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PATCH for PR 246
- From: Ben Elliston <bje at au1 dot ibm dot com>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Cc: green at redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:59:40 +1100
- Subject: PATCH for PR 246
Okay for mainline?
2006-03-17 Ben Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com>
PR gas/2446
* doc/as.texinfo (Ident): Document this directive more thoroughly.
Index: as.texinfo
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gas/doc/as.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.140
diff -u -p -r1.140 as.texinfo
--- as.texinfo 27 Feb 2006 23:07:06 -0000 1.140
+++ as.texinfo 16 Mar 2006 23:56:42 -0000
@@ -4530,10 +4530,14 @@ This directive is a synonym for both @sa
@section @code{.ident}
@cindex @code{ident} directive
-This directive is used by some assemblers to place tags in object files.
-@command{@value{AS}} simply accepts the directive for source-file
-compatibility with such assemblers, but does not actually emit anything
-for it.
+
+This directive is used by some assemblers to place tags in object files. The
+behavior of this directive varies depending on the target. When using the
+a.out object file format, @command{@value{AS}} simply accepts the directive for
+source-file compatibility with existing assemblers, but does not emit anything
+for it. When using COFF, comments are emitted to the @code{.comment} or
+@code{.rdata} section, depending on the target. When using ELF, comments are
+emitted to the @code{.comment} section.
@node If
@section @code{.if @var{absolute expression}}