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[binutils-gdb] Adds documentation of GAS's .zero directive.
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at sourceware dot org>
- To: bfd-cvs at sourceware dot org
- Date: 30 Apr 2015 09:14:42 -0000
- Subject: [binutils-gdb] Adds documentation of GAS's .zero directive.
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7ce98c164ed42df085c1b3e08c5261e02320149b
commit 7ce98c164ed42df085c1b3e08c5261e02320149b
Author: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Thu Apr 30 10:13:53 2015 +0100
Adds documentation of GAS's .zero directive.
PR gas/18353
* doc/as.texinfo (Zero): Add documentation of the .zero pseudo-op.
Diff:
---
gas/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
gas/doc/as.texinfo | 15 +++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 9ba6648..062e13d 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-04-30 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ PR gas/18353
+ * doc/as.texinfo (Zero): Add documentation of the .zero pseudo-op.
+
2015-04-29 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
PR 18256
diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
index d09e88c..aac488e 100644
--- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
@@ -4380,6 +4380,9 @@ Some machine configurations provide additional directives.
* Weak:: @code{.weak @var{names}}
* Weakref:: @code{.weakref @var{alias}, @var{symbol}}
* Word:: @code{.word @var{expressions}}
+@ifclear no-space-dir
+* Zero:: @code{.zero @var{size}}
+@end ifclear
* Deprecated:: Deprecated Directives
@end menu
@@ -6995,6 +6998,18 @@ assembly language programmers.
@end ifset
@c end DIFF-TBL-KLUGE
+@ifclear no-space-dir
+@node Zero
+@section @code{.zero @var{size}}
+
+@cindex @code{zero} directive
+@cindex filling memory with zero bytes
+This directive emits @var{size} 0-valued bytes. @var{size} must be an absolute
+expression. This directive is actually an alias for the @samp{.skip} directive
+so in can take an optional second argument of the value to store in the bytes
+instead of zero. Using @samp{.zero} in this way would be confusing however.
+@end ifclear
+
@node Deprecated
@section Deprecated Directives