Re: bootstrap/3589: GCC 3.0-CVS illegal instruction on hppa1.1-proelf

[Vladimir Makarov <vmakarov@redhat.com>]

The following reply was made to PR bootstrap/3589; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Vladimir Makarov <vmakarov@redhat.com>
To: Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, vmakarov@gcc.gnu.org,
        joel@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bootstrap/3589: GCC 3.0-CVS illegal instruction on hppa1.1-proelf
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:30:10 -0500

 Joel Sherrill wrote:
 > 
 > Vladimir Makarov wrote:
 > >
 > > Joel Sherrill wrote:
 > >
 > > >Is there any ifdef to check and decide which directives to use?
 > > >
 > > > And if there is any reference mapping between them, I would appreciate
 > > > knowing about it.
 > >
 > > Here is the path solving the problem.
 > >
 > > You could find a description of the pseudoops and mapping them into elf
 > > sections in
 > >
 > > http://segfault.net/~scut/cpu/hppa/HP_Assembler_Reference_Manual_HP9000_9th_Ed.pdf
 > 
 > Thanks.
 > 
 > Could the __PRO__ (or something similar) be part of the cpp predefines
 > for this
 > configuration so non-gcc assembly can do the right thing?  I know that
 > at least
 > libgloss and RTEMS have hppa assembly.
 > 
 
 Yes, we could do it.  But it is not urgent now.  Libgloss has no
 .subspace directive so it should be compiled without problems.
 
 > Of course, this all begs the bigger question... how many embedded hppa
 > users
 > are there really? :)
 > 
 
 I am definitely not an embedded hppa user )
 
 Vlad