From: Roland Pesch Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 03:32:31 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Three scattered fixes (nearly lost!) from early suggestions by Jeff Law. X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=65fbb2d72204a7d0a14c22baeb64ff88a4c7227e;p=binutils-gdb.git Three scattered fixes (nearly lost!) from early suggestions by Jeff Law. --- diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo index 3eff58df6ce..203eceeb76c 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo +++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo @@ -621,24 +621,21 @@ source is itself synthesized from other files. @kindex .o Every time you run @code{@value{AS}} it produces an output file, which is your assembly language program translated into numbers. This file -is the object file, named +is the object file. Its default name is +@ifclear BOUT +@code{a.out}. +@end ifclear @ifset BOUT -@code{b.out}, @ifset GENERIC -if @code{@value{AS}} is configured for the Intel 80960, or +@code{a.out}, or @end ifset +@code{b.out} when @code{@value{AS}} is configured for the Intel 80960. @end ifset -@ifclear BOUT -@code{a.out}, -@end ifclear -unless you tell @code{@value{AS}} to -give it another name by using the @code{-o} option. Conventionally, -object file names end with @file{.o}. The default name of -@file{a.out} is used for historical reasons: older assemblers were -capable of assembling self-contained programs directly into a -runnable program. -(For some formats, this isn't currently possible, but it can be done for -@code{a.out} format.) +You can give it another name by using the @code{-o} option. Conventionally, +object file names end with @file{.o}. The default name is used for historical +reasons: older assemblers were capable of assembling self-contained programs +directly into a runnable program. (For some formats, this isn't currently +possible, but it can be done for the @code{a.out} format.) @cindex linker @kindex ld @@ -1750,8 +1747,13 @@ In fact, every address @code{@value{AS}} ever uses is expressed as (@var{section}) + (@var{offset into section}) @end display @noindent -Further, every expression @code{@value{AS}} computes is of this section-relative -nature. @dfn{Absolute expression} means an expression with section +Further, most expressions @code{@value{AS}} computes have this section-relative +nature. +@ifset SOM +(For some object formats, such as SOM for the HPPA, some expressions are +symbol-relative instead.) +@end ifset +@dfn{Absolute expression} means an expression with section ``absolute'' (@pxref{Ld Sections}). A @dfn{pass1 expression} means an expression with section ``pass1'' (@pxref{As Sections,,@value{AS} Internal Sections}). In this manual we use the notation @{@var{secname} @@ -3185,8 +3187,7 @@ for compatibility with existing assembler programs. @ifset GENERIC @ifset A29K @emph{Warning:} In the AMD29K configuration of @value{AS}, this command is -only available with the name @code{.ln}, rather than as either -@code{.line} or @code{.ln}. +not available; use the synonym @code{.ln} in that context. @end ifset @end ifset @end ifset