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| author | Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> | 2010-10-01 08:15:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> | 2010-10-01 08:15:41 +0000 |
| commit | dc027516e99b4795b1fba7179de6fe006069109b (patch) | |
| tree | 450e682bf8e41827c7ec308d8a9a8cfa5e42ecc3 /ld/ld.texinfo | |
| parent | d20ed5767b95f915738a7d56a62e12c80ae3bc5c (diff) | |
| download | binutils-redhat-dc027516e99b4795b1fba7179de6fe006069109b.tar.gz | |
PR ld/12066
* ldexp.c (fold_name): Treat absolute symbols as plain numbers.
* ld.texinfo (Expression Section): Don't say absolute symbols
are addresses.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/ld.texinfo')
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.texinfo | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 28c59f2a79..206068a62f 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -5453,11 +5453,11 @@ value of a section relative symbol. On the other hand, an absolute symbol will retain the same value throughout any further link operations. -Some terms in linker expressions are addresses. This is true of all -symbols and for builtin functions that return an address, such as -@code{ADDR}, @code{LOADADDR}, @code{ORIGIN} and @code{SEGMENT_START}. -Other terms are simply numbers, or are builtin functions that return a -non-address value, such as @code{LENGTH}. +Some terms in linker expressions are addresses. This is true of +section relative symbols and for builtin functions that return an +address, such as @code{ADDR}, @code{LOADADDR}, @code{ORIGIN} and +@code{SEGMENT_START}. Other terms are simply numbers, or are builtin +functions that return a non-address value, such as @code{LENGTH}. When the linker evaluates an expression, the result depends on where the expression is located in a linker script. Expressions appearing |