another problem with m68k-elf

pjak@snafu.de pjak@snafu.de
Thu May 24 03:19:00 GMT 2001


pjak@snafu.de wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the problems I had a few days ago seem to be fixed,
> but now I have another problem with binutils (cvs),
> target m68k-elf:
> 
> The code
> 
> x1:
>   .space 16
>   .set x2,.-x1
> 
>   .space x2
> 
> used to work, but now this produces an error message:
> 
> "Error: .space specifies non-absolute value"
> 
> Is this a bug or can I no longer use this contruct?
> 

Ooops,

the above code did not even assemble with older (2.9.4) 
versions of gas.

However this worked (with -M option):

x1:
  ds.b 4
x1l: equ *-x1
  ds.b x1l

But does not assemble with the current cvs version.

Sorry for the confusion,

Peter Jakubek
pjak@snafu.de




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