Selecting a ppc architecture inline

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

It sounds like Alan wasn't objecting - just explaining that it won't
work.  Someone has to write the code to implement it.

On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:23:57AM -0400, Jeff Baker wrote:
> Forgive my ignorance :)
> 
> What is the objection to having a .set pseudo op for ppc that would accept
> anything you can specify by -m on the command line?
> 
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 11:02:24AM -0400, Jeff Baker wrote:
> > > We have some assembly code for powerpc that's mixed generic, ppc403 and
> > > booke.  I know for mips you can use .set to specify the ISA in the code,
> > but
> > > how do I do this for ppc?
> > 
> > You can't with current gas.  You'd need (at least) to reinsert opcodes
> > into the hash table.  See tc-ppc.c:md_begin
> > 
> > --
> > Alan Modra
> > IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre
> 

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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