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| author | H.J. Lu <hjl@lucon.org> | 2000-08-22 19:14:32 +0000 |
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| committer | H.J. Lu <hjl@lucon.org> | 2000-08-22 19:14:32 +0000 |
| commit | ffa0e1c366960a879e51ed5243d756fe845c32c0 (patch) | |
| tree | 72eab3b703a9de15232fc2cd0bde4c3ea55d9651 /gas/doc | |
| parent | 452ed94242f5e29e254eb9070116ab828265a1fb (diff) | |
| download | binutils-redhat-ffa0e1c366960a879e51ed5243d756fe845c32c0.tar.gz | |
2000-08-22 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
* config.in (STRICTCOFF): New for strict COFF.
* configure.in: Define STRICTCOFF for i386-*-msdosdjgpp*,
i386-*-go32* and i386-go32-rtems*.
* configure: Rebuilt.
* config/obj-coff.c (obj_coff_endef): Follow the historical
behavior if STRICTCOFF is not defined.
* doc/internals.texi: Document STRICTCOFF.
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| -rw-r--r-- | gas/doc/internals.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gas/doc/internals.texi b/gas/doc/internals.texi index c9d2497fe0..fb3dc6bfd2 100644 --- a/gas/doc/internals.texi +++ b/gas/doc/internals.texi @@ -773,6 +773,12 @@ variable. Normally the default value of @samp{generic} is fine. The configuration process will create a file named @file{targ-env.h} in the build directory which includes @file{te-@var{em}.h}. +There is a special case for COFF. For historical reason, the GNU COFF +assembler doesn't follow the documented behavior on certain debug symbols for +the compatibility with other COFF assemblers. A port can define +@code{STRICTCOFF} in the configure script to make the GNU COFF assembler +to follow the documented behavior. + Porting GAS to a new CPU requires writing the @file{tc-@var{CPU}} files. Porting GAS to a new object file format requires writing the @file{obj-@var{fmt}} files. There is sometimes some interaction between these |