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+/* Initialization of Alpha specific backend library.
+   Copyright (C) 2002-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+   Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#define BACKEND		alpha_
+#define RELOC_PREFIX	R_ALPHA_
+#include "libebl_CPU.h"
+
+/* This defines the common reloc hooks based on alpha_reloc.def.  */
+#include "common-reloc.c"
+
+
+const char *
+alpha_init (Elf *elf __attribute__ ((unused)),
+	    GElf_Half machine __attribute__ ((unused)),
+	    Ebl *eh,
+	    size_t ehlen)
+{
+  /* Check whether the Elf_BH object has a sufficent size.  */
+  if (ehlen < sizeof (Ebl))
+    return NULL;
+
+  /* We handle it.  */
+  eh->name = "Alpha";
+  alpha_init_reloc (eh);
+  HOOK (eh, dynamic_tag_name);
+  HOOK (eh, dynamic_tag_check);
+  HOOK (eh, reloc_simple_type);
+  HOOK (eh, return_value_location);
+  HOOK (eh, machine_section_flag_check);
+  HOOK (eh, check_special_section);
+  HOOK (eh, check_special_symbol);
+  HOOK (eh, check_st_other_bits);
+  HOOK (eh, register_info);
+  HOOK (eh, core_note);
+  HOOK (eh, auxv_info);
+  eh->sysvhash_entrysize = sizeof (Elf64_Xword);
+
+  return MODVERSION;
+}