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Re: ppc-opc.c fix for disasm


Hi Kumar,

> I noticed a bug in disasm of dcbt, dcbtst today.  I'm wondering what
> changes I need to make to binutils beyond fixing the
> opcode/ppc-opc.c file to change the mask from XRT_MASK -> X_MASK for
> the two instructions.

A test case that demonstrates the problem and which can be added to
the ppc specific part of the GAS testsuite would also be very helpful.

Other than that though, there are no other files that you should need
to change.


> Also is there anywhere that talks about how to properly create patches
> for submission?

Binutils generally follows the same rules as gcc, so the documentation
on their web site applies here:

  http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/contribute.html

Cheers
        Nick


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