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diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texi b/gas/doc/as.texi index 0cc7455..9c1924d 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texi +++ b/gas/doc/as.texi @@ -5416,19 +5416,22 @@ table is shared with the @code{.debug_info} section of the DWARF2 debugging information, and thus the user must know the exact indices that table entries will have. -If DWARF-5 support has been enabled via the @option{-gdwarf-5} option then -an extended version of the @code{file} is also allowed: +If DWARF5 support has been enabled via the @option{-gdwarf-5} option then +an extended version of @code{.file} is also allowed: @smallexample .file @var{fileno} [@var{dirname}] @var{filename} [md5 @var{value}] @end smallexample With this version a separate directory name is allowed, although if this is -used then @var{filename} should not contain any directory components. In -addtion an md5 hash value of the contents of @var{filename} can be provided. -This will be stored in the the file table as well, and can be used by tools -reading the debug information to verify that the contents of the source file -match the contents of the compiled file. +used then @var{filename} should not contain any directory component, except +for @var{fileno} equal to 0: in this case, @var{dirname} is expected to be +the current directory and @var{filename} the currently processed file, and +the latter need not be located in the former. In addtion an MD5 hash value +of the contents of @var{filename} can be provided. This will be stored in +the the file table as well, and can be used by tools reading the debug +information to verify that the contents of the source file match the +contents of the compiled file. @node Fill @section @code{.fill @var{repeat} , @var{size} , @var{value}} |