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<h4 class="subsubsection">2.17.2.1 Differing file formats</h4>
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<p>Normally all the files involved in a link will be of the same
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format, but it is also possible to link together different
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format object files, and the back end must support that. The
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<code>_bfd_link_add_symbols</code> entry point is called via the target
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vector of the file to be added. This has an important
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consequence: the function may not assume that the hash table
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is the type created by the corresponding
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<code>_bfd_link_hash_table_create</code> vector. All the
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<code>_bfd_link_add_symbols</code> function can assume about the hash
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table is that it is derived from <code>struct
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bfd_link_hash_table</code>.
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<p>Sometimes the <code>_bfd_link_add_symbols</code> function must store
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some information in the hash table entry to be used by the
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<code>_bfd_final_link</code> function. In such a case the output bfd
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xvec must be checked to make sure that the hash table was
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created by an object file of the same format.
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<p>The <code>_bfd_final_link</code> routine must be prepared to handle a
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hash entry without any extra information added by the
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<code>_bfd_link_add_symbols</code> function. A hash entry without
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extra information will also occur when the linker script
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directs the linker to create a symbol. Note that, regardless
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of how a hash table entry is added, all the fields will be
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initialized to some sort of null value by the hash table entry
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initialization function.
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<p>See <code>ecoff_link_add_externals</code> for an example of how to
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check the output bfd before saving information (in this
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case, the ECOFF external symbol debugging information) in a
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hash table entry.
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