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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation +.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution .\" $Id$ -.TH gld 1 "5 November 1991" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools" +.TH gld 1 "23 January 1992" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools" .de BP .sp .ti \-.2i @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ gld \- the GNU linker .RB "[\|" "\-R\ "\c .I filename\c \&\|] +.RB "[\|" \-relax "\|]" .RB "[\|" \-r | \-Ur "\|]" .RB "[\|" \-S "\|]" .RB "[\|" \-s "\|]" @@ -553,6 +554,20 @@ to refer symbolically to absolute locations of memory defined in other programs. .TP +.B \-relax +An option with machine dependent effects. Currently this option is only +supported on the H8/300. + +On some platforms, use this option to perform global optimizations that +become possible when the linker resolves addressing in your program, such +as relaxing address modes and synthesizing new instructions in the +output object file. + +On platforms where this is not supported, `\|\c +.B \-relax\c +\&\|' is accepted, but has no effect. + +.TP .B \-r Generates relocatable output\(em\&i.e., generate an output file that can in turn serve as input to \c @@ -995,7 +1010,7 @@ The GNU Binary Utilities\c , Roland H. Pesch. .SH COPYING -Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc. .PP Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice |