Force all PPC symbols that otherwise do not have a symbol type to be BSF_OBJECT

diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 5e61d18afeacb2c3ec12c310f98da9490e927b0a..3dd417e85a0104f28589608f34e83dcf701deb26 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+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.

diff --git a/gas/config/obj-elf.c b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
index aaf00950c91fa0e2d1e227df85baabaf78d7db11..29b442e728ee25b9b3eb8a81157c88632c1c0681 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/config/obj-elf.c
+++ b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
@@ -1159,6 +1159,21 @@ elf_frob_symbol (symp, puntp)
        as_bad ("Symbol `%s' can not be both weak and common",
                S_GET_NAME (symp));
     }
+
+#ifdef TC_MIPS
+  /* The Irix 5 assembler appears to set the type of any common symbol
+     to STT_OBJECT.  We try to be compatible, since the Irix 5 linker
+     apparently sometimes cares.  FIXME: What about Irix 6?  */
+  if (S_IS_COMMON (symp))
+    symp->bsym->flags |= BSF_OBJECT;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TC_PPC
+  /* Frob the PowerPC, so that the symbol always has object type
+     if it is not some other type.  VxWorks needs this.  */
+  if ((symp->bsym->flags & (BSF_FUNCTION | BSF_FILE | BSF_SECTION_SYM)) == 0)
+    symp->bsym->flags |= BSF_OBJECT;
+#endif
 }
 
 void