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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2009-02-03 17:04:53 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2009-02-03 17:04:53 +0000
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PR 9797
* ld.texinfo (Constants): Document the base-encoding suffixes supported in linker scripts.
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@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
\input texinfo
@setfilename ld.info
@c Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
-@c 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
+@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@syncodeindex ky cp
@c man begin INCLUDE
@include configdoc.texi
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ This file documents the @sc{gnu} linker LD
version @value{VERSION}.
Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000,
-2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
@@ -4728,7 +4729,10 @@ All constants are integers.
As in C, the linker considers an integer beginning with @samp{0} to be
octal, and an integer beginning with @samp{0x} or @samp{0X} to be
-hexadecimal. The linker considers other integers to be decimal.
+hexadecimal. Alternatively the linker accepts suffixes of @samp{h} or
+@samp{H} for hexadeciaml, @samp{o} or @samp{O} for octal, @samp{b} or
+@samp{B} for binary and @samp{d} or @samp{D} for decimal. Any integer
+value without a prefix or a suffix is considered to be decimal.
@cindex scaled integers
@cindex K and M integer suffixes
@@ -4747,13 +4751,19 @@ constant by
${\rm 1024}$ or ${\rm 1024}^2$
@end tex
@c END TEXI2ROFF-KILL
-respectively. For example, the following all refer to the same quantity:
+respectively. For example, the following
+all refer to the same quantity:
+
@smallexample
_fourk_1 = 4K;
_fourk_2 = 4096;
_fourk_3 = 0x1000;
+_fourk_4 = 10000o;
@end smallexample
+Note - the @code{K} and @code{M} suffixes cannot be used in
+conjunction with the base suffixes mentioned above.
+
@node Symbols
@subsection Symbol Names
@cindex symbol names