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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2005-10-06 11:44:07 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2005-10-06 11:44:07 +0000
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* config/tc-sh.c (allow_dollar_register_prefix): New variable.
(parse_reg_without_prefix): New function. (parse_reg): Check for '$' register prefix if --allow-reg-prefix is set. (option md_longopts): Add allow-reg-prefix option. * doc/c-sh.texi: Document --allow-reg-prefix option. * NEWS: Mention the new switch. * gas/sh/basic.exp: Run reg-prefix test. * gas/sh/reg-prefix.s: New * gas/sh/reg-prefix.d: New
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-*- text -*-
+* The SH target supports a new command line switch --enable-reg-prefix which,
+ if enabled, will allow register names to be optionally prefixed with a $
+ character. This allows register names to be distinguished from label names.
+
* Macros with a variable number of arguments are now supported. See the
documentation for how this works.