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diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index bfd346478c..b21313a6b2 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -449,6 +449,17 @@ base 10; you may use a leading @samp{0x} for base 16, or a leading
 @samp{0} for base 8).  @xref{Entry Point}, for a discussion of defaults
 and other ways of specifying the entry point.
 
+@kindex --exclude-libs
+@item --exclude-libs @var{lib},@var{lib},...
+Specifies a list of archive libraries from which symbols should not be automatically
+exported. The library names may be delimited by commas or colons.  Specifying
+@code{--exclude-libs ALL} excludes symbols in all archive libraries from
+automatic export.  This option is available only for the i386 PE targeted
+port of the linker and for ELF targeted ports.  For i386 PE, symbols
+explicitly listed in a .def file are still exported, regardless of this
+option.  For ELF targeted ports, symbols affected by this option will
+be treated as hidden.
+
 @cindex dynamic symbol table
 @kindex -E
 @kindex --export-dynamic
@@ -1223,6 +1234,16 @@ Normally when a symbol has an undefined version, the linker will ignore
 it. This option disallows symbols with undefined version and a fatal error
 will be issued instead.
 
+@kindex --default-symver
+@item --default-symver
+Create and use a default symbol version (the soname) for unversioned
+exported symbols.
+
+@kindex --default-imported-symver
+@item --default-imported-symver
+Create and use a default symbol version (the soname) for unversioned
+imported symbols.
+
 @kindex --no-warn-mismatch
 @item --no-warn-mismatch
 Normally @command{ld} will give an error if you try to link together input
@@ -1884,15 +1905,6 @@ Specifies a list of symbols which should not be automatically
 exported.  The symbol names may be delimited by commas or colons.
 [This option is specific to the i386 PE targeted port of the linker]
 
-@kindex --exclude-libs
-@item --exclude-libs @var{lib},@var{lib},...
-Specifies a list of archive libraries from which symbols should not be automatically
-exported. The library names may be delimited by commas or colons.  Specifying
-@code{--exclude-libs ALL} excludes symbols in all archive libraries from
-automatic export. Symbols explicitly listed in a .def file are still exported,
-regardless of this option. 
-[This option is specific to the i386 PE targeted port of the linker]
-
 @kindex --file-alignment
 @item --file-alignment
 Specify the file alignment.  Sections in the file will always begin at
@@ -3831,19 +3843,19 @@ attributes.
 @kindex ORIGIN =
 @kindex o =
 @kindex org =
-The @var{origin} is an expression for the start address of the memory
-region.  The expression must evaluate to a constant before memory
-allocation is performed, which means that you may not use any section
-relative symbols.  The keyword @code{ORIGIN} may be abbreviated to
-@code{org} or @code{o} (but not, for example, @code{ORG}).
+The @var{origin} is an numerical expression for the start address of
+the memory region.  The expression must evaluate to a constant and it
+cannot involve any symbols.  The keyword @code{ORIGIN} may be
+abbreviated to @code{org} or @code{o} (but not, for example,
+@code{ORG}).
 
 @kindex LENGTH =
 @kindex len =
 @kindex l =
 The @var{len} is an expression for the size in bytes of the memory
 region.  As with the @var{origin} expression, the expression must
-evaluate to a constant before memory allocation is performed.  The
-keyword @code{LENGTH} may be abbreviated to @code{len} or @code{l}.
+be numerical only and must evaluate to a constant.  The keyword
+@code{LENGTH} may be abbreviated to @code{len} or @code{l}.
 
 In the following example, we specify that there are two memory regions
 available for allocation: one starting at @samp{0} for 256 kilobytes,
@@ -3874,6 +3886,16 @@ the next available address within the memory region.  If the combined
 output sections directed to a memory region are too large for the
 region, the linker will issue an error message.
 
+It is possible to access the origin and length of a memory in an
+expression via the @code{ORIGIN(@var{memory})} and 
+@code{LENGTH(@var{memory})} functions:
+
+@smallexample
+@group
+  _fstack = ORIGIN(ram) + LENGTH(ram) - 4;  
+@end group
+@end smallexample
+
 @node PHDRS
 @section PHDRS Command
 @kindex PHDRS
@@ -4649,6 +4671,10 @@ SECTIONS @{ @dots{}
 @end group
 @end smallexample
 
+@item LENGTH(@var{memory})
+@kindex LENGTH(@var{memory})
+Return the length of the memory region named @var{memory}.
+
 @item LOADADDR(@var{section})
 @kindex LOADADDR(@var{section})
 @cindex section load address in expression
@@ -4673,6 +4699,20 @@ This function is closely related to @code{ALIGN(@var{exp})}; unless you
 use the @code{MEMORY} command to define discontinuous memory for the
 output file, the two functions are equivalent.
 
+@item ORIGIN(@var{memory})
+@kindex ORIGIN(@var{memory})
+Return the origin of the memory region named @var{memory}.
+
+@item SEGMENT_START(@var{segment}, @var{default})
+@kindex SEGMENT_START(@var{segment}, @var{default})
+Return the base address of the named @var{segment}.  If an explicit
+value has been given for this segment (with a command-line @samp{-T}
+option) that value will be returned; otherwise the value will be
+@var{default}.  At present, the @samp{-T} command-line option can only
+be used to set the base address for the ``text'', ``data'', and
+``bss'' sections, but you use @code{SEGMENT_START} with any segment
+name.
+
 @item SIZEOF(@var{section})
 @kindex SIZEOF(@var{section})
 @cindex section size