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authorTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2003-06-12 14:32:19 +0000
committerTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2003-06-12 14:32:19 +0000
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* doc/as.texinfo (Comm): Added @node. Moved before CFI
directives node.
-rw-r--r--gas/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gas/doc/as.texinfo61
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 1a1bb29..1a1e37c 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-12 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+ * doc/as.texinfo (Comm): Added @node. Moved before CFI
+ directives node.
+
2003-06-12 Richard Sandiford <rsandifo@redhat.com>
* config/tc-mips.c (append_insn): In a compound relocation, take the
diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
index 3e608d4..32b7678 100644
--- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
\input texinfo @c -*-Texinfo-*-
@c Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
-@c 2001, 2002
+@c 2001, 2002, 2003
@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c UPDATE!! On future updates--
@c (1) check for new machine-dep cmdline options in
@@ -3969,6 +3969,37 @@ undefined.
@code{.byte} expects zero or more expressions, separated by commas.
Each expression is assembled into the next byte.
+@node Comm
+@section @code{.comm @var{symbol} , @var{length} }
+
+@cindex @code{comm} directive
+@cindex symbol, common
+@code{.comm} declares a common symbol named @var{symbol}. When linking, a
+common symbol in one object file may be merged with a defined or common symbol
+of the same name in another object file. If @code{@value{LD}} does not see a
+definition for the symbol--just one or more common symbols--then it will
+allocate @var{length} bytes of uninitialized memory. @var{length} must be an
+absolute expression. If @code{@value{LD}} sees multiple common symbols with
+the same name, and they do not all have the same size, it will allocate space
+using the largest size.
+
+@ifset ELF
+When using ELF, the @code{.comm} directive takes an optional third argument.
+This is the desired alignment of the symbol, specified as a byte boundary (for
+example, an alignment of 16 means that the least significant 4 bits of the
+address should be zero). The alignment must be an absolute expression, and it
+must be a power of two. If @code{@value{LD}} allocates uninitialized memory
+for the common symbol, it will use the alignment when placing the symbol. If
+no alignment is specified, @command{@value{AS}} will set the alignment to the
+largest power of two less than or equal to the size of the symbol, up to a
+maximum of 16.
+@end ifset
+
+@ifset HPPA
+The syntax for @code{.comm} differs slightly on the HPPA. The syntax is
+@samp{@var{symbol} .comm, @var{length}}; @var{symbol} is optional.
+@end ifset
+
@node CFI directives
@section @code{.cfi_startproc}
@cindex @code{cfi_startproc} directive
@@ -4019,34 +4050,6 @@ Allows the user to add arbitrary bytes to the unwind info. One
might use this to add OS-specific CFI opcodes, or generic CFI
opcodes that GAS does not yet support.
-@cindex @code{comm} directive
-@cindex symbol, common
-@code{.comm} declares a common symbol named @var{symbol}. When linking, a
-common symbol in one object file may be merged with a defined or common symbol
-of the same name in another object file. If @code{@value{LD}} does not see a
-definition for the symbol--just one or more common symbols--then it will
-allocate @var{length} bytes of uninitialized memory. @var{length} must be an
-absolute expression. If @code{@value{LD}} sees multiple common symbols with
-the same name, and they do not all have the same size, it will allocate space
-using the largest size.
-
-@ifset ELF
-When using ELF, the @code{.comm} directive takes an optional third argument.
-This is the desired alignment of the symbol, specified as a byte boundary (for
-example, an alignment of 16 means that the least significant 4 bits of the
-address should be zero). The alignment must be an absolute expression, and it
-must be a power of two. If @code{@value{LD}} allocates uninitialized memory
-for the common symbol, it will use the alignment when placing the symbol. If
-no alignment is specified, @command{@value{AS}} will set the alignment to the
-largest power of two less than or equal to the size of the symbol, up to a
-maximum of 16.
-@end ifset
-
-@ifset HPPA
-The syntax for @code{.comm} differs slightly on the HPPA. The syntax is
-@samp{@var{symbol} .comm, @var{length}}; @var{symbol} is optional.
-@end ifset
-
@node Data
@section @code{.data @var{subsection}}