Option -K in GNU assembler

[deepak shekhar]

 Hi everybody!

can somebody explain me what is the option -K for in the GAS (GNU Assembler). The man pages says
 -K     Issue  warnings  when difference tables altered 		for long displacements.

Why and when are these difference tables created???

Please do help me
Thanking in advance
Deepak

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