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@c Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
-@c 2001, 2002
+@c 2001, 2002, 2003
@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@setfilename internals.info
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The assembler always has a current frag, named @code{frag_now}. More space is
allocated for the current frag using the @code{frag_more} function; this
-returns a pointer to the amount of requested space. Relaxing is done using
-variant frags allocated by @code{frag_var} or @code{frag_variant}
-(@pxref{Relaxation}).
+returns a pointer to the amount of requested space. The function
+@code{frag_room} says by how much the current frag can be extended.
+Relaxing is done using variant frags allocated by @code{frag_var}
+or @code{frag_variant} (@pxref{Relaxation}).
@node GAS processing
@section What GAS does when it runs
If you define this macro, it should return nonzero if the current input line
pointer should be treated as the end of a line.
+@item TC_CASE_SENSITIVE
+@cindex TC_CASE_SENSITIVE
+Define this macro if instruction mnemonics and pseudos are case sensitive.
+The default is to have it undefined giving case insensitive names.
+
@item md_parse_name
@cindex md_parse_name
If this macro is defined, GAS will call it for any symbol found in an
returns non-zero, will emit relocs.
@item TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SUB_SAME (@var{fix}, @var{seg})
-@cindex TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SUB
+@cindex TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SUB_SAME
This macro controls resolution of fixup expressions involving the
difference of two symbols in the same section. If this macro returns zero,
the subtrahend will be resolved and @code{fx_subsy} set to @code{NULL} for
@code{md_apply_fix3}. If undefined, the default of
-@w{@code{! SEG_NORMAL (@var{seg})}} will be used.
+@w{@code{! SEG_NORMAL (@var{seg}) || TC_FORCE_RELOCATION (@var{fix})}} will
+be used.
@item TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SUB_ABS (@var{fix})
@cindex TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SUB_ABS
symbol value will be included. For ELF, a suitable definition might simply be
@code{0}, because ELF relocations don't include the symbol value in the addend.
-@item S_FORCE_RELOC (@var{sym})
+@item S_FORCE_RELOC (@var{sym}, @var{strict})
@cindex S_FORCE_RELOC
This macro (or function, for @code{BFD_ASSEMBLER} gas) returns true for symbols
that should not be reduced to section symbols or eliminated from expressions,
because they may be overridden by the linker. ie. for symbols that are
-undefined, common or weak, or for ELF assemblers that support ELF shared
-library linking semantics, global.
+undefined or common, and when @var{strict} is set, weak, or global (for ELF
+assemblers that support ELF shared library linking semantics).
@item EXTERN_FORCE_RELOC
@cindex EXTERN_FORCE_RELOC
If you define this macro, GAS will call it after the relocs have been
generated.
+@item md_post_relax_hook
+If you define this macro, GAS will call it after relaxing and sizing the
+segments.
+
@item LISTING_HEADER
A string to use on the header line of a listing. The default value is simply
@code{"GAS LISTING"}.
@var{sec} argument), the narrowest likely relaxation mode is stored in
@code{fr_subtype}, and that's that.
-If the symbol is undefined, or in a different section (and therefore moveable
+If the symbol is undefined, or in a different section (and therefore movable
to an arbitrarily large distance), the largest available relaxation mode is
specified, @code{fix_new} is called to produce the relocation record,
@code{fr_fix} is increased to include the relocated field (remember, this