Extend objdump's --dwarf=follow-links option so that separate debug info files will...

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / binutils / doc / binutils.texi

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 01f1e5f56db99e98f6863623e37ab97c93a0244a..eb5c3e87a3c8ad2c64ebb7fb995174a0679f37f1 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -2236,6 +2236,10 @@ will stop at the end of the function, otherwise it will stop when the
 next symbol is encountered.  If there are no matches for @var{symbol}
 then nothing will be displayed.
 
+Note if the @option{--dwarf=follow-links} option has also been enabled
+then any symbol tables in linked debug info files will be read in and
+used when disassembling.
+
 @item -D
 @itemx --disassemble-all
 Like @option{-d}, but disassemble the contents of all sections, not just
@@ -2254,6 +2258,10 @@ If the target is an ARM architecture this switch also has the effect
 of forcing the disassembler to decode pieces of data found in code
 sections as if they were instructions.
 
+Note if the @option{--dwarf=follow-links} option has also been enabled
+then any symbol tables in linked debug info files will be read in and
+used when disassembling.
+
 @item --prefix-addresses
 When disassembling, print the complete address on each line.  This is
 the older disassembly format.