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authorBen Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com>2006-03-17 00:45:13 +0000
committerBen Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com>2006-03-17 00:45:13 +0000
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PR gas/2446
* doc/as.texinfo (Ident): Document this directive more thoroughly.
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+2006-03-17 Ben Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com>
+
+ PR gas/2446
+ * doc/as.texinfo (Ident): Document this directive more thoroughly.
+
2006-03-16 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
* config/tc-arm.c (insns): Add "svc".
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}}