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26.Dd February 12, 2020
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.Ft "unsigned int"
52.Fn elftc_bfd_target_osabi "Elftc_Bfd_Target *target"
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54Function
55.Fn elftc_bfd_find_target
56locates a binary object descriptor corresponding to the descriptor
57name in argument
58.Ar "target_name" .
59Binary object descriptors encapsulate properties of an object format
60such as its file representation, ELF class, and byte endianness.
61.Pp
62Known descriptor names and their properties include:
63.Bl -column -offset "XXXX" ".Li elf32-x86-64-freebsd" "Object format" "Byte Order" "Bit Width"
64.It Em Name Ta Em "Object Format" Ta Em "Byte Order" Ta Em "Bit Width"
65.It Li binary Ta Binary Ta - Ta -
66.It Li efi-app-ia32 Ta PE Ta LSB Ta 32
67.It Li efi-app-x86_64 Ta PE Ta LSB Ta 64
68.It Li elf32-avr Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
69.It Li elf32-big Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
70.It Li elf32-bigarm Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
71.It Li elf32-bigmips Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
72.It Li elf32-i386 Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
73.It Li elf32-i386-freebsd Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
74.It Li elf32-ia64-big Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
75.It Li elf32-little Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
76.It Li elf32-littlearm Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
77.It Li elf32-littlemips Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
78.It Li elf32-powerpc Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
79.It Li elf32-powerpc-freebsd Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
80.It Li elf32-powerpcle Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
81.It Li elf32-riscv Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
82.It Li elf64-riscv Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
83.It Li elf64-riscv-freebsd Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
84.It Li elf32-sh Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
85.It Li elf32-shl Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
86.It Li elf32-sh-nbsd Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
87.It Li elf32-shl-nbsd Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
88.It Li elf32-shbig-linux Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
89.It Li elf32-shl-linux Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
90.It Li elf32-sparc Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
91.It Li elf32-tradbigmips Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 32
92.It Li elf32-tradlittlemips Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 32
93.It Li elf64-alpha Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
94.It Li elf64-alpha-freebsd Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
95.It Li elf64-big Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
96.It Li elf64-bigmips Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
97.It Li elf64-ia64-big Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
98.It Li elf64-ia64-little Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
99.It Li elf64-little Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
100.It Li elf64-littleaarch64 Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
101.It Li elf64-littlemips Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
102.It Li elf64-powerpc Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
103.It Li elf64-powerpc-freebsd Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
104.It Li elf64-powerpcle Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
105.It Li elf64-sh64 Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
106.It Li elf64-sh64l Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
107.It Li elf64-sh64-nbsd Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
108.It Li elf64-sh64l-nbsd Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
109.It Li elf64-sh64big-linux Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
110.It Li elf64-sh64-linux Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
111.It Li elf64-sparc Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
112.It Li elf64-sparc-freebsd Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
113.It Li elf64-tradbigmips Ta ELF Ta MSB Ta 64
114.It Li elf64-tradlittlemips Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
115.It Li elf64-x86-64 Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
116.It Li elf64-x86-64-freebsd Ta ELF Ta LSB Ta 64
117.It Li ihex Ta IHEX Ta - Ta -
118.It Li pei-i386 Ta PE Ta LSB Ta 32
119.It Li pei-x86-64 Ta PE Ta LSB Ta 64
120.It Li srec Ta SREC Ta - Ta -
121.It Li symbolsrec Ta SREC Ta - Ta -
122.El
123.Pp
124Function
125.Fn elftc_bfd_target_byteorder
126returns the ELF byte order associated with target descriptor
127.Ar target .
128.Pp
129Function
130.Fn elftc_bfd_target_class
131returns the ELF class associated with target descriptor
132.Ar target .
133.Pp
134Function
135.Fn elftc_bfd_target_flavor
136returns the object format associated with target descriptor
137.Ar target .
138The known object formats are:
139.Bl -tag -offset "XXXX" -width ".Dv ETF_BINARY" -compact
140.It Dv ETF_ELF
141An ELF object.
142.It Dv ETF_BINARY
143Raw binary.
144.It Dv ETF_IHEX
145An object encoded in
146.Tn Intel
147hex format.
148.It Dv ETF_NONE
149An unknown object format.
150.It Dv ETF_SREC
151An object encoded as S-records.
152.El
153.Sh RETURN VALUES
154Function
155.Fn elftc_bfd_find_target
156returns a valid pointer to an opaque binary target descriptor if
157successful, or NULL in case of an error.
158.Pp
159Function
160.Fn elftc_bfd_target_byteorder
161returns the ELF byte order associated with the target descriptor; one of
162.Dv ELFDATA2MSB
163or
164.Dv ELFDATA2LSB .
165.Pp
166Function
167.Fn elftc_bfd_target_class
168returns the ELF class associated with the target descriptor; one of
169.Dv ELFCLASS32
170or
171.Dv ELFCLASS64 .
172.Pp
173Function
174.Fn elftc_bfd_target_machine
175returns the ELF architecture associated with the target descriptor.
176.Pp
177Function
178.Fn elftc_bfd_target_flavor
179returns one of
180.Dv ETF_BINARY ,
181.Dv ETF_ELF ,
182.Dv ETF_IHEX
183or
184.Dv ETF_SREC
185if successful or
186.Dv ETF_NONE
187in case of error.
188.Sh EXAMPLES
189To return descriptor information associated with target name
190.Dq elf64-big
191use:
192.Bd -literal -offset indent
193struct Elftc_Bfd_Target *t;
194
195if ((t = elftc_bfd_find_target("elf64-big")) == NULL)
196	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot find target descriptor");
197
198printf("Class: %s\\n", elftc_bfd_target_class(t) == ELFCLASS32 ?
199    "ELFCLASS32" : "ELFCLASS64");
200printf("Byteorder: %s\\n",
201    elftc_bfd_target_byteorder(t) == ELFDATA2LSB ? "LSB" : "MSB");
202printf("Flavor: %d\\n", elftc_bfd_target_flavor(t));
203.Ed
204.Sh SEE ALSO
205.Xr elf 3
206