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diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 5498bf9..80aaabc 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -317,9 +317,12 @@ script command @code{FORCE_COMMON_ALLOCATION} has the same effect. @item -e @var{entry} @itemx --entry=@var{entry} Use @var{entry} as the explicit symbol for beginning execution of your -program, rather than the default entry point. @xref{Entry Point}, for a -discussion of defaults and other ways of specifying the -entry point. +program, rather than the default entry point. If there is no symbol +named @var{entry}, the linker will try to parse @var{entry} as a number, +and use that as the entry address (the number will be interpreted in +base 10; you may use a leading @samp{0x} for base 16, or a leading +@samp{0} for base 8). @xref{Entry Point}, for a discussion of defaults +and other ways of specifying the entry point. @cindex dynamic symbol table @kindex -E @@ -867,11 +870,16 @@ This option is only supported on a few targets. @xref{i960,, @code{ld} and the Intel 960 family}. @end ifset + On some platforms, the @samp{--relax} option performs global optimizations that become possible when the linker resolves addressing in the program, such as relaxing address modes and synthesizing new instructions in the output object file. +On some platforms these link time global optimizations may make symbolic +debugging of the resulting executable impossible. This is known to be +the case for the Matsushita MN10200 and MN10300 family of processors. + @ifset GENERIC On platforms where this is not supported, @samp{--relax} is accepted, but ignored. |