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diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 4310c12d8b3f2e89ec1855fb0cae7227221eebe0..f6bd9ff8688d12f56f5c81f77a9dcfa7470f59e2 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -4762,6 +4762,12 @@ But it also sets the bottom bit of the address, so that it can be
 branched to using a BX instruction, and the program will start
 executing in Thumb mode straight away.
 
+@cindex BE8
+@kindex --be8
+The @samp{--be8} switch instructs @command{ld} to generate BE8 format
+executables.  This option is only valid when linking big-endian objects.
+The resulting image will contain big-endian data and little-endian code.
+
 @ifclear GENERIC
 @lowersections
 @end ifclear