Subject: Re: Changes with gas on NetBSD/vax 1.6?
To: NetBSD/vax Mailing List <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 12/23/2002 21:51:20
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:13:03AM -0800, Matt Thomas wrote:
> At 12:36 AM 12/22/2002, Brian Chase wrote:

> >The older files use names like r0, r1, r2, ... ap, and sp for the
> >registers; the assembler bundled with 1.6 wants names like %r0, %r1,
> >%r2, ... %ap, %sp.  It's easy enough to go in and update the files,
> >and having done so with a few of them results in object code being
> >generated.
> >
> >Are there any other syntax changes I should keep in mind?
>
> No.

is the new VAX compiler configured to accept --register-prefix-optional?
( I know m68k is...)  it might be an easier (if slightly less correct)
workaround.

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