Re: binutils 2.15/2.15.91.0.1 armeb-* vs. armbe-* target behavior

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Lennert,

> armeb-* targets generate binaries that default to big endian, but armbe-*
> targets generate binaries that default to little endian (!).
>
> If armeb-* is the preferred target format for indicating big endian mode,
> perhaps targets of the form armbe-* should just not be accepted at all?
>
> (Or maybe armbe-* just doesn't mean 'ARM big endian' but something different?)

No it means, or should mean, big-endian.  Since the "armbe" string is 
accepted by the top level config.sub file I guess that GAS should honor 
this version.  Hence I am going to apply the patch below to fix this 
problem.

Cheers
  Nick

gas/ChangeLog
2004-07-15  Nick Clifton  <address@hidden>

        * configure.in: Accept armbe as a big-endian arm configuration.
        * configure: Regenerate.

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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gas/configure.in,v
retrieving revision 1.157
diff -c -3 -p -r1.157 configure.in
*** gas/configure.in    9 Jul 2004 12:32:32 -0000       1.157
--- gas/configure.in    15 Jul 2004 16:20:30 -0000
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*** 124,129 ****
--- 124,130 ----
      case ${cpu} in
        am33_2.0)               cpu_type=mn10300 endian=little ;;
        alpha*)         cpu_type=alpha ;;
+       arm*be|xscale*be|strongarm*be | \
        arm*b|xscale*b|strongarm*b) cpu_type=arm endian=big ;;
        arm*|xscale*|strongarm*)    cpu_type=arm endian=little ;;
        c4x*)           cpu_type=tic4x ;;