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Next: <a href="BFD-front-end.html#BFD-front-end" accesskey="n" rel="next">BFD front end</a>, Previous: <a href="index.html#Top" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Top</a>, Up: <a href="index.html#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="BFD-Index.html#BFD-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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<a name="Introduction"></a>
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<h2 class="chapter">1 Introduction</h2>
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<a name="index-BFD"></a>
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<p>BFD is a package which allows applications to use the
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same routines to operate on object files whatever the object file
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format. A new object file format can be supported simply by
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creating a new BFD back end and adding it to the library.
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</p>
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<p>BFD is split into two parts: the front end, and the back ends (one for
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each object file format).
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</p><ul>
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<li> The front end of BFD provides the interface to the user. It manages
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memory and various canonical data structures. The front end also
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decides which back end to use and when to call back end routines.
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</li><li> The back ends provide BFD its view of the real world. Each back
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end provides a set of calls which the BFD front end can use to maintain
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its canonical form. The back ends also may keep around information for
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their own use, for greater efficiency.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="How-It-Works.html#How-It-Works" accesskey="2">How It Works</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">How It Works
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="What-BFD-Version-2-Can-Do.html#What-BFD-Version-2-Can-Do" accesskey="3">What BFD Version 2 Can Do</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">What BFD Version 2 Can Do
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