From: Bob Wilson Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:12:29 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * doc/as.texinfo (Pseudo Ops): Swap order of Comm and CFI menu entries. X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ccf8a69b9c64695ae672edced051eac85a53cf35;p=binutils-gdb.git * doc/as.texinfo (Pseudo Ops): Swap order of Comm and CFI menu entries. (Altmacro, Comm, Loc, Loc_mark_labels, List, MRI, PopSection, Sleb128): Moved into alphabetical order. --- diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog index 5a58598c44c..5b4d59839a1 100644 --- a/gas/ChangeLog +++ b/gas/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2008-10-09 Bob Wilson + + * doc/as.texinfo (Pseudo Ops): Swap order of Comm and CFI menu entries. + (Altmacro, Comm, Loc, Loc_mark_labels, List, MRI, PopSection, Sleb128): + Moved into alphabetical order. + 2008-10-09 Bob Wilson * doc/as.texinfo (Dot): Expand no-space-dir conditional to include diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo index 82896e0c375..78b241e71d3 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo +++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo @@ -3808,10 +3808,8 @@ Some machine configurations provide additional directives. * Asciz:: @code{.asciz "@var{string}"}@dots{} * Balign:: @code{.balign @var{abs-expr} , @var{abs-expr}} * Byte:: @code{.byte @var{expressions}} -* Comm:: @code{.comm @var{symbol} , @var{length} } - * CFI directives:: @code{.cfi_startproc [simple]}, @code{.cfi_endproc}, etc. - +* Comm:: @code{.comm @var{symbol} , @var{length} } * Data:: @code{.data @var{subsection}} @ifset COFF * Def:: @code{.def @var{name}} @@ -4040,6 +4038,42 @@ GAS also provides @code{.balign} and @code{.p2align} directives, described later, which have a consistent behavior across all architectures (but are specific to GAS). +@node Altmacro +@section @code{.altmacro} +Enable alternate macro mode, enabling: + +@ftable @code +@item LOCAL @var{name} [ , @dots{} ] +One additional directive, @code{LOCAL}, is available. It is used to +generate a string replacement for each of the @var{name} arguments, and +replace any instances of @var{name} in each macro expansion. The +replacement string is unique in the assembly, and different for each +separate macro expansion. @code{LOCAL} allows you to write macros that +define symbols, without fear of conflict between separate macro expansions. + +@item String delimiters +You can write strings delimited in these other ways besides +@code{"@var{string}"}: + +@table @code +@item '@var{string}' +You can delimit strings with single-quote characters. + +@item <@var{string}> +You can delimit strings with matching angle brackets. +@end table + +@item single-character string escape +To include any single character literally in a string (even if the +character would otherwise have some special meaning), you can prefix the +character with @samp{!} (an exclamation mark). For example, you can +write @samp{<4.3 !> 5.4!!>} to get the literal text @samp{4.3 > 5.4!}. + +@item Expression results as strings +You can write @samp{%@var{expr}} to evaluate the expression @var{expr} +and use the result as a string. +@end ftable + @node Ascii @section @code{.ascii "@var{string}"}@dots{} @@ -4102,37 +4136,6 @@ undefined. @code{.byte} expects zero or more expressions, separated by commas. Each expression is assembled into the next byte. -@node Comm -@section @code{.comm @var{symbol} , @var{length} } - -@cindex @code{comm} directive -@cindex symbol, common -@code{.comm} declares a common symbol named @var{symbol}. When linking, a -common symbol in one object file may be merged with a defined or common symbol -of the same name in another object file. If @code{@value{LD}} does not see a -definition for the symbol--just one or more common symbols--then it will -allocate @var{length} bytes of uninitialized memory. @var{length} must be an -absolute expression. If @code{@value{LD}} sees multiple common symbols with -the same name, and they do not all have the same size, it will allocate space -using the largest size. - -@ifset ELF -When using ELF, the @code{.comm} directive takes an optional third argument. -This is the desired alignment of the symbol, specified as a byte boundary (for -example, an alignment of 16 means that the least significant 4 bits of the -address should be zero). The alignment must be an absolute expression, and it -must be a power of two. If @code{@value{LD}} allocates uninitialized memory -for the common symbol, it will use the alignment when placing the symbol. If -no alignment is specified, @command{@value{AS}} will set the alignment to the -largest power of two less than or equal to the size of the symbol, up to a -maximum of 16. -@end ifset - -@ifset HPPA -The syntax for @code{.comm} differs slightly on the HPPA. The syntax is -@samp{@var{symbol} .comm, @var{length}}; @var{symbol} is optional. -@end ifset - @node CFI directives @section @code{.cfi_startproc [simple]} @cindex @code{cfi_startproc} directive @@ -4246,51 +4249,36 @@ mark a code segment that has only one return address which is reached by a direct branch and no copy of the return address exists in memory or another register. -@node Loc -@section @code{.loc @var{fileno} @var{lineno} [@var{column}] [@var{options}]} -@cindex @code{loc} directive -When emitting DWARF2 line number information, -the @code{.loc} directive will add a row to the @code{.debug_line} line -number matrix corresponding to the immediately following assembly -instruction. The @var{fileno}, @var{lineno}, and optional @var{column} -arguments will be applied to the @code{.debug_line} state machine before -the row is added. - -The @var{options} are a sequence of the following tokens in any order: - -@table @code -@item basic_block -This option will set the @code{basic_block} register in the -@code{.debug_line} state machine to @code{true}. - -@item prologue_end -This option will set the @code{prologue_end} register in the -@code{.debug_line} state machine to @code{true}. - -@item epilogue_begin -This option will set the @code{epilogue_begin} register in the -@code{.debug_line} state machine to @code{true}. - -@item is_stmt @var{value} -This option will set the @code{is_stmt} register in the -@code{.debug_line} state machine to @code{value}, which must be -either 0 or 1. +@node Comm +@section @code{.comm @var{symbol} , @var{length} } -@item isa @var{value} -This directive will set the @code{isa} register in the @code{.debug_line} -state machine to @var{value}, which must be an unsigned integer. +@cindex @code{comm} directive +@cindex symbol, common +@code{.comm} declares a common symbol named @var{symbol}. When linking, a +common symbol in one object file may be merged with a defined or common symbol +of the same name in another object file. If @code{@value{LD}} does not see a +definition for the symbol--just one or more common symbols--then it will +allocate @var{length} bytes of uninitialized memory. @var{length} must be an +absolute expression. If @code{@value{LD}} sees multiple common symbols with +the same name, and they do not all have the same size, it will allocate space +using the largest size. -@end table +@ifset ELF +When using ELF, the @code{.comm} directive takes an optional third argument. +This is the desired alignment of the symbol, specified as a byte boundary (for +example, an alignment of 16 means that the least significant 4 bits of the +address should be zero). The alignment must be an absolute expression, and it +must be a power of two. If @code{@value{LD}} allocates uninitialized memory +for the common symbol, it will use the alignment when placing the symbol. If +no alignment is specified, @command{@value{AS}} will set the alignment to the +largest power of two less than or equal to the size of the symbol, up to a +maximum of 16. +@end ifset -@node Loc_mark_labels -@section @code{.loc_mark_labels @var{enable}} -@cindex @code{loc_mark_labels} directive -When emitting DWARF2 line number information, -the @code{.loc_mark_labels} directive makes the assembler emit an entry -to the @code{.debug_line} line number matrix with the @code{basic_block} -register in the state machine set whenever a code label is seen. -The @var{enable} argument should be either 1 or 0, to enable or disable -this function respectively. +@ifset HPPA +The syntax for @code{.comm} differs slightly on the HPPA. The syntax is +@samp{@var{symbol} .comm, @var{length}}; @var{symbol} is optional. +@end ifset @node Data @section @code{.data @var{subsection}} @@ -5005,6 +4993,21 @@ Warn if any of the duplicates have different sizes. Warn if any of the duplicates do not have exactly the same contents. @end table +@node List +@section @code{.list} + +@cindex @code{list} directive +@cindex listing control, turning on +Control (in conjunction with the @code{.nolist} directive) whether or +not assembly listings are generated. These two directives maintain an +internal counter (which is zero initially). @code{.list} increments the +counter, and @code{.nolist} decrements it. Assembly listings are +generated whenever the counter is greater than zero. + +By default, listings are disabled. When you enable them (with the +@samp{-a} command line option; @pxref{Invoking,,Command-Line Options}), +the initial value of the listing counter is one. + @node Ln @section @code{.ln @var{line-number}} @@ -5026,15 +5029,51 @@ output format. @end ifset @end ifset -@node MRI -@section @code{.mri @var{val}} +@node Loc +@section @code{.loc @var{fileno} @var{lineno} [@var{column}] [@var{options}]} +@cindex @code{loc} directive +When emitting DWARF2 line number information, +the @code{.loc} directive will add a row to the @code{.debug_line} line +number matrix corresponding to the immediately following assembly +instruction. The @var{fileno}, @var{lineno}, and optional @var{column} +arguments will be applied to the @code{.debug_line} state machine before +the row is added. -@cindex @code{mri} directive -@cindex MRI mode, temporarily -If @var{val} is non-zero, this tells @command{@value{AS}} to enter MRI mode. If -@var{val} is zero, this tells @command{@value{AS}} to exit MRI mode. This change -affects code assembled until the next @code{.mri} directive, or until the end -of the file. @xref{M, MRI mode, MRI mode}. +The @var{options} are a sequence of the following tokens in any order: + +@table @code +@item basic_block +This option will set the @code{basic_block} register in the +@code{.debug_line} state machine to @code{true}. + +@item prologue_end +This option will set the @code{prologue_end} register in the +@code{.debug_line} state machine to @code{true}. + +@item epilogue_begin +This option will set the @code{epilogue_begin} register in the +@code{.debug_line} state machine to @code{true}. + +@item is_stmt @var{value} +This option will set the @code{is_stmt} register in the +@code{.debug_line} state machine to @code{value}, which must be +either 0 or 1. + +@item isa @var{value} +This directive will set the @code{isa} register in the @code{.debug_line} +state machine to @var{value}, which must be an unsigned integer. + +@end table + +@node Loc_mark_labels +@section @code{.loc_mark_labels @var{enable}} +@cindex @code{loc_mark_labels} directive +When emitting DWARF2 line number information, +the @code{.loc_mark_labels} directive makes the assembler emit an entry +to the @code{.debug_line} line number matrix with the @code{basic_block} +register in the state machine set whenever a code label is seen. +The @var{enable} argument should be either 1 or 0, to enable or disable +this function respectively. @ifset ELF @node Local @@ -5052,21 +5091,6 @@ the @code{.local} directive can be used in combination with @code{.comm} (@pxref{Comm}) to define aligned local common data. @end ifset -@node List -@section @code{.list} - -@cindex @code{list} directive -@cindex listing control, turning on -Control (in conjunction with the @code{.nolist} directive) whether or -not assembly listings are generated. These two directives maintain an -internal counter (which is zero initially). @code{.list} increments the -counter, and @code{.nolist} decrements it. Assembly listings are -generated whenever the counter is greater than zero. - -By default, listings are disabled. When you enable them (with the -@samp{-a} command line option; @pxref{Invoking,,Command-Line Options}), -the initial value of the listing counter is one. - @node Long @section @code{.long @var{expressions}} @@ -5268,41 +5292,15 @@ macro syntax'' with @samp{--alternate} or @code{.altmacro}.} @xref{Altmacro,,@code{.altmacro}}. @end ftable -@node Altmacro -@section @code{.altmacro} -Enable alternate macro mode, enabling: - -@ftable @code -@item LOCAL @var{name} [ , @dots{} ] -One additional directive, @code{LOCAL}, is available. It is used to -generate a string replacement for each of the @var{name} arguments, and -replace any instances of @var{name} in each macro expansion. The -replacement string is unique in the assembly, and different for each -separate macro expansion. @code{LOCAL} allows you to write macros that -define symbols, without fear of conflict between separate macro expansions. - -@item String delimiters -You can write strings delimited in these other ways besides -@code{"@var{string}"}: - -@table @code -@item '@var{string}' -You can delimit strings with single-quote characters. - -@item <@var{string}> -You can delimit strings with matching angle brackets. -@end table - -@item single-character string escape -To include any single character literally in a string (even if the -character would otherwise have some special meaning), you can prefix the -character with @samp{!} (an exclamation mark). For example, you can -write @samp{<4.3 !> 5.4!!>} to get the literal text @samp{4.3 > 5.4!}. +@node MRI +@section @code{.mri @var{val}} -@item Expression results as strings -You can write @samp{%@var{expr}} to evaluate the expression @var{expr} -and use the result as a string. -@end ftable +@cindex @code{mri} directive +@cindex MRI mode, temporarily +If @var{val} is non-zero, this tells @command{@value{AS}} to enter MRI mode. If +@var{val} is zero, this tells @command{@value{AS}} to exit MRI mode. This change +affects code assembled until the next @code{.mri} directive, or until the end +of the file. @xref{M, MRI mode, MRI mode}. @node Noaltmacro @section @code{.noaltmacro} @@ -5405,6 +5403,22 @@ filled in with the value 0x368d (the exact placement of the bytes depends upon the endianness of the processor). If it skips 1 or 3 bytes, the fill value is undefined. +@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 +@code{.section} (@pxref{Section}), @code{.subsection} (@pxref{SubSection}), +@code{.pushsection} (@pxref{PushSection}), and @code{.previous} +(@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 + @ifset ELF @node Previous @section @code{.previous} @@ -5458,22 +5472,6 @@ 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 -@code{.section} (@pxref{Section}), @code{.subsection} (@pxref{SubSection}), -@code{.pushsection} (@pxref{PushSection}), and @code{.previous} -(@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}} @@ -5931,14 +5929,6 @@ symbols. @end ifset @end ifset -@node Sleb128 -@section @code{.sleb128 @var{expressions}} - -@cindex @code{sleb128} directive -@var{sleb128} stands for ``signed little endian base 128.'' This is a -compact, variable length representation of numbers used by the DWARF -symbolic debugging format. @xref{Uleb128, ,@code{.uleb128}}. - @ifclear no-space-dir @node Skip @section @code{.skip @var{size} , @var{fill}} @@ -5951,6 +5941,14 @@ This directive emits @var{size} bytes, each of value @var{fill}. Both @samp{.space}. @end ifclear +@node Sleb128 +@section @code{.sleb128 @var{expressions}} + +@cindex @code{sleb128} directive +@var{sleb128} stands for ``signed little endian base 128.'' This is a +compact, variable length representation of numbers used by the DWARF +symbolic debugging format. @xref{Uleb128, ,@code{.uleb128}}. + @ifclear no-space-dir @node Space @section @code{.space @var{size} , @var{fill}}