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From: ewerlid@kuling.UUCP (Ove Ewerlid)
Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug
Subject: Re: gas-1.33(ns32k) fixups to .word and .int are byte-reversed
Keywords: ns32k GAS coff
Message-ID: <1021@kuling.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 89 09:16:08 GMT
References: <40913@practic.UUCP>
Reply-To: ewerlid@kuling.UUCP (Ove Ewerlid)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Systems, Uppsala University, Sweden
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 The current version of the ns32k-GAS has suffered when upgrades of the 
GAS has been done. The main reason for this is that the ns32k uses certain
features that is different from the VAX and m68k. The original implementaion
of those features have been mangled. There has also been a lack of a
machine to test it on.

 GAS is going to see more of those features when RISCs are ported to it.
As far as the ns32k-GAS is concerned a major rewrite of the code is
hopefully going to take place soon. The goal for this rewrite is to
get it going on an Encore using robotussin to deal with the COFF.