gas/ChangeLog

   1 Mon Jan 15 17:43:42 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>
   2
   3         * config/tc-ppc.c (mapping): Add more relocation suffixes.
   4
   5 Sun Jan 14 21:29:36 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>
   6
   7         * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_elf_validate_fix): Allow .gcc_except_table
   8         as a section it is ok to have unadorned -mrelocatable pointers in.
   9
  10 Sat Jan 13 11:09:08 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>
  11
  12         * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_section*): Wrap these functions inside
  13         #ifdef OBJ_ELF.
  14
  15 Fri Jan 12 15:32:07 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>
  16
  17         * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_section): Add hooks so machine
  18         dependent section attributes can be handled.
  19
  20         * config/tc-ppc.h: (md_elf_section_{letter,type,word,flags}): New
  21         macros to add support for exclude section flag and ordered section
  22         type.
  23
  24         * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_elf_section_{letter,type,word,flags}): New
  25         functions to add support for exclude section flag and ordered
  26         section type.
  27
  28 Fri Jan 12 12:04:00 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
  29
  30         * subsegs.c (section_symbol): Don't try to look up the section
  31         symbol in the hash table.  It should be possible to have a symbol
  32         with the same name as a section, but no connection to it.
  33
  34         * read.c (cons_worker): Only call mri_comment_end from flag_mri.
  35         From James Carlson <carlson@xylogics.com>.
  36
  37         * expr.c (operand): Skip whitespace after a close parenthesis.
  38         From James Carlson <carlson@xylogics.com>.
  39
  40 Tue Jan  2 12:43:23 1996  Jim Wilson  <wilson@chestnut.cygnus.com>
  41
  42         * config/tc-sh.c (md_apply_fix): Call as_bad_where instead of
  43         as_warn_where for relocation overflow.
  44         (parse_reg): Accept register name only if next character is
  45         not alphanumeric.
  46
  47 Sat Dec 30 23:42:51 1995  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
  48
  49         * ecoff.c (ecoff_stab): Simplify.  Correctly handle sym + offset
  50         addresses for static variables.
  51
  52 Thu Dec 21 12:54:32 1995  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>
  53
  54         * config/tc-ppc.c (mapping): Make @got give a real GOT relocation,
  55         and xgot give the old toc16 relocation.
  56         (md_apply_fix3): Support all GOT relocations.
  57
  58 Wed Dec 20 14:57:17 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
  59
  60         * config/tc-mips.c (load_address): Correctly handle a constant in
  61         SVR4_PIC case.  From Richard Kenner <kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>.
  62
  63 Fri Dec 15 14:25:07 1995  J.T. Conklin  <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
  64
  65         * config/tc-sh.c (parse_reg): Recognize SH3 registers.
  66         (get_specific): Handle A_SSR, A_SPC and A_REG_B.
  67         (build_Mbytes): Handle REG_B.
  68
  69 Fri Dec 15 16:07:25 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
  70
  71         * ecoff.c (ecoff_build_aux): Use new bfd_big_endian macro.
  72
  73 Fri Dec 15 12:11:48 1995  Raymond Jou  <rjou@mexican.cygnus.com>
  74
  75         * mpw-make.sed: If linking, edit ALL_CFLAGS to CFLAGS.
  76
  77 Thu Dec 14 15:09:52 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
  78
  79         * config/obj-coff.c (write_object_file): Set the s_align field to
  80         the number of bytes, rather than to the power of 2.
  81
  82 Tue Dec 12 12:19:37 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
  83
  84         * Makefile.in (DISTCLEAN_HERE): New variable.
  85         (distclean): Use it.
  86         (maintainer-clean): Depend upon clean-here rather than clean,
  87         distclean, and clean-info.  Run make maintainer-clean in doc.
  88         Remove files listed in DISTCLEAN_HERE.
  89         * doc/Makefile.in (maintainer-clean realclean): Split out from
  90         distclean.  Depend upon clean-info and distclean.
  91
  92 Mon Dec 11 16:23:51 1995  Stan Shebs  <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
  93
  94         * mac-as.r: Fix copyright and version strings.
  95         (cfrg): Use PROG_NAME instead of literal name.
  96
  97 Mon Dec 11 14:14:08 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
  98
  99         * read.c (read_a_source_file): If tc_unrecognized_line is defined,
 100         call it.
 101         * config/tc-a29k.h (tc_unrecognized_line): Define.
 102         * config/tc-a29k.c (a29k_unrecognized_line): New function.
 103         (md_operand): Handle a29k style local dollar labels.
 104
 105 Wed Dec  6 17:52:52 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 106
 107         * config/obj-multi.h: If OBJ_MAYBE_ELF, define OBJ_SYMFIELD_TYPE.
 108
 109 Tue Dec  5 13:26:34 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 110
 111         * read.c (s_fill): If md_flush_pending_output is defined, call
 112         it.
 113
 114 Mon Dec  4 15:10:53 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 115
 116         * config/obj-coff.c (size_section, fill_section, fixup_mdeps):
 117         Treat rs_align_code like rs_align.
 118
 119 Sun Dec  3 16:46:54 1995  Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk)
 120
 121         * config/tc-arm.c (cp_address_required_here): Set pre_inc when
 122         converting an absolute address into a PC-relative one.
 123
 124 Fri Dec  1 11:57:56 1995  Stan Shebs  <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
 125
 126         * mpw-config.in: Don't always use te-generic.h for emulation.
 127         (powerpc-apple-macos): Use emulation te-macos.h.
 128 start-sanitize-gm
 129         (mips-gm-magic): New configuration.
 130 end-sanitize-gm
 131         * mpw-make.sed (install, install-only): Edit in Mac-specific
 132         install procedure.
 133
 134 Fri Dec  1 10:59:25 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 135
 136         * configure.in: Improve message about unsupported ELF targets.
 137         * configure: Rebuild.
 138
 139         * config/tc-m88k.c (m88k_do_align): Correct check for whether fill
 140         pattern is zero.  From Manfred Hollstein.
 141
 142 Thu Nov 30 13:25:49 1995  Kim Knuttila  <krk@cygnus.com>
 143
 144         * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_pe_section): To get the alignment right for
 145         the various idata sections, we check the name on the .section pseudo.
 146
 147 Thu Nov 30 11:23:42 1995  Manfred Hollstein KS/EF4A 60/1F/110 #40283  <manfred@lts.sel.alcatel.de>
 148
 149         * config/obj-coff.c (fixup_segment): If TC_M88K is defined, do not
 150         add section's paddr to add_number; compatibility to native as and
 151         ld forbids.
 152
 153 Wed Nov 29 23:14:27 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 154
 155         * configure.in: Treat m68k-sysv4 like m68k-elf, not m68k-sysv3.
 156
 157         * hash.c (struct hash_entry): Moved here...
 158         * hash.h (struct hash_entry): ...from here.
 159
 160         * config/obj-elf.c (elf_frob_symbol): Don't free and clear sy_obj
 161         if it's already known to be null.
 162
 163 Wed Nov 29 13:00:20 1995  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>
 164
 165         * config/tc-ppc.c (md_apply_fix3): Don't adjust the value for 32
 166         bit relocs converted to PC relative relocs.  This turned out to
 167         add the offset from the beginning of .text twice.
 168
 169 Tue Nov 28 10:42:36 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 170
 171         * stabs.c (s_stab_generic): In 's' case, free string from
 172         obstack.
 173
 174         * config/obj-elf.h (ELF_TARGET_SYMBOL_FIELDS): Remove unused field
 175         sy_name_offset.
 176         * config/obj-multi.h (ELF_TARGET_SYMBOL_FIELDS) [OBJ_MAYBE_ELF]:
 177         Ditto.
 178
 179         * subsegs.h (segment_info_type): Make bitfields unsigned.
 180
 181         * expr.h (struct expressionS): Make X_op and X_unsigned bitfields,
 182         and move them together.  On most systems this will reduce the
 183         structure size by one word.
 184         (operatorT): Define O_max.
 185         * expr.c (expr_begin): Verify that X_op is wide enough to hold
 186         O_max.
 187
 188         * read.c (pop_insert): Print error returned by hash table
 189         insertion code.
 190
 191         * as.c (dump_statistics): Split out from main; dump some hash
 192         table stats and target-specific stats.
 193         (start_time): No longer automatic to main.
 194         (main): Set file-level start_time and call dump_statistics at
 195         exit.  Exit by calling xexit.
 196         (show_usage): Make --statistics description less specific.
 197         * subsegs.c (subsegs_print_statistics): New function.
 198         * write.c (write_print_statistics): New function.
 199         (n_fixups): New static variable.
 200         (fix_new_internal): Increment it.
 201         * read.c (read_print_statistics): New function.
 202         * read.h (read_print_statistics): Declare.
 203         * symbol.c (symbol_print_statistics): New function.
 204         * symbol.h (symbol_print_statistics): Declare.
 205         * hash.c (hash_print_statistics): New function.
 206         * hash.h (hash_print_statistics): Declare.
 207         * config/tc-i386.c (i386_print_statistics): New function.
 208         * config/tc-i386.h (i386_print_statistics): Declare.
 209         (tc_print_statistics): New macro.
 210         * messages.c (as_fatal, as_assert, as_abort): Use xexit, not
 211         exit.
 212
 213         * hash.c (DELETED): Rewrite to use a valid but unique address.
 214         (START_POWER): Reduce to 10.
 215         (enum stat_enum): New enumerator, replacing STAT_* index macros.
 216         Add new values for counting strcmp calls.
 217         (GROW_FACTOR): New macro.
 218         (hash_grow): Use GROW_FACTOR.  Rewrite for quick returns instead
 219         of nesting blocks.
 220         (FULL_VALUE): New macro.  Use 1/4 of table size instead of 1/2.
 221         (hash_new): Use FULL_VALUE.
 222         (struct hash_control): Definition moved here.
 223         (hash_code): Don't mask to low bits.
 224         (hash_ask): Mask returned hash code here.  Check hash value before
 225         calling strcmp; count strcmp calls.
 226         * hash.h (struct hash_control): Declare, don't define, here.
 227         (HASH_STATLENGTH): Deleted.
 228         (struct hash_entry): Add field for hash code.
 229         (hash_say, hash_apply): Don't declare.
 230
 231         * hash.c (destroy): Return void.
 232         (applicatee): Ditto.
 233         (main): Fix declarations.
 234         (hash_apply): Return void.  Argument `function' returns void.  Put
 235         inside "#ifdef TEST".
 236         (hash_say): Define only if TEST is defined.
 237         * hash.h (hash_apply, hash_say): Declarations deleted.
 238
 239 Mon Nov 27 13:18:25 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 240
 241         * configure: Rebuild with autoconf 2.7.
 242
 243 Tue Nov 21 18:39:01 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 244
 245         * aclocal.m4 (AC_PROG_CC): Remove local definition.
 246         * configure: Rebuild with autoconf 2.6.
 247
 248 Mon Nov 20 17:26:00 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 249
 250         * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_debug_name_section_size): Remove.
 251         (ppc_stabx): Don't increment ppc_debug_name_section_size.
 252         (ppc_bc): Likewise.
 253         (ppc_frob_file): Remove.
 254         * config/tc-ppc.h (tc_frob_file): Don't define.
 255         (ppc_frob_file): Don't declare.
 256
 257 Mon Nov 20 13:37:05 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 258
 259         * Makefile.in (TARG_CPU_DEP_alpha): Mention alpha-opcode.h.
 260         * config/alpha-opcode.h: Include one-operand variants of jmp and
 261         jsr.
 262
 263         * config/te-delt88.h: Renamed from te-delta88.h, to avoid conflict
 264         with te-delta.h in 8.3 file systems.
 265         * configure.in: Adjusted.
 266
 267 Thu Nov 16 12:49:38 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 268
 269         * config/tc-mips.c (s_err): Remove; just use the one in read.c.
 270
 271         * config/m68k-parse.y (yylex): In MRI mode, '@' can start an octal
 272         number.
 273         * expr.c (operand): Handle MRI suffixes after unadorned 0.
 274
 275 Thu Nov 16 00:21:44 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 276
 277         Version 2.6 released.
 278         * Makefile.in (VERSION): Updated to 2.6.
 279
 280         * config/obj-coff.c (write_object_file): Change use of md_do_align
 281         to pass a pointer rather than a fill value, to match other uses.
 282
 283 Wed Nov 15 03:52:00 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 284
 285         * config/tc-ns32k.h (TC_FIX_TYPE): Add missing semicolon.
 286
 287         * as.c (main): Move md_end call to just after call to
 288         perform_an_assembly_pass.  Delete cpu-specific code here.
 289         * config/tc-i960.h (md_end): New macro, calls brtab_emit.
 290 start-sanitize-rce
 291         * config/tc-rce.c (md_end): Deleted.
 292         * config/tc-rce.h (md_end): New macro, calls dump_literals.
 293 end-sanitize-rce
 294         * config/tc-arm.c (md_end): Unused function deleted.
 295         * config/tc-ns32k.c (md_end): Ditto.
 296
 297         * config/tc-i386.c (i386_align_code): New function, moved here
 298         from HANDLE_ALIGN macro.
 299         * config/tc-i386.h (HANDLE_ALIGN): Call it.
 300
 301         Mon Jul 31 14:53:19 1995  Alan Modra  <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>
 302
 303         * config/tc-i386.h (md_do_align): cast fill and 0x90 to char
 304         before comparing
 305
 306         Mon May  1 10:91:49 1995  Alan Modra  <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>
 307
 308         * config/tc-i386.h (md_do_align):  Make ".align n,0x90" generate
 309         multi-byte nops to avoid changing gcc.  The necessary gcc change
 310         might break old assemblers.
 311
 312         Sat Apr 22 20:53:05 1995  Alan Modra  <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>
 313
 314         * config/tc-i386.h (md_do_align, HANDLE_ALIGN):  Add macros to
 315         generate optimal multi-byte nop instructions for ".align n"
 316         ".align n,0x90", and aligns requiring more than 15 bytes of
 317         padding still generate multiple 0x90's as before.
 318
 319 Mon Nov 13 17:40:21 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 320
 321         * config/tc-m68k.c (s_mri_until): Call pop_mri_control.
 322
 323 Mon Nov 13 20:39:06 1995  Stan Shebs  <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
 324
 325         * configure.in (ppc-*-macos*, ppc-*-mpw*): New configurations.
 326         * configure: Update.
 327         * mpw-make.sed: Reorder commands to make sed happier.
 328         * config/te-macos.h: New file.
 329         * config/tc-ppc.h (TARGET_FORMAT): Set correctly for PowerMac.
 330
 331 Sun Nov 12 21:14:56 1995  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 332
 333         * config/tc-hppa.c (pa_ip): Fix off-by-2 bug in length check for
 334         conditional branches.
 335         (md_apply_fix): Likewise.
 336
 337 Thu Nov  9 16:14:01 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 338
 339         * config/tc-a29k.c (md_apply_fix): Warn if an attempt is made to
 340         generate a reloc which the linker will not handle correctly.  Fix
 341         overflow checking--R_IREL is 18 bits, not 17.
 342
 343 Wed Nov  8 19:59:36 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 344
 345         * config/obj-coff.c (fixup_segment): Don't subtract md_pcrel_from
 346         from a PC relative reloc if TC_A29K.
 347
 348         * config/tc-a29k.c (line_separator_chars): Restore '@'.  Existing
 349         code depends upon it.
 350
 351         * config/tc-a29k.c (md_operand): Handle $float, $double, and
 352         $extend.  Based on code from Eric Freudenthal
 353         <freudenthal@nyu.edu>.
 354         * config/tc-a29k.h (LEX_DOLLAR): Define.
 355         * read.c (LEX_DOLLAR): Define if not defined.
 356         (lex_type): Use LEX_DOLLAR.
 357
 358 Wed Nov  8 16:38:14 1995  Eric Freudenthal <freudenthal@nyu.edu>
 359
 360         * configure.in (a29k-nyu-sym1): New target, just like other a29k
 361         targets.
 362
 363 Wed Nov  8 11:38:48 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 364
 365         * config/obj-coff.c (c_dot_file_symbol): Cast xmalloc return.
 366
 367 Tue Nov  7 09:14:35 1995  Kim Knuttila  <krk@cygnus.com>
 368
 369         * config/tc-ppc.c (md_apply_fix3): Added BFD_RELOC_RVA. Currently
 370         used only by "dlltool.c".
 371
 372 Mon Nov  6 18:51:26 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 373
 374         * config/tc-alpha.c: Undefine inline if not __GNUC__.
 375         (md_pseudo_table): Don't define "extern".
 376
 377 Sat Nov  4 00:51:21 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 378
 379         * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_biei): Force symbol into text_section.
 380
 381         * config/tc-ppc.c (md_show_usage): Put backslash at end of line.
 382
 383 Fri Nov  3 13:02:59 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 384
 385         * macro.c (macro_expand_body): Don't warn about == with a
 386         nonexistent parameter, in case it is in a comment field.
 387
 388         * as.c (main): On TC_A29K, call macro_init with macro_alternate
 389         set to 1.
 390         * macro.c (get_any_string): Don't keep quotes if macro_strip_at is
 391         set, even if macro_alternate is set.
 392         (get_apost_token): If macro_strip_at, only skip kind if it is '@'.
 393         (sub_actual): If macro_strip_at, and kind is '@', don't look up
 394         the token unless it ended in '@'.
 395         * config/tc-a29k.c (line_separator_chars): Remove '@'.
 396         * doc/c-a29k.texi: Document macro usage on A29K.
 397
 398 Thu Nov  2 23:07:57 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 399
 400         * config/tc-m68k.c (m68k_ip): Handle new 'W' place, meaning a
 401         signed word.
 402         (install_operand): Likewise.
 403
 404         * config/obj-elf.c (ecoff_debug_pseudo_table): Add "extern".
 405
 406 Wed Nov  1 15:17:02 1995  Manfred Hollstein KS/EF4A 60/1F/110 #40283  <manfred@lts.sel.alcatel.de>
 407
 408         * configure.in (m88k-motorola-sysv*): New target.
 409         * configure: Rebuild.
 410         * config/te-delta88.h: New file.
 411         * config/obj-coff.c (write_object_file): Use md_do_align if it is
 412         defined.
 413         * config/tc-m88k.h (SUB_SEGMENT_ALIGN): Define.
 414         (md_do_align): Define.
 415         * config/tc-m88k.c: Include "subsegs.h".
 416         (m88k_do_align): New function.
 417
 418         * config/te-delta.h (STRIP_UNDERSCORE): Don't define.
 419         (COFF_NOLOAD_PROBLEM): Define.
 420         (LOCAL_LABELS_DOLLAR, LOCAL_LABELS_FB): Define.
 421
 422 Wed Nov  1 16:07:43 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 423
 424         * config/tc-i386.c (md_assemble): For a jump instruction with
 425         non-constant target, require 7 available bytes in the current
 426         frag, not 6.
 427
 428 Tue Oct 31 15:37:16 1995  Fred Fish  <fnf@rtl.cygnus.com>
 429
 430         * config/obj-elf.h: Include bfd/elf-bfd.h rather than
 431         bfd/libelf.h.
 432
 433 Tue Oct 31 16:34:28 1995  David Mosberger-Tang  <davidm@azstarnet.com>
 434
 435         * configure.in (alpha-*-linux*): Use ecoff.
 436         * configure: Rebuild.
 437         * ecoff.c (ecoff_directive_extern): New function.
 438         (ecoff_directive_weakext): New function.
 439         (ecoff_build_symbols): Handle weak symbols.
 440         (ecoff_setup_ext): Likewise.
 441         (ecoff_frob_symbol): Warn about weak common symbols.
 442         * ecoff.h (ecoff_directive_extern): Declare.
 443         (ecoff_directive_weakext): Declare.
 444         * symbols.c (S_IS_WEAK): New function.
 445         * symbols.h (S_IS_WEAK): Declare.
 446         * config/obj-ecoff.c (obj_pseudo_table): Add "extern" and
 447         "weakext".
 448         * config/tc-mips.c (mips_pseudo_table): Remove "extern".
 449         (s_extern): Remove.
 450
 451 Tue Oct 31 13:29:08 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 452
 453         * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_lglobl): Do the right thing.
 454
 455         * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_bb): Call SF_SET_PROCESS.
 456         (ppc_eb): Likewise.  Set the storage class to C_BLOCK, not C_FCN.
 457         (ppc_frob_symbol): Don't change C_BLOCK symbols to C_HIDEXT.
 458         * config/obj-coff.c (coff_frob_symbol): Don't call
 459         SA_SET_SYM_ENDNDX with the current symbol; call it with the next
 460         one.  If OBJ_XCOFF, try to figure out whether the symbol is going
 461         to be dropped.
 462
 463         * config/tc-ppc.c (md_pseudo_table): Add "bc" and "ec".
 464         (ppc_stab_symbol): New static variable.
 465         (ppc_change_csect): Check that ppc_toc_csect is not NULL.
 466         (ppc_stabx): Set ppc_stab_symbol around call to symbol_make.  Set
 467         sy_tc.real_name to the stab string.
 468         (ppc_bc, ppc_ec): New static functions.
 469         (ppc_canonicalize_symbol_name): If ppc_stab_symbol is set, don't
 470         do anything.
 471         (ppc_symbol_new_hook): If ppc_stab_symbol is set, don't look for a
 472         suffix.
 473         (ppc_frob_symbol): Set BSF_NOT_AT_END for symbols with csect aux
 474         entries.
 475
 476         * input-scrub.c (input_scrub_push): Reset sb_index.
 477
 478 Mon Oct 30 17:52:46 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 479
 480         * listing.c (listing_newline): Don't create a frag in the absolute
 481         section.
 482
 483 Sat Oct 28 01:02:05 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 484
 485         * config/tc-ppc.c (md_pseudo_table): Add "data" and "text".
 486         (ppc_csect): Move most of the code to ppc_change_csect, and call
 487         it.
 488         (ppc_change_csect): New static function, taken from ppc_csect.
 489         (ppc_section): New static function.
 490         (ppc_saw_abs): New static varable.
 491         (ppc_frob_symbol): Create aux entry for absolute symbols.  Warn if
 492         a symbol has no csect.
 493         (ppc_adjust_symtab): New function.
 494         * config/tc-ppc.h (tc_adjust_symtab): Define if OBJ_XCOFF.
 495         (ppc_adjust_symtab): Declare if OBJ_XCOFF.
 496
 497         * write.c (write_object_file): If tc_adjust_symtab is defined,
 498         call it just before the call to obj_adjust_symtab.
 499
 500         * symbols.c (symbol_find_or_make): Change name to be const.
 501         * symbols.h (symbol_find_or_make): Update declaration.
 502
 503 Thu Oct 26 19:18:27 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 504
 505         * doc/as.texinfo (Align): Mention SH.
 506         * doc/c-m68k.texi (M68K-Directives, .even): Describe behavior, not
 507         .align value.
 508         * doc/c-z8k.texi (Z8000 Directives, global): Fix minor typo.
 509         (Z8000 Directives, even): Don't give numeric align value, instead
 510         explain behavior.
 511
 512 Thu Oct 26 11:45:03 1995  Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk)
 513
 514         * tc-arm.c (do_ldst): Assemble ldr/str r0, [r1] as a pre-increment
 515         instruction.
 516
 517 Wed Oct 25 11:59:24 1995  Per Bothner  <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
 518
 519         * Makefile.in (diststuff):  Also make info.
 520         (maintainer-clean realclean):  Also make clean-info.
 521
 522 Tue Oct 24 15:21:33 1995  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 523
 524         * config/tc-hppa.c (md_pseudo_table): Add new ".nsubspa" opcode.
 525         (pa_subspace): For ".nsubspa", always create a new subspace
 526         with the given attributes, even if one already exists with the
 527         same name.
 528
 529 Tue Oct 24 14:50:38 1995  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>
 530
 531         * config/tc-ppc.h (TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SECTION): Rename from
 532         TC_FORCE_RELOCATION, taking an additional section argument.  If
 533         the section of the target symbol is not the same as the current
 534         section, always force the relocation to be used.
 535         (MD_PCREL_FROM_SECTION): New macro to call md_pcrel_from_section.
 536
 537         * config/tc-ppc.c (md_pcrel_from_section): Rename from the
 538         md_pcrel_from function, taking an additional section argument.
 539         Invoke TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SECTION instead of TC_FORCE_RELOCATION.
 540
 541         * write.c (TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SECTION): Define in terms of the
 542         older TC_FORCE_RELOCATION if not defined.
 543         (MD_PCREL_FROM_SECTION): If not defined, invoke md_pcrel_from.
 544         (fixup_segment): Use MD_PCREL_FROM_SECTION instead of
 545         md_pcrel_from, and TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SECTION instead of
 546         TC_FORCE_RELOCATION.
 547
 548 Mon Oct 23 16:20:04 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 549
 550         * input-scrub.c (as_where): Set name to null pointer if we don't
 551         have a file name.
 552         * messages.c (identify): Only print filename if non-null.
 553         (as_show_where): Ditto, for line number too.
 554         (as_warn_internal, as_bad_internal): Ditto.
 555
 556         * input-file.c (input_file_open): If the input file can't be
 557         opened, consider it an error.
 558
 559 Mon Oct 23 11:15:44 1995  James G. Smith  <jsmith@pasanda.cygnus.co.uk>
 560
 561         * config/tc-mips.c: Added mips_4100 control, and support for
 562         accepting the 4100 as a MIPS architecture variant (md_begin,
 563         macro_build, mips_ip, md_parse_option). Adding suitable
 564         command-line OPTIONs, and updating the help text (md_show_usage).
 565
 566 Wed Oct 18 13:20:32 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 567
 568         * subsegs.c (subseg_begin): Only set absolute_frchain.fix_* when
 569         BFD_ASSEMBLER is defined.
 570
 571         * Use one active frag and one obstack per frag chain:
 572         * frags.c (frags): Variable deleted.
 573         (frag_alloc): New function.
 574         (frag_grow, frag_more, frag_variant, frag_now_fix,
 575         frag_append_1_char): Refer to frchain_now->frch_obstack instead of
 576         frags variable.
 577         (frag_new): Ditto.  Verify that frch_last and frag_now match on
 578         entry and exit, and that old frag_now has non-zero type.  Replace
 579         "know" uses with "assert".  Use frag_alloc instead of mucking with
 580         obstack alignment.
 581         * frags.h (frags): Declaration deleted.
 582         * subsegs.h (struct frchain): Add new field frch_frag_now.
 583         * subsegs.c (frchains, dummy_frag, absolute_frchain): New static
 584         variables.
 585         (subsegs_begin): Initialize frchains obstack.  Under gcc, don't
 586         give it any stricter alignment than frchainS structures need.  Do
 587         not initialize frags obstack.  Set frag_now to point to
 588         dummy_obstack.  Initialize absolute_frchain.
 589         (subseg_set_rest): Save and restore frag_now in frch_frag_now
 590         field of frchainS.  Don't create new frags on section switch, and
 591         use frag_alloc when creating a new frag chain.  For absolute
 592         section, set frchain_now to absolute_frchain.  Verify that
 593         frch_last and frag_now match on entry and exit.  Initialize
 594         per-chain obstack, and under gcc, set required alignment to that
 595         needed by fragS structure.
 596
 597         * write.c (chain_frchains_together_1): Verify fr_type is nonzero.
 598
 599         * stabs.c (get_stab_string_offset): Only copy input string if a
 600         fresh copy is needed, not if the section already exists.
 601         (s_stab_generic): Cache stab section name to bypass lookups, since
 602         usually it will match.  Could be made faster still by changing the
 603         memory allocation rules.
 604         (s_xstab): Cache section name to bypass repeated string
 605         allocation.
 606
 607         * frags.c (frag_new): Deleted register declarations.
 608
 609         * listing.c (frag_now): Don't declare.
 610
 611         * as.c (chunksize): New variable.
 612         (debug_memory): New variable.
 613         (main): If debug_memory is set, reduce chunksize and
 614         _bfd_chunksize.
 615         * as.h (chunksize): Declare it.
 616         * read.c (read_begin): Use it.
 617
 618         * config/tc-alpha.c (md_shortopts): Include 'g'.
 619         (md_parse_option): Ignore it.
 620
 621         * Makefile.in (distclean): Remove Makefile and config.status from
 622         testsuite directory.
 623         (clean-here): Don't delete testsuite.  Instead, delete only the
 624         files within it that would be generated by running tests.
 625
 626         * config/tc-hppa.c (hppa_elf_mark_end_of_function): Call
 627         frag_now_fix instead of accessing obstack info directly.
 628         * config/tc-arm.c (s_ltorg): Ditto.
 629         (md_assemble): Ditto.
 630
 631         * config/tc-i386.c (md_assemble): Call frag_grow instead of
 632         obstack_room.
 633
 634 Wed Oct 18 12:22:59 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 635
 636         * stabs.c (aout_process_stab): Insert debug symbol into symbol
 637         chain after parsing value expression, if any, to avoid separating
 638         continued .stabs lines.
 639
 640 Mon Oct 16 10:56:41 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 641
 642         * config/tc-mips.c (mips_elf_pseudo_table): Remove.
 643         (mips_pop_insert): Don't call pop_insert on mips_elf_pseudo_table.
 644
 645 Mon Oct 16 07:07:37 1995  Michael Meissner  <meissner@wogglebug.tiac.net>
 646
 647         * config/tc-ppc.c (md_begin): Use new flags PPC_OPCODE_COMMON for
 648         -mcom support and PPC_OPCODE_ANY for -many.
 649         (md_parse_option): Ditto.
 650         (ppc_arch): Ditto.
 651         (md_begin): For duplicate instructions, print all duplicates
 652         before aborting.
 653
 654 Sun Oct 15 22:06:14 1995  Michael Meissner  <meissner@cygnus.com>
 655
 656         * config/tc-ppc.c (md_parse_option): Support for -mcom to turn on
 657         common mode operation.
 658         (md_show_usage): Add -mcom to usage message.
 659
 660 Fri Oct 13 13:32:45 1995  steve chamberlain  <sac@slash.cygnus.com>
 661
 662         * expr.c (op_rank): Add O_symbol_rva.
 663         * expr.h (operatorT): Add O_symbol_rva.
 664         * read.c (cons_worker): Set O_symbol_rva when necessary.
 665         * write.c (fix_new_exp): Understand O_symbol_rva.
 666
 667 Tue Oct 10 11:34:14 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 668
 669         * config/tc-mips.c: Correct s_cons arguments.  From Michael
 670         Joosten <joost@ori.cadlab.de>.
 671
 672 Mon Oct  9 19:59:53 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 673
 674         * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_macro): Make count unsigned.
 675         (ppc_biei): Set segment to now_seg and value to coff_n_line_nos.
 676         (ppc_frob_symbol): Handle C_BINCL and C_EINCL symbols by setting
 677         the fix_line field.
 678         * config/obj-coff.c (coff_n_line_nos): Rename from n_line_nos, and
 679         make non-static.  Change all users.
 680         * config/obj-coff.h (coff_n_line_nos): Declare.
 681
 682 Fri Oct  6 16:24:27 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 683
 684         Mon Sep 25 22:49:32 1995  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
 685
 686         * configure.in (AC_ARG_WITH(bfd-assembler)): Fix help message.
 687
 688         * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_common): Convert specified byte
 689         alignment to power of two.  Set size of local bss symbol.
 690
 691         * config/tc-m68k.c (tc_gen_reloc): Fix typo in variable name.
 692
 693 Fri Oct  6 15:22:25 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 694
 695         * sb.c, macro.c: Decide whether to include <string.h> or
 696         <strings.h> just as as.h does.
 697
 698 Fri Oct  6 09:55:33 1995  Doug Evans  <dje@canuck.cygnus.com>
 699
 700         * Makefile.in (site.exp): Fix setting of $srcdir.
 701
 702         * config/tc-arm.c (md_atof): Fix little-endian output.
 703         * config/tc-arm.h (ARM_BI_ENDIAN): Move definition so defined for
 704         all coff targets.
 705
 706 Thu Oct  5 20:17:30 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 707
 708         * doc/as.texinfo: Split out the NS32k family documentation,
 709         despite its being commented out for now.
 710         * doc/c-ns32k.texi: New file.
 711
 712         * sb.c, macro.c: Include string.h.
 713
 714         * Makefile.in (comparison): Only check *.o; we don't care if
 715         timestamps inserted by the native linker differ.
 716
 717         * config/tc-alpha.c (alpha_align): Only fill with a no-op pattern
 718         if alignment stricter than 4 bytes is requested; in that case,
 719         align to a 4-byte boundary first.
 720
 721         Thu Sep 28 19:35:27 1995  Pat Rankin  <rankin@eql.caltech.edu>
 722
 723         * config/obj-vms.c (VMS_RSYM_Parse): eliminate "might be used
 724         uninitialized" warning for `Max_Source_Offset'.
 725
 726 Wed Oct  4 16:17:02 1995  Kim Knuttila  <krk@cygnus.com>
 727
 728         * config/tc-ppc.c (parse_toc_entry): New function to parse [toc]
 729         qualifiers and detect errors if present.
 730         (md_assemble): Add call to parse_toc_entry. Also added some support
 731         for the [tocv] qualifier.
 732         (ppc_pe_tocd): New function to support data in the toc section.
 733
 734 Wed Oct  4 14:03:39 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 735
 736         * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_frob_symbol): Don't create an aux entry for
 737         an absolute symbol.
 738
 739 Tue Oct  3 12:18:19 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 740
 741         * config/tc-m68k.c (isword): Accept all values from -65536 to
 742         +65535, so ~VAL will not be rejected.
 743
 744         * cond.c (s_endif): Call demand_empty_rest_of_line.  In MRI mode,
 745         skip characters after the pseudo-op.
 746         (s_else): Likewise.
 747         * read.c (get_line_sb): Don't look past buffer_limit.
 748         (s_include): In MRI mode, skip characters after the file name.
 749
 750 Mon Oct  2 16:15:27 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 751
 752         * config/m68k-parse.y (m68k_reg_parse): In MRI mode, permit
 753         periods in register names.
 754
 755 For older changes see ChangeLog.1.