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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2008-09-03 15:44:33 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2008-09-03 15:44:33 +0000
commit84bffc0303bed33f438315a84a933df1a864f22d (patch)
tree190d4b39ec43970ea93015f8d40f3438bef00e44 /gas/doc/c-i386.texi
parent944d4505805ef1474454898c2cc043b8b32e1649 (diff)
downloadbinutils-redhat-84bffc0303bed33f438315a84a933df1a864f22d.tar.gz
Make new functions static.
Rearrange wording of documentation.
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diff --git a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
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+++ b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
@@ -206,11 +206,10 @@ The @code{.att_syntax} and @code{.intel_syntax} directives will take precedent.
Reserve @var{length} (an absolute expression) bytes for a local common
denoted by @var{symbol}. The section and value of @var{symbol} are
those of the new local common. The addresses are allocated in the bss
-section, so that at run-time the bytes start off zeroed. @var{Symbol}
-is not declared global (@pxref{Global,,@code{.global}}), so is normally
-not visible to @code{@value{LD}}. The optional third parameter,
-@var{alignment}, specifies the desired alignment of the symbol in the
-bss section.
+section, so that at run-time the bytes start off zeroed. Since
+@var{symbol} is not declared global, it is normally not visible to
+@code{@value{LD}}. The optional third parameter, @var{alignment},
+specifies the desired alignment of the symbol in the bss section.
This directive is only available for COFF based x86 targets.