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Re: [PATCH] Fix MIPS gas no-mfix7000 commandline option

From: Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de>
To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
Cc: Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 22:45:18 +0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix MIPS gas no-mfix7000 commandline option
References: <20020530184411.GR7568@rembrandt.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> <1022786729.1493.4.camel@ghostwheel.cygnus.com> <20020530202442.GU7568@rembrandt.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> <20020530203003.GA12137@branoic.them.org>

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
[snip]
> > > and can you just change the docs please? The
> > > option name is currently correct/good.
> > 
> > I don't understand why. All other switches of form '-mFOO' use '-no-mFOO'
> > as complementary if there is one.
> 
> This is where I'm confused.  Don't you mean -mFOO -> -mno-FOO?
> 
> ... oh, apparently binutils does not honor that convention.  Ick.

Gas does so for some target specific switches (pdp-11,ppc,m68k), but
not for all. Doing a 'Great Renaming' of these isn't an option, I assume.


Thiemo

References:
- [PATCH] Fix MIPS gas no-mfix7000 commandline option
  - From: Thiemo Seufer
- Re: [PATCH] Fix MIPS gas no-mfix7000 commandline option
  - From: Eric Christopher
- Re: [PATCH] Fix MIPS gas no-mfix7000 commandline option
  - From: Thiemo Seufer
- Re: [PATCH] Fix MIPS gas no-mfix7000 commandline option
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz

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