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Diffstat (limited to 'gas/doc/c-i386.texi')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi index 731bda2..98c97e4 100644 --- a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi +++ b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi @@ -206,11 +206,10 @@ The @code{.att_syntax} and @code{.intel_syntax} directives will take precedent. Reserve @var{length} (an absolute expression) bytes for a local common denoted by @var{symbol}. The section and value of @var{symbol} are those of the new local common. The addresses are allocated in the bss -section, so that at run-time the bytes start off zeroed. @var{Symbol} -is not declared global (@pxref{Global,,@code{.global}}), so is normally -not visible to @code{@value{LD}}. The optional third parameter, -@var{alignment}, specifies the desired alignment of the symbol in the -bss section. +section, so that at run-time the bytes start off zeroed. Since +@var{symbol} is not declared global, it is normally not visible to +@code{@value{LD}}. The optional third parameter, @var{alignment}, +specifies the desired alignment of the symbol in the bss section. This directive is only available for COFF based x86 targets. |