Hi Richard, This is split out of the FPXX patch. Implement CONVERT_SYMBOLIC_ATTRIBUTE to support textual names for gnu attributes. OK to commit? If so, would you be willing to grant me write access to binutils-gdb? Regards, Matthew 2014-05-07 Matthew Fortune gas/ * config/tc-mips.c (streq): Define. (mips_convert_symbolic_attribute): New function. * config/tc-mips.h (CONVERT_SYMBOLIC_ATTRIBUTE): Define. (mips_convert_symbolic_attribute): New prototype. gas/testsuite/ * gas/mips/attr-gnu-abi-fp-1.s: New. * gas/mips/attr-gnu-abi-fp-1.d: New. * gas/mips/attr-gnu-abi-msa-1.s: New. * gas/mips/attr-gnu-abi-msa-1.d: New. * gas/mips/mips.exp: Add new tests.