@ifset COFF
* ABORT:: @code{.ABORT}
@end ifset
-
* Align:: @code{.align @var{abs-expr} , @var{abs-expr}}
* Ascii:: @code{.ascii "@var{string}"}@dots{}
* Asciz:: @code{.asciz "@var{string}"}@dots{}
@ifset COFF
* Dim:: @code{.dim}
@end ifset
-
* Double:: @code{.double @var{flonums}}
* Eject:: @code{.eject}
* Else:: @code{.else}
@ifset COFF
* Endef:: @code{.endef}
@end ifset
-
* Endfunc:: @code{.endfunc}
* Endif:: @code{.endif}
* Equ:: @code{.equ @var{symbol}, @var{expression}}
@ifclear no-file-dir
* File:: @code{.file @var{string}}
@end ifclear
-
* Fill:: @code{.fill @var{repeat} , @var{size} , @var{value}}
* Float:: @code{.float @var{flonums}}
* Func:: @code{.func}
* Global:: @code{.global @var{symbol}}, @code{.globl @var{symbol}}
+@ifset ELF
+* Hidden:: @code{.hidden @var{names}}
+@end ifset
* hword:: @code{.hword @var{expressions}}
* Ident:: @code{.ident}
* If:: @code{.if @var{absolute expression}}
* Include:: @code{.include "@var{file}"}
* Int:: @code{.int @var{expressions}}
+@ifset ELF
+* Internal:: @code{.internal @var{names}}
+@end ifset
* Irp:: @code{.irp @var{symbol},@var{values}}@dots{}
* Irpc:: @code{.irpc @var{symbol},@var{values}}@dots{}
* Lcomm:: @code{.lcomm @var{symbol} , @var{length}}
@ifclear no-line-dir
* Line:: @code{.line @var{line-number}}
@end ifclear
-
* Ln:: @code{.ln @var{line-number}}
* Linkonce:: @code{.linkonce [@var{type}]}
* List:: @code{.list}
@ignore
* Lsym:: @code{.lsym @var{symbol}, @var{expression}}
@end ignore
-
* Macro:: @code{.macro @var{name} @var{args}}@dots{}
* MRI:: @code{.mri @var{val}}
-
* Nolist:: @code{.nolist}
* Octa:: @code{.octa @var{bignums}}
* Org:: @code{.org @var{new-lc} , @var{fill}}
* P2align:: @code{.p2align @var{abs-expr} , @var{abs-expr}}
+@ifset ELF
+* PopSection:: @code{.popsection}
+* Previous:: @code{.previous}
+@end ifset
* Print:: @code{.print @var{string}}
+@ifset ELF
+* Protected:: @code{.protected @var{names}}
+@end ifset
* Psize:: @code{.psize @var{lines}, @var{columns}}
* Purgem:: @code{.purgem @var{name}}
+@ifset ELF
+* PushSection:: @code{.pushsection @var{name}}
+@end ifset
* Quad:: @code{.quad @var{bignums}}
* Rept:: @code{.rept @var{count}}
* Sbttl:: @code{.sbttl "@var{subheading}"}
* Scl:: @code{.scl @var{class}}
* Section:: @code{.section @var{name}, @var{subsection}}
@end ifset
-
* Set:: @code{.set @var{symbol}, @var{expression}}
* Short:: @code{.short @var{expressions}}
* Single:: @code{.single @var{flonums}}
-@ifset COFF
-* Size:: @code{.size}
-@end ifset
-
+* Size:: @code{.size [@var{name} , @var{expression}]}
* Skip:: @code{.skip @var{size} , @var{fill}}
* Sleb128:: @code{.sleb128 @var{expressions}}
* Space:: @code{.space @var{size} , @var{fill}}
@ifset have-stabs
* Stab:: @code{.stabd, .stabn, .stabs}
@end ifset
-
* String:: @code{.string "@var{str}"}
* Struct:: @code{.struct @var{expression}}
@ifset ELF
+* SubSection:: @code{.subsection}
* Symver:: @code{.symver @var{name},@var{name2@@nodename}}
@end ifset
@ifset COFF
* Tag:: @code{.tag @var{structname}}
@end ifset
-
* Text:: @code{.text @var{subsection}}
* Title:: @code{.title "@var{heading}"}
+* Type:: @code{.type <@var{int} | @var{name} , @var{type description}>}
+* Uleb128:: @code{.uleb128 @var{expressions}}
@ifset COFF
-* Type:: @code{.type @var{int}}
* Val:: @code{.val @var{addr}}
@end ifset
@ifset ELF
-* Visibility:: @code{.internal @var{name}, .hidden @var{name}, .protected @var{name}}
+* Version:: @code{.version "@var{string}"}
+@end ifset
+@ifset ELF
+* VTableEntry:: @code{.vtable_entry @var{table}, @var{offset}}
+* VTableInherit:: @code{.vtable_inherit @var{child}, @var{parent}}
+@end ifset
+@ifset ELF
+* Weak:: @code{.weak @var{names}}
@end ifset
-
-* Uleb128:: @code{.uleb128 @var{expressions}}
* Word:: @code{.word @var{expressions}}
* Deprecated:: Deprecated Directives
@end menu
+
@node Abort
@section @code{.abort}
@xref{HPPA Directives,, HPPA Assembler Directives}.
@end ifset
+@ifset ELF
+@node Hidden
+@section @code{.hidden @var{names}}
+
+@cindex @code{.hidden} directive
+@cindex Visibility
+This one of the ELF visibility directives. The other two are
+@pxref{Internal,,@code{.internal}} and @pxref{Protected,,@code{.protected}}
+
+This directive overrides the named symbols default visibility (which is set by
+their binding: local, global or weak). The directive sets the visibility to
+@code{hidden} which means that the symbols are not visible to other components.
+Such symbols are always considered to be @code{protected} as well.
+@end ifset
+
@node hword
@section @code{.hword @var{expressions}}
@end ifset
@end ifclear
+@ifset ELF
+@node Internal
+@section @code{.internal @var{names}}
+
+@cindex @code{.internal} directive
+@cindex Visibility
+This one of the ELF visibility directives. The other two are
+@pxref{Hidden,,@code{.hidden}} and @pxref{Protected,,@code{.protected}}
+
+This directive overrides the named symbols default visibility (which is set by
+their binding: local, global or weak). The directive sets the visibility to
+@code{internal} which means that the symbols are considered to be @code{hidden}
+(ie not visible to other components), and that some extra, processor specific
+processing must also be performed upon the symbols as well.
+@end ifset
+
@node Irp
@section @code{.irp @var{symbol},@var{values}}@dots{}
the endianness of the processor). If it skips 1 or 3 bytes, the fill value is
undefined.
+@ifset ELF
+@node Previous
+@section @code{.previous}
+
+@cindex @code{.previous} directive
+@cindex Section Stack
+This is one of the ELF section stack manipulation directives. The others are
+@pxref{Section}, @xref{SubSection}, @pxref{PushSection}, and
+@pxref{PopSection}.
+
+This directive swaps the current section (and subsection) with most recently
+referenced section (and subsection) prior to this one. Multiple
+@code{.previous} directives in a row will flip between two sections (and their
+subsections).
+
+In terms of the section stack, this directive swaps the current section with
+the top section on the section stack.
+@end ifset
+
+@ifset ELF
+@node PopSection
+@section @code{.popsection}
+
+@cindex @code{.popsection} directive
+@cindex Section Stack
+This is one of the ELF section stack manipulation directives. The others are
+@pxref{Section}, @xref{SubSection}, @pxref{PushSection}, and
+@pxref{Previous}.
+
+This directive replaces the current section (and subsection) with the top
+section (and subsection) on the section stack. This section is popped off the
+stack.
+
+@end ifset
+
@node Print
@section @code{.print @var{string}}
@code{@value{AS}} will print @var{string} on the standard output during
assembly. You must put @var{string} in double quotes.
+@ifset ELF
+@node Protected
+@section @code{.protected @var{names}}
+
+@cindex @code{.protected} directive
+@cindex Visibility
+This one of the ELF visibility directives. The other two are
+@pxref{Hidden} and @pxref{Internal}
+
+This directive overrides the named symbols default visibility (which is set by
+their binding: local, global or weak). The directive sets the visibility to
+@code{protected} which means that any references to the symbols from within the
+components that defines them must be resolved to the definition in that
+component, even if a definition in another component would normally preempt
+this.
+@end ifset
+
@node Psize
@section @code{.psize @var{lines} , @var{columns}}
Undefine the macro @var{name}, so that later uses of the string will not be
expanded. @xref{Macro}.
+@ifset ELF
+@node PushSection
+@section @code{.pushsection @var{name} , @var{subsection}}
+
+@cindex @code{.pushsection} directive
+@cindex Section Stack
+This is one of the ELF section stack manipulation directives. The others are
+@pxref{Section}, @xref{SubSection}, @pxref{PopSection}, and
+@pxref{Previous}.
+
+This directive is a synonym for @code{.section}. It psuhes the current section
+(and subsection) onto the top of the section stack, and then replaces the
+current section and subsection with @code{name} and @code{subsection}.
+
+@end ifset
+
@node Quad
@section @code{.quad @var{bignums}}
@end ifset
@node Section
-@section @code{.section @var{name}}
+@section @code{.section @var{name}} (COFF version)
@cindex @code{section} directive
@cindex named section
named sections; on @code{a.out} targets, for example, it is not accepted, even
with a standard @code{a.out} section name.
-@ifset COFF
For COFF targets, the @code{.section} directive is used in one of the following
ways:
+
@smallexample
.section @var{name}[, "@var{flags}"]
.section @var{name}[, @var{subsegment}]
If the optional argument to the @code{.section} directive is not quoted, it is
taken as a subsegment number (@pxref{Sub-Sections}).
-@end ifset
+
+@section @code{.section @var{name}} (ELF version)
+
+@cindex @code{section} directive
+@cindex named section
@ifset ELF
+@cindex Section Stack
+This is one of the ELF section stack manipulation directives. The others are
+@xref{SubSection}, @pxref{PushSection}@pxref{PopSection}, and
+@pxref{Previous}.
+@end ifset
+
For ELF targets, the @code{.section} directive is used like this:
+
@smallexample
-.section @var{name}[, "@var{flags}"[, @@@var{type}]]
+.section @var{name} [, "@var{flags}"[, @@@var{type}]]
@end smallexample
+
The optional @var{flags} argument is a quoted string which may contain any
combintion of the following characters:
@table @code
For ELF targets, the assembler supports another type of @code{.section}
directive for compatibility with the Solaris assembler:
+
@smallexample
.section "@var{name}"[, @var{flags}...]
@end smallexample
+
Note that the section name is quoted. There may be a sequence of comma
separated flags:
@table @code
@item #execinstr
section is executable
@end table
-@end ifset
+
+This directive replaces the current section and subsection. The replaced
+section and subsection are pushed onto the section stack. See the contents of
+the gas testsuite directory @code{gas/testsuite/gas/elf} for some examples of
+how this directive and the other section stack directives work.
@node Set
@section @code{.set @var{symbol}, @var{expression}}
@end ifset
@end ifclear
-@ifset COFF
@node Size
-@section @code{.size}
-
+@section @code{.size} (COFF version)
@cindex @code{size} directive
+
This directive is generated by compilers to include auxiliary debugging
information in the symbol table. It is only permitted inside
@code{.def}/@code{.endef} pairs.
-@ifset BOUT
+@ifset BOUT
@samp{.size} is only meaningful when generating COFF format output; when
@code{@value{AS}} is generating @code{b.out}, it accepts this directive but
ignores it.
@end ifset
-@end ifset
+
+@section @code{.size @var{name} , @var{expression}} (ELF version)
+@cindex @code{size} directive
+
+This directive is used to set the size associated with a symbol @var{name}.
+The size in bytes is computed from @var{expression} which can make use of label
+arithmetic. This directive is typically used to set the size of function
+symbols.
@node Sleb128
@section @code{.sleb128 @var{expressions}}
use a @code{.section} directive of some sort to change to some other section
before further assembly.
+
+@ifset ELF
+@node SubSection
+@section @code{.subsection @var{name}}
+
+@cindex @code{.subsection} directive
+@cindex Section Stack
+This is one of the ELF section stack manipulation directives. The others are
+@pxref{Section}, @xref{PushSection}, @pxref{PopSection}, and
+@pxref{Previous}.
+
+This directive replaces the current subsection with @code{name}. The current
+section is not changed. The replaced subsection is put onto the section stack
+in place of the then current top of stack subsection.
+
+@end ifset
+
+
@ifset ELF
@node Symver
@section @code{.symver}
This directive affects subsequent pages, as well as the current page if
it appears within ten lines of the top of a page.
-@ifset COFF
@node Type
-@section @code{.type @var{int}}
+@section @code{.type @var{int}} (COFF version)
@cindex COFF symbol type
@cindex symbol type, COFF
@cindex @code{type} directive
This directive, permitted only within @code{.def}/@code{.endef} pairs,
records the integer @var{int} as the type attribute of a symbol table entry.
-@ifset BOUT
+@ifset BOUT
@samp{.type} is associated only with COFF format output; when
@code{@value{AS}} is configured for @code{b.out} output, it accepts this
directive but ignores it.
@end ifset
-@end ifset
+
+@section @code{.type @var{name} , @var{type description}} (ELF version)
+
+@cindex ELF symbol type
+@cindex symbol type, ELF
+@cindex @code{type} directive
+This directive is used to set the type of symbol @var{name} to be either a
+function symbol or an ojbect symbol. There are five different syntaxes
+supported for the @var{type description} field, in order to provide
+comptability with various other assemblers. The syntaxes supported are:
+
+@smallexample
+ .type <name>,#function
+ .type <name>,#object
+
+ .type <name>,@@function
+ .type <name>,@@object
+
+ .type <name>,%function
+ .type <name>,%object
+
+ .type <name>,"function"
+ .type <name>,"object"
+
+ .type <name> STT_FUNCTION
+ .type <name> STT_OBJECT
+@end smallexample
+
+@node Uleb128
+@section @code{.uleb128 @var{expressions}}
+
+@cindex @code{uleb128} directive
+@var{uleb128} stands for ``unsigned little endian base 128.'' This is a
+compact, variable length representation of numbers used by the DWARF
+symbolic debugging format. @xref{Sleb128,@code{.sleb128}}.
@ifset COFF
@node Val
@end ifset
@end ifset
-@node Uleb128
-@section @code{.uleb128 @var{expressions}}
-
-@cindex @code{uleb128} directive
-@var{uleb128} stands for ``unsigned little endian base 128.'' This is a
-compact, variable length representation of numbers used by the DWARF
-symbolic debugging format. @xref{Sleb128,@code{.sleb128}}.
-
@ifset ELF
-@node Visibility
-@section @code{.internal}, @code{.hidden}, @code{.protected}
-@cindex @code{internal} directive
-@cindex @code{hidden} directive
-@cindex @code{protected} directive
-@cindex symbol visibility
+@node Version
+@section @code{.version "@var{string}"}
-These directives can be used to set the visibility of a specified symbol. By
-default a symbol's visibility is set by its binding (local, global or weak),
-but these directives can be used to override that.
+@cindex @code{.version}
+This directive creates a @code{.note} section and places into it an ELF
+formatted note of type NT_VERSION. The note's name is set to @code{string}.
+@end ifset
-A visibility of @code{protected} means that any references to the symbol from
-within the component that defines the symbol must be resolved to the definition
-in that component, even if a definition in another component would normally
-preempt this.
+@ifset ELF
+@node VTableEntry
+@section @code{.vtable_entry @var{table}, @var{offset}}
-A visibility of @code{hidden} means that the symbol is not visible to other
-components. Such a symbol is always considered to be protected as well.
+@cindex @code{.vtable_entry}
+This directive finds or creates a symbol @code{table} and creates a
+@code{VTABLE_ENTRY} relocation for it with an addend of @code{offset}.
-A visibility of @code{internal} is the same as a visibility of @code{hidden},
-except that some extra, processor specific processing must also be performed
-upon the symbol.
+@node VTableInherit
+@section @code{.vtable_inherit @var{child}, @var{parent}}
-For ELF targets, the directives are used like this:
+@cindex @code{.vtable_inherit}
+This directive finds the symbol @code{child} and finds or creates the symbol
+@code{parent} and then creates a @code{VTABLE_INHERIT} relocation for the
+parent whoes addend is the value of the child symbol. As a special case the
+parent name of @code{0} is treated as refering the @code{*ABS*} section.
+@end ifset
-@smallexample
-.internal @var{name}
-.hidden @var{name}
-.protected @var{name}
-@end smallexample
+@ifset ELF
+@node Weak
+@section @code{.weak @var{names}}
+@cindex @code{.weak}
+This directive sets the weak attribute on the comma seperated list of symbol
+@code{names}. If the symbols do not already exist, they will be created.
@end ifset
@node Word
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