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+/* IA-64 specific symbolic name handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2002-2009, 2014 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
+
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#define BACKEND		ia64_
+#include "libebl_CPU.h"
+
+
+const char *
+ia64_segment_type_name (int segment, char *buf __attribute__ ((unused)),
+			size_t len __attribute__ ((unused)))
+{
+  switch (segment)
+    {
+    case PT_IA_64_ARCHEXT:
+      return "IA_64_ARCHEXT";
+    case PT_IA_64_UNWIND:
+      return "IA_64_UNWIND";
+    case PT_IA_64_HP_OPT_ANOT:
+      return "IA_64_HP_OPT_ANOT";
+    case PT_IA_64_HP_HSL_ANOT:
+      return "IA_64_HP_HSL_ANOT";
+    case PT_IA_64_HP_STACK:
+      return "IA_64_HP_STACK";
+    default:
+      break;
+    }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+const char *
+ia64_dynamic_tag_name (int64_t tag, char *buf __attribute__ ((unused)),
+		       size_t len __attribute__ ((unused)))
+{
+  switch (tag)
+    {
+    case DT_IA_64_PLT_RESERVE:
+      return "IA_64_PLT_RESERVE";
+    default:
+      break;
+    }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Check dynamic tag.  */
+bool
+ia64_dynamic_tag_check (int64_t tag)
+{
+  return tag == DT_IA_64_PLT_RESERVE;
+}
+
+/* Check whether machine flags are valid.  */
+bool
+ia64_machine_flag_check (GElf_Word flags)
+{
+  return ((flags &~ EF_IA_64_ABI64) == 0);
+}
+
+/* Check whether SHF_MASKPROC flags are valid.  */
+bool
+ia64_machine_section_flag_check (GElf_Xword sh_flags)
+{
+  return (sh_flags &~ (SHF_IA_64_SHORT | SHF_IA_64_NORECOV)) == 0;
+}
+
+/* Return symbolic representation of section type.  */
+const char *
+ia64_section_type_name (int type,
+			char *buf __attribute__ ((unused)),
+			size_t len __attribute__ ((unused)))
+{
+  switch (type)
+    {
+    case SHT_IA_64_EXT:
+      return "IA_64_EXT";
+    case SHT_IA_64_UNWIND:
+      return "IA_64_UNWIND";
+    }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Check for the simple reloc types.  */
+Elf_Type
+ia64_reloc_simple_type (Ebl *ebl, int type)
+{
+  switch (type)
+    {
+      /* The SECREL types when used with non-allocated sections
+	 like .debug_* are the same as direct absolute relocs
+	 applied to those sections, since a 0 section address is assumed.
+	 So we treat them the same here.  */
+
+    case R_IA64_SECREL32MSB:
+    case R_IA64_DIR32MSB:
+      if (ebl->data == ELFDATA2MSB)
+	return ELF_T_WORD;
+      break;
+    case R_IA64_SECREL32LSB:
+    case R_IA64_DIR32LSB:
+      if (ebl->data == ELFDATA2LSB)
+	return ELF_T_WORD;
+      break;
+    case R_IA64_DIR64MSB:
+    case R_IA64_SECREL64MSB:
+      if (ebl->data == ELFDATA2MSB)
+	return ELF_T_XWORD;
+      break;
+    case R_IA64_SECREL64LSB:
+    case R_IA64_DIR64LSB:
+      if (ebl->data == ELFDATA2LSB)
+	return ELF_T_XWORD;
+      break;
+    }
+
+  return ELF_T_NUM;
+}
+
+/* The SHT_IA_64_UNWIND section type is a valid target for relocation.  */
+bool
+ia64_check_reloc_target_type (Ebl *ebl __attribute__ ((unused)), Elf64_Word sh_type)
+{
+  return sh_type == SHT_IA_64_UNWIND;
+}