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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ld/gld.1 b/ld/gld.1
index 4272218..9660d55 100644
--- a/ld/gld.1
+++ b/ld/gld.1
@@ -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