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authorAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2005-11-07 06:01:18 +0000
committerAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2005-11-07 06:01:18 +0000
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* config/tc-i386.h (tc_comment_chars): Define.
* config/tc-i386.c (line_comment_chars): Use '/' unconditionally. (i386_comment_chars): Add. (md_parse_options): Process OPTION_DIVIDE. (md_show_usage): Describe --divide option. * doc/c-i386.texi: Document --divide option.
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@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ usage and use x86-64 as target platform).
By default, x86 GAS replaces multiple nop instructions used for
alignment within code sections with multi-byte nop instructions such
as leal 0(%esi,1),%esi. This switch disables the optimization.
+
+@cindex @samp{--divide} option, i386
+@item --divide
+On SVR4-derived platforms, the character @samp{/} is treated as a comment
+character, which means that it cannot be used in expressions. The
+@samp{--divide} option turns @samp{/} into a normal character. This does
+not disable @samp{/} at the beginning of a line starting a comment, or
+affect using @samp{#} for starting a comment.
+
@end table
@node i386-Syntax