From: YunQiang Su <yunqiang.su@cipunited.com>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 09:27:16 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: gas: documents .gnu_attribute Tag_GNU_MIPS_ABI_MSA
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gas: documents .gnu_attribute Tag_GNU_MIPS_ABI_MSA

It is added since 2016 by
  Add support for .MIPS.abiflags and .gnu.attributes sections
  b52717c0e104eb603e8189c3c0d3658ef5d903f5
But never documented.
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diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texi b/gas/doc/as.texi
index 353ff860f1b..ea40a9ed75e 100644
--- a/gas/doc/as.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texi
@@ -7816,6 +7816,17 @@ registers and 32-bit general-purpose registers.
 registers, 32-bit general-purpose registers and a rule that forbids the
 direct use of odd-numbered single-precision floating-point registers.
 @end itemize
+
+@item Tag_GNU_MIPS_ABI_MSA (8)
+The MIPS SIMD Architecture (MSA) ABI used by this object file.  The value will be:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+0 for file not tagged or not using any ABIs affected by MSA.
+@item
+1 for files using 128 bit MSA.
+@end itemize
+
 @end table
 
 @subsection PowerPC Attributes