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diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 9710f4f48cd3701c1c83b4390cb0a00fd3f88327..f6bd9ff8688d12f56f5c81f77a9dcfa7470f59e2 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -972,6 +972,18 @@ behaviour from release 2.14 onwards is to reject such input files, and
 so the @samp{--accept-unknown-input-arch} option has been added to
 restore the old behaviour.
 
+@kindex --as-needed
+@kindex --no-as-needed
+@item --as-needed
+@itemx --no-as-needed
+This option affects ELF DT_NEEDED tags for dynamic libraries mentioned
+on the command line after the @option{--as-needed} option.  Normally,
+the linker will add a DT_NEEDED tag for each dynamic library mentioned
+on the command line, regardless of whether the library is actually
+needed. @option{--as-needed} causes DT_NEEDED tags to only be emitted
+for libraries that satisfy some reference from regular objects.
+@option{--no-as-needed} restores the default behaviour.
+
 @kindex -assert @var{keyword}
 @item -assert @var{keyword}
 This option is ignored for SunOS compatibility.
@@ -4750,6 +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