Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-19 Thread Adhemerval Zanella
On 19-06-2015 12:00, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote: >> On Jun 18, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: >> >> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Adhemerval Zanella wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 18-06-2015 11:26, Nicolas Pitre wrote: On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Adhemerval Zanella wrote: > > > On 18-06-2015 0

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-19 Thread Maxim Kuvyrkov
> On Jun 18, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Adhemerval Zanella wrote: > >> >> >> On 18-06-2015 11:26, Nicolas Pitre wrote: >>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Adhemerval Zanella wrote: >>> On 18-06-2015 05:44, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote: >> On Jun 17, 2015

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-18 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Adhemerval Zanella wrote: > > > On 18-06-2015 11:26, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Adhemerval Zanella wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On 18-06-2015 05:44, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote: > On Jun 17, 2015, at 3:15 AM, Nicolas Pitre > wrote: > > On Thu,

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-18 Thread Adhemerval Zanella
On 18-06-2015 11:26, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Adhemerval Zanella wrote: > >> >> >> On 18-06-2015 05:44, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote: On Jun 17, 2015, at 3:15 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, Jim Wilson wrote: > The normal toolchain process i

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-18 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Adhemerval Zanella wrote: > > > On 18-06-2015 05:44, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote: > >> On Jun 17, 2015, at 3:15 AM, Nicolas Pitre > >> wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, Jim Wilson wrote: > >> > >>> The normal toolchain process is that patches get added to our releases > >>> on

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-18 Thread Adhemerval Zanella
On 18-06-2015 05:44, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote: >> On Jun 17, 2015, at 3:15 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: >> >> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, Jim Wilson wrote: >> >>> The normal toolchain process is that patches get added to our releases >>> only if they are already upstream. Our releases are FSF releases plus >>>

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-18 Thread Maxim Kuvyrkov
> On Jun 17, 2015, at 3:15 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, Jim Wilson wrote: > >> The normal toolchain process is that patches get added to our releases >> only if they are already upstream. Our releases are FSF releases plus >> patches backported from mainline, with no local c

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-16 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, Jim Wilson wrote: > The normal toolchain process is that patches get added to our releases > only if they are already upstream. Our releases are FSF releases plus > patches backported from mainline, with no local changes except when > absolutely unavoidable. It is commit 4511

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-08 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Mon, 8 Jun 2015, Jim Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Nicolas Pitre > wrote: > > Unless I'm missing something obvious, I can't find any section where all > > options are documented together. There is the "Invoking" section but it > > contains very few options and only the most

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-08 Thread Jim Wilson
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > Unless I'm missing something obvious, I can't find any section where all > options are documented together. There is the "Invoking" section but it > contains very few options and only the most generic ones. All the > others are documented he

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-08 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, Jim Wilson wrote: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Nicolas Pitre > wrote: > > I created a patch on top of upstream binutils for a feature I need which > > should be universally useful as well. Now I have 3 questions for you: > > > > 1) Does it look sane enough? > > You adde

RE: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-05 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Fri, 5 Jun 2015, Pinski, Andrew wrote: > I am just going to say, I don't like this extension at all. It allows for > abuse than it is good. What abuses do you forsee? Could you elaborate please? > Oh and why can't you use the C preprocessor to do this section > renaming? I know for a fact

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-05 Thread Pinski, Andrew
om: linaro-toolchain on behalf of Pinski, Andrew Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 3:05 AM To: Maxim Kuvyrkov; Jim Wilson Cc: Nicolas Pitre; Linaro Toolchain Mailman List Subject: RE: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence I am just going to say, I don't like this extension at all. It al

RE: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-05 Thread Pinski, Andrew
: Jim Wilson Cc: Nicolas Pitre; Linaro Toolchain Mailman List Subject: Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence > On Jun 4, 2015, at 9:33 PM, Jim Wilson wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Nicolas Pitre > wrote: >> I created a patch on top of upstream binuti

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-05 Thread Maxim Kuvyrkov
> On Jun 4, 2015, at 9:33 PM, Jim Wilson wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Nicolas Pitre > wrote: >> I created a patch on top of upstream binutils for a feature I need which >> should be universally useful as well. Now I have 3 questions for you: >> >> 1) Does it look sane enough? >

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-04 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, Jim Wilson wrote: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Nicolas Pitre > wrote: > > I created a patch on top of upstream binutils for a feature I need which > > should be universally useful as well. Now I have 3 questions for you: > > > > 1) Does it look sane enough? > > You adde

Re: new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-04 Thread Jim Wilson
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > I created a patch on top of upstream binutils for a feature I need which > should be universally useful as well. Now I have 3 questions for you: > > 1) Does it look sane enough? You added the option docs into the .section docs. It is certain

new gas feature: section name substitution sequence

2015-06-03 Thread Nicolas Pitre
Hello toolchain people, I created a patch on top of upstream binutils for a feature I need which should be universally useful as well. Now I have 3 questions for you: 1) Does it look sane enough? 2) If so, could you integrate it in the Linaro release? 3) Would you be willing to promote it upst