[PATCH v3 0/1] ppc: support register names in macros

[Dmitry Selyutin]

This patch is a follow-up of discussion:

https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2022-July/121719.html

Form now on, PPC assembly becomes capable of compiling such code:

    .set VREG, %r0
    .set REG, VREG
    extsw REG, 2
    extsw %r1, 1

The custom register_name() code path, as well as checks for CRs, are
deprecated; from now on, we use md_operand() routine everywhere.

Whilst we're here, let's also reuse register lookup for CFI.

Changes since v2:
- Moved reg_name_search to the correct place.

Changes since v1:
- Dropped incorrect and redundant logic regarding symbol lookup.
- Added restoring of input line pointer on failure.
- Refactored the patch so that it shows less changes.

Dmitry Selyutin (1):
  ppc: support register names in macros

 gas/config/tc-ppc.c | 204 +++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 gas/config/tc-ppc.h |   9 +-
 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)

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