+2015-04-23  Matthew Fortune  <matthew.fortune@imgtec.com>
+
+       * config/tc-mips.c (macro): State the recommended way of creating
+       32-bit or 64-bit addresses.
+
 2015-04-23  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>
 
        * config/tc-i386.c (match_mem_size): Also allow no size
 
 
       breg = op[2];
       if (dbl && GPR_SIZE == 32)
-       as_warn (_("dla used to load 32-bit register"));
+       as_warn (_("dla used to load 32-bit register; recommend using la "
+                  "instead"));
 
       if (!dbl && HAVE_64BIT_OBJECTS)
-       as_warn (_("la used to load 64-bit address"));
+       as_warn (_("la used to load 64-bit address; recommend using dla "
+                  "instead"));
 
       if (small_offset_p (0, align, 16))
        {
 
+2015-04-23  Matthew Fortune  <matthew.fortune@imgtec.com>
+
+       * gas/mips/dla-warn.l: New file.
+       * gas/mips/dla-warn.s: New file.
+       * gas/mips/la-warn.l: New file.
+       * gas/mips/la-warn.s: New file.
+       * gas/mips/mips.exp: Run new tests.
+
 2015-04-23  Matthew Fortune  <matthew.fortune@imgtec.com>
 
        * gas/mips/mips.exp: Require o32 for r6-branch-constraints.
 
--- /dev/null
+.*: Assembler messages:
+.*:1: Warning: dla used to load 32-bit register; recommend using la instead
 
--- /dev/null
+       dla $2, foo
 
--- /dev/null
+.*: Assembler messages:
+.*:1: Warning: la used to load 64-bit address; recommend using dla instead
 
--- /dev/null
+       la $2, foo
 
     run_list_test "ase-errors-4" "-mabi=o64 -march=mips3" "ASE errors (4)"
 
     run_dump_test_arches "la-reloc"    [mips_arch_list_matching mips1]
+    run_list_test "dla-warn" "-mabi=32 -march=mips3" \
+                            "DLA with 32-bit addresses"
     if { $has_newabi } {
        run_dump_test_arches "dla-reloc" [mips_arch_list_matching mips3]
+       run_list_test "la-warn" "-mabi=64 -march=mips3" \
+                               "LA with 64-bit addresses"
     }
 
     # Start with MIPS II to avoid load delay nops.