m68k - Dropping the Motorola syntax

[Gunther Nikl]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 05:14:24PM +0200, Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
> On Friday 15 August 2003 10:04, Gunther Nikl wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 06:55:23PM +0200, Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
> > > The NetBSD people are upgrading to GCC 3.3.1, therefore I've checked with
> > > them if they still need the Motorola syntax for m68k.
> >
> >   Didn't you suggested to remove _MIT_ syntax before? Now you are proposing
> >   to remove Motorola syntax.
> 
>  No way, I've always wanted to drop the Motorola syntax because it's
> used only by a few non-mainstream targets. But you're the second person
> pointing it out, so maybe I've not explained myself clearly :-)
> 
>  sources.redhat.com seems to be down right now, but *should* be the
> correct link to my initial argument:
> 
>    http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2003-07/msg00390.html

  I have read it again and no, there you are suggesting to remove MIT
  assembler syntax.

    MIT: movel a6@(4),d0
    MOT: move.l 4(a6),d0

  Now which one is the syntax that you want to get rid off?

  Gunther Nikl