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Thu Feb  8 20:02:58 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* read.c (potable): Pass negative numbers for new .balign[wl] and
	.p2align[wl] pseudo-ops.
	(s_align_bytes): Treat a negative argument as specifying the fill
	length.
	(s_align_ptwo): Likewise.

Wed Feb  7 14:12:03 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* read.c (potable): Add balignw, balignl, p2alignw, and p2alignl.
	(do_align): Take new len parameter.  Change all callers.  Pass it
	to md_do_align.
	(s_align_bytes): Arg now indicates the length of the fill pattern.
	(s_align_ptwo): Likewise.
	* config/obj-coff.c (write_object_file): Pass length to
	md_do_align.
	* config/tc-i386.h (md_do_align): Take new len parameter.
	* config/tc-m88k.h (md_do_align): Likewise.
	* config/tc-m88k.c (m88k_do_align): Likewise.
	* config/tc-sh.h (md_do_align): Likewise.
	* config/tc-sh.c (sh_do_align): Likewise.
	* doc/as.texinfo: Document new pseudo-ops.

	* config/obj-coff.c (fixup_mdeps): Divide offset by fr_var, as is
	done in cvt_frag_to_fill.

	* config/tc-sh.h (sh_do_align): Declare.
	(md_do_align): Define.
	* config/tc-sh.c (sh_do_align): New function.

	* ecoff.c (ecoff_build_lineno): Don't try to store the address
	difference if the next address is before the current one.

	* config/tc-m68k.c (struct m68k_cpu): Add alias field.
	(archs): Initialize new field.
	(m68k_ip): Don't list alias names when listing CPUs which support
	an instruction.

	* as.c (main): Call parse_args before read_begin.
	* app.c (do_scrub_chars): If flag_m68k_mri, don't put a dot in
	front of generated pseudo-ops.
	* read.c (potable): Ignore "name".
	(s_app_file): Permit a single quote after the string, since one
	may appear in m68k MRI mode.

	* configure.in: Check for --enable-shared.  If linking against
	shared BFD and opcodes, fix library name on SunOS, and try to set
	-rpath reasonably.
	* configure: Rebuild.

Tue Feb  6 15:16:17 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* as.h (flag_m68k_mri): Declare.
	* as.c (parse_args): If TC_M68K, set flag_m68k_mri for -M.
	* Many files: For MRI syntax that is specific to the m68k MRI
	assembler, check flag_m68k_mri rather than flag_mri or
	MRI_MODE_NEEDS_PSEUDO_DOT.

Mon Feb  5 16:29:11 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-i960.c (ARCH_HX): Define.
	(arch_tab): Add HX.
	(targ_has_sfr): Handle ARCH_HX.
	(targ_has_iclass): Handle ARCH_HX.
	(tc_coff_fix2rtype): Add return 0 to avoid warning.
	(tc_headers_hook): If the architecture was specified explicitly,
	use it when setting the flags.  Set the extern variable coff_flags
	rather than headers->filehdr.f_flags, since the latter is set
	unconditionally in obj-coff.c.
	(i960_handle_align): Remove unused variable fixp.

	Support for building bfd and opcodes as shared libraries, based on
	patches from Alan Modra <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>:
	* configure.in: Set OPCODES and BFD to search directories.
	Substitute OPCODES_DEP and BFDDEP.  On SunOS, set HLDFLAGS.
	* configure: Rebuild.
	* Makefile.in (LDFLAGS, HLDFLAGS): New variables.
	(LIBDEPS): New variable.
	(as.new0: Depend upon $(LIBDEPS) rather than $(LIBS).  Use
	$(HLDFLAGS) in link.
	(check): Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the environment.

Fri Feb  2 17:41:53 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@wogglebug.tiac.net>

	* config/tc-ppc.h (ELF_TC_SPECIAL_SECTIONS): Make .sdata2, .sbss2,
	.PPC.EMB.sdata0, and .PPC.EMB.sbss0 sections all default to
	read-only, not read/write.

Fri Feb  2 14:09:25 1996  Alan Modra  <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>

	* Makefile.in (INSTALL_XFORM): Remove -e.

Fri Feb  2 12:32:15 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* write.c (write_relocs): Use S_IS_DEFINED and S_IS_COMMON rather
	than comparing S_GET_SEGMENT to undefined_section.
	(write_object_file): Skip symbols which were equated to an
	undefined or common symbol.
	* symbols.c (resolve_symbol_value): Use S_IS_DEFINED and
	S_IS_COMMON rather than comparing S_GET_SEGMENT to
	undefined_section.
	(S_GET_VALUE): Likewise.  Avoid recursion problems if S_IS_DEFINED
	or S_IS_COMMON call S_GET_VALUE.
	* config/obj-aout.h (S_IS_COMMON): Define if not BFD_ASSEMBLER.
	* config/obj-aout.c (obj_emit_relocations): If a reloc is equated
	to an undefined or common symbol, convert the reloc to be against
	the target symbol.
	(obj_crawl_symbol_chain): Skip symbols which were equated to an
	undefined or common symbol.
	* config/obj-bout.h (S_IS_COMMON): Define if not BFD_ASSEMBLER.
	* config/obj-bout.c (obj_emit_relocations): If a reloc is equated
	to an undefined or common symbol, convert the reloc to be against
	the target symbol.
	(obj_crawl_symbol_chain): Skip symbols which were equated to an
	undefined or common symbol.
	* config/obj-coff.c (do_relocs_for): Use S_IS_DEFINED and
	S_IS_COMMON rather than comparing S_GET_SEGMENT to
	undefined_section.
	(yank_symbols): Skip symbols which were equated to an undefined or
	common symbol.

Thu Feb  1 15:34:32 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/obj-aout.h (S_IS_LOCAL): Check for \002 as well as \001.
	* config/obj-bout.h (S_IS_LOCAL): Likewise.

	* configure.in: Make sure we only add m68k-parse.o to
	${extra_objects} once, no matter how many m68k targets have been
	enabled.
	* configure: Rebuild.

Wed Jan 31 18:31:46 1996  Steve Chamberlain  <sac@slash.cygnus.com>

	* configure.in (i386-*-cygwin32, ppc-*-cygwin32): New.
	* configure: Rebuild.

Wed Jan 31 14:03:17 1996  Richard Henderson  <rth@tamu.edu>

	* config/tc-m68k.c (md_pseudo_table): Add "extend" and "ldouble".
	* doc/c-m68k.texi: Document .extend and .ldouble.

	* configure.in (m68*-apple-aux*): New target.
	* config/te-aux.h: New file.
	* config/obj-coff.c (compare_external_relocs): New static function
	if TE_AUX.
	(do_relocs_for): Sort relocs if TE_AUX.
	(fixup_segment): If TE_AUX, store common symbol value in segment.
	* config/tc-m68k.h (TARGET_FORMAT): Define if TE_AUX.

Wed Jan 31 12:24:58 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/obj-coff.h (S_IS_LOCAL): Check for \002 as well as \001.

	* config/tc-mips.c (s_mips_globl): Set BSF_OBJECT if it is not
	BSF_FUNCTION.
	(s_cpload): Set BSF_OBJECT for _gp_disp symbol.
	* read.c (s_lcomm): If S_SET_SIZE is defined, set the size of the
	symbol.
	* ecoff.c (add_procedure): Set the BSF_FUNCTION flag.
	(ecoff_build_symbols): If S_SET_SIZE is defined, set the size of
	an undefined symbol and the size of a function symbol.
	* config/obj-elf.c (elf_frob_symbol): If TC_MIPS, set BSF_OBJECT
	for all common symbols.

Tue Jan 30 12:35:24 1996  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-i960.c (parse_memop): In MRI mode, don't use implicit
	scaling of index.

	* expr.c (operand): Accept 0x hex constants in MRI mode if not on
	m68k.

Mon Jan 29 12:21:30 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_type): Set BSF_OBJECT flag for a type
	of object.  From Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg@monkeys.com>.

	* ecoff.c (localsym_t): Add addend field.
	(add_ecoff_symbol): Add addend argument.  Change all callers.
	(coff_sym_value): Make static.
	(coff_sym_addend): New static variable.
	(ecoff_directive_def): Initialize coff_sym_addend.
	(ecoff_directive_val): Accept symbol + constant.
	(ecoff_directive_endef): Pass coff_sym_addend to add_ecoff_symbol.
	(ecoff_build_symbols): Include the addend in the symbol value.

Fri Jan 26 19:28:52 1996  Kim Knuttila  <krk@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_assemble): Ignore overflow on 
	BFD_RELOC_16_GOTOFF and BFD_RELOC_PPC_TOC16.

Fri Jan 26 16:14:17 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_apply_fix3): SDA21 relocations are now 4
	bytes in size, so offset appropriately in big endian mode when
	writing the bottom 2 bytes.

Thu Jan 25 20:26:23 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@charmed.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-sparc.c (default_compatible): New static local.
	(md_begin): Initialize it.  Rewrite warn_on_bump handling.
	(sparc_ip): If no architecture or -bump specified, don't mark as
	mismatched those in default_compatible.

Thu Jan 25 12:21:53 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	SCO ELF support from Robert Lipe <robertl@arnet.com>:
	* configure.in (i386-*-sco*elf*): Use fmt elf, targ sco5.
	* configure: Rebuild.
	* config/sco5.mt: New file; set TDEFINES to -DSCO_ELF.
	* config/tc-i386.c (sco_id): New function, if SCO_ELF.
	* config/tc-i386.h (tc_init_after_args): Define if SCO_ELF.
	(sco_id): Declare if SCO_ELF.

Thu Jan 25 03:10:53 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@charmed.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-sparc.c (initial_architecture,can_bump_v9_p): Deleted.
	({max,warn_after}_architecture): New static locals.
	(md_begin): Replace NUMOPCODES with sparc_num_opcodes.
	If both architecture and -bump requested, set max_architecture to max.
	(sparc_md_end): Simplify.
	(sparc_ip): Replace references to can_bump_v9_p with max_architecture.
	Rewrite code to bump architecture and check for conflicts.
	(md_longopts): Recognize -xarch={v8plus,v8plusa} for compatibility
	with Solaris assembler.
	(md_parse_option): Likewise.  Call sparc_opcode_lookup_arch.
	(md_show_usage): Update.

Wed Jan 24 22:11:03 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@charmed.cygnus.com>

	* Makefile.in (RUNTEST): Fix reference to $${srcdir}.

Mon Jan 22 09:21:36 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@charmed.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-sparc.h (TARGET_FORMAT): Use #ifdef SPARC_ARCH64 instead of
	#ifdef sparcv9 when choosing value.
	(ENV64): Delete.
	(md_end): Define.
	(sparc_md_end): Declare.
	* config/tc-sparc.c (SPARC_V9): Renamed from sparcv9.
	(initial_architecture): New static local.
	(can_bump_v9_p): Likewise.
	(NO_V9): Delete all occurrences.
	(sparc_md_end): New function.
	(sparc_ip): New local v9_arg_p.  Rework fp reg number test.
	Don't bump architecture to v9 unless can_bump_v9_p set.
	(md_parse_option): -A<arch> passed, set can_bump_v9_p accordingly.
	* configure.in (sparc64 target cpu): Don't set obj_format here.
	(SPARC_V9): Renamed from sparcv9.
	(sparc64-*-elf*): Define SPARC_ARCH64.
	* configure: Regenerated.
	* acconfig.h (SPARC_V9): Renamed from sparcv9.
	(SPARC_ARCH64): Add.
	* conf.in: Regenerated.
	* config/vmsconf.h: Update.

Mon Jan 22 17:24:47 1996  James G. Smith  <jsmith@cygnus.co.uk>

	* config/tc-mips.c (load_register): Optimise "dli" loads.
	(md_show_usage): add "-mcpu=vr4100" to help text.

Mon Jan 22 11:53:00 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* symbols.c (resolve_symbol_value): If a symbol is equated to an
	undefined symbol, preserve the X_op of O_symbol.
	(S_GET_VALUE): Fix check to permit this case.
	* write.c (write_relocs): If a reloc is against an undefined
	symbol equated to another symbol, change the reloc to be against
	the latter symbol.
	* config/obj-coff.c (do_relocs_for): Likewise.

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_csect): An unnamed csect is storage class
	XMC_PR.

Mon Jan 22 10:59:48 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

	* config/obj-elf.c (elf/ppc.h): Include elf/ppc.h if target
	computer is PowerPC.

	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_apply_fix3): Add more embedded relocations.

	* config/tc-ppc.h (ELF_TC_SPECIAL_SECTIONS): Add sections
	mentioned in the eabi.

Thu Jan 18 17:58:19 1996  Kim Knuttila  <krk@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_reldata): Changed alignement on reldata_section
	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_pdata): Changed the alignment on pdata_section

Mon Jan 15 17:43:42 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (mapping): Add more relocation suffixes.

Sun Jan 14 21:29:36 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_elf_validate_fix): Allow .gcc_except_table
	as a section it is ok to have unadorned -mrelocatable pointers in.

Sat Jan 13 11:09:08 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_section*): Wrap these functions inside
	#ifdef OBJ_ELF.

Fri Jan 12 15:32:07 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

	* config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_section): Add hooks so machine
	dependent section attributes can be handled.

	* config/tc-ppc.h: (md_elf_section_{letter,type,word,flags}): New
	macros to add support for exclude section flag and ordered section
	type.

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_elf_section_{letter,type,word,flags}): New
	functions to add support for exclude section flag and ordered
	section type.

Fri Jan 12 12:04:00 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* subsegs.c (section_symbol): Don't try to look up the section
	symbol in the hash table.  It should be possible to have a symbol
	with the same name as a section, but no connection to it.

	* read.c (cons_worker): Only call mri_comment_end from flag_mri.
	From James Carlson <carlson@xylogics.com>.

	* expr.c (operand): Skip whitespace after a close parenthesis.
	From James Carlson <carlson@xylogics.com>.

Tue Jan  2 12:43:23 1996  Jim Wilson  <wilson@chestnut.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-sh.c (md_apply_fix): Call as_bad_where instead of
	as_warn_where for relocation overflow.
	(parse_reg): Accept register name only if next character is
	not alphanumeric.

Sat Dec 30 23:42:51 1995  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

	* ecoff.c (ecoff_stab): Simplify.  Correctly handle sym + offset
	addresses for static variables.

Thu Dec 21 12:54:32 1995  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (mapping): Make @got give a real GOT relocation,
	and xgot give the old toc16 relocation.
	(md_apply_fix3): Support all GOT relocations.

Wed Dec 20 14:57:17 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-mips.c (load_address): Correctly handle a constant in
	SVR4_PIC case.  From Richard Kenner <kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>.

Fri Dec 15 14:25:07 1995  J.T. Conklin  <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-sh.c (parse_reg): Recognize SH3 registers.
	(get_specific): Handle A_SSR, A_SPC and A_REG_B.
	(build_Mbytes): Handle REG_B.

Fri Dec 15 16:07:25 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* ecoff.c (ecoff_build_aux): Use new bfd_big_endian macro.

Fri Dec 15 12:11:48 1995  Raymond Jou  <rjou@mexican.cygnus.com>

	* mpw-make.sed: If linking, edit ALL_CFLAGS to CFLAGS.

Thu Dec 14 15:09:52 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/obj-coff.c (write_object_file): Set the s_align field to
	the number of bytes, rather than to the power of 2.

Tue Dec 12 12:19:37 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* Makefile.in (DISTCLEAN_HERE): New variable.
	(distclean): Use it.
	(maintainer-clean): Depend upon clean-here rather than clean,
	distclean, and clean-info.  Run make maintainer-clean in doc.
	Remove files listed in DISTCLEAN_HERE.
	* doc/Makefile.in (maintainer-clean realclean): Split out from
	distclean.  Depend upon clean-info and distclean.

Mon Dec 11 16:23:51 1995  Stan Shebs  <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>

	* mac-as.r: Fix copyright and version strings.
	(cfrg): Use PROG_NAME instead of literal name.


Mon Dec 11 14:14:08 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* read.c (read_a_source_file): If tc_unrecognized_line is defined,
	call it.
	* config/tc-a29k.h (tc_unrecognized_line): Define.
	* config/tc-a29k.c (a29k_unrecognized_line): New function.
	(md_operand): Handle a29k style local dollar labels.

Wed Dec  6 17:52:52 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/obj-multi.h: If OBJ_MAYBE_ELF, define OBJ_SYMFIELD_TYPE.

Tue Dec  5 13:26:34 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* read.c (s_fill): If md_flush_pending_output is defined, call
	it.

Mon Dec  4 15:10:53 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* config/obj-coff.c (size_section, fill_section, fixup_mdeps):
	Treat rs_align_code like rs_align.

Sun Dec  3 16:46:54 1995  Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk)

	* config/tc-arm.c (cp_address_required_here): Set pre_inc when
	converting an absolute address into a PC-relative one.

Fri Dec  1 11:57:56 1995  Stan Shebs  <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>

	* mpw-config.in: Don't always use te-generic.h for emulation.
	(powerpc-apple-macos): Use emulation te-macos.h.
start-sanitize-gm
	(mips-gm-magic): New configuration.
end-sanitize-gm
	* mpw-make.sed (install, install-only): Edit in Mac-specific
	install procedure.

Fri Dec  1 10:59:25 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* configure.in: Improve message about unsupported ELF targets.
	* configure: Rebuild.

	* config/tc-m88k.c (m88k_do_align): Correct check for whether fill
	pattern is zero.  From Manfred Hollstein.

Thu Nov 30 13:25:49 1995  Kim Knuttila  <krk@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_pe_section): To get the alignment right for
	the various idata sections, we check the name on the .section pseudo.

Thu Nov 30 11:23:42 1995  Manfred Hollstein KS/EF4A 60/1F/110 #40283  <manfred@lts.sel.alcatel.de>

	* config/obj-coff.c (fixup_segment): If TC_M88K is defined, do not
	add section's paddr to add_number; compatibility to native as and
	ld forbids.

Wed Nov 29 23:14:27 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* configure.in: Treat m68k-sysv4 like m68k-elf, not m68k-sysv3.

	* hash.c (struct hash_entry): Moved here...
	* hash.h (struct hash_entry): ...from here.

	* config/obj-elf.c (elf_frob_symbol): Don't free and clear sy_obj
	if it's already known to be null.

Wed Nov 29 13:00:20 1995  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_apply_fix3): Don't adjust the value for 32
	bit relocs converted to PC relative relocs.  This turned out to
	add the offset from the beginning of .text twice.

Tue Nov 28 10:42:36 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* stabs.c (s_stab_generic): In 's' case, free string from
	obstack.

	* config/obj-elf.h (ELF_TARGET_SYMBOL_FIELDS): Remove unused field
	sy_name_offset.
	* config/obj-multi.h (ELF_TARGET_SYMBOL_FIELDS) [OBJ_MAYBE_ELF]:
	Ditto.

	* subsegs.h (segment_info_type): Make bitfields unsigned.

	* expr.h (struct expressionS): Make X_op and X_unsigned bitfields,
	and move them together.  On most systems this will reduce the
	structure size by one word.
	(operatorT): Define O_max.
	* expr.c (expr_begin): Verify that X_op is wide enough to hold
	O_max.

	* read.c (pop_insert): Print error returned by hash table
	insertion code.

	* as.c (dump_statistics): Split out from main; dump some hash
	table stats and target-specific stats.
	(start_time): No longer automatic to main.
	(main): Set file-level start_time and call dump_statistics at
	exit.  Exit by calling xexit.
	(show_usage): Make --statistics description less specific.
	* subsegs.c (subsegs_print_statistics): New function.
	* write.c (write_print_statistics): New function.
	(n_fixups): New static variable.
	(fix_new_internal): Increment it.
	* read.c (read_print_statistics): New function.
	* read.h (read_print_statistics): Declare.
	* symbol.c (symbol_print_statistics): New function.
	* symbol.h (symbol_print_statistics): Declare.
	* hash.c (hash_print_statistics): New function.
	* hash.h (hash_print_statistics): Declare.
	* config/tc-i386.c (i386_print_statistics): New function.
	* config/tc-i386.h (i386_print_statistics): Declare.
	(tc_print_statistics): New macro.
	* messages.c (as_fatal, as_assert, as_abort): Use xexit, not
	exit.

	* hash.c (DELETED): Rewrite to use a valid but unique address.
	(START_POWER): Reduce to 10.
	(enum stat_enum): New enumerator, replacing STAT_* index macros.
	Add new values for counting strcmp calls.
	(GROW_FACTOR): New macro.
	(hash_grow): Use GROW_FACTOR.  Rewrite for quick returns instead
	of nesting blocks.
	(FULL_VALUE): New macro.  Use 1/4 of table size instead of 1/2.
	(hash_new): Use FULL_VALUE.
	(struct hash_control): Definition moved here.
	(hash_code): Don't mask to low bits.
	(hash_ask): Mask returned hash code here.  Check hash value before
	calling strcmp; count strcmp calls.
	* hash.h (struct hash_control): Declare, don't define, here.
	(HASH_STATLENGTH): Deleted.
	(struct hash_entry): Add field for hash code.
	(hash_say, hash_apply): Don't declare.

	* hash.c (destroy): Return void.
	(applicatee): Ditto.
	(main): Fix declarations.
	(hash_apply): Return void.  Argument `function' returns void.  Put
	inside "#ifdef TEST".
	(hash_say): Define only if TEST is defined.
	* hash.h (hash_apply, hash_say): Declarations deleted.

Mon Nov 27 13:18:25 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* configure: Rebuild with autoconf 2.7.

Tue Nov 21 18:39:01 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* aclocal.m4 (AC_PROG_CC): Remove local definition.
	* configure: Rebuild with autoconf 2.6.

Mon Nov 20 17:26:00 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_debug_name_section_size): Remove.
	(ppc_stabx): Don't increment ppc_debug_name_section_size.
	(ppc_bc): Likewise.
	(ppc_frob_file): Remove.
	* config/tc-ppc.h (tc_frob_file): Don't define.
	(ppc_frob_file): Don't declare.

Mon Nov 20 13:37:05 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* Makefile.in (TARG_CPU_DEP_alpha): Mention alpha-opcode.h.
	* config/alpha-opcode.h: Include one-operand variants of jmp and
	jsr.

	* config/te-delt88.h: Renamed from te-delta88.h, to avoid conflict
	with te-delta.h in 8.3 file systems.
	* configure.in: Adjusted.

Thu Nov 16 12:49:38 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-mips.c (s_err): Remove; just use the one in read.c.

	* config/m68k-parse.y (yylex): In MRI mode, '@' can start an octal
	number.
	* expr.c (operand): Handle MRI suffixes after unadorned 0.

Thu Nov 16 00:21:44 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	Version 2.6 released.
	* Makefile.in (VERSION): Updated to 2.6.

	* config/obj-coff.c (write_object_file): Change use of md_do_align
	to pass a pointer rather than a fill value, to match other uses.

Wed Nov 15 03:52:00 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ns32k.h (TC_FIX_TYPE): Add missing semicolon.

	* as.c (main): Move md_end call to just after call to
	perform_an_assembly_pass.  Delete cpu-specific code here.
	* config/tc-i960.h (md_end): New macro, calls brtab_emit.
start-sanitize-rce
	* config/tc-rce.c (md_end): Deleted.
	* config/tc-rce.h (md_end): New macro, calls dump_literals.
end-sanitize-rce
	* config/tc-arm.c (md_end): Unused function deleted.
	* config/tc-ns32k.c (md_end): Ditto.

	* config/tc-i386.c (i386_align_code): New function, moved here
	from HANDLE_ALIGN macro.
	* config/tc-i386.h (HANDLE_ALIGN): Call it.

	Mon Jul 31 14:53:19 1995  Alan Modra  <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>

	* config/tc-i386.h (md_do_align): cast fill and 0x90 to char
 	before comparing

	Mon May  1 10:91:49 1995  Alan Modra  <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>

	* config/tc-i386.h (md_do_align):  Make ".align n,0x90" generate
	multi-byte nops to avoid changing gcc.  The necessary gcc change
	might break old assemblers.

	Sat Apr 22 20:53:05 1995  Alan Modra  <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>

	* config/tc-i386.h (md_do_align, HANDLE_ALIGN):  Add macros to
	generate optimal multi-byte nop instructions for ".align n"
	".align n,0x90", and aligns requiring more than 15 bytes of
	padding still generate multiple 0x90's as before.

Mon Nov 13 17:40:21 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-m68k.c (s_mri_until): Call pop_mri_control.

Mon Nov 13 20:39:06 1995  Stan Shebs  <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>

	* configure.in (ppc-*-macos*, ppc-*-mpw*): New configurations.
	* configure: Update.
	* mpw-make.sed: Reorder commands to make sed happier.
	* config/te-macos.h: New file.
	* config/tc-ppc.h (TARGET_FORMAT): Set correctly for PowerMac.

Sun Nov 12 21:14:56 1995  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

	* config/tc-hppa.c (pa_ip): Fix off-by-2 bug in length check for
	conditional branches.
	(md_apply_fix): Likewise.

Thu Nov  9 16:14:01 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-a29k.c (md_apply_fix): Warn if an attempt is made to
	generate a reloc which the linker will not handle correctly.  Fix
	overflow checking--R_IREL is 18 bits, not 17.

Wed Nov  8 19:59:36 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/obj-coff.c (fixup_segment): Don't subtract md_pcrel_from
	from a PC relative reloc if TC_A29K.

	* config/tc-a29k.c (line_separator_chars): Restore '@'.  Existing
	code depends upon it.

	* config/tc-a29k.c (md_operand): Handle $float, $double, and
	$extend.  Based on code from Eric Freudenthal
	<freudenthal@nyu.edu>.
	* config/tc-a29k.h (LEX_DOLLAR): Define.
	* read.c (LEX_DOLLAR): Define if not defined.
	(lex_type): Use LEX_DOLLAR.

Wed Nov  8 16:38:14 1995  Eric Freudenthal <freudenthal@nyu.edu>

	* configure.in (a29k-nyu-sym1): New target, just like other a29k
	targets.

Wed Nov  8 11:38:48 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/obj-coff.c (c_dot_file_symbol): Cast xmalloc return.

Tue Nov  7 09:14:35 1995  Kim Knuttila  <krk@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_apply_fix3): Added BFD_RELOC_RVA. Currently
	used only by "dlltool.c".

Mon Nov  6 18:51:26 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-alpha.c: Undefine inline if not __GNUC__.
	(md_pseudo_table): Don't define "extern".

Sat Nov  4 00:51:21 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_biei): Force symbol into text_section.

	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_show_usage): Put backslash at end of line.

Fri Nov  3 13:02:59 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* macro.c (macro_expand_body): Don't warn about == with a
	nonexistent parameter, in case it is in a comment field.

	* as.c (main): On TC_A29K, call macro_init with macro_alternate
	set to 1.
	* macro.c (get_any_string): Don't keep quotes if macro_strip_at is
	set, even if macro_alternate is set.
	(get_apost_token): If macro_strip_at, only skip kind if it is '@'.
	(sub_actual): If macro_strip_at, and kind is '@', don't look up
	the token unless it ended in '@'.
	* config/tc-a29k.c (line_separator_chars): Remove '@'.
	* doc/c-a29k.texi: Document macro usage on A29K.

Thu Nov  2 23:07:57 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-m68k.c (m68k_ip): Handle new 'W' place, meaning a
	signed word.
	(install_operand): Likewise.

	* config/obj-elf.c (ecoff_debug_pseudo_table): Add "extern".

Wed Nov  1 15:17:02 1995  Manfred Hollstein KS/EF4A 60/1F/110 #40283  <manfred@lts.sel.alcatel.de>

	* configure.in (m88k-motorola-sysv*): New target.
	* configure: Rebuild.
	* config/te-delta88.h: New file.
	* config/obj-coff.c (write_object_file): Use md_do_align if it is
	defined.
	* config/tc-m88k.h (SUB_SEGMENT_ALIGN): Define.
	(md_do_align): Define.
	* config/tc-m88k.c: Include "subsegs.h".
	(m88k_do_align): New function.

	* config/te-delta.h (STRIP_UNDERSCORE): Don't define.
	(COFF_NOLOAD_PROBLEM): Define.
	(LOCAL_LABELS_DOLLAR, LOCAL_LABELS_FB): Define.

Wed Nov  1 16:07:43 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-i386.c (md_assemble): For a jump instruction with
	non-constant target, require 7 available bytes in the current
	frag, not 6.

Tue Oct 31 15:37:16 1995  Fred Fish  <fnf@rtl.cygnus.com>

	* config/obj-elf.h: Include bfd/elf-bfd.h rather than
	bfd/libelf.h.

Tue Oct 31 16:34:28 1995  David Mosberger-Tang  <davidm@azstarnet.com>

	* configure.in (alpha-*-linux*): Use ecoff.
	* configure: Rebuild.
	* ecoff.c (ecoff_directive_extern): New function.
	(ecoff_directive_weakext): New function.
	(ecoff_build_symbols): Handle weak symbols.
	(ecoff_setup_ext): Likewise.
	(ecoff_frob_symbol): Warn about weak common symbols.
	* ecoff.h (ecoff_directive_extern): Declare.
	(ecoff_directive_weakext): Declare.
	* symbols.c (S_IS_WEAK): New function.
	* symbols.h (S_IS_WEAK): Declare.
	* config/obj-ecoff.c (obj_pseudo_table): Add "extern" and
	"weakext".
	* config/tc-mips.c (mips_pseudo_table): Remove "extern".
	(s_extern): Remove.

Tue Oct 31 13:29:08 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_lglobl): Do the right thing.

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_bb): Call SF_SET_PROCESS.
	(ppc_eb): Likewise.  Set the storage class to C_BLOCK, not C_FCN.
	(ppc_frob_symbol): Don't change C_BLOCK symbols to C_HIDEXT.
	* config/obj-coff.c (coff_frob_symbol): Don't call
	SA_SET_SYM_ENDNDX with the current symbol; call it with the next
	one.  If OBJ_XCOFF, try to figure out whether the symbol is going
	to be dropped.

	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_pseudo_table): Add "bc" and "ec".
	(ppc_stab_symbol): New static variable.
	(ppc_change_csect): Check that ppc_toc_csect is not NULL.
	(ppc_stabx): Set ppc_stab_symbol around call to symbol_make.  Set
	sy_tc.real_name to the stab string.
	(ppc_bc, ppc_ec): New static functions.
	(ppc_canonicalize_symbol_name): If ppc_stab_symbol is set, don't
	do anything.
	(ppc_symbol_new_hook): If ppc_stab_symbol is set, don't look for a
	suffix.
	(ppc_frob_symbol): Set BSF_NOT_AT_END for symbols with csect aux
	entries.

	* input-scrub.c (input_scrub_push): Reset sb_index.

Mon Oct 30 17:52:46 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* listing.c (listing_newline): Don't create a frag in the absolute
	section.

Sat Oct 28 01:02:05 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_pseudo_table): Add "data" and "text".
	(ppc_csect): Move most of the code to ppc_change_csect, and call
	it.
	(ppc_change_csect): New static function, taken from ppc_csect.
	(ppc_section): New static function.
	(ppc_saw_abs): New static varable.
	(ppc_frob_symbol): Create aux entry for absolute symbols.  Warn if
	a symbol has no csect.
	(ppc_adjust_symtab): New function.
	* config/tc-ppc.h (tc_adjust_symtab): Define if OBJ_XCOFF.
	(ppc_adjust_symtab): Declare if OBJ_XCOFF.

	* write.c (write_object_file): If tc_adjust_symtab is defined,
	call it just before the call to obj_adjust_symtab.

	* symbols.c (symbol_find_or_make): Change name to be const.
	* symbols.h (symbol_find_or_make): Update declaration.

Thu Oct 26 19:18:27 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* doc/as.texinfo (Align): Mention SH.
	* doc/c-m68k.texi (M68K-Directives, .even): Describe behavior, not
	.align value.
	* doc/c-z8k.texi (Z8000 Directives, global): Fix minor typo.
	(Z8000 Directives, even): Don't give numeric align value, instead
	explain behavior.

Thu Oct 26 11:45:03 1995  Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk)

	* tc-arm.c (do_ldst): Assemble ldr/str r0, [r1] as a pre-increment
	instruction.

Wed Oct 25 11:59:24 1995  Per Bothner  <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>

	* Makefile.in (diststuff):  Also make info.
	(maintainer-clean realclean):  Also make clean-info.

Tue Oct 24 15:21:33 1995  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

	* config/tc-hppa.c (md_pseudo_table): Add new ".nsubspa" opcode.
	(pa_subspace): For ".nsubspa", always create a new subspace
	with the given attributes, even if one already exists with the
	same name.

Tue Oct 24 14:50:38 1995  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.h (TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SECTION): Rename from
	TC_FORCE_RELOCATION, taking an additional section argument.  If
	the section of the target symbol is not the same as the current
	section, always force the relocation to be used.
	(MD_PCREL_FROM_SECTION): New macro to call md_pcrel_from_section.

	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_pcrel_from_section): Rename from the
	md_pcrel_from function, taking an additional section argument.
	Invoke TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SECTION instead of TC_FORCE_RELOCATION.

	* write.c (TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SECTION): Define in terms of the
	older TC_FORCE_RELOCATION if not defined.
	(MD_PCREL_FROM_SECTION): If not defined, invoke md_pcrel_from.
	(fixup_segment): Use MD_PCREL_FROM_SECTION instead of
	md_pcrel_from, and TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SECTION instead of
	TC_FORCE_RELOCATION.
	
Mon Oct 23 16:20:04 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* input-scrub.c (as_where): Set name to null pointer if we don't
	have a file name.
	* messages.c (identify): Only print filename if non-null.
	(as_show_where): Ditto, for line number too.
	(as_warn_internal, as_bad_internal): Ditto.

	* input-file.c (input_file_open): If the input file can't be
	opened, consider it an error.

Mon Oct 23 11:15:44 1995  James G. Smith  <jsmith@pasanda.cygnus.co.uk>

	* config/tc-mips.c: Added mips_4100 control, and support for
 	accepting the 4100 as a MIPS architecture variant (md_begin,
 	macro_build, mips_ip, md_parse_option). Adding suitable
 	command-line OPTIONs, and updating the help text (md_show_usage).
	
Wed Oct 18 13:20:32 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* subsegs.c (subseg_begin): Only set absolute_frchain.fix_* when
	BFD_ASSEMBLER is defined.

	* Use one active frag and one obstack per frag chain:
	* frags.c (frags): Variable deleted.
	(frag_alloc): New function.
	(frag_grow, frag_more, frag_variant, frag_now_fix,
	frag_append_1_char): Refer to frchain_now->frch_obstack instead of
	frags variable.
	(frag_new): Ditto.  Verify that frch_last and frag_now match on
	entry and exit, and that old frag_now has non-zero type.  Replace
	"know" uses with "assert".  Use frag_alloc instead of mucking with
	obstack alignment.
	* frags.h (frags): Declaration deleted.
	* subsegs.h (struct frchain): Add new field frch_frag_now.
	* subsegs.c (frchains, dummy_frag, absolute_frchain): New static
	variables.
	(subsegs_begin): Initialize frchains obstack.  Under gcc, don't
	give it any stricter alignment than frchainS structures need.  Do
	not initialize frags obstack.  Set frag_now to point to
	dummy_obstack.  Initialize absolute_frchain.
	(subseg_set_rest): Save and restore frag_now in frch_frag_now
	field of frchainS.  Don't create new frags on section switch, and
	use frag_alloc when creating a new frag chain.  For absolute
	section, set frchain_now to absolute_frchain.  Verify that
	frch_last and frag_now match on entry and exit.  Initialize
	per-chain obstack, and under gcc, set required alignment to that
	needed by fragS structure.

	* write.c (chain_frchains_together_1): Verify fr_type is nonzero.

	* stabs.c (get_stab_string_offset): Only copy input string if a
	fresh copy is needed, not if the section already exists.
	(s_stab_generic): Cache stab section name to bypass lookups, since
	usually it will match.  Could be made faster still by changing the
	memory allocation rules.
	(s_xstab): Cache section name to bypass repeated string
	allocation.

	* frags.c (frag_new): Deleted register declarations.

	* listing.c (frag_now): Don't declare.

	* as.c (chunksize): New variable.
	(debug_memory): New variable.
	(main): If debug_memory is set, reduce chunksize and
	_bfd_chunksize.
	* as.h (chunksize): Declare it.
	* read.c (read_begin): Use it.

	* config/tc-alpha.c (md_shortopts): Include 'g'.
	(md_parse_option): Ignore it.

	* Makefile.in (distclean): Remove Makefile and config.status from
	testsuite directory.
	(clean-here): Don't delete testsuite.  Instead, delete only the
	files within it that would be generated by running tests.

	* config/tc-hppa.c (hppa_elf_mark_end_of_function): Call
	frag_now_fix instead of accessing obstack info directly.
	* config/tc-arm.c (s_ltorg): Ditto.
	(md_assemble): Ditto.

	* config/tc-i386.c (md_assemble): Call frag_grow instead of
	obstack_room.

Wed Oct 18 12:22:59 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* stabs.c (aout_process_stab): Insert debug symbol into symbol
	chain after parsing value expression, if any, to avoid separating
	continued .stabs lines.

Mon Oct 16 10:56:41 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-mips.c (mips_elf_pseudo_table): Remove.
	(mips_pop_insert): Don't call pop_insert on mips_elf_pseudo_table.

Mon Oct 16 07:07:37 1995  Michael Meissner  <meissner@wogglebug.tiac.net>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_begin): Use new flags PPC_OPCODE_COMMON for
	-mcom support and PPC_OPCODE_ANY for -many.
	(md_parse_option): Ditto.
	(ppc_arch): Ditto.
	(md_begin): For duplicate instructions, print all duplicates
	before aborting.

Sun Oct 15 22:06:14 1995  Michael Meissner  <meissner@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_parse_option): Support for -mcom to turn on
	common mode operation.
	(md_show_usage): Add -mcom to usage message.

Fri Oct 13 13:32:45 1995  steve chamberlain  <sac@slash.cygnus.com>

	* expr.c (op_rank): Add O_symbol_rva.
	* expr.h (operatorT): Add O_symbol_rva.
	* read.c (cons_worker): Set O_symbol_rva when necessary.
	* write.c (fix_new_exp): Understand O_symbol_rva.

Tue Oct 10 11:34:14 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-mips.c: Correct s_cons arguments.  From Michael
	Joosten <joost@ori.cadlab.de>.

Mon Oct  9 19:59:53 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_macro): Make count unsigned.
	(ppc_biei): Set segment to now_seg and value to coff_n_line_nos.
	(ppc_frob_symbol): Handle C_BINCL and C_EINCL symbols by setting
	the fix_line field.
	* config/obj-coff.c (coff_n_line_nos): Rename from n_line_nos, and
	make non-static.  Change all users.
	* config/obj-coff.h (coff_n_line_nos): Declare.

Fri Oct  6 16:24:27 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	Mon Sep 25 22:49:32 1995  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* configure.in (AC_ARG_WITH(bfd-assembler)): Fix help message.

	* config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_common): Convert specified byte
	alignment to power of two.  Set size of local bss symbol.

	* config/tc-m68k.c (tc_gen_reloc): Fix typo in variable name.

Fri Oct  6 15:22:25 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* sb.c, macro.c: Decide whether to include <string.h> or
	<strings.h> just as as.h does.

Fri Oct  6 09:55:33 1995  Doug Evans  <dje@canuck.cygnus.com>

	* Makefile.in (site.exp): Fix setting of $srcdir.

	* config/tc-arm.c (md_atof): Fix little-endian output.
	* config/tc-arm.h (ARM_BI_ENDIAN): Move definition so defined for
	all coff targets.

Thu Oct  5 20:17:30 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>

	* doc/as.texinfo: Split out the NS32k family documentation,
	despite its being commented out for now.
	* doc/c-ns32k.texi: New file.

	* sb.c, macro.c: Include string.h.

	* Makefile.in (comparison): Only check *.o; we don't care if
	timestamps inserted by the native linker differ.

	* config/tc-alpha.c (alpha_align): Only fill with a no-op pattern
	if alignment stricter than 4 bytes is requested; in that case,
	align to a 4-byte boundary first.

	Thu Sep 28 19:35:27 1995  Pat Rankin  <rankin@eql.caltech.edu>

	* config/obj-vms.c (VMS_RSYM_Parse): eliminate "might be used
	uninitialized" warning for `Max_Source_Offset'.

Wed Oct  4 16:17:02 1995  Kim Knuttila  <krk@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (parse_toc_entry): New function to parse [toc]
	qualifiers and detect errors if present.
	(md_assemble): Add call to parse_toc_entry. Also added some support
	for the [tocv] qualifier.
	(ppc_pe_tocd): New function to support data in the toc section.

Wed Oct  4 14:03:39 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_frob_symbol): Don't create an aux entry for
	an absolute symbol.

Tue Oct  3 12:18:19 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/tc-m68k.c (isword): Accept all values from -65536 to
	+65535,	so ~VAL will not be rejected.

	* cond.c (s_endif): Call demand_empty_rest_of_line.  In MRI mode,
	skip characters after the pseudo-op.
	(s_else): Likewise.
	* read.c (get_line_sb): Don't look past buffer_limit.
	(s_include): In MRI mode, skip characters after the file name.

Mon Oct  2 16:15:27 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

	* config/m68k-parse.y (m68k_reg_parse): In MRI mode, permit
	periods in register names.

For older changes see ChangeLog.1.