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authorBob Wilson <bob.wilson@acm.org>2008-10-06 17:31:39 +0000
committerBob Wilson <bob.wilson@acm.org>2008-10-06 17:31:39 +0000
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* doc/as.texinfo (Local): New description of ELF .local directive.
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@@ -3877,6 +3877,9 @@ Some machine configurations provide additional directives.
* Ln:: @code{.ln @var{line-number}}
* LNS directives:: @code{.file}, @code{.loc}, etc.
+@ifset ELF
+* Local:: @code{.local @var{names}}
+@end ifset
* Long:: @code{.long @var{expressions}}
@ignore
@@ -5019,6 +5022,22 @@ If @var{val} is non-zero, this tells @command{@value{AS}} to enter MRI mode. If
affects code assembled until the next @code{.mri} directive, or until the end
of the file. @xref{M, MRI mode, MRI mode}.
+@ifset ELF
+@node Local
+@section @code{.local @var{names}}
+
+@cindex @code{local} directive
+This directive, which is available for ELF targets, marks each symbol in
+the comma-separated list of @code{names} as a local symbol so that it
+will not be externally visible. If the symbols do not already exist,
+they will be created.
+
+For targets where the @code{.lcomm} directive (@pxref{Lcomm}) does not
+accept an alignment argument, which is the case for most ELF targets,
+the @code{.local} directive can be used in combination with @code{.comm}
+(@pxref{Comm}) to define aligned local common data.
+@end ifset
+
@node List
@section @code{.list}