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diff --git a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi index 91f5c5a..e500e7c 100644 --- a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi +++ b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi @@ -431,8 +431,17 @@ specifies the desired alignment of the symbol in the bss section. This directive is only available for COFF based x86 targets. +@cindex @code{largecomm} directive, ELF +@item .largecomm @var{symbol} , @var{length}[, @var{alignment}] +This directive behaves in the same way as the @code{comm} directive +except that the data is placed into the @var{.lbss} section instead of +the @var{.bss} section @ref{Comm}. + +The directive is intended to be used for data which requires a large +amount of space, and it is only available for ELF based x86_64 +targets. + @c FIXME: Document other x86 specific directives ? Eg: .code16gcc, -@c .largecomm @end table |