Patch: GC mach_dep file extensions
Jeff Sturm
jsturm@one-point.com
Wed Feb 13 19:51:00 GMT 2002
On 13 Feb 2002, Tom Tromey wrote:
> Bryce> Hans pointed out that ".S", not ".s" is the correct extension
> Bryce> for some asm files because it means "put this through the
> Bryce> preprocessor first". I've checked in this patch.
>
> I think it is a little better to arrange to run these with `-x
> assembler-with-cpp'.
It needs to work with Sun's cc as well. (I suspect gcc uses the inline
version and doesn't need this source at all.)
> My reason is that on case-insensitive file
> systems, `.S' and `.s' will appear the same.
I think anyone with a case-insensitive file system doesn't need to build
sparc_mach_dep.o. Either they are not targetting sparc or they are using
gcc as a cross compiler.
Jeff
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