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| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
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diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog index 85ed0cf..cb4ef16 100644 --- a/ld/ChangeLog +++ b/ld/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2004-11-19 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> + + PR 518 + * ld.texinfo (MEMORY): Update the descriptions of the ORIGIN and + LENGTH fields in the MEMORY command, to explicitly state that + symbols cannot be used in their expressions. + 2004-11-19 Jon Beniston <jon@beniston.com> * ld/ldlex.l: Allow ORIGIN and LENGTH in EXPRESSION. diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index ab78ece..b21313a 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -3843,19 +3843,19 @@ attributes. @kindex ORIGIN = @kindex o = @kindex org = -The @var{origin} is an expression for the start address of the memory -region. The expression must evaluate to a constant before memory -allocation is performed, which means that you may not use any section -relative symbols. The keyword @code{ORIGIN} may be abbreviated to -@code{org} or @code{o} (but not, for example, @code{ORG}). +The @var{origin} is an numerical expression for the start address of +the memory region. The expression must evaluate to a constant and it +cannot involve any symbols. The keyword @code{ORIGIN} may be +abbreviated to @code{org} or @code{o} (but not, for example, +@code{ORG}). @kindex LENGTH = @kindex len = @kindex l = The @var{len} is an expression for the size in bytes of the memory region. As with the @var{origin} expression, the expression must -evaluate to a constant before memory allocation is performed. The -keyword @code{LENGTH} may be abbreviated to @code{len} or @code{l}. +be numerical only and must evaluate to a constant. The keyword +@code{LENGTH} may be abbreviated to @code{len} or @code{l}. In the following example, we specify that there are two memory regions available for allocation: one starting at @samp{0} for 256 kilobytes, |