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| author | Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> | 1998-02-18 02:45:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> | 1998-02-18 02:45:07 +0000 |
| commit | a3a4bb5d4a9fce2a77285c7e1a7f9221fc58309c (patch) | |
| tree | 68ed128339ece9a973822a15ecbfc8bd79c57c5b /binutils | |
| parent | 0c22a4c12540046f7aeae4b8c6da34f50c8768ea (diff) | |
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* objcopy.c (compare_section_lma): Rename from _vma.
(copy_object): Gap fill based on LMA not VMA.
* binutils.texi: Update and clarify.
* objcopy.1: Likewise.
PR 14917
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/binutils.texi | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/objcopy.1 | 5 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi index 95291fd..b56035e 100644 --- a/binutils/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/binutils.texi @@ -960,12 +960,13 @@ because only certain debugging formats are supported, and the conversion process can be time consuming. @item --gap-fill @var{val} -Fill gaps between sections with @var{val}. This is done by increasing +Fill gaps between sections with @var{val}. This operation applies to +the @emph{load address} (LMA) of the sections. It is done by increasing the size of the section with the lower address, and filling in the extra space created with @var{val}. @item --pad-to @var{address} -Pad the output file up to the virtual address @var{address}. This is +Pad the output file up to the load address @var{address}. This is done by increasing the size of the last section. The extra space is filled in with the value specified by @samp{--gap-fill} (default zero). diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.1 b/binutils/objcopy.1 index 07c52ec..6c98df8 100644 --- a/binutils/objcopy.1 +++ b/binutils/objcopy.1 @@ -178,12 +178,13 @@ because only certain debugging formats are supported, and the conversion process can be time consuming. .TP .B \-\-gap\-fill=\fIval -Fill gaps between sections with \fIval\fP. This is done by increasing +Fill gaps between sections with \fIval\fP. This operation applies to +the \fIload address\fP (LMA) of the sections. It is done by increasing the size of the section with the lower address, and filling in the extra space created with \fIval\fP. .TP .B \-\-pad\-to=\fIaddress -Pad the output file up to the virtual address \fIaddress\fP. This is +Pad the output file up to the load address \fIaddress\fP. This is done by increasing the size of the last section. The extra space is filled in with the value specified by \fB\-\-gap\-fill\fP (default zero). |