Re: [PATCH] Partially revert patch that encloses asm-offset.h numbers in brackets

[Jan Beulich]

>>> On 25.10.10 at 16:54, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Isn't this a gas bug then? Anywhere you use a plain number you
>> should also be permitted to use an expression.
> 
> Whoever defined the gas assembly syntax for binutils specified that (N) as 
> an
> operand defines an absolute address and N defines an immediate value.
> 
> However, prefixing an expression with a unary plus works for me, so adding
> this into my patch:
> 
> -	s:^->\([^ ]*\) [\$$#]*\([-0-9]*\) \(.*\):#define \1 \2 /* \3 */:; \
> +	s:^->\([^ ]*\) [\$$#]*\([-0-9]*\) \(.*\):#define \1 +(\2) /* \3 */:; \
> 
> Does that work for you?

Alexander, you seem to be having access to a worst case system -
could you give this a try?

Thanks, Jan

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