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Re: powerpc gas doc
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 08:08:24PM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Do you mean this?
> When aligning more than @var{count} nops, use a branch.
No, I meant this.
* doc/c-ppc.texi (PowerPC-Opts <-nops>): Clarify.
Index: gas/doc/c-ppc.texi
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gas/doc/c-ppc.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -p -r1.21 c-ppc.texi
--- gas/doc/c-ppc.texi 10 Feb 2011 11:59:12 -0000 1.21
+++ gas/doc/c-ppc.texi 10 Feb 2011 22:44:28 -0000
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ Generate code for Solaris.
Do not generate code for Solaris.
@item -nops=@var{count}
-When aligning, more than @var{count} nops uses a branch.
+If an alignment directive inserts more than @var{count} nops, put a
+branch at the beginning to skip execution of the nops.
@end table
@c man end
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Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM