Add a description of the X86_64 assembler's .largcomm pseudo-op.

PR 22553
	* doc/c-i386.texi (i386-Directives): Document the .largecomm
	directive.
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Nick Clifton 2018-01-08 09:29:17 +00:00
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2018-01-08 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
PR 22553
* doc/c-i386.texi (i386-Directives): Document the .largecomm
directive.
2018-01-04 Jim Wilson <jimw@sifive.com>
* testsuite/gas/riscv/priv-reg.s: Add missing stval and mtval.

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@ -431,8 +431,17 @@ specifies the desired alignment of the symbol in the bss section.
This directive is only available for COFF based x86 targets.
@cindex @code{largecomm} directive, ELF
@item .largecomm @var{symbol} , @var{length}[, @var{alignment}]
This directive behaves in the same way as the @code{comm} directive
except that the data is placed into the @var{.lbss} section instead of
the @var{.bss} section @ref{Comm}.
The directive is intended to be used for data which requires a large
amount of space, and it is only available for ELF based x86_64
targets.
@c FIXME: Document other x86 specific directives ? Eg: .code16gcc,
@c .largecomm
@end table