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-rw-r--r--ld/ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--ld/ld.texinfo13
-rw-r--r--ld/testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-10.d2
-rw-r--r--ld/testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-9.d2
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index adefe32..2ea7630 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2017-03-11 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * ld.texinfo (Orphan Sections): Mention that not all targets
+ handle orphans well.
+ * testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-9.d: Don't run for i860 and i960.
+ * testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-10.d: Likewise.
+
2017-03-09 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
* ldlang.c (lang_size_sections_1): Shortcut loop only after
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 176b9f2..769725d 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -5777,14 +5777,11 @@ one new output section.
If new output sections are created to hold orphaned input sections,
then the linker must decide where to place these new output sections
-in relation to existing output sections. The linker uses a simple
-heuristic to do this. It attempts to place orphan sections after
-sections of the same attribute, such as code vs data, loadable vs
-non-loadable, etc. If no sections with matching attributes are found,
-the orphan section is placed at the end of the file.
-
-For ELF targets, the attribute of the section includes section type as
-well as section flag.
+in relation to existing output sections. On most modern targets, the
+linker attempts to place orphan sections after sections of the same
+attribute, such as code vs data, loadable vs non-loadable, etc. If no
+sections with matching attributes are found, or your target lacks this
+support, the orphan section is placed at the end of the file.
The command line options @samp{--orphan-handling} and @samp{--unique}
(@pxref{Options,,Command Line Options}) can be used to control which
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-10.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-10.d
index a5cf6d9..1dbec42 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-10.d
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-10.d
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#source: orphan-10.s
#ld: -N -T orphan-9.ld
#objdump: -h
-#notarget: d30v-* dlx-* fr30-* frv-* ft32-* iq2000-* mn10200-* moxie-* ms1-* msp430-* mt-* pj-*
+#notarget: d30v-* dlx-* fr30-* frv-* ft32-* i860-* i960-* iq2000-* mn10200-* moxie-* ms1-* msp430-* mt-* pj-*
#...
. \.text 0+(08|10) [0-9a-f]+ 0+200 .*
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-9.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-9.d
index 637e8c5..790cff1 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-9.d
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/orphan-9.d
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#source: orphan-9.s
#ld: -N -T orphan-9.ld
#objdump: -h
-#notarget: d30v-* dlx-* fr30-* frv-* ft32-* iq2000-* mn10200-* moxie-* ms1-* msp430-* mt-* pj-*
+#notarget: d30v-* dlx-* fr30-* frv-* ft32-* i860-* i960-* iq2000-* mn10200-* moxie-* ms1-* msp430-* mt-* pj-*
#...
. \.text 0+(08|10) [0-9a-f]+ 0+200 .*