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@@ -10098,8 +10098,9 @@ generates IEEE floating-point instructions. This is the default.
@opindex mno-backchain
Generate (or do not generate) code which maintains an explicit
backchain within the stack frame that points to the caller's frame.
-This is currently needed to allow debugging. The default is to
-generate the backchain.
+This may be needed to allow debugging using tools that do not understand
+DWARF-2 call frame information. The default is not to generate the
+backchain.
@item -msmall-exec
@itemx -mno-small-exec