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Re: [Patch] New ia64 @slotcount pseudo func (for VMS)
- From: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>
- To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, Douglas B Rupp <rupp at gnat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:01:09 +0100
- Subject: Re: [Patch] New ia64 @slotcount pseudo func (for VMS)
- References: <1F479355-9CAB-4749-90F3-33686B5F8ACD@adacore.com> <4B753E74.500@redhat.com>
On Feb 12, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Tristan,
>
>> with Doug we finally wrote this patch to implement @slotcount pseudo function for ia64 VMS. This pseudo
>> is available only on VMS to avoid pseudo namespace pollution.
>
> I think that this really ought to have some documentation written for it in gas/doc/c-ia64.texi...
What about this ?
(checked with make info).
Tristan.
gas/
2010-02-12 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
* doc/c-ia64.texi (IA-64-Relocs): Document @slotcount.
diff --git a/gas/doc/c-ia64.texi b/gas/doc/c-ia64.texi
index 6b0f3a9..f684171 100644
--- a/gas/doc/c-ia64.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-ia64.texi
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Reference Guide.
* IA-64-Chars:: Special Characters
* IA-64-Regs:: Register Names
* IA-64-Bits:: Bit Names
-@c * IA-64-Relocs:: Relocations // to be written
@node IA-64-Chars
@@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ the @samp{ssm}/@samp{sum} and @samp{rsm}/@samp{rum}
instructions, but they can be used anywhere else where an integer
constant is expected.
+@node IA-64-Relocs
+@subsection Relocations
+@cindex IA-64 relocations
+
+In addition to the standard IA-64 relocations, the following relocations are
+implemented by @code{@value{AS}}:
+
+@table @code
+@item @@slotcount(@var{V})
+Convert the address offset @var{V} into a slot count. This pseudo
+function is available only on VMS. The expression @var{V} must be
+known at assembly time: it can't reference undefined symbols or symbols in
+different sections.
+@end table
+
@node IA-64 Opcodes
@section Opcodes
For detailed information on the IA-64 machine instruction set, see the