More problems on Alpha

[Richard Henderson]

On Sat, Dec 20, 1997 at 10:16:13PM +0000, Dave Gilbert wrote:
>   When EGCS-971215 configures by default it gets my system as :
> alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnu; unofrtunatly it then fails to build with the 
> Error: macro requires $at register while noat in effect
> problem (even in binutils-2.8.1.0.15).

I don't know whether this problem is due to a bug in as or failing
to give as the proper command line option to enable the instructions.
However, with the 971225 snapshot, we now emit a .arch directive, which 
will certainly cure the later, and, due to the fact that you must 
upgrade to at least 2.8.1.0.18, perhaps the former as well.

>   Another problem I had was that compiling some of my own code I got:
> 'string too long' from the assembler; it turned out to be a string over 4K
> in length from a .stabs directive describing a rbtree from the Standard
> Template Library.  Is this an EGCS or binutils problem?

This is an assembler problem.  Which I thought I'd fixed (or kludged
around) long ago...  If it still happens after your binutils upgrade,
let me know.


r~