Re: @ha @l not working

["Igor Ageyev" <igor at icrow dot digipark dot com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Modra" <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
To: "Igor Ageyev" <igor@icrow.digipark.com>
Cc: <binutils@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: @ha @l not working


> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 05:29:51PM -0700, Igor Ageyev wrote:
> > GNU assembler version 2.14 (powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0) using BFD version
2.14
> > 20030612
> > test.S: Assembler messages:
> > test.S:15: Error: syntax error; found `@' but expected `,'
> > test.S:15: Error: junk at end of line: `@ha'
> > test.S:15: Error: syntax error; found `@' but expected `,'
> > test.S:15: Error: junk at end of line: `@l'
> >
> > I have seen posts to binutils mailing lists refering to similar syntax
using
> > @ha and @l, and this code builds with a different assembler. I am
concenrned
> > that maybe I built binutils incorrectly. Does anybody know what is going
on?
>
> @ha and @l are only supported on ELF versions of powerpc gas.  XCOFF
> powerpc support in binutils is by no measure full-featured.
>
> -- 
> Alan Modra
> IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre
>

Alan,

ELF is what I want. I build under AIX, which I know is XCOFF, but I want the
object to be ELF/DWARF, big endian. I guess this confirms my suspicion that
I built gas incorrectly. I'll try to build it as a cross-assembler.

Thank you,

Igor Ageyev