diff --git a/backends/sparc_symbol.c b/backends/sparc_symbol.c
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+/* SPARC specific symbolic name handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+   Written by Jakub Jelinek <jakub@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>
+
+#define BACKEND		sparc_
+#include "libebl_CPU.h"
+
+/* Check for the simple reloc types.  */
+Elf_Type
+sparc_reloc_simple_type (Ebl *ebl __attribute__ ((unused)), int type)
+{
+  switch (type)
+    {
+    case R_SPARC_8:
+      return ELF_T_BYTE;
+    case R_SPARC_16:
+    case R_SPARC_UA16:
+      return ELF_T_HALF;
+    case R_SPARC_32:
+    case R_SPARC_UA32:
+      return ELF_T_WORD;
+    case R_SPARC_64:
+    case R_SPARC_UA64:
+      return ELF_T_XWORD;
+    default:
+      return ELF_T_NUM;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Check whether machine flags are valid.  */
+bool
+sparc_machine_flag_check (GElf_Word flags)
+{
+  return ((flags &~ (EF_SPARCV9_MM
+		     | EF_SPARC_LEDATA
+		     | EF_SPARC_32PLUS
+		     | EF_SPARC_SUN_US1
+		     | EF_SPARC_SUN_US3)) == 0);
+}
+
+bool
+sparc_check_special_section (Ebl *ebl,
+			     int ndx __attribute__ ((unused)),
+			     const GElf_Shdr *shdr,
+			     const char *sname __attribute__ ((unused)))
+{
+  if ((shdr->sh_flags & (SHF_WRITE | SHF_EXECINSTR))
+      == (SHF_WRITE | SHF_EXECINSTR))
+    {
+      /* This is ordinarily flagged, but is valid for a PLT on SPARC.
+
+	 Look for the SHT_DYNAMIC section and the DT_PLTGOT tag in it.
+	 Its d_ptr should match the .plt section's sh_addr.  */
+
+      Elf_Scn *scn = NULL;
+      while ((scn = elf_nextscn (ebl->elf, scn)) != NULL)
+	{
+	  GElf_Shdr scn_shdr;
+	  if (likely (gelf_getshdr (scn, &scn_shdr) != NULL)
+	      && scn_shdr.sh_type == SHT_DYNAMIC
+	      && scn_shdr.sh_entsize != 0)
+	    {
+	      Elf_Data *data = elf_getdata (scn, NULL);
+	      if (data != NULL)
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < data->d_size / scn_shdr.sh_entsize; ++i)
+		  {
+		    GElf_Dyn dyn;
+		    if (unlikely (gelf_getdyn (data, i, &dyn) == NULL))
+		      break;
+		    if (dyn.d_tag == DT_PLTGOT)
+		      return dyn.d_un.d_ptr == shdr->sh_addr;
+		  }
+	      break;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+const char *
+sparc_symbol_type_name (int type,
+			char *buf __attribute__ ((unused)),
+			size_t len __attribute__ ((unused)))
+{
+  switch (type)
+    {
+    case STT_SPARC_REGISTER:
+      return "SPARC_REGISTER";
+    }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+const char *
+sparc_dynamic_tag_name (int64_t tag,
+			char *buf __attribute__ ((unused)),
+			size_t len __attribute__ ((unused)))
+{
+  switch (tag)
+    {
+    case DT_SPARC_REGISTER:
+      return "SPARC_REGISTER";
+    }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+bool
+sparc_dynamic_tag_check (int64_t tag)
+{
+  switch (tag)
+    {
+    case DT_SPARC_REGISTER:
+      return true;
+    }
+  return false;
+}