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26.Dd November 30, 2011
27.Dt ELFTC_BFD_FIND_TARGET 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm elftc_bfd_find_target ,
31.Nm elftc_bfd_target_byteorder ,
32.Nm elftc_bfd_target_class ,
33.Nm elftc_bfd_target_flavor ,
34.Nm elftc_bfd_target_machine
35.Nd binary object descriptor handling
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libelftc
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In libelftc.h
40.Vt struct Elftc_Bfd_Target;
41.Ft "Elftc_Bfd_Target *"
42.Fn elftc_bfd_find_target "const char *target_name"
43.Ft "unsigned int"
44.Fn elftc_bfd_target_class "Elftc_Bfd_Target *target"
45.Ft "unsigned int"
46.Fn elftc_bfd_target_byteorder "Elftc_Bfd_Target *target"
47.Ft Elftc_Bfd_Target_Flavor
48.Fn elftc_bfd_target_flavor "Elftc_Bfd_Target *target"
49.Ft "unsigned int"
50.Fn elftc_bfd_target_machine "Elftc_Bfd_Target *target"
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52Function
53.Fn elftc_bfd_find_target
54locates a binary object descriptor corresponding to the descriptor
55name in argument
56.Ar "target_name" .
57Binary object descriptors encapsulate properties of an object format
58such as its file representation, ELF class, and byte endianness.
59.Pp
60Known descriptor names and their properties include:
61.Bl -column -offset "XXXX" ".Li elf32-x86-64-freebsd" "Object format" "Byte Order" "Bit Width"
62.It Em Name Ta Em "Object Format" Ta Em "Byte Order" Ta Em "Bit Width"
63.It Li binary Ta Binary Ta - Ta -
64.It Li efi-app-ia32 Ta PE Ta LSB Ta 32
65.It Li efi-app-x86_64 Ta PE Ta LSB Ta 64
66.It Li elf32-avr Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
67.It Li elf32-big Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
68.It Li elf32-bigarm Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
69.It Li elf32-bigmips Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
70.It Li elf32-i386 Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
71.It Li elf32-i386-freebsd Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
72.It Li elf32-ia64-big Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
73.It Li elf32-little Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
74.It Li elf32-littlearm Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
75.It Li elf32-littlemips Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
76.It Li elf32-powerpc Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
77.It Li elf32-powerpc-freebsd Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
78.It Li elf32-powerpcle Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
79.It Li elf32-sh Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
80.It Li elf32-shl Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
81.It Li elf32-sh-nbsd Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
82.It Li elf32-shl-nbsd Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
83.It Li elf32-shbig-linux Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
84.It Li elf32-shl-linux Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
85.It Li elf32-sparc Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
86.It Li elf32-tradbigmips Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
87.It Li elf32-tradlittlemips Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
88.It Li elf64-alpha Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
89.It Li elf64-alpha-freebsd Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
90.It Li elf64-big Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
91.It Li elf64-bigmips Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
92.It Li elf64-ia64-big Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
93.It Li elf64-ia64-little Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
94.It Li elf64-little Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
95.It Li elf64-littleaarch64 Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
96.It Li elf64-littlemips Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
97.It Li elf64-powerpc Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
98.It Li elf64-powerpc-freebsd Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
99.It Li elf64-powerpcle Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
100.It Li elf64-sh64 Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
101.It Li elf64-sh64l Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
102.It Li elf64-sh64-nbsd Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
103.It Li elf64-sh64l-nbsd Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
104.It Li elf64-sh64big-linux Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
105.It Li elf64-sh64-linux Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
106.It Li elf64-sparc Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
107.It Li elf64-sparc-freebsd Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
108.It Li elf64-tradbigmips Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
109.It Li elf64-tradlittlemips Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
110.It Li elf64-x86-64 Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
111.It Li elf64-x86-64-freebsd Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
112.It Li ihex Ta IHEX Ta - Ta -
113.It Li pei-i386 Ta PE Ta LSB Ta 32
114.It Li pei-x86-64 Ta PE Ta LSB Ta 64
115.It Li srec Ta SREC Ta - Ta -
116.It Li symbolsrec Ta SREC Ta - Ta -
117.El
118.Pp
119Function
120.Fn elftc_bfd_target_byteorder
121returns the ELF byte order associated with target descriptor
122.Ar target .
123.Pp
124Function
125.Fn elftc_bfd_target_class
126returns the ELF class associated with target descriptor
127.Ar target .
128.Pp
129Function
130.Fn elftc_bfd_target_flavor
131returns the object format associated with target descriptor
132.Ar target .
133The known object formats are:
134.Bl -tag -offset "XXXX" -width ".Dv ETF_BINARY" -compact
135.It Dv ETF_ELF
136An ELF object.
137.It Dv ETF_BINARY
138Raw binary.
139.It Dv ETF_IHEX
140An object encoded in
141.Tn Intel
142hex format.
143.It Dv ETF_NONE
144An unknown object format.
145.It Dv ETF_SREC
146An object encoded as S-records.
147.El
148.Sh RETURN VALUES
149Function
150.Fn elftc_bfd_find_target
151returns a valid pointer to an opaque binary target descriptor if
152successful, or NULL in case of an error.
153.Pp
154Function
155.Fn elftc_bfd_target_byteorder
156returns the ELF byte order associated with the target descriptor; one of
157.Dv ELFDATA2MSB
158or
159.Dv ELFDATA2LSB .
160.Pp
161Function
162.Fn elftc_bfd_target_class
163returns the ELF class associated with the target descriptor; one of
164.Dv ELFCLASS32
165or
166.Dv ELFCLASS64 .
167.Pp
168Function
169.Fn elftc_bfd_target_machine
170returns the ELF architecture associated with the target descriptor.
171.Pp
172Function
173.Fn elftc_bfd_target_flavor
174returns one of
175.Dv ETF_BINARY ,
176.Dv ETF_ELF ,
177.Dv ETF_IHEX
178or
179.Dv ETF_SREC
180if successful or
181.Dv ETF_NONE
182in case of error.
183.Sh EXAMPLES
184To return descriptor information associated with target name
185.Dq elf64-big
186use:
187.Bd -literal -offset indent
188struct Elftc_Bfd_Target *t;
189
190if ((t = elftc_bfd_find_target("elf64-big")) == NULL)
191	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot find target descriptor");
192
193printf("Class: %s\\n", elftc_bfd_target_class(t) == ELFCLASS32 ?
194    "ELFCLASS32" : "ELFCLASS64");
195printf("Byteorder: %s\\n",
196    elftc_bfd_target_byteorder(t) == ELFDATA2LSB ? "LSB" : "MSB");
197printf("Flavor: %d\\n", elftc_bfd_target_flavor(t));
198.Ed
199.Sh SEE ALSO
200.Xr elf 3
201