Add ability to follow dwo links to readelf/objdump.

[thirdparty/binutils-gdb.git] / binutils / doc / debug.options.texi

diff --git a/binutils/doc/debug.options.texi b/binutils/doc/debug.options.texi
index 9204b2bec4ab64cf52d77a7bf521a13c9afb1e17..57945654d2d86fb0abcc05f16adbe1da2c965521 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/doc/debug.options.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/debug.options.texi
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ output from this option can also be restricted by the use of the
 @item k
 @itemx =links
 Displays the contents of the @samp{.gnu_debuglink} and/or
-@samp{.gnu_debugaltlink} sections.
+@samp{.gnu_debugaltlink} sections.  Also displays the link to a
+separate dwarf object file (dwo), if one is specified by the 
+DW_AT_GNU_dwo_name or DW_AT_dwo_name attributes in the
+@samp{.debug_info} section.
 
 @item K
 @itemx =follow-links
@@ -55,9 +58,9 @@ versions of the same debug section being displayed if both the main
 file and the separate debug info file contain sections with the same
 name.
 
-When displaying other debug information, if a link is encountered to
-a separate debug info file, then attempt to follow the link and
-display the referenced contents.
+In addition, when displaying DWARF attributes, if a form is found that
+references the separate debug info file, then the referenced contents
+will also be displayed.
 
 @item l
 @itemx =rawline