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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2006-08-04 14:53:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2006-08-04 14:53:26 +0000 |
| commit | c17d87de17351aed016a9d0b0712cdee4cca5f9e (patch) | |
| tree | 13f06eeffc7669d44e8c5af57f8e7871ddef110b /ld/ld.texinfo | |
| parent | 55e6e39790fd27daea0bf1af3b9a7797c735a79f (diff) | |
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* ldmain.c (main): Initialise print_gc_sections field of link_info structure.
* lexsup.c: Add --print-gc-sections and --no-print-gc-sections switches.
* ld.texinfo: Document new switches.
* NEWS: Mention new switches.
* bfdlink.h (struct bfd_link_info): New field: print_gc_sections.
* elflink.c (elf_gc_sweep): If info.print_gc_sections is true, list removed sections to stderr.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/ld.texinfo')
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.texinfo | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index f3d9580..835482d 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -1230,14 +1230,26 @@ it ends in a @code{.exe} suffix. @kindex --gc-sections @kindex --no-gc-sections @cindex garbage collection -@item --no-gc-sections -@itemx --gc-sections +@item --gc-sections +@itemx --no-gc-sections Enable garbage collection of unused input sections. It is ignored on targets that do not support this option. This option is not compatible with @samp{-r}. The default behaviour (of not performing this garbage collection) can be restored by specifying @samp{--no-gc-sections} on the command line. +@kindex --print-gc-sections +@kindex --no-print-gc-sections +@cindex garbage collection +@item --print-gc-sections +@itemx --no-print-gc-sections +List all sections removed by garbage collection. The listing is +printed on stderr. This option is only effective if garbage +collection has been enabled via the @samp{--gc-sections}) option. The +default behaviour (of not listing the sections that are removed) can +be restored by specifying @samp{--no-print-gc-sections} on the command +line. + @cindex help @cindex usage @kindex --help |