Binutils branch 2.20 (done!)

Jie Zhang jie.zhang@analog.com
Sat Sep 5 14:56:00 GMT 2009


Alan Modra wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 08:39:26PM +0800, Jie Zhang wrote:
>> +Blackfin has an algebra assembly syntax.
>> +Assigning value to a register has the form @code{REG = VALUE}.
>> +If there is typo of @code{REG}, this will become @code{SYMBOL = VALUE}.
>> +That error is not easy to notice. So it's better to let Blackfin GAS
>> +reject @code{SYMBOL = VALUE} to detect such error.
>> +@code{.set} can be used if user want to set value to a symbol.
>> +
> 
> This should be inside @ifset Blackfin, @end ifset.  Also, I would not
> justify your design decision here.
> 
> @ifset Blackfin
> Blackfin does not support symbol assignment with @samp{=} or
> @samp{=}@samp{=}.
> @end ifset
> 
Blackfin does support "==" for assignment. So I'll soon commit a patch 
with this:

@ifset Blackfin
Blackfin does not support symbol assignment with @samp{=}.
@end ifset

Thanks.

Jie



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