[project @ 2004-08-13 13:04:50 by simonmar]
[ghc-hetmet.git] / ghc / driver / mangler / ghc-asm.lprl
index 9ed28e5..fbcd934 100644 (file)
@@ -99,21 +99,16 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\$.*\.\.ng:|\.align\s+\d+|\.(globl|ent)\s+\S+|\#.*|\.(file|loc)\s+\S+\s+\S+|\.text|\.r?data)\n)';
     $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '^\s*(\$.*\.\.ng:|\#|\.(file|globl|ent|loc))';
 
-    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.ascii.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\11"\n\t\.ascii\s+"(.*)\\\\0"';
     $T_DOT_WORD            = '\.(long|quad|byte|word)';
     $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '^\t\.globl';
     $T_HDR_literal  = "\.rdata\n\t\.align 3\n";
     $T_HDR_misc            = "\.text\n\t\.align 3\n";
     $T_HDR_data            = "\.data\n\t\.align 3\n";
-    $T_HDR_consist  = "\.text\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\.rdata\n\t\.align 3\n";
     $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.align 3\n";
-    $T_HDR_srt      = "\.text\n\t\.align 3\n";
     $T_HDR_info            = "\.text\n\t\.align 3\n";
     $T_HDR_entry    = "\.text\n\t\.align 3\n";
-    $T_HDR_fast            = "\.text\n\t\.align 3\n";
     $T_HDR_vector   = "\.text\n\t\.align 3\n";
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\.text\n\t\.align 3\n";
-    $T_create_word  = "\t.quad";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
     } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^hppa/ ) {
@@ -127,24 +122,19 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^((\s+\.(IMPORT|EXPORT|PARAM).*|\s+\.align\s+\d+|\s+\.(SPACE|SUBSPA)\s+\S+|\s*)\n)';
     $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '^\s+\.(IMPORT|EXPORT)';
 
-    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.STRING.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\x09(.*)\\\\x00"';
     $T_DOT_WORD            = '\.(blockz|word|half|byte)';
     $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '^\s+\.EXPORT';
     $T_HDR_literal  = "\t.SPACE \$TEXT\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$LIT\$\n";
     $T_HDR_misc            = "\t.SPACE \$TEXT\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$CODE\$\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_data            = "\t.SPACE \$PRIVATE\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$DATA\$\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_consist  = "\t.SPACE \$TEXT\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$LIT\$\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\t.SPACE \$PRIVATE\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$DATA\$\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_closure  = "\t.SPACE \$PRIVATE\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$DATA\$\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_srt      = "\t.SPACE \$PRIVATE\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$DATA\$\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_info            = "\t.SPACE \$TEXT\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$CODE\$\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_entry    = "\t.SPACE \$TEXT\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$CODE\$\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_fast            = "\t.SPACE \$TEXT\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$CODE\$\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_vector   = "\t.SPACE \$TEXT\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$CODE\$\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\t.SPACE \$TEXT\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$CODE\$\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_create_word  = "\t.word";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
-    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-.*-(linuxaout|freebsd2|openbsd|nextstep3|cygwin32|mingw32)$/ ) {
+    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-.*-(linuxaout|freebsd2|nextstep3|cygwin32|mingw32)$/ ) {
                                # NeXT added but not tested. CaS
 
     $T_STABBY      = 1; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
@@ -156,27 +146,21 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_X86_PRE_LLBL        = 'L';
     $T_X86_BADJMP   = '^\tjmp [^L\*]';
 
-    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.(p2)?align\s+\d+(,0x90)?|\.globl\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.stab[^n].*|\.type\s+.*|\.size\s+.*)\n)';
-    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(globl|stab)';
-    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.ascii.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\11"\n\t\.ascii\s+"(.*)\\\\0"';
+    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.(p2)?align\s+\d+(,0x90)?|\.globl\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.stab[^n].*|\.type\s+.*|\.size\s+.*|\.lcomm.*)\n)';
+    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(globl|stab|lcomm)';
     $T_DOT_WORD            = '\.(long|word|value|byte|space)';
     $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '\.globl';
     $T_HDR_literal  = "\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_misc            = "\.text\n\t\.align 2,0x90\n";
     $T_HDR_data            = "\.data\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_HDR_consist  = "\.text\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.align 2\n\t.long 0\n" if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /.*-mingw32$/ );
-    $T_HDR_srt      = "\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_info            = "\.text\n\t\.align 2\n"; # NB: requires padding
     $T_HDR_entry    = "\.text\n"; # no .align so we're right next to _info (arguably wrong...?)
-    $T_HDR_fast            = "\.text\n\t\.align 2,0x90\n";
     $T_HDR_vector   = "\.text\n\t\.align 2\n"; # NB: requires padding
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\.text\n\t\.align 2,0x90\n";
-    $T_create_word  = "\t.word";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
-    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-.*-(solaris2|linux|freebsd|netbsd)$/ ) {
+    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-.*-(solaris2|linux|freebsd|netbsd|openbsd)$/ ) {
 
     $T_STABBY      = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US          = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
@@ -188,29 +172,19 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_X86_PRE_LLBL        = '.L';
     $T_X86_BADJMP   = '^\tjmp\s+[^\.\*]';
 
-    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.(p2)?align\s+\d+(,\s*0x90)?|\.globl\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.section\s+.*|\.type\s+.*|\.Lfe.*\n\s*\.size\s+.*|\.size\s+.*|\.ident.*)\n)';
-    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(globl)';
+    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.(p2)?align\s+\d+(,\s*0x90)?|\.globl\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.section\s+.*|\.type\s+.*|\.size\s+\S+\s*,\s*\d+|\.ident.*|\.local.*)\n)';
+    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '^\s*\.(globl|type|size|local)';
 
-    if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /freebsd|netbsd/ ) {
-        $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.ascii.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\11"\n\t\.ascii\s+"(.*)\\\\0"';
-    } else {
-        $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.string.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\t(.*)"';
-    }
-
-    $T_DOT_WORD            = '\.(long|value|byte|zero)';
+    $T_DOT_WORD            = '\.(long|value|word|byte|zero)';
     $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '\.globl';
     $T_HDR_literal  = "\.section\t\.rodata\n"; # or just use .text??? (WDP 95/11)
     $T_HDR_misc            = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_data            = "\.data\n\t\.align 4\n"; # ToDo: change align??
-    $T_HDR_consist  = "\.text\n";
-    $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.align 4\n"; # ToDo: change align?
-    $T_HDR_srt      = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n"; # ToDo: change align?
-    $T_HDR_info            = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n"; # NB: requires padding
+    $T_HDR_data            = "\.data\n\t\.align 4\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\.section\t\.rodata\n\t\.align 4\n";
+    $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.align 4\n";
+    $T_HDR_info            = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_entry    = "\.text\n"; # no .align so we're right next to _info (arguably wrong...?)
-    $T_HDR_fast            = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_vector   = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n"; # NB: requires padding
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_create_word  = "\t.word";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
     } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^ia64-.*-linux$/ ) {
@@ -224,21 +198,39 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*\.(global|proc|pred\.safe_across_calls|text|data|section|subsection|align|size|type|ident)\s+.*\n)';
     $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(global|proc)';
 
-    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.string.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\t(.*)"';
     $T_DOT_WORD     = '\.(long|value|byte|zero)';
     $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '\.global';
     $T_HDR_literal  = "\.section\t\.rodata\n";
     $T_HDR_misc     = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
     $T_HDR_data     = "\.data\n\t\.align 8\n";
-    $T_HDR_consist  = "\.text\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\.section\t\.rodata\n\t\.align 8\n";
     $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.align 8\n";
-    $T_HDR_srt      = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
     $T_HDR_info     = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
     $T_HDR_entry    = "\.text\n\t\.align 16\n";
-    $T_HDR_fast     = "\.text\n\t\.align 16\n";
     $T_HDR_vector   = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
-    $T_create_word  = "\t.word";
+
+    #--------------------------------------------------------#
+    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^x86_64-.*-(linux|openbsd)$/ ) {
+
+    $T_STABBY       = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
+    $T_US           = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
+    $T_PRE_APP      = '#';
+    $T_CONST_LBL    = '^\.LC(\d+):$'; # regexp for what such a lbl looks like
+    $T_POST_LBL     = ':';
+
+    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*\.(globl|text|data|section|align|size|type|ident|local)\s+.*\n)';
+    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(globl|local)';
+
+    $T_DOT_WORD     = '\.(quad|long|value|byte|zero)';
+    $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '\.global';
+    $T_HDR_literal  = "\.section\t\.rodata\n";
+    $T_HDR_misc     = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
+    $T_HDR_data     = "\.data\n\t\.align 8\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\.section\t\.rodata\n\t\.align 8\n";
+    $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.align 8\n";
+    $T_HDR_info     = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
+    $T_HDR_entry    = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
+    $T_HDR_vector   = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
     } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^m68k-.*-sunos4/ ) {
@@ -251,22 +243,17 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
 
     $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.align\s+\d+|\.proc\s+\d+|\.const|\.cstring|\.globl\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.even|\.stab[^n].*)\n)';
     $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(globl|proc|stab)';
-    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.ascii.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\11"\n\t\.ascii\s+"(.*)\\\\0"';
 
     $T_DOT_WORD            = '\.long';
     $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '\.globl';
     $T_HDR_literal  = "\.text\n\t\.even\n";
     $T_HDR_misc            = "\.text\n\t\.even\n";
     $T_HDR_data            = "\.data\n\t\.even\n";
-    $T_HDR_consist  = "\.text\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\.text\n\t\.even\n";
     $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.even\n";
-    $T_HDR_srt      = "\.text\n\t\.even\n";
     $T_HDR_info            = "\.text\n\t\.even\n";
     $T_HDR_entry    = "\.text\n\t\.even\n";
-    $T_HDR_fast            = "\.text\n\t\.even\n";
     $T_HDR_vector   = "\.text\n\t\.even\n";
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\.text\n\t\.even\n";
-    $T_create_word  = "\t.long";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
     } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^mips-.*/ ) {
@@ -280,53 +267,67 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.align\s+\d+|\.(globl|ent)\s+\S+|\.text|\.r?data)\n)';
     $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(globl|ent)';
 
-    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = 'I WAS TOO LAZY TO DO THIS BIT (WDP 95/05)';
     $T_DOT_WORD            = '\.word';
     $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '^\t\.globl';
     $T_HDR_literal  = "\t\.rdata\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_misc            = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_data            = "\t\.data\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_HDR_consist  = 'TOO LAZY TO DO THIS TOO';
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\t\.rdata\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_closure  = "\t\.data\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_HDR_srt      = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_info            = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_entry    = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_HDR_fast            = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_vector   = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_create_word  = "\t.word";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
     } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/ ) {
                                # Apple PowerPC Darwin/MacOS X.
     $T_STABBY      = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US          = '_'; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
-    $T_PRE_APP     = 'WHAT IS THIS'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
+    $T_PRE_APP     = 'DOESNT APPLY'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
     $T_CONST_LBL    = '^\LC\d+:'; # regexp for what such a lbl looks like
     $T_POST_LBL            = ':';
 
-    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.align \d+|\.text|\.data|\.cstring|\.non_lazy_symbol_pointer|\.const|\.static_const|\.literal4|\.literal8|\.static_data|\.globl \S+)\n)';
-    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(globl)';
+    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.align \d+|\.text|\.data|\.const_data|\.cstring|\.non_lazy_symbol_pointer|\.const|\.static_const|\.literal4|\.literal8|\.static_data|\.globl \S+|\.section .*|\.lcomm.*)\n)';
+    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(globl|lcomm)';
 
-    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.byte.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)"\n\t\.byte \d+\n\t\.byte "(.*)"\n\t\.byte \d+';
     $T_DOT_WORD            = '\.(long|short|byte|fill|space)';
     $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '\.globl';
     $T_HDR_toc      = "\.toc\n";
     $T_HDR_literal  = "\t\.const_data\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_misc            = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_data            = "\t\.data\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_HDR_consist  = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\t\.const_data\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_closure  = "\t\.const_data\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_HDR_srt      = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_info            = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_entry    = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_HDR_fast            = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_vector   = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_create_word  = "\t.long";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
-    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^sparc-.*-solaris2/ ) {
+    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-.*-linux/ ) {
+                               # PowerPC Linux
+    $T_STABBY      = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
+    $T_US          = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
+    $T_PRE_APP     = '^#'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
+    $T_CONST_LBL    = '^\.LC\d+:'; # regexp for what such a lbl looks like
+    $T_POST_LBL            = ':';
+
+    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.(p2)?align\s+\d+(,\s*0x90)?|\.globl\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.section\s+.*|\.type\s+.*|\.size\s+\S+\s*,\s*\d+|\.ident.*|\.local.*)\n)';
+    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '^\s*\.(globl|type|size|local)';
+
+    $T_DOT_WORD            = '\.(long|short|byte|fill|space)';
+    $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '\.globl';
+    $T_HDR_toc      = "\.toc\n";
+    $T_HDR_literal  = "\t\.section\t.rodata\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_misc            = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_data            = "\t\.data\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\t\.section\t.rodata\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_closure  = "\t\.data\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_info            = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_entry    = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_vector   = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
+
+    #--------------------------------------------------------#
+    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^sparc-.*-(solaris2|openbsd)/ ) {
 
     $T_STABBY      = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US          = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
@@ -337,21 +338,15 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^((\s+\.align\s+\d+|\s+\.proc\s+\d+|\s+\.global\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.stab.*|\.section.*|\s+\.type.*|\s+\.size.*)\n)';
     $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(global|proc|stab)';
 
-    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.asciz.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\t(.*)"';
     $T_DOT_WORD            = '\.(long|word|byte|half|skip|uahalf|uaword)';
     $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '^\t\.global';
     $T_HDR_literal  = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
     $T_HDR_misc            = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_data            = "\.data\n\t\.align 8\n";
-    $T_HDR_consist  = "\.text\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_srt      = "\.data\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_info            = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_entry    = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_fast            = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_vector   = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_create_word  = "\t.word";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
     } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^sparc-.*-sunos4/ ) {
@@ -364,22 +359,40 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
 
     $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^((\s+\.align\s+\d+|\s+\.proc\s+\d+|\s+\.global\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.stab.*)\n)';
     $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(global|proc|stab)';
-    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.ascii.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\11"\n\t\.ascii\s+"(.*)\\\\0"';
 
     $T_DOT_WORD            = '\.word';
     $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '^\t\.global';
     $T_HDR_literal  = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
     $T_HDR_misc            = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_data            = "\.data\n\t\.align 8\n";
-    $T_HDR_consist  = "\.text\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_srt      = "\.data\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_info            = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_entry    = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_fast            = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
     $T_HDR_vector   = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
-    $T_create_word  = "\t.word";
+
+    #--------------------------------------------------------#
+    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^sparc-.*-linux/ ) {
+    $T_STABBY       = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
+    $T_US           = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
+    $T_PRE_APP      = '#'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
+                           # Probably doesn't apply anyway
+    $T_CONST_LBL    = '^\.LLC(\d+):$'; # regexp for what such a lbl looks like
+    $T_POST_LBL     = ':';
+
+    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^((\s+\.align\s+\d+|\s+\.proc\s+\d+|\s+\.global\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.seg|\.stab.*|\t?\.section.*|\s+\.type.*|\s+\.size.*)\n)';
+    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(global|globl|proc|stab)';
+
+    $T_DOT_WORD     = '\.(long|word|nword|xword|byte|half|short|skip|uahalf|uaword)';
+    $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '^\t\.global';
+    $T_HDR_literal  = "\.text\n\t\.align 8\n";
+    $T_HDR_misc     = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
+    $T_HDR_data     = "\.data\n\t\.align 8\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
+    $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.align 4\n";
+    $T_HDR_info     = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
+    $T_HDR_entry    = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
+    $T_HDR_vector   = "\.text\n\t\.align 4\n";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
     } else {
@@ -400,18 +413,15 @@ if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-/ ) {
 }
 print STDERR "T_MOVE_DIRVS: $T_MOVE_DIRVS\n";
 print STDERR "T_COPY_DIRVS: $T_COPY_DIRVS\n";
-print STDERR "T_hsc_cc_PAT: $T_hsc_cc_PAT\n";
 print STDERR "T_DOT_WORD: $T_DOT_WORD\n";
 print STDERR "T_HDR_literal: $T_HDR_literal\n";
 print STDERR "T_HDR_misc: $T_HDR_misc\n";
 print STDERR "T_HDR_data: $T_HDR_data\n";
-print STDERR "T_HDR_consist: $T_HDR_consist\n";
+print STDERR "T_HDR_rodata: $T_HDR_rodata\n";
 print STDERR "T_HDR_closure: $T_HDR_closure\n";
 print STDERR "T_HDR_info: $T_HDR_info\n";
 print STDERR "T_HDR_entry: $T_HDR_entry\n";
-print STDERR "T_HDR_fast: $T_HDR_fast\n";
 print STDERR "T_HDR_vector: $T_HDR_vector\n";
-print STDERR "T_HDR_direct: $T_HDR_direct\n";
 }
 
 }
@@ -447,8 +457,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
     $numchks = 0;      # number of them
     @chkcat = ();      # what category of thing in each chunk
     @chksymb = ();     # what symbol(base) is defined in this chunk
-    %slowchk = ();     # ditto, its regular "slow" entry code
-    %fastchk = ();     # ditto, fast entry code
+    %entrychk = ();    # ditto, its entry code
     %closurechk = ();  # ditto, the (static) closure
     %srtchk = ();      # ditto, its SRT (for top-level things)
     %infochk = ();     # given a symbol base, say what chunk its info tbl is in
@@ -470,16 +479,27 @@ sub mangle_asm {
        if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^mips-/ 
          && /^\t\.(globl\S+\.text|comm\t)/ ) {
            $EXTERN_DECLS .= $_ unless /(__DISCARD__|\b(PK_|ASSIGN_)(FLT|DBL)\b)/;
-  
-       # As a temporary solution for compiling "foreign export" declarations,
-       # we use global variables to pass arguments from C to STG land.
-       # These declarations live in the .hc file and not in the generated C
-       # stub file, so we let them pass through here.
-       } elsif ( /^\t\.comm\t__fexp_.*$/ ) {
+       # Treat .comm variables as data.  These show up in two (known) places:
+       #
+       #    - the module_registered variable used in the __stginit fragment.
+       #      even though these are declared static and initialised, gcc 3.3
+       #      likes to make them .comm, presumably to save space in the
+       #      object file.
+       #
+       #    - global variables used to pass arguments from C to STG in
+       #      a foreign export.  (is this still true? --SDM)
+       # 
+       } elsif ( /^\t\.comm.*$/ ) {
            $chk[++$i]   = $_;
            $chkcat[$i]  = 'data';
            $chksymb[$i] = '';
 
+       # Labels beginning "_c": these are literal strings.
+       } elsif ( /^${T_US}_c.*$/ ) {
+           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+           $chkcat[$i]  = 'rodata';
+           $chksymb[$i] = '';
+
        } elsif ( /^\s+/ ) { # most common case first -- a simple line!
            # duplicated from the bottom
 
@@ -517,17 +537,10 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 
        } elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_(entry|ret)${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
            $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i]  = 'slow';
+           $chkcat[$i]  = 'entry';
            $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
-           $slowchk{$1} = $i;
-
-       } elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_fast\d*${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
-           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i]  = 'fast';
-           $chksymb[$i] = $1;
-
-           $fastchk{$1} = $i;
+           $entrychk{$1} = $i;
 
        } elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_closure${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
            $chk[++$i]   = $_;
@@ -548,10 +561,6 @@ sub mangle_asm {
            $chkcat[$i]  = 'data';
            $chksymb[$i] = '';
 
-       } elsif ( /^${T_US}ghc.*c_ID${T_POST_LBL}/o ) {
-           $chk[++$i]  = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i] = 'consist';
-
        } elsif ( /^(${T_US}__gnu_compiled_c|gcc2_compiled\.)${T_POST_LBL}/o ) {
            ; # toss it
 
@@ -586,15 +595,6 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 
            $vectorchk{$1} = $i;
 
-       # As a temporary solution for compiling "foreign export" declarations,
-       # we use global variables to pass arguments from C to STG land.
-       # These declarations live in the .hc file and not in the generated C
-       # stub file, so we let them pass through here.
-       } elsif ( /^[\t ]+\.comm[\t ]+__fexp_.*$/ ) {
-           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i]  = 'data';
-           $chksymb[$i] = '';
-
        } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-.*-solaris2/
             &&   /^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_]*:/ ) {
             # Some Solaris system headers contain function definitions (as
@@ -619,30 +619,29 @@ sub mangle_asm {
                       /^${T_US}stg_.*${T_POST_LBL}$/o          # RTS internals
                    || /^${T_US}__stg_.*${T_POST_LBL}$/o        # more RTS internals
                    || /^${T_US}__fexp_.*${T_POST_LBL}$/o       # foreign export
+                   || /^${T_US}.*_slow${T_POST_LBL}$/o         # slow entry
                    || /^${T_US}__stginit.*${T_POST_LBL}$/o     # __stginit<module>
                    || /^${T_US}.*_btm${T_POST_LBL}$/o          # large bitmaps
+                   || /^${T_US}.*_srtd${T_POST_LBL}$/o          # large bitmaps
+                   || /^${T_US}.*_fast${T_POST_LBL}$/o         # primops
                    || /^${T_US}.*_closure_tbl${T_POST_LBL}$/o  # closure tables
                     || /^_uname:/o;                            # x86/Solaris2
            $chk[++$i]   = $_;
            $chkcat[$i]  = 'misc';
            $chksymb[$i] = '';
 
-       } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/ && /^\.picsymbol_stub/ )
-       {
-           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i]  = 'dyld';
-           $chksymb[$i] = '';
-       } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/ && /^\.lazy_symbol_pointer/ )
-       {
-           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i]  = 'dyld';
-           $chksymb[$i] = '';
-       } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/ && /^\.non_lazy_symbol_pointer/ )
+       } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/ && ( 
+                  /^\.picsymbol_stub/
+               || /^\.section __TEXT,__picsymbol_stub1,.*/
+               || /^\.symbol_stub/
+               || /^\.section __TEXT,__symbol_stub1,.*/
+               || /^\.lazy_symbol_pointer/
+               || /^\.non_lazy_symbol_pointer/ ))
        {
            $chk[++$i]   = $_;
            $chkcat[$i]  = 'dyld';
            $chksymb[$i] = '';
-       } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/ && /^\.data/ && $chkcat[$i] == 'dyld')
+       } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/ && /^\.data/ && $chkcat[$i] eq 'dyld')
        {       # non_lazy_symbol_ptrs that point to local symbols
            $chk[++$i]   = $_;
            $chkcat[$i]  = 'dyld';
@@ -715,14 +714,25 @@ sub mangle_asm {
                          $r = $& . $r;
                    }
 
+               } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^x86_64-/) {
+                   $p =~ s/^\tpushq\s+\%r(bx|bp|12|13|14)\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tmovq\s+\%r(bx|bp|12|13|14),\s*\d*\(\%rsp\)\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tsubq\s+\$\d+,\s*\%rsp\n//;
+
                } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^ia64-/) {
                    $p =~ s/^\t\.prologue .*\n//;
-                   $p =~ s/^\t\.save ar\.pfs, r\d+\n\talloc r\d+ = ar\.pfs, 0, 31, \d+, 0\n//;
+                   $p =~ s/^\t\.save ar\.pfs, r\d+\n\talloc r\d+ = ar\.pfs, 0, 3[12], \d+, 0\n//;
                    $p =~ s/^\t\.fframe \d+\n\tadds r12 = -\d+, r12\n//;
                    $p =~ s/^\t\.save rp, r\d+\n\tmov r\d+ = b0\n//;
-                   $p =~ s/^\t\.(mii|mmi)\n//; # bundling is no longer sensible
+                   $p =~ s/^\t\.(mii|mmi)\n//g;        # bundling is no longer sensible
                    $p =~ s/^\t;;\n//g;         # discard stops
                    $p =~ s/^\t\/\/.*\n//g;     # gcc inserts timings in // comments
+
+                   # GCC 3.3 saves r1 in the prologue, move this to the body
+                   if ($p =~ /^\tmov r\d+ = r1\n/) {
+                         $p = $` . $';
+                         $r = $& . $r;
+                   }
                } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^m68k-/) {
                    $p =~ s/^\tlink a6,#-?\d.*\n//;
                    $p =~ s/^\tpea a6@\n\tmovel sp,a6\n//;    
@@ -762,13 +772,32 @@ sub mangle_asm {
                    $p =~ s/^\tbcl 20,31,L\d+\$pb\n//;
                    $p =~ s/^L\d+\$pb:\n//;
                    $p =~ s/^\tmflr r31\n//;
+
+                   # This is bad: GCC 3 seems to zero-fill some local variables in the prologue
+                   # under some circumstances, only when generating position dependent code.
+                   # I have no idea why, and I don't think it is necessary, so let's toss it.
+                   $p =~ s/^\tli r\d+,0\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstw r\d+,\d+\(r1\)\n//g;
+               } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-.*-linux/) {
+                   $p =~ s/^\tmflr 0\n//;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstmw \d+,\d+\(1\)\n//;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstfd \d+,\d+\(1\)\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstw r0,8\(1\)\n//;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstwu 1,-\d+\(1\)\n//; 
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstw \d+,\d+\(1\)\n//g; 
+
+                   # This is bad: GCC 3 seems to zero-fill some local variables in the prologue
+                   # under some circumstances, only when generating position dependent code.
+                   # I have no idea why, and I don't think it is necessary, so let's toss it.
+                   $p =~ s/^\tli \d+,0\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstw \d+,\d+\(1\)\n//g;
                } else {
                    print STDERR "$Pgm: unknown prologue mangling? $TargetPlatform\n";
                }
                
                # HWL HACK: dont die, just print a warning
                #print stderr  "HWL: this should die! Prologue junk?: $p\n" if $p =~ /^\t[^\.]/;
-               die "Prologue junk?: $p\n" if $p =~ /^\t[^\.]/;
+               die "Prologue junk?: $p\n" if $p =~ /^\s+[^\s\.]/;
                
                if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/ && $pcrel_label ne "") {
                    # on PowerPC, we have to keep a part of the prologue
@@ -821,6 +850,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
                    $e =~ s/^\tlw?z? r\d+,\d+\(r1\)\n//; 
                    $e =~ s/^\tmtlr r0\n//;
                    $e =~ s/^\tblr\n//;
+                   $e =~ s/^\tb restFP ;.*\n//;
                } else {
                    print STDERR "$Pgm: unknown epilogue mangling? $TargetPlatform\n";
                }
@@ -848,10 +878,16 @@ sub mangle_asm {
        $c =~ s/^\t(call|jbsr|jal)\s+${T_US}__DISCARD__\n//go;
        $c =~ s/^\tjsr\s+\$26\s*,\s*${T_US}__DISCARD__\n//go if $TargetPlatform =~ /^alpha-/;
        $c =~ s/^\tbl\s+L___DISCARD__\$stub\n//go if $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/;
+       $c =~ s/^\tbl\s+__DISCARD__\n//go if $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-.*-linux/;
 
        # IA64: mangle tailcalls into jumps here
-       $c =~ s/^\tbr\.call\.sptk\.many b0 = (.*)\n\t;;\n(\tmov r1 = r\d+\n)?\t;;\n\t--- TAILCALL ---\n/\tbr\.few $1\n/g
-               if $TargetPlatform =~ /^ia64-/;
+       if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^ia64-/) {
+           while ($c =~ s/^\tbr\.call\.sptk\.many b0 = (.*)\n(?:^\.L([0-9]*):\n)?(?:\t;;\n)?(?:\tmov r1 = r\d+\n)?(?:\t;;\n)?\t--- TAILCALL ---\n(?:\t;;\n\tbr \.L\d+\n)?/\tbr\.few $1\n/) {
+               # Eek, the gcc optimiser is getting smarter... if we see a jump to the --- TAILCALL ---
+               # marker then we reapply the substitution at the source sites
+               $c =~ s/^\tbr \.L$2\n/\t--- TAILCALL ---\n/g if ($2);
+           }
+       }
 
        # MIPS: that may leave some gratuitous asm macros around
        # (no harm done; but we get rid of them to be tidier)
@@ -888,7 +924,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
            #    blah_closure:
            #           ...
             #
-           if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^(i386|sparc)/ && $to_move =~ /${T_COPY_DIRVS}/ ) {
+           if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^(i386|sparc|powerpc)/ && $to_move =~ /${T_COPY_DIRVS}/ ) {
                $j = $i + 1;
                while ( $j < $numchks  && $chk[$j] =~ /$T_CONST_LBL/) {
                        $j++;
@@ -1009,42 +1045,6 @@ sub mangle_asm {
                print OUTASM $chk[$i];
            }
 
-       } elsif ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'consist' ) {
-           if ( $chk[$i] =~ /$T_hsc_cc_PAT/o ) {
-               local($consist) = "$1.$2.$3";
-               $consist =~ s/,/./g;
-               $consist =~ s/\//./g;
-               $consist =~ s/-/_/g;
-               $consist =~ s/[^A-Za-z0-9_.]/ZZ/g; # ToDo: properly?
-               #
-               # Using a cygnus-2.7-96q4 gcc build on hppas, the 
-               # consistency chunk for ghc_cc_ID often (but not always!)
-               # gets lumped with a bunch of .IMPORT directives containing info on
-               # the code or data space nature of external symbols. We can't
-               # toss these, so once the consistency ID has been turned into
-               # a representable symbol, we substitute it for the symbol
-               # that the string was attached to in the first place (ghc_cc_ID.)
-               # (The original string is also substituted away.)
-               #
-               # This change may affect the code output on other platforms in
-               # adverse ways, hence we restrict this hack hppa targets only.
-               #
-               #    -- 2/98 SOF
-               if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^hppa/ )  {
-                       $chk[$i] =~ s/^${T_US}ghc.*c_ID$TPOSTLBL/$consist/o;
-                       $chk[$i] =~ s/\t$T_hsc_cc_PAT/$T_HDR_misc/o;
-                       $consist = $chk[$i]; #clumsily
-                }
-               print OUTASM $T_HDR_consist, "${consist}${T_POST_LBL}\n";
-
-           } elsif ( $TargetPlatform !~ /^(mips)-/ ) { # we just don't try in those case (ToDo)
-               # on mips: consistency string is just a v
-               # horrible bunch of .bytes,
-               # which I am too lazy to sort out (WDP 95/05)
-
-               print STDERR "Couldn't grok consistency: ", $chk[$i];
-           }
-
        } elsif ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'splitmarker' ) {
            # we can just re-constitute this one...
            # NB: we emit _three_ underscores no matter what,
@@ -1054,8 +1054,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
        } elsif ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'closure'
               || $chkcat[$i] eq 'srt'
               || $chkcat[$i] eq 'infotbl'
-              || $chkcat[$i] eq 'slow'
-              || $chkcat[$i] eq 'fast' ) { # do them in that order
+              || $chkcat[$i] eq 'entry') { # do them in that order
            $symb = $chksymb[$i];
 
            # CLOSURE
@@ -1067,7 +1066,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 
            # SRT
            if ( defined($srtchk{$symb}) ) {
-               print OUTASM $T_HDR_srt;
+               print OUTASM $T_HDR_rodata;
                print OUTASM $chk[$srtchk{$symb}];
                $chkcat[$srtchk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
            }
@@ -1083,106 +1082,32 @@ sub mangle_asm {
                $chkcat[$infochk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
            }
 
-           # STD ENTRY POINT
-           if ( defined($slowchk{$symb}) ) {
-
-               # teach it to drop through to the fast entry point:
-               $c = $chk[$slowchk{$symb}];
-
-               if ( defined($fastchk{$symb}) ) {
-                   if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^alpha-/ ) {
-                       $c =~ s/^\tjmp \$31,\(\$27\),0\n\t\.align 4\n\t\.end/\t.align 4\n\t.end/;
-                   } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^hppa/ ) {
-                       $c =~ s/^\s+ldil.*\n\s+ldo.*\n\s+bv.*\n(.*\n)?\s+\.EXIT/$1\t.EXIT/;
-                   } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-/ ) {
-                       # Reg alloc depending, gcc generated code may jump to the fast entry point via
-                       # a number of registers.
-                       $c =~ s/^\tmovl\s+\$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d*,\s*\%edx\n\tjmp\s+\*\%edx\n//;
-                       $c =~ s/^\tmovl\s+\$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d*,\s*\%ecx\n\tjmp\s+\*\%ecx\n//;
-                       $c =~ s/^\tmovl\s+\$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d*,\s*\%eax\n\tjmp\s+\*\%eax\n//;
-                       # The next two only apply if we're not stealing %esi or %edi.
-                       $c =~ s/^\tmovl\s+\$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d*,\s*\%esi\n\tjmp\s+\*\%esi\n// if ($StolenX86Regs < 3);
-                       $c =~ s/^\tmovl\s+\$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d*,\s*\%edi\n\tjmp\s+\*\%edi\n// if ($StolenX86Regs < 4);
-                   } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^ia64-/ ) {
-                       #$c =~ s/^\tbr\.few ${symb}_fast\d*#\n\t;;\n(\t;;\n\t\.endp ${symb}_entry#\n)/$1/;
-                       $c =~ s/^\tbr\.few ${symb}_fast\d*#\n(\t;;\n\t\.endp ${symb}_entry#\n)/$1/;
-                   } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^mips-/ ) {
-                       $c =~ s/^\tjmp \$31,\(\$27\),0\n\t\.align 4\n\t\.end/\t.align 4\n\t.end/;
-                   } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^m68k-/ ) {
-                       $c =~ s/^\tjmp ${T_US}${symb}_fast\d+.*\n\tnop\n//;
-                       $c =~ s/^\tjmp ${T_US}${symb}_fast\d+.*\n//;
-                   } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/ ) {
-                       $c =~ s/^\taddis r9,r31,ha16\(L_${symb}_fast\d*\$non_lazy_ptr-L\d+\$pb\)\n\tlwz r9,lo16\(L_${symb}_fast\d*\$non_lazy_ptr-L\d+\$pb\)\(r9\)\n\tmtctr r9\n\tbctr\n//;
-                               #       addis r9,r31,ha16(L_XXXX_fast3$non_lazy_ptr-L32$pb)
-                               #       lwz r9,lo16(L_XXXX_fast3$non_lazy_ptr-L32$pb)(r9)
-                               #       mtctr r9
-                               #       bctr
-                   } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^sparc-/ ) {
-                       $c =~ s/^\tcall\s+${T_US}${symb}_fast\d+,.*\n\t\s*nop\n//;
-                       $c =~ s/^\tcall\s+${T_US}${symb}_fast\d+,.*\n(\t\s*[a-z].*\n)/$1/;
-                   } else {
-                       print STDERR "$Pgm: mystery slow-fast dropthrough: $TargetPlatform\n";
-                   }
-               }
+           # ENTRY POINT
+           if ( defined($entrychk{$symb}) ) {
+
+               $c = $chk[$entrychk{$symb}];
 
-               if ( $TargetPlatform !~ /^(alpha-|hppa|mips-|powerpc-apple-)/) {
-                   # On alphas, hppa: no very good way to look for "dangling"
-                   # references to fast-entry point.
-                   # (questionable re hppa and mips...)
-                   print STDERR "still has jump to fast entry point:\n$c"
-                       if $c =~ /\b${T_US}${symb}_fast/;
+               # If this is an entry point with an info table,
+                # eliminate the entry symbol and all directives involving it.
+               if (defined($infochk{$symb}) && $TargetPlatform !~ /^ia64-/) {
+                       $c =~ s/^.*$symb_(entry|ret)${T_POST_LBL}\n//;
+                       $c =~ s/^\s*\..*$symb.*\n//g;
                }
 
                print OUTASM $T_HDR_entry;
 
                &print_doctored($c, 1); # NB: the 1!!!
 
-               $chkcat[$slowchk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
+               $chkcat[$entrychk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
            }
            
-           # FAST ENTRY POINT
-           if ( defined($fastchk{$symb}) ) {
-               $c = $chk[$fastchk{$symb}];
-               if ( ! defined($slowchk{$symb})
-                  # ToDo: the || clause can go once we're no longer
-                  # concerned about producing exactly the same output as before
-#OLD:             || $TargetPlatform =~ /^(m68k|sparc|i386)-/
-                  ) {
-                   print OUTASM $T_HDR_fast;
-               }
-                  
-               &print_doctored($c, 0);
-               $chkcat[$fastchk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
-           }
-
-       } elsif ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'vector'
-              || $chkcat[$i] eq 'direct' ) { # do them in that order
+       } elsif ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'vector' ) {
            $symb = $chksymb[$i];
 
            # VECTOR TABLE
            if ( defined($vectorchk{$symb}) ) {
                print OUTASM $T_HDR_vector;
-                
                print OUTASM &rev_tbl($symb, $chk[$vectorchk{$symb}], 0);
-                  # DO NOT DELETE THE NEXT LINE.  It fixes a rather subtle GC bug 
-                  # which showed up as a segfault reported by Ryszard Kubiak.
-                  # Problem is with vector tables.  They wind up as follows:
-                  #      .word some-word
-                  #      .word some-other-word
-                  #   fooble_vtbl:
-                  # Problem is that we want the label fooble_vtbl to be considered 
-                  # in the same section as the vtbl itself, but the label actually 
-                  # lives at the next word along.  If a data segment should happen 
-                  # to immediately follow the vtbl, as it can in GHCi, the label will 
-                  # be malclassified as in the data rather than text segment (during 
-                  # GC), and so we will regard references to it as static closure 
-                  # pointers rather than as code pointers, which is an error which 
-                  # usually crashes the garbage collectors.
-                  # To fix this, we place a dummy word after the label, so as to
-                  # ensure that the label is in the same segment as the vtbl proper.
-                  # The native code generator has an analogous fix; see
-                  # ghc/compiler/nativeGen/AbsCStixGen.lhs line 107.
-               print OUTASM "${T_create_word} 0\n";
 
                # direct return code will be put here!
                $chkcat[$vectorchk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
@@ -1197,6 +1122,11 @@ sub mangle_asm {
                print OUTASM "\t# nop\n";
            }
            
+       } elsif ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'rodata' ) {
+               print OUTASM $T_HDR_rodata;
+               print OUTASM $chk[$i];
+               $chkcat[$i] = 'DONE ALREADY';
+
        } elsif ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'toc' ) {
             # silly optimisation to print tocs, since they come in groups...
            print OUTASM $T_HDR_toc;
@@ -1327,7 +1257,7 @@ sub print_doctored {
     # Offsets into register table - you'd better update these magic
     # numbers should you change its contents!
     # local($OFFSET_R1)=0;  No offset for R1 in new RTS.
-    local($OFFSET_Hp)=92;
+    local($OFFSET_Hp)=88;
 
        # Note funky ".=" stuff; we're *adding* to these _patch guys
     if ( $StolenX86Regs <= 2
@@ -1442,13 +1372,18 @@ sub rev_tbl {
        }
     }
 
-    # now throw away the first word (SRT) iff it is empty.
+    # Now throw away any initial zero word from the table.  This is a hack
+    # that lets us reduce the size of info tables when the SRT field is not
+    # needed: see comments StgFunInfoTable in InfoTables.h.
+    #
     # The .zero business is for Linux/ELF.
     # The .skip business is for Sparc/Solaris/ELF.
     # The .blockz business is for HPPA.
-    if ($discard1 && $words[0] =~ /^\t?(${T_DOT_WORD}\s+0|\.zero\s+4|\.skip\s+4|\.blockz\s+4)/) {
-       shift(@words)
-    }
+#    if ($discard1) {
+#      if ($words[0] =~ /^\t?(${T_DOT_WORD}\s+0|\.zero\s+4|\.skip\s+4|\.blockz\s+4)/) {
+#              shift(@words);
+#      }
+#    }
 
     for (; $i <= $#lines; $i++) {
        $after .= $lines[$i] . "\n";