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diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index a918e1a..33317d6 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
@ifinfo
@format
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* Ld: (ld). The GNU linker.
+* Ld:: The GNU linker.
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
@end format
@end ifinfo
@@ -163,17 +163,17 @@ line:
@c FIXME! -relax only avail h8/300, i960. Conditionals screwed in examples.
@smallexample
-ld [-o @var{output} ] @var{objfile@dots{}}
+ld [-o @var{output} ] @var{objfile}@dots{}
[ -A@var{architecture} ] [ -b @var{input-format} ] [ -Bstatic ]
[ -c @var{MRI-commandfile} ] [ -d | -dc | -dp ]
[ -defsym @var{symbol}=@var{expression} ]
[ -e @var{entry} ] [ -F ] [ -F @var{format} ]
- [ -format @var{input-format} ] [ -g ] [ -i ]
- [ -l@var{ar} ] [ -L@var{searchdir} ] [ -M | -m ]
- [ -n | -N ] [ -noinhibit-exec ] [ -R @var{filename} ]
+ [ -format @var{input-format} ] [ -g ] [ -G @var{size} ] [ -i ]
+ [ -l@var{ar} ] [ -L@var{searchdir} ] [ -M ] [ -m @var{emulation} ]
+ [ -N | -n ] [ -noinhibit-exec ] [ -R @var{filename} ]
[ -relax ] [ -r | -Ur ] [ -S ] [ -s ] [ -T @var{commandfile} ]
[ -Ttext @var{textorg} ] [ -Tdata @var{dataorg} ] [ -Tbss @var{bssorg} ]
- [ -t ] [ -u @var{sym}] [-v] [ -X ] [ -x ] [ -y@var{symbol} ]
+ [ -t ] [ -u @var{sym}] [-V] [-v] [ -X ] [ -x ] [ -y@var{symbol} ]
[ @{ @var{script} @} ]
@end smallexample
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ The exceptions---which may meaningfully be used more than once---are
@end ifset
@cindex object files
-The list of object files to be linked together, shown as @var{objfile@dots{}},
+The list of object files to be linked together, shown as @var{objfile}@dots{},
may follow, precede, or be mixed in with command-line options, except that
an @var{objfile} argument may not be placed between an option and
its argument.
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ whitespace, or be given as separate arguments immediately following the
option that requires them.
@table @code
-@item @var{objfile@dots{}}
+@item @var{objfile}@dots{}
The object files to be linked.
@ifset I960
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ files written in an alternate, restricted command language, described in
@ref{MRI,,MRI Compatible Script Files}. Introduce MRI script files with
the option @samp{-c}; use the @samp{-T} option to run linker
scripts written in the general-purpose @code{ld} scripting language.
+If @var{MRI-cmdfile} does not exist, @code{ld} looks for it in the directories
+specified by any @samp{-L} options.
@cindex common allocation
@kindex -d
@@ -346,12 +348,18 @@ Synonym for @samp{-b @var{input-format}}.
@item -g
Ignored. Provided for compatibility with other tools.
+@kindex -G
+@cindex object size
+@item -G@var{value}
+@itemx -G @var{value}
+Set the maximum size of objects to be optimized using the GP register to
+@var{size} under MIPS ECOFF. Ignored for other object file formats.
+
@kindex -i
@cindex incremental link
@item -i
Perform an incremental link (same as option @samp{-r}).
-
@cindex archive files, from cmd line
@kindex -l@var{ar}
@item -l@var{ar}
@@ -364,7 +372,8 @@ specified.
@kindex -L@var{dir}
@item -L@var{searchdir}
Add path @var{searchdir} to the list of paths that @code{ld} will search
-for archive libraries. You may use this option any number of times.
+for archive libraries and @code{ld} control scripts. You may use this
+option any number of times.
@ifset UsesEnvVars
The default set of paths searched (without being specified with
@@ -378,12 +387,18 @@ The paths can also be specified in a link script with the
@cindex link map
@kindex -M
@item -M
-@kindex -m
-@itemx -m
Print (to the standard output) a link map---diagnostic information
about where symbols are mapped by @code{ld}, and information on global
common storage allocation.
+@cindex emulation
+@kindex -m @var{emulation}
+@item -m@var{emulation}
+@itemx -m @var{emulation}
+Emulate the @var{emulation} linker. You can list the available
+emulations with the @samp{-V} option. The
+default is the system for which you configured @code{ld}.
+
@kindex -N
@cindex read/write from cmd line
@kindex OMAGIC
@@ -499,6 +514,8 @@ Read link commands from the file
default link format (rather than adding to it); @var{commandfile} must
specify everything necessary to describe the target format.
@xref{Commands}.
+If @var{commandfile} does not exist, @code{ld} looks for it in the directories
+specified by any @samp{-L} options.
You may also include a script of link commands directly in the command
line by bracketing it between @samp{@{} and @samp{@}}.
@@ -527,10 +544,17 @@ For anything other than C++ programs, this option is equivalent to
turn serve as input to @code{ld}. When linking C++ programs, @samp{-Ur}
@emph{will} resolve references to constructors, unlike @samp{-r}.
+@item -V
+@kindex -V
+@cindex version
+Display the version number for @code{ld} and list the supported emulations.
+Print which input files can and can not be opened.
+
@item -v
@kindex -v
@cindex version
Display the version number for @code{ld}.
+Print which input files can and can not be opened.
@item -X
@kindex -X
@@ -1316,7 +1340,7 @@ file have not yet been defined.
@kindex [ @var{sections} ]
This is an alternate notation to specify named sections from all
unallocated input files; its effect is exactly the same as that of
-@samp{* (@var{section@dots{}})}
+@samp{* (@var{section}@dots{})}
@item @var{filename}@code{( COMMON )}
@itemx ( COMMON )
@@ -2194,7 +2218,7 @@ COFF (the @samp{coff-m68k} variant in BFD), if @var{output-format} is
@samp{COFF}
@end enumerate
-@item LIST @var{@dots{}}
+@item LIST @var{anything}@dots{}
@cindex @code{LIST} (MRI)
Print (to the standard output file) a link map, as produced by the
@code{ld} command-line option @samp{-M}.