Add support for generating and inserting build IDs into COFF binaries.

[external/binutils.git] / ld / ld.texinfo

diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 62d8aa7..7d2de3b 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -2160,16 +2160,16 @@ enable other tradeoffs in future versions of the linker.
 @kindex --build-id=@var{style}
 @item --build-id
 @itemx --build-id=@var{style}
-Request creation of @code{.note.gnu.build-id} ELF note section.
-The contents of the note are unique bits identifying this linked
-file.  @var{style} can be @code{uuid} to use 128 random bits,
-@code{sha1} to use a 160-bit @sc{SHA1} hash on the normative
-parts of the output contents, @code{md5} to use a 128-bit
-@sc{MD5} hash on the normative parts of the output contents, or
-@code{0x@var{hexstring}} to use a chosen bit string specified as
-an even number of hexadecimal digits (@code{-} and @code{:}
-characters between digit pairs are ignored).  If @var{style} is
-omitted, @code{sha1} is used.
+Request the creation of a @code{.note.gnu.build-id} ELF note section
+or a @code{.build-id} COFF section.  The contents of the note are
+unique bits identifying this linked file.  @var{style} can be
+@code{uuid} to use 128 random bits, @code{sha1} to use a 160-bit
+@sc{SHA1} hash on the normative parts of the output contents,
+@code{md5} to use a 128-bit @sc{MD5} hash on the normative parts of
+the output contents, or @code{0x@var{hexstring}} to use a chosen bit
+string specified as an even number of hexadecimal digits (@code{-} and
+@code{:} characters between digit pairs are ignored).  If @var{style}
+is omitted, @code{sha1} is used.
 
 The @code{md5} and @code{sha1} styles produces an identifier
 that is always the same in an identical output file, but will be