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Diffstat (limited to 'gas/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gas/doc/as.texinfo | 17 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo index 950bf28..70f1b96 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo +++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo @@ -625,10 +625,10 @@ Begin in alternate macro mode. @end ifclear @item --compress-debug-sections -Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib. The debug sections are renamed -to begin with @samp{.zdebug}, and the resulting object file may not be -compatible with older linkers and object file utilities. Note if compression -would make a given section @emph{larger} then it is not compressed or renamed. +Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib with SHF_COMPRESSED from the +ELF ABI. The resulting object file may not be compatible with older +linkers and object file utilities. Note if compression would make a +given section @emph{larger} then it is not compressed. @ifset ELF @cindex @samp{--compress-debug-sections=} option @@ -640,10 +640,13 @@ These options control how DWARF debug sections are compressed. @option{--compress-debug-sections=none} is equivalent to @option{--nocompress-debug-sections}. @option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib} and -@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu} are equivalent to +@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi} are equivalent to @option{--compress-debug-sections}. -@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi} compresses -DWARF debug sections with SHF_COMPRESSED from the ELF ABI. +@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu} compresses DWARF debug +sections using zlib. The debug sections are renamed to begin with +@samp{.zdebug}. Note if compression would make a given section +@emph{larger} then it is not compressed nor renamed. + @end ifset @item --nocompress-debug-sections |