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| author | Ben Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com> | 2006-03-17 00:45:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Ben Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com> | 2006-03-17 00:45:13 +0000 |
| commit | cb4c78d64a0577ed8729b0eff654ef25d5af908c (patch) | |
| tree | b6714091182f1c0fdbd31c1a75112f43adb22a9f /gas/doc | |
| parent | 712e30207d7006ceaaad44ccffbc4ee6615c1e54 (diff) | |
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PR gas/2446
* doc/as.texinfo (Ident): Document this directive more thoroughly.
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diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo index d34b754..4fe0ef4 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo +++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo @@ -4530,10 +4530,14 @@ This directive is a synonym for both @samp{.short} and @samp{.word}. @section @code{.ident} @cindex @code{ident} directive -This directive is used by some assemblers to place tags in object files. -@command{@value{AS}} simply accepts the directive for source-file -compatibility with such assemblers, but does not actually emit anything -for it. + +This directive is used by some assemblers to place tags in object files. The +behavior of this directive varies depending on the target. When using the +a.out object file format, @command{@value{AS}} simply accepts the directive for +source-file compatibility with existing assemblers, but does not emit anything +for it. When using COFF, comments are emitted to the @code{.comment} or +@code{.rdata} section, depending on the target. When using ELF, comments are +emitted to the @code{.comment} section. @node If @section @code{.if @var{absolute expression}} |