gas feature request on sparc-sun-solaris2.x

[Bob Deblier]

Dear,

Would it be possible to include additional '-xarch=' options for gas on 
sparc-sun-solaris2.x platforms? It would certainly improve compatibility with 
Sun's own assembler to do so, making the two more interchangeable.

Currently in binutils-2.10.1, gas supports:

-xarch=v8plus
-xarch=v8plusa

but not:

-xarch=v7
-xarch=v8
-xarch=v8a
-xarch=v9
-xarch=v9

There are however equivalents present in gas, but in a different syntax. By 
maintaining compatilibity, it would make the life of people who need to 
determine assembler flags for an autoconf-igurable application a lot easier.

If you can't find volunteers to contribute a patch to the code, please let me 
know and I'll be le to produce one.
 
Sincerely,

Bob Deblier
Virtual Unlimited