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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2009-11-10 16:34:53 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2009-11-10 16:34:53 +0000
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PR ld/10864
* ld.texinfo (Entry Point): Mention that the default entry symbol is not 'start' on some targets.
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@@ -2921,7 +2921,9 @@ the @samp{-e} @var{entry} command-line option;
@item
the @code{ENTRY(@var{symbol})} command in a linker script;
@item
-the value of the symbol @code{start}, if defined;
+the value of a target specific symbol, if it is defined; For many
+targets this is @code{start}, but PE and BeOS based systems for example
+check a list of possible entry symbols, matching the first one found.
@item
the address of the first byte of the @samp{.text} section, if present;
@item