in the filter object. The shared object @var{name} need not exist.
Thus the shared object @var{name} may be used to provide an alternative
implementation of certain functions, perhaps for debugging or for
-machine specific performance.
+machine-specific performance.
This option may be specified more than once. The DT_AUXILIARY entries
will be created in the order in which they appear on the command line.
@kindex --embedded-relocs
@item --embedded-relocs
This option is similar to the @option{--emit-relocs} option except
-that the relocs are stored in a target specific section. This option
+that the relocs are stored in a target-specific section. This option
is only supported by the @samp{BFIN}, @samp{CR16} and @emph{M68K}
targets.
@kindex --target-help
@item --target-help
-Print a summary of all target specific options on the standard output and exit.
+Print a summary of all target-specific options on the standard output and exit.
@kindex -Map=@var{mapfile}
@item -Map=@var{mapfile}
@xref{PowerPC ELF32,,@command{ld} and PowerPC 32-bit ELF Support}.
@end ifset
-On some platforms the @samp{--relax} option performs target specific,
+On some platforms the @samp{--relax} option performs target-specific,
global optimizations that become possible when the linker resolves
addressing in the program, such as relaxing address modes,
synthesizing new instructions, selecting shorter version of current
@item
the @code{ENTRY(@var{symbol})} command in a linker script;
@item
-the value of a target specific symbol, if it is defined; For many
+the value of a target-specific symbol, if it is defined; For many
targets this is @code{start}, but PE- and BeOS-based systems for example
check a list of possible entry symbols, matching the first one found.
@item
@subsection Symbolic Constants
@cindex symbolic constants
@kindex CONSTANT
-It is possible to refer to target specific constants via the use of
+It is possible to refer to target-specific constants via the use of
the @code{CONSTANT(@var{name})} operator, where @var{name} is one of:
@table @code