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| author | Ben Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com> | 2006-03-17 00:45:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Ben Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com> | 2006-03-17 00:45:13 +0000 |
| commit | caa16950dc1f7c9fffbdda798808209cd2a89013 (patch) | |
| tree | fe412150bcb804c4bfeb7a620bf6a085f9c55153 /gas | |
| parent | 9c2df70449aca0e4a23f48efa5c9ef0cc9821979 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-redhat-caa16950dc1f7c9fffbdda798808209cd2a89013.tar.gz | |
PR gas/2446
* doc/as.texinfo (Ident): Document this directive more thoroughly.
Diffstat (limited to 'gas')
| -rw-r--r-- | gas/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gas/doc/as.texinfo | 12 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog index 6bda17a277..d20d9bd369 100644 --- a/gas/ChangeLog +++ b/gas/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-03-17 Ben Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com> + + PR gas/2446 + * doc/as.texinfo (Ident): Document this directive more thoroughly. + 2006-03-16 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com> * config/tc-arm.c (insns): Add "svc". diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo index d34b754fac..4fe0ef4ca8 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo +++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo @@ -4530,10 +4530,14 @@ This directive is a synonym for both @samp{.short} and @samp{.word}. @section @code{.ident} @cindex @code{ident} directive -This directive is used by some assemblers to place tags in object files. -@command{@value{AS}} simply accepts the directive for source-file -compatibility with such assemblers, but does not actually emit anything -for it. + +This directive is used by some assemblers to place tags in object files. The +behavior of this directive varies depending on the target. When using the +a.out object file format, @command{@value{AS}} simply accepts the directive for +source-file compatibility with existing assemblers, but does not emit anything +for it. When using COFF, comments are emitted to the @code{.comment} or +@code{.rdata} section, depending on the target. When using ELF, comments are +emitted to the @code{.comment} section. @node If @section @code{.if @var{absolute expression}} |