From: Jim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 00:46:09 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
X-Git-Tag: gdb-4_18-branchpoint~17131
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=99d1da6a3ca38a8548ced9af36d029e3620a620e;p=thirdparty%2Fbinutils-gdb.git

* gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
---

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 2915535f1e0..591915e24c7 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
+	* gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
+
 	* stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
 
 	* stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 341187f0b11..e91bac90e45 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -6574,6 +6574,11 @@ execute it gets the error message ``@code{You can't do that when your
 target is @dots{}}''
 @end ifset
 
+The file is loaded at whatever address is specified in the executable.
+For some object file formats, like a.out, the object file format fixes
+the address and so it won't necessarily match the address you gave to
+the linker.
+
 @ifset VXWORKS
 On VxWorks, @code{load} will dynamically link @var{filename} on the
 current target system as well as adding its symbols in @value{GDBN}.