* [binutils-gdb] Document how to use the linker to create a resource only DLL.
@ 2023-05-16 15:05 Nick Clifton
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commit d1792f72bf92ac06be7a4785567e2c7bf78c0496
Author: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Tue May 16 16:04:58 2023 +0100
Document how to use the linker to create a resource only DLL.
PR 30359
* ld.texi (WIN32): Document how to create a resource only DLL.
Diff:
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ld/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
ld/ld.texi | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 788410a026a..ae1b34af0c0 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2023-05-16 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ PR 30359
+ * ld.texi (WIN32): Document how to create a resource only DLL.
+
2023-05-16 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
* ld.texi (-Ur): Clarify the actions of this option.
diff --git a/ld/ld.texi b/ld/ld.texi
index fdcc8c50e4d..252a0ac9c3f 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texi
+++ b/ld/ld.texi
@@ -8556,6 +8556,39 @@ archive. The cygwin and mingw ports of @command{ld} have specific
support for creating such libraries provided with the
@samp{--out-implib} command-line option.
+@item Resource only DLLs
+It is possible to create a DLL that only contains resources, ie just a
+@samp{.rsrc} section, but in order to do so a custom linker script
+must be used. This is because the built-in default linker scripts
+will always create @samp{.text} amd @samp {.idata} sections, even if
+there is no input to go into them.
+
+The script should look like this, although the @code{OUTPUT_FORMAT}
+should be changed to match the desired format.
+
+@example
+OUTPUT_FORMAT(pei-i386)
+SECTIONS
+@{
+ . = SIZEOF_HEADERS;
+ . = ALIGN(__section_alignment__);
+ .rsrc __image_base__ + __section_alignment__ : ALIGN(4)
+ @{
+ KEEP (*(.rsrc))
+ KEEP (*(.rsrc$*))
+ @}
+ /DISCARD/ : @{ *(*) @}
+@}
+@end example
+
+With this script saved to a file called, eg @file{rsrc.ld}, a command
+line like this can be used to create the resource only DLL
+@file{rsrc.dll} from an input file called @file{rsrc.o}:
+
+@smallexample
+ld -dll --subsystem windows -e 0 -s rsrc.o -o rsrc.dll -T rsrc.ld
+@end smallexample
+
@item exporting DLL symbols
@cindex exporting DLL symbols
The cygwin/mingw @command{ld} has several ways to export symbols for dll's.
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