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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2016-02-16 10:35:54 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2016-02-16 10:35:54 +0000
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Fix formatting problems caused by previous update to as.texinfo.
* doc/as.texinfo (Section): Fix up texinfo snafus in previous update.
Diffstat (limited to 'gas/doc')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
index 86b09fc..055e2f7 100644
--- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
@@ -6268,6 +6268,7 @@ ways:
If the optional argument is quoted, it is taken as flags to use for the
section. Each flag is a single character. The following flags are recognized:
+
@table @code
@item b
bss section (uninitialized data)
@@ -6356,6 +6357,7 @@ macros just for that purpose.
The optional @var{flags} argument is a quoted string which may contain any
combination of the following characters:
+
@table @code
@item a
section is allocatable
@@ -6375,13 +6377,13 @@ section is a member of a section group
section is used for thread-local-storage
@item ?
section is a member of the previously-current section's group, if any
-@item @var{number}
+@item @code{<number>}
a numeric value indicating the bits to be set in the ELF section header's flags
field. Note - if one or more of the alphabetic characters described above is
also included in the flags field, their bit values will be ORed into the
resulting value.
-@item @{target specific}
-some targets extend this list with their own types
+@item @code{<target specific>}
+some targets extend this list with their own flag characters
@end table
Note - once a section's flags have been set they cannot be changed. There are
@@ -6389,9 +6391,10 @@ a few exceptions to this rule however. Processor and application specific
flags can be added to an already defined section. The @code{.interp},
@code{.strtab} and @code{.symtab} sections can have the allocate flag
(@code{a}) set after they are initially defined, and the @code{.note-GNU-stack}
-section may have the executable (@code(x)) flag added.
+section may have the executable (@code{x}) flag added.
The optional @var{type} argument may contain one of the following constants:
+
@table @code
@item @@progbits
section contains data
@@ -6405,9 +6408,9 @@ section contains an array of pointers to init functions
section contains an array of pointers to finish functions
@item @@preinit_array
section contains an array of pointers to pre-init functions
-@item @@@var{number}
+@item @@@code{<number>}
a numeric value to be set as the ELF section header's type field.
-@item @@@{target specific}
+@item @@@code{<target specific>}
some targets extend this list with their own types
@end table
@@ -6448,6 +6451,7 @@ be present along with an additional field like this:
The @var{GroupName} field specifies the name of the section group to which this
particular section belongs. The optional linkage field can contain:
+
@table @code
@item comdat
indicates that only one copy of this section should be retained
@@ -6483,6 +6487,7 @@ directive for compatibility with the Solaris assembler:
Note that the section name is quoted. There may be a sequence of comma
separated flags:
+
@table @code
@item #alloc
section is allocatable