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

[Joel Sherrill]

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

From: Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
To: Vladimir Makarov <vmakarov@redhat.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 12:09:17 -0600

 Vladimir Makarov wrote:
 > 
 > 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.
 
 OK.  There are some in RTEMS but I am happy to disable them.  The hppa
 port (when really active) was maintained on on an hpux box using gcc
 and native as/ld.  So getting to the point where it is built using
 all GNU tools is a plus even if all I can do is ensure it compiles. :)
 
 > > Of course, this all begs the bigger question... how many embedded hppa
 > > users
 > > are there really? :)
 > >
 > 
 > I am definitely not an embedded hppa user )
 
 Me either -- just trying to avoid bit-rot in the RTEMS hppa port. :)
 
 > Vlad
 
 --joel