From da08e9b96c9e2e43410cb6b6fe5cbf7ffc3aea5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David MacKenzie Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 00:30:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] clarify reason for -sort-common --- ld/ld.1 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ld/ld.1 b/ld/ld.1 index 896320ca097..965e7911639 100644 --- a/ld/ld.1 +++ b/ld/ld.1 @@ -682,7 +682,8 @@ Normally, when places the global common symbols in the appropriate output sections, it sorts them by size. First come all the one byte symbols, then all the two bytes, then all the four bytes, and then everything else. -This option disables that sorting. +This is to prevent gaps between symbols due to +alignment constraints. This option disables that sorting. .TP .BI "\-Tbss " "org"\c -- 2.30.2