Index: src/gas/config/obj-coff.c
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gas/config/obj-coff.c	2009-05-15 13:37:23.000000000 +0200
+++ src/gas/config/obj-coff.c	2009-05-15 16:00:56.123356200 +0200
@@ -1475,6 +1475,7 @@
                                                  'x' for text
   						 'r' for read-only data
   						 's' for shared data (PE)
+						 'y' for noread
    But if the argument is not a quoted string, treat it as a
    subsegment number.
 
@@ -1589,6 +1590,10 @@
 		case 'o': /* STYP_OVER */
 		  as_warn (_("unsupported section attribute '%c'"), attr);
 		  break;
+		case 'y':
+		  flags |= SEC_COFF_NOREAD;
+		  flags &= ~SEC_READONLY;
+		  break;
 
 		default:
 		  as_warn (_("unknown section attribute '%c'"), attr);
@@ -1628,7 +1633,8 @@
       /* This section's attributes have already been set.  Warn if the
          attributes don't match.  */
       flagword matchflags = (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_READONLY | SEC_CODE
-			     | SEC_DATA | SEC_COFF_SHARED | SEC_NEVER_LOAD);
+			     | SEC_DATA | SEC_COFF_SHARED | SEC_NEVER_LOAD
+			     | SEC_COFF_NOREAD);
       if ((flags ^ oldflags) & matchflags)
 	as_warn (_("Ignoring changed section attributes for %s"), name);
     }