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Diffstat (limited to 'gas/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gas/doc/as.texinfo | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo index 6d2c325..9ebfda0 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo +++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo @@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ gcc(1), ld(1), and the Info entries for @file{binutils} and @file{ld}. [@b{-K}] [@b{-L}] [@b{--listing-lhs-width}=@var{NUM}] [@b{--listing-lhs-width2}=@var{NUM}] [@b{--listing-rhs-width}=@var{NUM}] [@b{--listing-cont-lines}=@var{NUM}] [@b{--keep-locals}] + [@b{--no-pad-sections}] [@b{-o} @var{objfile}] [@b{-R}] [@b{--hash-size}=@var{NUM}] [@b{--reduce-memory-overheads}] [@b{--statistics}] @@ -773,6 +774,11 @@ Set the maximum width of an input source line, as displayed in a listing, to Set the maximum number of lines printed in a listing for a single line of input to @var{number} + 1. +@item --no-pad-sections +Stop the assembler for padding the ends of output sections to the alignment +of that section. The default is to pad the sections, but this can waste space +which might be needed on targets which have tight memory constraints. + @item -o @var{objfile} Name the object-file output from @command{@value{AS}} @var{objfile}. @@ -2158,6 +2164,7 @@ assembler.) * listing:: --listing-XXX to configure listing output * M:: -M or --mri to assemble in MRI compatibility mode * MD:: --MD for dependency tracking +* no-pad-sections:: --no-pad-sections to stop section padding * o:: -o to name the object file * R:: -R to join data and text sections * statistics:: --statistics to see statistics about assembly @@ -2494,6 +2501,15 @@ The rule is written to the file named in its argument. This feature is used in the automatic updating of makefiles. +@node no-pad-sections +@section Output Section Padding +@kindex --no-pad-sections +@cindex output section padding +Normally the assembler will pad the end of each output section up to its +alignment boundary. But this can waste space, which can be significant on +memory constrained targets. So the @option{--no-pad-sections} option will +disable this behaviour. + @node o @section Name the Object File: @option{-o} @@ -2680,7 +2696,7 @@ do include file processing with the @code{.include} directive (@pxref{Include,,@code{.include}}). You can use the @sc{gnu} C compiler driver to get other ``CPP'' style preprocessing by giving the input file a @samp{.S} suffix. @xref{Overall Options, ,Options Controlling the Kind of -Output, gcc.info, Using GNU CC} . +Output, gcc info, Using GNU CC}. Excess whitespace, comments, and character constants cannot be used in the portions of the input text that are not |