gdb-clarify-load.patch

   1 Index: gdb.texinfo
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   3 RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
   4 retrieving revision 1.487
   5 diff -u -p -r1.487 gdb.texinfo
   6 --- gdb.texinfo 24 Apr 2008 12:09:49 -0000      1.487
   7 +++ gdb.texinfo 27 Apr 2008 21:43:57 -0000
   8 @@ -12795,10 +12795,12 @@ If your @value{GDBN} does not have a @co
   9  execute it gets the error message ``@code{You can't do that when your
  10  target is @dots{}}''
  11
  12 -The file is loaded at whatever address is specified in the executable.
  13 -For some object file formats, you can specify the load address when you
  14 -link the program; for other formats, like a.out, the object file format
  15 -specifies a fixed address.
  16 +The file is loaded according to the load addresses (rather than virtual) as
  17 +is specified in the executable.  It is expected that the target system will
  18 +do the actual relocation, and in the process, handle such things as setup of
  19 +allocated sections (e.g. the bss).  For some object file formats, you can
  20 +specify the load address when you link the program; for other formats, like
  21 +a.out, the object file format specifies a fixed address.
  22  @c FIXME! This would be a good place for an xref to the GNU linker doc.
  23
  24  Depending on the remote side capabilities, @value{GDBN} may be able to