[COMMITTED,trunk+binutils-2_20-branch] Extend COFF .section directive syntax to specify alignment.

[Dave Korn]

On 17/01/2010 18:37, Dave Korn wrote:

> gas/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* NEWS: Mention new feature.
> 	* config/obj-coff.c (obj_coff_section): Accept digits and use
> 	to override default section alignment power if specified.
> 	* doc/as.texinfo (.section directive): Update documentation.
> 
> gas/testsuite/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* gas/pe/section-align-1.s: New test source file.
> 	* gas/pe/section-align-1.d: Likewise control script.
> 	* gas/pe/section-align-2.s: Likewise ...
> 	* gas/pe/section-align-2.d: ... and likewise.
> 	* gas/pe/pe.exp: Invoke new testcases.
> 
>   Tested on i686-pc-cygwin and cross to x86_64-w64-mingw32 with no regressions
> and the new tests passing.

  Brought up to date, rebuilt and retested on the above targets; fixed one
minor portability issue; tweaked NEWS entries slightly for clarity re:
trunk-vs-branch; applied to mainline and branch.  Thanks for bearing with me, all.

    cheers,
      DaveK



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