[PATCH] GAS: Add WORKING_DOT_WORD to tc-pdp11.h
Project / Subsystem
binutils / gas
Date
2026-09-07
Proposer
Jan Brittenson <bson@rockgarden.net>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
6/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Disabling a workaround for specific architectures versus maintaining compatibility or robustness for others.
- • Clarity of macro definitions (e.g., `WORKING_DOT_WORD` vs. `BROKEN_DOT_WORD`).
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- binutils
- subsystem
- gas
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- 20260907065924.660482-1-bson@rockgarden.net
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- title
- [PATCH] GAS: Add WORKING_DOT_WORD to tc-pdp11.h
- headline
- GAS: Add WORKING_DOT_WORD to tc-pdp11.h
- tldr
- Patch adds WORKING_DOT_WORD to PDP-11 GAS configuration to fix .WORD directive issues.
- proposer
- Jan Brittenson <bson@rockgarden.net>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- 6
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Disabling a workaround for specific architectures versus maintaining compatibility or robustness for others.
- • Clarity of macro definitions (e.g., `WORKING_DOT_WORD` vs. `BROKEN_DOT_WORD`).
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- —
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- tags
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- • PDP-11
- • assembler
- • patch
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
[PATCH] GAS: Add WORKING_DOT_WORD to tc-pdp11.h
Jan Brittenson proposes adding the WORKING_DOT_WORD define to the PDP-11 GAS configuration. This change aims to fix an issue where .WORD directives with forward references could produce incorrect 8-byte sequences on the strictly 16-bit PDP-11 architecture. The define is intended to disable a workaround that is not needed for this architecture.