Make ! a comment only under Solaris; Add .rdata/.rodata pseduo ops

[binutils-gdb.git] / gas / ChangeLog

Thu May 30 19:00:19 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * read.c (s_lcomm): Set section flags for .sbss section.

        * config/tc-mips.c (mips_64): New static variable.
        (mips_target_format): If mips_64, return elf64 targets rather than
        elf32 ones.
        (md_longopts): Add "32" and "64".
        (md_parse_option): Handle -32 and -64.
        (md_show_usage): Mention -32 and -64.
        (cons_fix_new_mips): If mips_64, don't convert an 8 byte reloc to
        a 4 byte one.

Thu May 30 10:36:19 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-ppc.c (comment_chars): Under Solaris, make '!' a
        comment character.
        (ppc_elf_rdata): Add support for .rdata and .rodata to go to the
        .rodata section.

        * config/ppc-sol.mt (TDEFINES): Define TARGET_SOLARIS_COMMENT.

        * stabs.c (s_stab_generic): Under PowerPC Solaris, convert a
        .stabd with 4 arguments into a .stabn.

Wed May 29 16:43:16 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-mips.c (macro): When passing X_add_number to
        macro_build, cast it to int first.

Tue May 28 13:29:39 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-z8k.c (md_apply_fix): Handle fx_r_type of 0, as
        created by emit_expr.

        * symbols.c (symbol_create): If bfd_make_empty_symbol fails, call
        as_perror rather than assert.

Fri May 24 18:24:11 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-mips.c (mips_ip): Mark sections created to hold
        floating point information as read only.

Fri May 24 12:07:54 1996  David Edelsohn  <edelsohn@mhpcc.edu>

        * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_set_cpu): Change defaults to match AIX.

Thu May 23 17:34:24 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

        * read.c (potable): Add .skip as a synonym for .space.

        * stabs.c (s_stab_generic): For PowerPC ELF, allow .stabd to take
        4 arguments, providing the 4th argument is 0, to allow
        compatibility with the Solaris assembler.

Thu May 16 15:51:48 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sh.h (struct sh_segment_info_type): Define.
        (TC_SEGMENT_INFO_TYPE): Define.
        (sh_frob_label): Declare.
        (tc_frob_label): Define.
        (sh_flush_pending_output): Declare.
        (md_flush_pending_output): Define.
        * config/tc-sh.c (md_assemble): If relaxing, emit a R_SH_CODE
        reloc before the instruction if necessary.
        (sh_frob_label): New function.
        (sh_flush_pending_output): New function.
        (sh_coff_frob_file): Ignore ALIGN, CODE, DATA, and LABEL relocs
        when looking for the reloc for the target of .uses.
        (md_convert_frag): Fix printf format (%0xlx to 0x%lx).
        (sh_force_relocation): Force CODE, DATA, and LABEL relocs to be
        emitted.
        (md_apply_fix): Ignore CODE, DATA, and LABEL relocs.
        (sh_coff_reloc_mangle): Force CODE, DATA, and LABEL relocs to use
        the absolute symbol.

        * subsegs.h (segment_info_type): Add tc_segment_info_data field if
        TC_SEGMENT_INFO_TYPE is defined.

Wed May 15 12:23:53 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-i386.c (md_assemble): Make sure the opcode suffix
        matches the register size.

Wed May 15 08:33:37 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * config/obj-coff.c (count_entries_in_chain): Ignore Fixups with
        fx_done set. 
        (do_relocs_for): Likewise.
        (fixup_segment): Don't just quit if linkrelax is set.  Try to
        apply non pc-relative sym1-sym2 fixups, even if linkrelax is
        nonzero.

Fri May 10 14:16:59 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_elf_validate_fix): Allow GOT and section
        relative relocations with -mrelocatable.  Also allow unfixed
        relocs in .ex_shared.

Tue May  7 11:24:10 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/obj-coff.c (yank_symbols): Check that FNAME_OFFSET is
        non-zero before assuming this is a long file name.
        (w_strings): Likewise.
        (c_dot_file_symbol): Set FNAME_OFFSET to 1 for a long file name.

        * config/obj-coff.c (w_strings): Move declaration of i inside
        #ifdef block which uses it.

Tue May  7 00:49:58 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * config/tc-h8300.c (do_a_fix_imm): Rename last argument to
        "relaxmode".  Output relocs which identify various relaxing
        possibilities for mov.[bwl] instructions.
        (build_bytes): Pass in a relaxing mode to do_a_fix_imm.

Mon May  6 15:26:28 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-arm.h (TC_HANDLES_FX_DONE): Define.
        (MD_APPLY_FIX3): Define.
        * config/tc-arm.c (my_get_expression): Only watch for bad segments
        if OBJ_AOUT.
        (md_apply_fix3): Renamed from md_apply_fix.
        If pcrel reloc and symbol is in different section, undo effects
        of md_pcrel_from.

Sat May  4 12:49:35 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * config/tc-hppa.c (hppa_fix_adjustable): Don't adjust
        any reloc with an LR% or RR% field selector for SOM.

Sat May  4 11:26:19 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.in: Add subsegs.h to appropriate TARG_CPU_DEP_*
        variables.

Fri May  3 17:58:31 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/obj-coff.c (coff_frob_symbol): Don't merge a symbol with
        SF_GET_STATICS set.
        (yank_symbols): Likewise.

Wed May  1 13:38:17 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * subsegs.h (segment_info_type): If MANY_SEGMENTS and not
        BFD_ASSEMBLER, add name field.
        * config/obj-coff.c: Include "libiberty.h".
        (coff_header_append): Handle long section names.
        (crawl_symbols): Just use the name field for the symbol name,
        without worrying about null byte termination.
        (w_strings): Handle long section names.
        (write_object_file): Likewise.  Also, use the name field, rather
        than scnhdr.s_name.
        (obj_coff_add_segment): Permit long section names.
        (obj_coff_init_stab_section): Use the name field, rather than
        scnhdr.s_name.
        (adjust_stab_section): Likewise.
        * config/te-pe.h (COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES): Define.

        * config/tc-i960.c (brtab_emit): Don't set fx_im_disp field.
        (mem_fmt): Likewise.
        (md_apply_fix): Don't check fx_im_disp field.

Thu Apr 25 11:39:51 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Add * after sparc*-*-vxworks.
        * configure: Rebuild.

        * app.c (do_scrub_begin): If tc_comment_chars is not defined,
        define it to comment_chars.  Use tc_comment_chars rather than
        comment_chars.
        (do_scrub_chars): Use tc_comment_chars rather than comment_chars.
        * config/tc-m68k.h (tc_comment_chars): Define.
        (m68k_comment_chars): Declare.
        * config/tc-m68k.c (m68k_comment_chars): Rename from
        comment_chars.  Change into a pointer rather than an array.
        (md_longopts): Add "bitwise-or".
        (md_parse_option): Handle OPTION_BITWISE_OR.
        (md_show_usage): Mention --bitwise-or.
        * doc/c-m68k.texi: Document --bitwise-or.

Wed Apr 24 11:28:38 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-m68k.c (m68k_ip): Prevent attempts to use long offsets
        in 68000 mode.

        * config/obj-coff.c (obj_coff_section): BFD_ASSEMBLER version:
        call demand_empty_rest_of_line.  Non BFD_ASSEMBLER version:
        correct handling of input line pointer, and call
        demand_empty_rest_of_line.

Mon Apr 22 18:02:37 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@blues.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sparc.c (in_bitfield_range): New static function.
        (sparc_ip): New cases X,Y.  Use SPARC_OPCODE_ARCH_V9_P.
        (md_apply_fix, cases BFD_RELOC_32_PCREL_S2,
        BFD_RELOC_SPARC_{WDISP16,WDISP19}): Fix undefined code.
        (md_apply_fix): New cases BFD_RELOC_SPARC_[56].
        (tc_gen_reloc): New cases BFD_RELOC_SPARC_[56].

Thu Apr 18 18:58:33 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/obj-coff.c: BFD_ASSEMBLER:
        (coff_last_bf): New static variable.
        (coff_frob_symbol): Set endndx of a .bf symbol.
        Non BFD_ASSEMBLER:
        (obj_coff_endef): Call SF_SET_PROCESS on a .bf symbol.
        (last_bfP): New static variable.
        (yank_symbols): Set endndx of a .bf symbol.

Thu Apr 18 11:53:58 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-ppc.c (md_parse_option): Add support for Solaris's -le
        and -s options.  Add -be for good measure.

Wed Apr 17 12:31:01 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * read.c (s_space): Support non-constant fill value.  Handle fill
        value correctly for a size other than 1.

Tue Apr 16 15:17:40 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-arm.c (my_get_float_expression): Update call to
        gen_to_words, X_PRECISION changed from 6 to 5.

Tue Apr 16 10:25:42 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-ppc.c (register_name,reg_name_search): Move register
        name lookup from PE specific code to all targets.  Add support for
        -mregnames/-mno-regnames to control whether register names are
        expanded or not.
        (md_assemble): Call register_name for all platforms.
        (md_parse_option): Add support for -mregnames/-mno-regnames.

        * configure.in (powerpcle*-*-solaris): Add support.
        (powerpc*-*-linux): Ditto.
        * configure: Regenerate.

        * config/ppc-sol.mt: New config file for PowerPC Solaris.

Mon Apr 15 12:26:33 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-mips.c (mips_frob_file): Permit multiple %hi relocs to
        be associated with a single %lo reloc.

        * config/tc-mips.c (load_address): Cast X_add_number to valueT
        before comparing against MAX_GPREL_OFFSET, so that negative
        numbers are handled correctly.
        (macro): Likewise.

Thu Apr 11 12:39:02 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sparc.c (last_insn): New static variable.
        (md_assemble): Warn about putting floating point branches in a
        delay slot.  If architecture is less than v9, insert NOP
        instructions between floating point instructions and floating
        point branches.  (The SunOS assembler does both these operations.)
        Save the last instruction opcode.
        (sparc_ip): Add pinsn parameter.  Change caller.

        * config/tc-m68k.c (md_estimate_size_before_relax): Correct check
        for byte jump to next instruction to skip empty frags.

Wed Apr 10 16:48:12 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-alpha.c (alpha_ip): If we are going to call emit_add64
        for addq with a 16 bit signed value, just emit a lda instruction
        instead.

Wed Apr 10 14:34:49 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * config/tc-h8300.c (do_a_fix_imm): Don't cut off high bits
        of a 32bit operand.

Mon Apr  8 14:42:53 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Permit --enable-shared to specify a list of
        directories.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Fri Apr  5 17:01:35 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * config/tc-h8300.c (get_specific): Remove some #if 0 code.
        (build_bytes): Remove all ABSMOV related code; it's unnecessary.

Fri Apr  5 15:13:10 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * config/atof-ieee.c: Fix handling of denormalized extended
        precision numbers and overflow/underflow detection.
        (MAX_PRECISION, X_PRECISION, P_PRECISION): Changed from 6 to 5, to
        not include the 16 bit gap in the m68k extended precision format.

Fri Apr  5 14:29:23 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure.in: Add i386-*-freebsdelf* target; from John Polstra
        <jdp@polstra.com>.
        * configure: Rebuild.

Fri Apr  5 18:39:28 1996  James G. Smith  <jsmith@cygnus.co.uk>

        * config/tc-mips.c: Allow non-zero offsets from .sdata symbols to
        be accessed using the $gp register.
        * config/tc-mips.h (MAX_GPREL_OFFSET): Added.

Wed Apr  3 10:56:14 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sparc.c (sparc_md_end): Set bfd machine number to
        bfd_mach_sparc_sparclet if current_architecture is sparclet.

Mon Apr  1 16:55:44 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * read.c (get_line_sb): Bump line counters based on
        input_line_pointer[-1], not *input_line_pointer.  Don't bother to
        call LISTING_NEWLINE.
        (s_macro): Don't call demand_empty_rest_of_line.
        * app.c (do_scrub_chars): When handling C style comments, unget
        ch2 rather than ch.

Fri Mar 29 16:15:06 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * read.h (enum linkonce_type): Define.
        (s_linkonce): Declare.
        * read.c (potable): Add "linkonce".
        (s_linkonce): New function.
        * subsegs.h (segment_info_type): Add linkonce field to
        MANY_SEGMENTS && ! BFD_ASSEMBLER section.
        * config/obj-coff.h (obj_handle_link_once): Define if TE_PE.
        (obj_coff_pe_handle_link_once): Declare if TE_PE.
        * config/obj-coff.c: If TE_PE and not BFD_ASSEMBLER, #include
        "coff/pe.h".
        (obj_coff_pe_handle_link_once): New function, defined if TE_PE.
        (c_section_symbol): If TE_PE, set the x_comdat field in the aux
        entry based on the linkonce field in segment_info.
        * doc/as.texinfo: Document .linkonce.

Fri Mar 29 11:31:27 1996  J.T. Conklin  (jtc@lisa.cygnus.com)

        * doc/as.1: Changed to be recognized by catman -w on Solaris.

Thu Mar 28 15:27:47 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * stabs.c (s_stab_generic): Call the listing functions before
        doing the rest of the processing, which may involve freeing the
        string.  Pass string, not string + stroff, to OBJ_PROCESS_STAB in
        SEPARATE_STAB_SECTIONS case.

        * config/tc-hppa.c: Remove nested comment.
        (tc_gen_reloc): Move label done inside the ifdef in which it is
        used.
        (md_apply_fix): Pass pointers to correct types to libhppa.h
        functions.  Always return a value.

        * config/tc-mips.h (tc_frob_file): Define.
        (mips_frob_file): Declare.
        * config/tc-mips.c (struct mips_hi_fixup): Define.
        (mips_hi_fixup_list): New static variable.
        (imm_unmatched_hi): New static variable.
        (md_assemble): Clear imm_reloc, imm_unmatched_hi, and
        offset_reloc.  Pass imm_unmatched_hi to append_insn.
        (append_insn): Add unmatched_hi parameter.  If it is set, add the
        new fixup to mips_hi_fixup_list.  Change all callers.
        (mips_ip): Set imm_unmatched_hi when appropriate.
        (mips_frob_file): New function.

Thu Mar 28 11:47:59 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@canuck.cygnus.com>

        * configure.in (sparc-*-solaris2*): Renamed from sparc*-*-solaris2*.
        * configure: Regenerated.

Tue Mar 26 18:19:12 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * as.c (main): Call bfd_set_error_program_name.

Fri Mar 22 11:13:00 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * as.h (strdup): Don't declare.
        * stabs.c: Include libiberty.h
        (get_stab_string_offset): Use xstrdup rather than strdup.
        (s_stab_generic): Likewise.
        * as.c (parse_args): Likewise.
        * read.c (s_mri_sect): Likewise.

        * gasp.c (change_base): Recognize \(...) construct documented to
        pass through enclosed characters literally through to the output.
        (process_assigns): Likewise.  Also, be more careful to avoid
        looking past the end of the buffer.

Thu Mar 21 13:18:43 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-i386.c (md_parse_option): If OBJ_ELF, ignore -k for
        FreeBSD compatibility.  From John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>.

Wed Mar 20 18:13:32 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * doc/as.texinfo, doc/c-i960.texi: Fix typos.

Wed Mar 20 17:05:16 1996  David Mosberger-Tang  <davidm@azstarnet.com>

        * config/alpha-opcode.h: Added cvtst instruction.

Mon Mar 18 13:12:46 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * ecoff.c (ecoff_stab): Don't try to make a symbol out of the stab
        string.  Extract the addend from the result of expression.

Fri Mar 15 17:10:43 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * app.c (do_scrub_chars): If whitespace is seen in state 11, and
        LABELS_WITHOUT_COLONS is not defined, and we are not in m68k MRI
        mode, change the state to 3 rather than 1.

Thu Mar 14 18:18:25 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/obj-coff.h (C_REGISTER_SECTION): Change from 20 to 50, to
        correspond to 11 March change.

Thu Mar 14 15:27:10 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * config/tc-h8300.c (build_bytes, MEMIND case): Generate
        an R_MEM_INDIRECT reloc rather than R_RELBYTE.

Tue Mar 12 12:21:10 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * configure: Rebuild with autoconf 2.8.

Mon Mar 11 18:57:12 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/atof-ieee.c (gen_to_words): Improve handling of
        X_PRECISION numbers.  Based on patches from Andreas Schwab
        <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>.

Mon Mar 11 09:59:53 1996  Steve Chamberlain  <sac@slash.cygnus.com>

        * as.h (SEG_NORMAL, SEG_LIST): Bump segment limit from 10 to 40.
        (SEG_LAST): New.
        * subsegs.c (MANY_SEGMENTS): Increase segment limit.
        * obj-coff.c (seg_N_TYPE, seg_info_off_by_4): Likewise.
        (do_relocs_for, w_symbols, obj_coff_add_segment, do_linenos_for,
        crawl_symbols, coff_header_append): Loop to SEG_LAST rather than
        SEG_E9.
        
Thu Mar  7 15:17:39 1996  Doug Evans  <dje@charmed.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sparc.c (sparc_ip): Handle operand char 'O' (neg reg).

Thu Mar  7 09:19:15 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * config/tc-hppa.c (SUBSEG_MILLI): Define.
        (pa_def_subspaces): Add $MILLICODE$.
        (pa_spaces_begin): Set section flags for $MILLICODE$.

Wed Mar  6 14:11:30 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>

        * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_section): Only SEC_LOAD if the type is
        not SHT_NOBITS.  Don't tamper with flags based on type if a
        special section was found (revert Feb 29 change).

        * config/tc-sh.c (sh_do_align): Only align using the nop pattern
        if aligning to a longword boundary or greater.

Tue Mar  5 15:10:43 1996  Jim Wilson  <wilson@chestnut.cygnus.com>

        * config/tc-sh.c (sh_do_align): Pass 1 not 2 to frag_align.

Mon Mar  4 20:50:57 1996  Steve Chamberlain  <sac@slash.cygnus.com>

        * configure.in (i386-*-cygwin32): Don't use bfd_gas.
        * configure: Regenerated.

Mon Mar  4 10:13:06 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * config/tc-hppa.c: Add default definitions for R_N0SEL and
        R_N1SEL since they're not defined for old versions of hpux.

        * config/tc-hppa.c (tc_gen_reloc): Fix typo in R_COMP2 code.
        Set "sym_ptr_ptr" and "addend" fields to dummy values for
        R_N0SEL and R_N1SEL.

Fri Mar  1 10:20:52 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

        * flonum-konst.c: Add two more constants for 1e+-2048 and
        1e+-4096, and correct the other constants.

        * symbols.c (resolve_symbol_value): Handle O_logical_not.

Thu Feb 29 13:58:35 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>

        * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_section): Allow predefined section
        types to set the nobits type.  Avoid a shadowed declaration.

Wed Feb 28 15:38:56 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * config/tc-hppa.c (hppa_fix_adjustable): For SOM, don't
        reduce relocs using e_nlrsel field selectors.

        * write.c (fix_new_exp): Don't use #elif.  Some compilers
        don't handle it.

        * 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.