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Wed Feb 28 11:30:55 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * config/tc-hppa.c (selector_table): Add "n", "nl", and "nlr" to
        the selector table.
        (pa_chk_field_selector): Handle new field selectors for SOM.

Tue Feb 27 14:42:27 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * configure.in (m68k-*-linux*aout*, m68k-*-linux*): New targets.
        * configure: Rebuild.
        * config/te-linux.h (LOCAL_LABELS_FB): Define.
        * config/tc-m68k.h (TARGET_FORMAT) [TE_LINUX]: Define to
        "a.out-m68k-linux".
        * config/tc-m68k.c (comment_chars): Don't include '#' if TE_LINUX
        is defined.

Mon Feb 26 18:58:58 1996  Stan Shebs  <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>

        * mpw-make.sed: Update to handle shared library support.

Mon Feb 26 10:34:10 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@charmed.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sparc.c (sparc_ip): Print all architectures that support
        the insn on mismatch.

Fri Feb 23 21:44:39 1996  Rob Savoye  <rob@chinadoll.cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Add support for a29-coff.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Thu Feb 22 16:39:43 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sh.c (sh_coff_frob_file): Don't consider the address
        of the section when looking for the R_SH_USES fixup, because the
        frag addresses have not yet been adjusted.

        * gdbinit.in: Set a breakpoint on as_warn_where.

        * config/tc-mips.c (macro): Add missing arguments to macro_build
        omitted in last change.  From Jim Wilson <wilson@cygnus.com>.

Wed Feb 21 17:00:32 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-h8300.c (tc_reloc_mangle): Change reloc based on size
        if it is TC_CONS_RELOC.  Set a size of 4 to R_RELLONG.

Wed Feb 21 09:25:39 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@charmed.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sparc.c (sparc_ip): Recognize %asr0 for v8.

Tue Feb 20 21:48:03 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@charmed.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sparc.c (parse_keyword_arg): Accept leading '%'.
        (sparc_ip): Accept %asr[1..31] for v8 and %asr[%16..31] for v9.
        Recognize [uU] format args as sparclet cpregs.

Tue Feb 20 22:25:55 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sh.c (sh_handle_align): Don't emit R_SH_ALIGN relocs
        in bss_section.

Mon Feb 19 14:16:24 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sparc.h (TC_RELOC_RTSYM_LOC_FIXUP): Check S_IS_WEAK as
        well as S_IS_EXTERNAL.
        (tc_fix_adjustable): Likewise.
        * config/tc-sparc.c (md_apply_fix): In OBJ_ELF case, check for
        S_IS_WEAK as well as S_IS_EXTERNAL when deciding whether to return
        early.
        (tc_gen_reloc): Check S_IS_WEAK as wel as S_IS_EXTERNAL when
        deciding whether to convert BFD_RELOC_32_PCREL_S2 if PIC.

Mon Feb 19 02:15:57 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@charmed.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sparc.c (max_architecture): Change to sparclite for
        32 bit arch.
        (default_compatible): Delete.
        (sparc_ffs): New function.
        (md_begin): Only call SPARC_OPCODE_CONFLICT_P once.
        (sparc_ip): Rewrite architecture match and bump logic.

Sun Feb 18 15:03:50 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Check for 'do not mix' from native linker before
        trying to use -rpath.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Fri Feb 16 16:53:31 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/obj-coff.h (SF_ADJ_LNNOPTR): Define (non BFD_ASSEMBLER).
        (SF_GET_ADJ_LNNOPTR): Define (non BFD_ASSEMBLER).
        (SF_SET_ADJ_LNNOPTR): Define (non BFD_ASSEMBLER).
        * config/obj-coff.c (obj_coff_endef): Set ADJ_LNNOPTR when LNNOPTR
        is set.
        (w_symbols): If ADJ_LNNOPTR is set, add the section lnnoptr field
        to the symbol lnnoptr field, to get the correct file offset.

Thu Feb 15 14:48:38 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

        * config/obj-elf.c (elf_frob_symbol): On the PowerPC, force all
        symbols that are not function, file, or section symbols to be
        object types.

Thu Feb 15 11:20:18 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure: Set and substitute RPATH_ENVVAR.
        * configure: Rebuild.
        * Makefile.in (RPATH_ENVVAR): New variable.
        (check): Use $(RPATH_ENVVAR) rather than LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

        * configure.in: Accept i686.  From H.J. Lu <hjl@zoom.com>: i386
        doesn't need opcodes.  If configuring shared, opcodes needs bfd.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Wed Feb 14 16:33:12 1996  Martin Anantharaman  <martin@mail.imech.uni-duisburg.de>

        * read.c (s_mri_sect): Don't return '\0' in type.  Set all
        appropriate flags in BFD section.

        * configure.in (m68k-*-psos*): New target.
        * configure: Rebuild.
        * config/te-psos.h: New file.
        * config/tc-m68k.c (comment_chars): Don't include '#' if TE_PSOS
        is defined.

Wed Feb 14 13:43:24 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        From Alan Modra <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>:
        * configure.in: Remove duplicate setting of cpu_type.  Check
        whether opcodes library is required for on all targets, not just
        primary one.
        * configure: Rebuild.

        * config/tc-mips.c (mips_big_got): New static variable.
        (s_extern): Don't declare.
        (reg_needs_delay): New static function.
        (macro_build): Permit GOT/CALL_HI/LO relocs.
        (macro_build_lui): If place is not NULL, use the number in the
        expression.
        (load_address): Handle mips_big_got case.
        (macro): Handle mips_big_got for M_LA_AB, M_JAL_A, and load and
        store macros.
        (OPTION_XGOT): Define.
        (md_longopts): Add "xgot" if OBJ_ELF.
        (md_parse_option): Handle -xgot.
        (md_show_usage): Mention -xgot.
        (md_apply_fix): Permit GOT/CALL_HI/LO relocs.
        (tc_gen_reloc): Handle GOT/CALL_HI/LO relocs.

Wed Feb 14 11:22:27 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * config/tc-m68k.c (m68k_ip) [operand kind '#']: When fixing
        the byte relocation, point it to the low byte of the word.

Tue Feb 13 15:31:18 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Set HDLFLAGS for *-*-hpux with --enable-shared.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Mon Feb 12 15:53:46 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@charmed.cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Recognize any sparc* cpu.
        * configure: Regenerated.

Mon Feb 12 15:41:21 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * read.c (potable): Add "mri" and ".mri".
        (s_mri): New function.
        * read.h (s_mri): Declare.
        * app.c (scrub_m68k_mri): New static variable.
        (mri_pseudo): New static variable.
        (do_scrub_begin): Add m68k_mri parameter.  Use it rather than
        flag_m68k_mri.  Initialize scrub_m68k_mri.
        (mri_state, mri_last_ch): New static variables.
        (struct app_save): Add scrub_m68k_mri, mri_state, and mri_last_ch
        fields.
        (app_push): Save new fields.
        (app_pop): Restore new fields.
        (do_scrub_chars): Check scrub_m68k_mri rather than flag_mri_mri.
        If TC_M68K, use a trivial state machine to look for occurrences of
        the .mri pseudo-op, and change the mode appropriately.
        * as.h (do_scrub_begin): Update prototype.
        * input-scrub.c (input_scrub_begin): Pass flag_m68k_mri to
        do_scrub_begin.
        * config/tc-m68k.c (reg_prefix_optional_seen): New static
        variable.
        (m68k_mri_mode_change): New function.
        (md_parse_option): Set reg_prefix_optional_seen.
        * config/tc-m68k.h (m68k_mri_mode_change): Declare.
        (MRI_MODE_CHANGE): Define.
        * doc/as.texinfo: Document .mri pseudo-op.

        * app.c (do_scrub_chars): In MRI mode, don't treat '#' as a
        comment character.

Mon Feb 12 15:16:29 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        Support for OBJ_ELF on m68k, mostly inside #ifdef OBJ_ELF:
        * config/m68k-parse.h (enum pic_relocation): Define.
        (struct m68k_exp): Add pic_reloc field.
        * config/tc-m68k.h (TC_RELOC_RTSYM_LOC_FIXUP): Define.
        (tc_fix_adjustable): Define to call tc_m68k_fix_adjustable.
        (NO_RELOC): Define to BFD_RELOC_NONE if BFD_ASSEMBLER, to zero
        otherwise.
        * config/tc-m68k.c: Delete definition of NO_RELOC.
        (struct m68k_it): Add pic_reloc field.
        (add_fix): Copy over pic_reloc field.
        (md_pseudo_table): Interpret .align parameter as byte count.
        (mote_pseudo_table): Likewise.
        (tc_m68k_fix_adjustable): New function.
        (get_reloc_code): New function.
        (md_assemble): Use it as last argument to fix_new_exp.
        (md_apply_fix_2): For a relocation against a symbol don't put the
        addend into the data.
        (tc_gen_reloc): Different addend computation for OBJ_ELF.
        (m68k_ip): Don't relax an operand that requires pic relocation.
        (md_begin): Align .text, .data and .bss on 4 byte boundary by
        default.
        * write.c (fixup_segment): Don't add symbol value to addend if
        TC_M68K and OBJ_ELF.
        * config/m68k-parse.y (yylex): Handle @PLTPC, etc.
        (motorola_operand): Add rule for `(zapc, EXPR)'.

Mon Feb 12 10:07:33 1996  David Mosberger-Tang  <davidm@azstarnet.com>

        * ecoff.c (ecoff_directive_weakext): Fixed so that whitespace
        *really* is permissible before the comma.

Mon Feb 12 00:12:13 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sh.c (sh_do_align): Align to a 2 byte boundary before
        inserting nop instructions.

Fri Feb  9 10:54:19 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/te-aux.h: Change include of aux.h to aux-coff.h.

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

        * config/tc-i960.c (tc_coff_symbol_emit_hook): Correct storage
        class setting for a CALLNAME symbol in COFF.

        * 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.