------------------------------------------------------------- > "i" For PE format files this indicates that the symbol is in a > section specific to the implementation of DLLs. For ELF format > files this indicates that the symbol is an indirect function. > This is a GNU extension to the standard set of ELF symbol > types. It indicates a symbol which if referenced by a > relocation does not evaluate to its address, but instead must > be invoked at runtime. The runtime execution will then return > the value to be used in the relocation. > > "N" The symbol is a debugging symbol. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > what is "I" for ? Import? Indirection? Maybe you should ask on the binutils list, they might be interested to fix the man page. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple