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| -rw-r--r-- | gas/ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gas/config/obj-coff.c | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gas/doc/as.texinfo | 2 |
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog index 16ef436..3970519 100644 --- a/gas/ChangeLog +++ b/gas/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2002-05-23 Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com> + + * config/obj-coff.c (obj_coff_section): Silently ignore an 'a' + flag. + * doc/as.texinfo: Document that the COFF version of .section + ignores the 'a' flag. + 2002-05-23 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> * config/tc-alpha.c (assemble_tokens): Protect use of diff --git a/gas/config/obj-coff.c b/gas/config/obj-coff.c index c48ba63..546f763 100644 --- a/gas/config/obj-coff.c +++ b/gas/config/obj-coff.c @@ -1397,23 +1397,24 @@ coff_frob_file_after_relocs () bfd_map_over_sections (stdoutput, coff_adjust_section_syms, (char*) 0); } -/* - * implement the .section pseudo op: - * .section name {, "flags"} - * ^ ^ - * | +--- optional flags: 'b' for bss - * | 'i' for info - * +-- section name 'l' for lib - * 'n' for noload - * 'o' for over - * 'w' for data - * 'd' (apparently m88k for data) - * 'x' for text - * 'r' for read-only data - * 's' for shared data (PE) - * But if the argument is not a quoted string, treat it as a - * subsegment number. - */ +/* Implement the .section pseudo op: + .section name {, "flags"} + ^ ^ + | +--- optional flags: 'b' for bss + | 'i' for info + +-- section name 'l' for lib + 'n' for noload + 'o' for over + 'w' for data + 'd' (apparently m88k for data) + 'x' for text + 'r' for read-only data + 's' for shared data (PE) + But if the argument is not a quoted string, treat it as a + subsegment number. + + Note the 'a' flag is silently ignored. This allows the same + .section directive to be parsed in both ELF and COFF formats. */ void obj_coff_section (ignore) @@ -1466,6 +1467,7 @@ obj_coff_section (ignore) case 'n': flags &=~ SEC_LOAD; flags |= SEC_NEVER_LOAD; break; case 'd': flags |= SEC_DATA | SEC_LOAD; /* fall through */ case 'w': flags &=~ SEC_READONLY; break; + case 'a': break; /* For compatability with ELF. */ case 'x': flags |= SEC_CODE | SEC_LOAD; break; case 'r': flags |= SEC_READONLY; break; case 's': flags |= SEC_SHARED; break; diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo index 2a1d05e..7bd85d7 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo +++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo @@ -4978,6 +4978,8 @@ read-only section executable section @item s shared section (meaningful for PE targets) +@item a +ignored. (For compatibility with the ELF version) @end table If no flags are specified, the default flags depend upon the section name. If |