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authorCharles Crayne <chuck@thor.crayne.org>2007-11-25 14:25:13 -0800
committerCharles Crayne <chuck@thor.crayne.org>2007-11-25 14:25:13 -0800
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Documention Changes for Release 2.00
modified: CHANGES modified: ChangeLog modified: doc/nasmdoc.src
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@@ -223,6 +223,56 @@ Object File Format
\C{intro} Introduction
+\H{whatsnew} Documentation Changes for Version 2.0
+
+\S{p64Bit} 64-Bit Support
+
+\b Writing 64-bit Code \k{64bit}
+
+\b elf32 and elf64 output formats \k{elffmt}
+
+\b win64 output format \k{win64fmt}
+
+\b Numeric constants in DQ directive \k{db}
+
+\b oword, do and reso \k{db}
+
+\b Stack Relative Preprocessor Directives \k{stackrel}
+
+\S{fpenhance} Floating Point Enhancements
+
+\b 8-bit floating-point format \k{fltconst}
+
+\b Floating-point option control \k{FLOAT}
+
+\b Infinity and NaN \k{fltconst}
+
+\S{elfenhance} ELF Enhancements
+
+\b Symbol Visibility \k{elfglob}
+
+\b Setting OSABI value in ELF header \k{abisect}
+
+\b Debug Formats \k{elfdbg}
+
+\S{cmdenhance} Command Line Options
+
+\b Generate Makefile Dependencies \k{opt-MG}
+
+\b Send Errors to a File \k{opt-Z}
+
+\b Unlimited Optimization Passes \k{opt-On}
+
+\S{oenhance} Other Enhancements
+
+\b %IFN and %ELIFN \k{condasm}
+
+\b Logical Negation Operator \c{!} \k{expmul}
+
+\b Current BITS Mode \k{bitsm}
+
+\b Use of \c{%+} \k{concat%+}
+
\H{whatsnasm} What Is NASM?
The Netwide Assembler, NASM, is an 80x86 and x86-64 assembler designed for
@@ -537,7 +587,7 @@ of this switch does \e{not} enable output of the selected debug info format.
Use \c{-g}, see \k{opt-g}, to enable output.
A complete list of the available debug file formats for an output format
-can be seen by issuing the command \i\c{nasm -f <format> -y}. (As of 0.99.05,
+can be seen by issuing the command \i\c{nasm -f <format> -y}. (As of 2.00,
only "-f elf32", "-f elf64", "-f ieee", and "-f obj" provide debug information.)
See: \k{opt-y}.
@@ -846,7 +896,7 @@ You will need the version number if you report a bug.
Typing \c{nasm -f <option> -y} will display a list of the available
debug info formats for the given output format. The default format
is indicated by an asterisk. E.g. \c{nasm -f elf -y} yields \c{* stabs}.
-(as of 0.99.05, the \e{only} debug info format implemented for this output format).
+(as of 2.00, the \e{only} debug info format implemented for this output format).
\S{opt-pfix} The \i\c{--prefix} and \i\c{--postfix} Options.
@@ -2475,6 +2525,8 @@ syntax of this feature looks like this:
\c ; this appears if neither <condition> nor <condition2> was met
\c %endif
+The inverse forms \i\c{%ifn} and \i\c{%elifn} are also supported.
+
The \i\c{%else} clause is optional, as is the \i\c{%elif} clause.
You can have more than one \c{%elif} clause as well.
@@ -4583,8 +4635,8 @@ these relocations is generated.
\I{ELF, Debug formats and}
\c{ELF32} and \c{ELF64} provide debug information in \c{STABS} format.
-As of 0.99.05, this information is generated only for the ".text" section.
-However, in more recent versions, all executable sections are included.
+Prior to 2.00, this information was generated only for the ".text" section.
+However, all executable sections are now included.
(Note that only the ".text" section is executable by default.)
\H{aoutfmt} \i\c{aout}: Linux \I{a.out, Linux version}\I{linux, a.out}\c{a.out} Object Files