ignore invalid DOF provider sections

[binutils-gdb.git] / ld / ld.texinfo

diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 8a7a08f981ed8da848deca29731c9bd0b235df8d..cf3b586a0e2df99497711122b2e6c2b6f47bfc60 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -973,6 +973,22 @@ modules from standard libraries.  @samp{-u} may be repeated with
 different option arguments to enter additional undefined symbols.  This
 option is equivalent to the @code{EXTERN} linker script command.
 
+If this option is being used to force additional modules to be pulled
+into the link, and if it is an error for the symbol to remain
+undefined, then the option @option{--require-defined} should be used
+instead.
+
+@kindex --require-defined=@var{symbol}
+@cindex symbols, require defined
+@cindex defined symbol
+@item --require-defined=@var{symbol}
+Require that @var{symbol} is defined in the output file.  This option
+is the same as option @option{--undefined} except that if @var{symbol}
+is not defined in the output file then the linker will issue an error
+and exit.  The same effect can be achieved in a linker script by using
+@code{EXTERN}, @code{ASSERT} and @code{DEFINED} together.  This option
+can be used multiple times to require additional symbols.
+
 @kindex -Ur
 @cindex constructors
 @item -Ur
@@ -5976,7 +5992,7 @@ to the next @var{align} boundary.  The single operand @code{ALIGN}
 doesn't change the value of the location counter---it just does
 arithmetic on it.  The two operand @code{ALIGN} allows an arbitrary
 expression to be aligned upwards (@code{ALIGN(@var{align})} is
-equivalent to @code{ALIGN(., @var{align})}).
+equivalent to @code{ALIGN(ABSOLUTE(.), @var{align})}).
 
 Here is an example which aligns the output @code{.data} section to the
 next @code{0x2000} byte boundary after the preceding section and sets a