Have you updated gas?  Mine says

	/usr/pkg/cross/bin/m68k-netbsd-as -v
	GNU assembler version 2.9.1 (m68k-netbsd), using BFD version 2.9.1

This version has no problem with the % signs.

The %s are required syntax going forward, so make sure you get the
newest gas.

On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Denis Ahrens wrote:

> Hello
> 
> Is it possible that the "asm2gas" script has a little error.
> 
> It produces lines like:
> 
> movl %d0,%d1
> 
> but the "as" likes only:
> 
> movl d0,d1
> 
> This is the problem why I can't compile a kernel with my quadra700.
> See a more detailed msg some days ago from me.
> 
> Denis
> 
> 

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