Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:11:21 -0400 (EDT)
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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	Zaretskii on Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:02:34 +0300 (IDT))
Subject: Re: .align directives in libc.a
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> I was thinking about doing the equivalent of ".balign 16,,7" between
> the objects, if that's possible.

I don't think ld knows how to do that.

> Btw, won't ".balign 16,,7" near the entry into every function do the 
> same, without changing Binutils?

All the .align directives do are add filler so that the next byte is
suitably aligned *relative to the beginning of the subsection (section
within object)* They do not store information which is conveyed to the
linker.  At least, not in COFF.