i386 gas is broken

Hans-Peter Nilsson hp@bitrange.com
Mon Nov 5 08:42:00 GMT 2001


On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Alan Modra wrote:
> 2001-11-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
>
> 	* frags.c (frag_grow): Use frag_make_room() to grow the
> 	obstack.
>
> Reverting this seems to cure all the problems.

That change looks bogus.  IIUC, frag_make_room will make a new
chunk when there's no room, and frag_now->fr_fix will be very
wrong for the "growth".

I'd say revert it.

(Is that change trying to fix up CGEN assembler wackiness?)

brgds, H-P



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