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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2015-02-06 07:03:26 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2015-02-21 08:32:11 +0100
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ld.so.8: Relocate "Hardware capabilities" to be a subsection under notes
This is more consistent with standard man-pages headings and layout. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
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@@ -163,39 +163,6 @@ is set-user-ID or set-group-ID.
.TP
.B \-\-audit LIST
Use objects named in LIST as auditors.
-.SH HARDWARE CAPABILITIES
-Some libraries are compiled using hardware-specific instructions which do
-not exist on every CPU.
-Such libraries should be installed in directories whose names define the
-required hardware capabilities, such as
-.IR /usr/lib/sse2/ .
-The dynamic linker checks these directories against the hardware of the
-machine and selects the most suitable version of a given library.
-Hardware capability directories can be cascaded to combine CPU features.
-The list of supported hardware capability names depends on the CPU.
-The following names are currently recognized:
-.TP
-.B Alpha
-ev4, ev5, ev56, ev6, ev67
-.TP
-.B MIPS
-loongson2e, loongson2f, octeon, octeon2
-.TP
-.B PowerPC
-4xxmac, altivec, arch_2_05, arch_2_06, booke, cellbe, dfp, efpdouble, efpsingle,
-fpu, ic_snoop, mmu, notb, pa6t, power4, power5, power5+, power6x, ppc32, ppc601,
-ppc64, smt, spe, ucache, vsx
-.TP
-.B SPARC
-flush, muldiv, stbar, swap, ultra3, v9, v9v, v9v2
-.TP
-.B s390
-dfp, eimm, esan3, etf3enh, g5, highgprs, hpage, ldisp, msa, stfle,
-z900, z990, z9-109, z10, zarch
-.TP
-.B x86 (32-bit only)
-acpi, apic, clflush, cmov, cx8, dts, fxsr, ht, i386, i486, i586, i686, mca, mmx,
-mtrr, pat, pbe, pge, pn, pse36, sep, ss, sse, sse2, tm
.SH ENVIRONMENT
Among the more important environment variables are the following:
.TP
@@ -486,6 +453,39 @@ The
functionality is available for executables compiled using libc version
4.4.3 or greater.
ELF functionality is available since Linux 1.1.52 and libc5.
+.SS Hardware capabilities
+Some libraries are compiled using hardware-specific instructions which do
+not exist on every CPU.
+Such libraries should be installed in directories whose names define the
+required hardware capabilities, such as
+.IR /usr/lib/sse2/ .
+The dynamic linker checks these directories against the hardware of the
+machine and selects the most suitable version of a given library.
+Hardware capability directories can be cascaded to combine CPU features.
+The list of supported hardware capability names depends on the CPU.
+The following names are currently recognized:
+.TP
+.B Alpha
+ev4, ev5, ev56, ev6, ev67
+.TP
+.B MIPS
+loongson2e, loongson2f, octeon, octeon2
+.TP
+.B PowerPC
+4xxmac, altivec, arch_2_05, arch_2_06, booke, cellbe, dfp, efpdouble, efpsingle,
+fpu, ic_snoop, mmu, notb, pa6t, power4, power5, power5+, power6x, ppc32, ppc601,
+ppc64, smt, spe, ucache, vsx
+.TP
+.B SPARC
+flush, muldiv, stbar, swap, ultra3, v9, v9v, v9v2
+.TP
+.B s390
+dfp, eimm, esan3, etf3enh, g5, highgprs, hpage, ldisp, msa, stfle,
+z900, z990, z9-109, z10, zarch
+.TP
+.B x86 (32-bit only)
+acpi, apic, clflush, cmov, cx8, dts, fxsr, ht, i386, i486, i586, i686, mca, mmx,
+mtrr, pat, pbe, pge, pn, pse36, sep, ss, sse, sse2, tm
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ld (1),
.BR ldd (1),