Re: Possible bugs in gnu assembler for IA64

2008-10-25 Thread Nick Clifton
Hi Surbhi, .section "test" .quad 1f .quad 2f 1:{ nop 0x0 nop 0x0 nop 0x0 } 2:{ nop 0x0 nop 0x0 nop 0x0 } .previous When I try to assemble this test using an ia64 assembler built from the current mainline binutils sources I get two error mess

Re: Possible bugs in gnu assembler for IA64

2008-10-25 Thread Nick Clifton
Hi Surbhi, Here is a easier pointer to the bug1: I am not an IA64 expert, but I took a look at this problem. .macro emul_ptr_i pr=p0,va,sz .section "test", "a", "progbits" (\pr) ptr.i \va,\sz .previous (\pr) ptr.i \va,\sz .endm nop.m 0x0 emul_ptr_i p1, r1, r2 Comment

Re: Possible bugs in gnu assembler for IA64

2008-10-20 Thread Surbhi Chitre
Hi, Here is a pointer to the last bug mentioned in the first email.. as -v GNU assembler version 2.18.0 (ia64-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.18.0.20080103 uname -a Linux lime 2.6.24-1-mckinley #1 SMP Sat Apr 19 00:19:28 UTC 2008 ia64 GNU/Linux I have attached a file

Re: Possible bugs in gnu assembler for IA64

2008-10-20 Thread Surbhi Chitre
Hi,  Here is a easier pointer to bug2: $ as -v GNU assembler version 2.18.0 (ia64-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.18.0.20080103 $ uname -a Linux lime 2.6.24-1-mckinley #1 SMP Sat Apr 19 00:19:28 UTC 2008 ia64 GNU/Linux I have attached a file which contains the follow

Re: Possible bugs in gnu assembler for IA64

2008-10-20 Thread Surbhi Chitre
Hi, Here is a easier pointer to the bug1: $ as -v GNU assembler version 2.18.0 (ia64-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.18.0.20080103 $ uname -a Linux lime 2.6.24-1-mckinley #1 SMP Sat Apr 19 00:19:28 UTC 2008 ia64 GNU/Linux About the bug: