From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21404 invoked by alias); 13 Apr 2005 10:43:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 21358 invoked from network); 13 Apr 2005 10:43:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 13 Apr 2005 10:43:25 -0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DLfHa-0006Jl-Hr for binutils@sources.redhat.com; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:39:42 +0200 Received: from mirsolutions.de ([81.169.132.156]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:39:42 +0200 Received: from tg by mirsolutions.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:39:42 +0200 To: binutils@sources.redhat.com From: Thorsten Glaser Subject: Re: [RFC/RFA] Proper mnemonics for VIA PadLock (i386) instructions Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:43:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: <200504121915.j3CJFO0P017574@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <425C305A.6000504@logix.cz> <200504122043.j3CKhAwO031139@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <20050413003755.GH3321@bubble.modra.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: mirsolutions.de In-Reply-To: <20050413003755.GH3321@bubble.modra.org> X-SW-Source: 2005-04/txt/msg00311.txt.bz2 Alan Modra dixit: >a high likelihood of breaking other valid assembly. The gas app.c code >has a nasty habit of completely removing whitespace once past the >mnemonic of an instruction, and it can get confused. Something like > > addr16 mov -2,%eax > >might fail if '-' is a valid mnemonic char. Can't gas be fixed, then? Sounds like the "obvious" thing to do to me. Alternatively, we'd need to make a way for a dash to be only recognised as part of a mnemonic if followed by a letter. //mirabile