Grabbed with wget 'http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/opcodes/ppc-opc.c.diff?r1=1.70&r2=1.71&cvsroot=src' See http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-binutils/2004-05/msg00071.html and http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils-cvs/2004-05/msg00111.html This fixes problems like {standard input}: Assembler messages: {standard input}:1: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `dssall' which show up in binutils-2.15 when building the Linux kernel, or possibly failed compilations when building setjmp/longjmp in glibc. An alternative fix would be to pass -many to the assembler. A patch to do that for glibc is at wget 'http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/get-raw-msg?listname=libc-alpha&date=2004-05&msgid=40B36E8C.9030609%40us.ibm.com' Yet another, better, fix would be for gcc to generate assembly that told the assembler which processor type to use. Presumably the Linux kernel sources would need a fix, too. Probably better to just fix binutils to accept sources that it used to. =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/src/opcodes/ppc-opc.c,v retrieving revision 1.70 retrieving revision 1.71 diff -u -r1.70 -r1.71 --- src/opcodes/ppc-opc.c 2004/05/05 13:43:36 1.70 +++ src/opcodes/ppc-opc.c 2004/05/19 05:11:48 1.71 @@ -1004,8 +1004,13 @@ /* If only one bit of the FXM field is set, we can use the new form of the instruction, which is faster. Unlike the Power4 branch hint - encoding, this is not backward compatible. */ - else if ((dialect & PPC_OPCODE_POWER4) != 0 && (value & -value) == value) + encoding, this is not backward compatible. Do not generate the + new form unless -mpower4 has been given, or -many and the two + operand form of mfcr was used. */ + else if ((value & -value) == value + && ((dialect & PPC_OPCODE_POWER4) != 0 + || ((dialect & PPC_OPCODE_ANY) != 0 + && (insn & (0x3ff << 1)) == 19 << 1))) insn |= 1 << 20; /* Any other value on mfcr is an error. */