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authorHans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>2008-06-16 15:10:13 +0000
committerHans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>2008-06-16 15:10:13 +0000
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* ld.texinfo (@node MMIX): For the __.MMIX.start. prefix, only
mention it as being special for global symbols.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld')
-rw-r--r--ld/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--ld/ld.texinfo8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 6524a63..c29fc35 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-06-16 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>
+
+ * ld.texinfo (@node MMIX): For the __.MMIX.start. prefix, only
+ mention it as being special for global symbols.
+
2008-06-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
* ldlang.c (print_output_section_statement): If the output section
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index c90d953..d0c0335 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -5841,10 +5841,10 @@ global register multiplied by 8. Register @code{$255} is not included in
this section; it is always set to the program entry, which is at the
symbol @code{Main} for @code{mmo} files.
-Symbols with the prefix @code{__.MMIX.start.}, for example
-@code{__.MMIX.start..text} and @code{__.MMIX.start..data} are special;
-there must be only one each, even if they are local. The default linker
-script uses these to set the default start address of a section.
+Global symbols with the prefix @code{__.MMIX.start.}, for example
+@code{__.MMIX.start..text} and @code{__.MMIX.start..data} are special.
+The default linker script uses these to set the default start address
+of a section.
Initial and trailing multiples of zero-valued 32-bit words in a section,
are left out from an mmo file.