1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gas/read.c b/gas/read.c
index 1522842..2ea5e2b 100644
--- a/gas/read.c
+++ b/gas/read.c
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ die horribly;
 #endif
 
 #ifndef LEX_HASH
+/* The IA-64 assembler uses # as a suffix designating a symbol.  We include
+   it in the symbol and strip it out in tc_canonicalize_symbol_name.  */
 #define LEX_HASH 0
 #endif