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[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / ld / ld.texinfo

diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 700662eaa3a456dad5f280c65e4e982952c80512..71273f4e92c48d913b169d433b52d8a22f3c4283 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -45,32 +45,23 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 @end format
 @end ifinfo
 
-@ifinfo
+@copying
 This file documents the @sc{gnu} linker LD
 @ifset VERSION_PACKAGE
 @value{VERSION_PACKAGE}
 @end ifset
 version @value{VERSION}.
 
-Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000,
+Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000,
 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-@ignore
-
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
 with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
 Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the
 section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.
-
-Permission is granted to process this file through Tex and print the
-results, provided the printed document carries copying permission
-notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
-(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual).
-
-@end ignore
-@end ifinfo
+@end copying
 @iftex
 @finalout
 @setchapternewpage odd
@@ -5004,6 +4995,25 @@ of @code{ALIGN} is used to defines the value of a symbol.
 
 The builtin function @code{NEXT} is closely related to @code{ALIGN}.
 
+@item ALIGNOF(@var{section})
+@kindex ALIGNOF(@var{section})
+@cindex section alignment
+Return the alignment in bytes of the named @var{section}, if that section has
+been allocated.  If the section has not been allocated when this is
+evaluated, the linker will report an error. In the following example,
+the alignment of the @code{.output} section is stored as the first
+value in that section.
+@smallexample
+@group
+SECTIONS@{ @dots{}
+  .output @{
+    LONG (ALIGNOF (.output))
+    @dots{}
+    @}
+@dots{} @}
+@end group
+@end smallexample
+
 @item BLOCK(@var{exp})
 @kindex BLOCK(@var{exp})
 This is a synonym for @code{ALIGN}, for compatibility with older linker