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diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo index f518105..7b41795 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo +++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo @@ -5090,7 +5090,6 @@ floating point register), or @samp{fu} (upper half of float register). For @samp{priv_lev}, @var{r} is an integer. @item .half @var{n} -@c ?? Not in HP manual Define a two-byte integer constant @var{n}; synonym for the portable @code{@value{AS}} directive @code{.short}. @@ -5102,7 +5101,6 @@ use the same conventions as the first two arguments for @code{.export}. Define @var{name} as a label for the current assembly location. @item .leave -@c ?? Not in HP manual Not yet supported; the assembler rejects programs containing this directive. @item .origin @var{lc} @@ -5124,13 +5122,19 @@ Use following the last statement of a procedure. Synonym for @code{.equ}; define @var{label} with the absolute expression @var{expr} as its value. -@item .space @var{secname} +@item .space @var{secname} [ ,@var{params} ] Switch to section @var{secname}, creating a new section by that name if -necessary. You may only use @var{keywords} when creating a new section, not +necessary. You may only use @var{params} when creating a new section, not when switching to an existing one. @var{secname} may identify a section by number rather than by name. -@c FIXME! Shouldn't there be optional parameters the first time? I don't see -@c provision for them in pa_space. + +If specified, the list @var{params} declares attributes of the section, +identified by keywords. The keywords recognized are @samp{spnum=@var{exp}} +(identify this section by the number @var{exp}, an absolute expression), +@samp{sort=@var{exp}} (order sections according to this sort key when linking; +@var{exp} is an absolute expression), @samp{unloadable} (section contains no +loadable data), @samp{notdefined} (this section defined elsewhere), and +@samp{private} (data in this section not available to other programs). @ignore @item .spnum @@ -5159,16 +5163,16 @@ Similar to @code{.space}, but selects a subsection @var{name} within the current section. You may only specify @var{params} when you create a subsection (in the first instance of @code{.subspa} for this @var{name}). -If specified, @var{params} declare attributes of the subsection, identified by -keywords. The keywords recognized are @samp{quad=@var{expr}} (``quadrant'' for -this subsection), @samp{align=@var{expr}} (alignment for beginning of this -subsection; a power of two), @samp{access=@var{expr}} (value for ``access -rights'' field), @samp{sort=@var{expr}} (sorting order for this subspace in -link), @samp{code_only} (subsection contains only code), @samp{unloadable} -@c ?! -(subsection cannot be loaded into memory), @samp{common} (subsection is common -block), @samp{dup_comm} (initialized data may have duplicate names), -or @samp{zero} (subsection is all zeros, do not write in object file). +If specified, the list @var{params} declares attributes of the subsection, +identified by keywords. The keywords recognized are @samp{quad=@var{expr}} +(``quadrant'' for this subsection), @samp{align=@var{expr}} (alignment for +beginning of this subsection; a power of two), @samp{access=@var{expr}} (value +for ``access rights'' field), @samp{sort=@var{expr}} (sorting order for this +subspace in link), @samp{code_only} (subsection contains only code), +@samp{unloadable} (subsection cannot be loaded into memory), @samp{common} +(subsection is common block), @samp{dup_comm} (initialized data may have +duplicate names), or @samp{zero} (subsection is all zeros, do not write in +object file). @item .version "@var{str}" Write @var{str} as version identifier in object code. |