From ee83b8a6c7891a9874af95d57ea0feaeb8aef5fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Clifton Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:01:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] line omitted from previous delta. --- ld/ld.texinfo | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 48ae4bf..0e31d31 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -4032,6 +4032,8 @@ into ascending order by name before placing them in the output file. @code{SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT} is very similar to @code{SORT_BY_NAME}. The difference is @code{SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT} will sort sections into descending order by alignment before placing them in the output file. +Larger alignments are placed before smaller alignments in order to +reduce the amount of padding necessary. @cindex SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY @code{SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY} is very similar to @code{SORT_BY_NAME}. The -- 2.7.4