[project @ 2006-01-09 14:25:44 by simonmar]
[ghc-hetmet.git] / ghc / driver / mangler / ghc-asm.lprl
index f3afb96..760175a 100644 (file)
@@ -96,24 +96,19 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_CONST_LBL    = '^\$L?C(\d+):$'; # regexp for what such a lbl looks like
     $T_POST_LBL            = ':';
 
-    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.align\s+\d+|\.(globl|ent)\s+\S+|\#.*|\.(file|loc)\s+\S+\s+\S+|\.text|\.r?data)\n)';
-    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '^\s*(\#|\.(file|globl|ent|loc))';
+    $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)
@@ -156,61 +146,45 @@ 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.*|\.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 ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-.*-(solaris2|linux|gnu|freebsd|netbsd|openbsd|kfreebsdgnu)$/ ) {
 
     $T_STABBY      = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US          = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
     $T_PRE_APP     = # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
-                     ($TargetPlatform =~ /-(linux|freebsd|netbsd)$/) ? '#' : '/' ;
+                     ($TargetPlatform =~ /-(linux|gnu|freebsd|netbsd|openbsd)$/) ? '#' : '/' ;
     $T_CONST_LBL    = '^\.LC(\d+):$'; # regexp for what such a lbl looks like
     $T_POST_LBL            = ':';
     $T_X86_PRE_LLBL_PAT = '\.L';
     $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.*|\.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 +198,50 @@ 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_literal16 = "\.section\t\.rodata.cst16\n\t.align 16\n";
+    $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";
+
+       # the assembler on x86_64/Linux refuses to generate code for
+       #   .quad  x - y
+       # where x is in the text section and y in the rodata section.
+       # It works if y is in the text section, though.  This is probably
+       # going to cause difficulties for PIC, I imagine.
+    $T_HDR_relrodata= "\.text\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 +254,17 @@ 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 +278,121 @@ 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-.*/ ) {
+    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-darwin.*/ ) {
                                # 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_literal  = "\t\.const\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_closure  = "\t\.const_data\n\t\.align 2\n";
-    $T_HDR_srt      = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_rodata   = "\t\.const\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_relrodata= "\t\.const_data\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_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 =~ /^i386-apple-darwin.*/ ) {
+                               # 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     = '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_X86_PRE_LLBL_PAT = 'L';
+    $T_X86_PRE_LLBL        = 'L';
+    $T_X86_BADJMP   = '^\tjmp [^L\*]';
+
+    $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_DOT_WORD            = '\.(long|short|byte|fill|space)';
+    $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '\.globl';
+    $T_HDR_toc      = "\.toc\n";
+    $T_HDR_literal16= "\t\.literal8\n\t\.align 4\n";
+    $T_HDR_literal  = "\t\.const\n\t\.align 4\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\.const\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_relrodata= "\t\.const_data\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 =~ /^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 =~ /^powerpc64-.*-linux/ ) {
+                               # PowerPC 64 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\".toc\",\"aw\"\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
@@ -334,24 +400,19 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_CONST_LBL    = '^\.LLC(\d+):$'; # 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|\.stab.*|\.section.*|\s+\.type.*|\s+\.size.*)\n)';
-    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(global|proc|stab)';
+    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   =  '^((\s+\.align\s+\d+|\s+\.proc\s+\d+|\s+\.global\s+\S+|\s+\.local\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.stab.*|\s*\.section.*|\s+\.type.*|\s+\.size.*)\n)';
+    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(global|local|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_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 +425,40 @@ 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.*|\s+?\.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 {
@@ -387,6 +466,12 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
        exit 1;
     }
 
+    if($T_HDR_relrodata eq "") {
+            # default values:
+            # relrodata defaults to rodata.
+        $T_HDR_relrodata = $T_HDR_rodata;
+    }
+
 if ( 0 ) {
 print STDERR "T_STABBY: $T_STABBY\n";
 print STDERR "T_US: $T_US\n";
@@ -400,18 +485,15 @@ 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 +529,7 @@ 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 +551,55 @@ 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 ending "_str": these are literal strings.
+       } elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_str${T_POST_LBL}$/ ) {
+           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+           $chkcat[$i]  = 'rodata';
+           $chksymb[$i] = '';
+        } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /-darwin/
+                && (/^\s*\.subsections_via_symbols/
+                  ||/^\s*\.no_dead_strip.*/)) {
+            # Don't allow Apple's linker to do any dead-stripping of symbols
+            # in this file, because it will mess up info-tables in mangled
+            # code.
+            # The .no_dead_strip directives are actually put there by
+            # the gcc3 "used" attribute on entry points.
+        
+        } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^.*-apple-darwin.*/ && ( 
+                  /^\s*\.picsymbol_stub/
+               || /^\s*\.section __TEXT,__picsymbol_stub\d,.*/
+               || /^\s*\.section __TEXT,__picsymbolstub\d,.*/
+               || /^\s*\.symbol_stub/
+               || /^\s*\.section __TEXT,__symbol_stub\d,.*/
+               || /^\s*\.section __TEXT,__symbolstub\d,.*/
+               || /^\s*\.lazy_symbol_pointer/
+               || /^\s*\.non_lazy_symbol_pointer/ ))
+       {
+           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+           $chkcat[$i]  = 'dyld';
+           $chksymb[$i] = '';
+
+       } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^.*-apple-darwin.*/ && $chkcat[$i] eq 'dyld' && /^\s*\.data/)
+       {       # non_lazy_symbol_ptrs that point to local symbols
+           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+           $chkcat[$i]  = 'dyld';
+           $chksymb[$i] = '';
+
        } elsif ( /^\s+/ ) { # most common case first -- a simple line!
            # duplicated from the bottom
 
@@ -488,7 +608,6 @@ sub mangle_asm {
        } elsif ( /\.\.ng:$/ && $TargetPlatform =~ /^alpha-/ ) {
            # Alphas: Local labels not to be confused with new chunks
            $chk[$i] .= $_;
-  
        # NB: all the rest start with a non-space
 
        } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^mips-/
@@ -517,17 +636,10 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 
        } elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_(entry|ret)${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
            $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i]  = 'slow';
-           $chksymb[$i] = $1;
-
-           $slowchk{$1} = $i;
-
-       } elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_fast\d*${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
-           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i]  = 'fast';
+           $chkcat[$i]  = 'entry';
            $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
-           $fastchk{$1} = $i;
+           $entrychk{$1} = $i;
 
        } elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_closure${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
            $chk[++$i]   = $_;
@@ -548,9 +660,10 @@ sub mangle_asm {
            $chkcat[$i]  = 'data';
            $chksymb[$i] = '';
 
-       } elsif ( /^${T_US}ghc.*c_ID${T_POST_LBL}/o ) {
-           $chk[++$i]  = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i] = 'consist';
+       } elsif ( /^${T_US}(stg_ap_stack_entries|stg_stack_save_entries|stg_arg_bitmaps)${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
+           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+           $chkcat[$i]  = 'data';
+           $chksymb[$i] = '';
 
        } elsif ( /^(${T_US}__gnu_compiled_c|gcc2_compiled\.)${T_POST_LBL}/o ) {
            ; # toss it
@@ -586,15 +699,6 @@ 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
@@ -608,44 +712,59 @@ sub mangle_asm {
            $chkcat[$i]  = 'misc';
            $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
+        } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-apple-darwin/ && /^(___i686\.get_pc_thunk\.[abcd]x):/o) {
+                # To handle PIC on Darwin/x86, we need to appropriately pass through
+                # the get_pc_thunk functions. The need to be put into a special section
+                # marked as coalesced (otherwise the .weak_definition doesn't work
+                # on Darwin).
+            $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+            $chkcat[$i]  = 'get_pc_thunk';
+            $chksymb[$i] = $1;
+
        } elsif ( /^${T_US}[A-Za-z0-9_]/o
                && ( $TargetPlatform !~ /^hppa/ # need to avoid local labels in this case
-                  || ! /^L\$\d+$/ ) ) {
+                  || ! /^L\$\d+$/ ) 
+               && ( $TargetPlatform !~ /^powerpc64/ # we need to avoid local labels in this case
+                  || ! /^\.L\d+:$/ ) ) {
            local($thing);
            chop($thing = $_);
-           print STDERR "Funny global thing?: $_"
-               unless # $KNOWN_FUNNY_THING{$thing}
+           $thing =~ s/:$//;
+           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+           $chksymb[$i] = '';
+           if (
                       /^${T_US}stg_.*${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
+                   || /^${T_US}.*_fast${T_POST_LBL}$/o         # primops
+                    || /^_uname:/o                             # x86/Solaris2
+               )
+            {
+               $chkcat[$i]  = 'misc';
+            } elsif (
+                      /^${T_US}.*_srtd${T_POST_LBL}$/o          # large bitmaps
                    || /^${T_US}.*_closure_tbl${T_POST_LBL}$/o  # closure tables
-                    || /^_uname:/o;                            # x86/Solaris2
-           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i]  = 'misc';
-           $chksymb[$i] = '';
+                )
+            {
+                $chkcat[$i] = 'relrodata';
+            } else
+            {
+               print STDERR "Warning: retaining unknown function \`$thing' in output from C compiler\n";
+               $chkcat[$i]  = 'unknown';
+           }
 
-       } 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-.*-linux/ && /^\.LCTOC1 = /o ) {
+               # PowerPC Linux's large-model PIC (-fPIC) generates a gobal offset
+               # table "by hand". Be sure to copy it over.
+               # Note that this label and all entries in the table should actually
+               # go into the .got2 section, but it isn't easy to distinguish them
+               # from other constant literals (.LC\d+), so we just put everything
+               # in .rodata.
            $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i]  = 'dyld';
-           $chksymb[$i] = '';
-       } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/ && /^\.data/ && $chkcat[$i] == 'dyld')
-       {       # non_lazy_symbol_ptrs that point to local symbols
-           $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-           $chkcat[$i]  = 'dyld';
-           $chksymb[$i] = '';
+           $chkcat[$i]  = 'literal';
+           $chksymb[$i] = 'LCTOC1';
        } else { # simple line (duplicated at the top)
 
            $chk[$i] .= $_;
@@ -697,29 +816,66 @@ sub mangle_asm {
                $r =~ s/^\s*\n//;
 
                if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-/) {
-                   $p =~ s/^\tpushl\s+\%edi\n//;
-                   $p =~ s/^\tpushl\s+\%esi\n//;
-                   $p =~ s/^\tpushl\s+\%ebx\n//;
-                   $p =~ s/^\tsubl\s+\$\d+,\s*\%esp\n//;
-                    $p =~ s/^\tmovl\s+\$\d+,\s*\%eax\n\tcall\s+__alloca\n// if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^.*-cygwin32/);
-
-                   # GCC 3.1 is in the habit of adding spurious writes to the
-                   # stack in the prologue.  Just to be on the safe side,
-                   # chuck these over the fence into the main code.
-                   while ($p =~ /^\tmovl\s+(\$\d+|\%edi),\s*\d*\(\%esp\)\n/) {
-                         # print "Spurious instruction: $&";
-                         $p = $` . $';
-                         $r = $& . $r;
+                   if ($p =~ /^\tsubl\s+\$(\d+),\s*\%esp\n/) {
+                       if ($1 >= 8192) {
+                           die "Error: reserved stack space exceeded!\n  Possible workarounds: compile with -fasm, or try another version of gcc.\n"
+                       }
                    }
 
+               # gcc 3.4.3 puts this kind of stuff in the prologue, eg.
+               # when compiling PrimOps.cmm with -optc-O2:
+               #        xorl    %ecx, %ecx
+               #        xorl    %edx, %edx
+               #        movl    %ecx, 16(%esp)
+               #        movl    %edx, 20(%esp)
+               # but then the code of the function doesn't assume
+               # anything about the contnets of these stack locations.
+               # I think it's to do with the use of inline functions for
+               # PK_Word64() and friends, where gcc is initialising the
+               # contents of the struct to zero, and failing to optimise
+               # away the initialisation.  Let's live dangerously and
+               # discard these initalisations.
+
+                   $p =~ s/^\tpushl\s+\%e(di|si|bx)\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\txorl\s+\%e(ax|cx|dx),\s*\%e(ax|cx|dx)\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tmovl\s+\%e(ax|cx|dx|si|di),\s*\d*\(\%esp\)\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tmovl\s+\$\d+,\s*\d*\(\%esp\)\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tsubl\s+\$\d+,\s*\%esp\n//;
+                    $p =~ s/^\tmovl\s+\$\d+,\s*\%eax\n\tcall\s+__alloca\n// if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^.*-(cygwin32|mingw32)/);
+
+                    if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-apple-darwin/) {
+                        $pcrel_label = $p;
+                        $pcrel_label =~ s/(.|\n)*^(\"?L\d+\$pb\"?):\n(.|\n)*/$2/ or $pcrel_label = "";
+                        $pcrel_reg = $p;
+                        $pcrel_reg =~ s/(.|\n)*.*___i686\.get_pc_thunk\.([abcd]x)\n(.|\n)*/$2/ or $pcrel_reg = "";
+                        $p =~ s/^\s+call\s+___i686\.get_pc_thunk\..x//;
+                        $p =~ s/^\"?L\d+\$pb\"?:\n//;
+
+                        if ($pcrel_reg eq "bx") {
+                            # Bad gcc. Goes and uses %ebx, our BaseReg, for PIC. Bad gcc.
+                            die "Darwin/x86: -fPIC -via-C doesn't work yet, use -fasm. Aborting."
+                        }
+                    }
+
+               } 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//;    
@@ -743,14 +899,14 @@ sub mangle_asm {
                    $p =~ s/^\tsw\t\$fp,\d+\(\$sp\)\n//;
                    $p =~ s/^\tsw\t\$28,\d+\(\$sp\)\n//;
                    $p =~ s/__FRAME__/$FRAME/;
-               } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/) {
+               } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-darwin.*/) {
                    $pcrel_label = $p;
-                   $pcrel_label =~ s/(.|\n)*^(L\d+\$pb):\n(.|\n)*/$2/ or $pcrel_label = "";
+                   $pcrel_label =~ s/(.|\n)*^(\"?L\d+\$pb\"?):\n(.|\n)*/$2/ or $pcrel_label = "";
 
                    $p =~ s/^\tmflr r0\n//;
                    $p =~ s/^\tbl saveFP # f\d+\n//;
                    $p =~ s/^\tbl saveFP ; save f\d+-f\d+\n//;
-                   $p =~ s/^L\d+\$pb:\n//;
+                   $p =~ s/^\"?L\d+\$pb\"?:\n//;
                    $p =~ s/^\tstmw r\d+,-\d+\(r1\)\n//;
                    $p =~ s/^\tstfd f\d+,-\d+\(r1\)\n//g;
                    $p =~ s/^\tstw r0,\d+\(r1\)\n//g;
@@ -759,21 +915,84 @@ 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; 
+                    
+                        # GCC's "large-model" PIC (-fPIC)
+                   $pcrel_label = $p;
+                   $pcrel_label =~ s/(.|\n)*^.LCF(\d+):\n(.|\n)*/$2/ or $pcrel_label = "";
+
+                    $p =~ s/^\tbcl 20,31,.LCF\d+\n//;
+                    $p =~ s/^.LCF\d+:\n//;
+                    $p =~ s/^\tmflr 30\n//;
+                    $p =~ s/^\tlwz 0,\.LCL\d+-\.LCF\d+\(30\)\n//;
+                    $p =~ s/^\tadd 30,0,30\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 \d+,0\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstw \d+,\d+\(1\)\n//g;
+               } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc64-.*-linux/) {
+                   $p =~ s/^\tmr 31,1\n//;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tmflr 0\n//;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstmw \d+,\d+\(1\)\n//;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstfd \d+,-?\d+\(1\)\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstd r0,8\(1\)\n//;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstdu 1,-\d+\(1\)\n//; 
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstd \d+,-?\d+\(1\)\n//g; 
+                    
+                        # GCC's "large-model" PIC (-fPIC)
+                   $pcrel_label = $p;
+                   $pcrel_label =~ s/(.|\n)*^.LCF(\d+):\n(.|\n)*/$2/ or $pcrel_label = "";
+
+                    $p =~ s/^\tbcl 20,31,.LCF\d+\n//;
+                    $p =~ s/^.LCF\d+:\n//;
+                    $p =~ s/^\tmflr 30\n//;
+                    $p =~ s/^\tlwz 0,\.LCL\d+-\.LCF\d+\(30\)\n//;
+                    $p =~ s/^\tadd 30,0,30\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 \d+,0\n//g;
+                   $p =~ s/^\tstd \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-.*/ && $pcrel_label ne "") {
-                   # on PowerPC, we have to keep a part of the prologue
-                   # (which loads the current instruction pointer into register r31)
+                # For PIC, we want to keep part of the prologue
+               if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-darwin.*/ && $pcrel_label ne "") {
+                   # Darwin: load the current instruction pointer into register r31
                    $p .= "bcl 20,31,$pcrel_label\n";
                    $p .= "$pcrel_label:\n";
                    $p .= "\tmflr r31\n";
-               }
+               } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-.*-linux/ && $pcrel_label ne "") {
+                    # Linux: load the GOT pointer into register 30
+                    $p .= "\tbcl 20,31,.LCF$pcrel_label\n";
+                    $p .= ".LCF$pcrel_label:\n";
+                    $p .= "\tmflr 30\n";
+                    $p .= "\tlwz 0,.LCL$pcrel_label-.LCF$pcrel_label(30)\n";
+                    $p .= "\tadd 30,0,30\n";
+                } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-apple-darwin.*/ && $pcrel_label ne "") {
+                    $p .= "\tcall ___i686.get_pc_thunk.$pcrel_reg\n";
+                    $p .= "$pcrel_label:\n";
+                }
                
                # glue together what's left
                $c = $p . $r;
@@ -812,12 +1031,28 @@ sub mangle_asm {
                    $e =~ s/^\tlw\t\$fp,\d+\(\$sp\)\n//;
                    $e =~ s/^\taddu\t\$sp,\$sp,\d+\n//;
                    $e =~ s/^\tj\t\$31\n//;
-               } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/) {
+               } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-darwin.*/) {
                    $e =~ s/^\taddi r1,r1,\d+\n//;
-                   $e =~ s/^\tcal r1,\d+\(r1\)\n//;
-                   $e =~ s/^\tlw?z? r\d+,\d+\(r1\)\n//; 
+                   $e =~ s/^\tlwz r\d+,\d+\(r1\)\n//; 
+                   $e =~ s/^\tlmw r\d+,-\d+\(r1\)\n//;
                    $e =~ s/^\tmtlr r0\n//;
                    $e =~ s/^\tblr\n//;
+                   $e =~ s/^\tb restFP ;.*\n//;
+               } elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc64-.*-linux/) {
+                   $e =~ s/^\tmr 3,0\n//;
+                   $e =~ s/^\taddi 1,1,\d+\n//;
+                   $e =~ s/^\tld 0,16\(1\)\n//;
+                   $e =~ s/^\tmtlr 0\n//;
+
+                   # callee-save registers
+                   $e =~ s/^\tld \d+,-?\d+\(1\)\n//g;
+                   $e =~ s/^\tlfd \d+,-?\d+\(1\)\n//g;
+
+                   # get rid of the debug junk along with the blr
+                   $e =~ s/^\tblr\n\t.long .*\n\t.byte .*\n//;
+
+                   # incase we missed it with the last one get the blr alone
+                   $e =~ s/^\tblr\n//;
                } else {
                    print STDERR "$Pgm: unknown epilogue mangling? $TargetPlatform\n";
                }
@@ -832,9 +1067,12 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 
        # On SPARCs, we don't do --- BEGIN/END ---, we just
        # toss the register-windowing save/restore/ret* instructions
-       # directly:
+       # directly unless they've been generated by function definitions in header
+       # files on Solaris:
        if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^sparc-/ ) {
-           $c =~ s/^\t(save.*|restore.*|ret|retl)\n//g;
+           if ( ! ( $TargetPlatform =~ /solaris2$/ && $chkcat[$i] eq 'unknown' )) {
+               $c =~ s/^\t(save.*|restore.*|ret|retl)\n//g;
+           }
            # throw away PROLOGUE comments
            $c =~ s/^\t!#PROLOGUE# 0\n\t!#PROLOGUE# 1\n//;
        }
@@ -843,11 +1081,20 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 
        # toss all calls to __DISCARD__
        $c =~ s/^\t(call|jbsr|jal)\s+${T_US}__DISCARD__\n//go;
-       $c =~ s/^\tbl\s+L___DISCARD__\$stub\n//go if $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/;
+       $c =~ s/^\tjsr\s+\$26\s*,\s*${T_US}__DISCARD__\n//go if $TargetPlatform =~ /^alpha-/;
+       $c =~ s/^\tbl\s+L___DISCARD__\$stub\n//go if $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-darwin.*/;
+       $c =~ s/^\tbl\s+__DISCARD__(\@plt)?\n//go if $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-.*-linux/;
+       $c =~ s/^\tbl\s+\.__DISCARD__\n\s+nop\n//go if $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc64-.*-linux/;
+       $c =~ s/^\tcall\s+L___DISCARD__\$stub\n//go if $TargetPlatform =~ /i386-apple-darwin.*/;
 
        # 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)
@@ -884,7 +1131,7 @@ 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++;
@@ -907,16 +1154,18 @@ sub mangle_asm {
        if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^alpha-/ && $c =~ /^\t\.ent\s+(\S+)/ ) {
            $ent = $1;
            # toss all prologue stuff, except for loading gp, and the ..ng address
-           if (($p, $r) = split(/^\t\.prologue/, $c)) {
-               if (($keep, $junk) = split(/\.\.ng:/, $p)) {
-                   $keep =~ s/^\t\.frame.*\n/\t.frame \$30,0,\$26,0\n/;
-                   $keep =~ s/^\t\.(mask|fmask).*\n//g;
-                   $c = $keep . "..ng:\n";
-               } else {
-                   print STDERR "malformed code block ($ent)?\n"
-               }
-           }
-           $c .= "\t.prologue" . $r;
+           unless ($c =~ /\.ent.*\n\$.*\.\.ng:/) {
+               if (($p, $r) = split(/^\t\.prologue/, $c)) {
+                   if (($keep, $junk) = split(/\.\.ng:/, $p)) {
+                       $keep =~ s/^\t\.frame.*\n/\t.frame \$30,0,\$26,0\n/;
+                       $keep =~ s/^\t\.(mask|fmask).*\n//g;
+                       $c = $keep . "..ng:\n";
+                   } else {
+                       print STDERR "malformed code block ($ent)?\n"
+                   }
+               }
+               $c .= "\t.prologue" . $r;
+           }
        }
   
        $c =~ s/FUNNY#END#THING//;
@@ -964,7 +1213,23 @@ sub mangle_asm {
     # print out all the literal strings next
     for ($i = 0; $i < $numchks; $i++) {
        if ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'literal' ) {
-           print OUTASM $T_HDR_literal, $chk[$i];
+
+           # HACK: try to detect 16-byte constants and align them
+           # on a 16-byte boundary.  x86_64 sometimes needs 128-bit
+           # aligned constants, and so does Darwin/x86.
+           if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^x86_64/
+                || $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-apple-darwin/ ) { 
+               $z = $chk[$i];
+               if ($z =~ /(\.long.*\n.*\.long.*\n.*\.long.*\n.*\.long|\.quad.*\n.*\.quad)/) {
+                   print OUTASM $T_HDR_literal16;
+               } else {
+                   print OUTASM $T_HDR_literal;
+               }
+           } else {
+               print OUTASM $T_HDR_literal;
+           }
+
+           print OUTASM $chk[$i];
            print OUTASM "; end literal\n" if $TargetPlatform =~ /^hppa/; # for the splitter
 
            $chkcat[$i] = 'DONE ALREADY';
@@ -988,7 +1253,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 
        next if $chkcat[$i] eq 'DONE ALREADY';
 
-       if ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'misc' ) {
+       if ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'misc' || $chkcat[$i] eq 'unknown' ) {
            if ($chk[$i] ne '') {
                print OUTASM $T_HDR_misc;
                &print_doctored($chk[$i], 0);
@@ -1003,42 +1268,6 @@ 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,
@@ -1048,8 +1277,7 @@ 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
@@ -1061,7 +1289,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 
            # SRT
            if ( defined($srtchk{$symb}) ) {
-               print OUTASM $T_HDR_srt;
+               print OUTASM $T_HDR_relrodata;
                print OUTASM $chk[$srtchk{$symb}];
                $chkcat[$srtchk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
            }
@@ -1077,106 +1305,47 @@ 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";
-                   }
-               }
-
-               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}${symb}_fast/;
+           # ENTRY POINT
+           if ( defined($entrychk{$symb}) ) {
+
+               $c = $chk[$entrychk{$symb}];
+
+               # If this is an entry point with an info table,
+                # eliminate the entry symbol and all directives involving it.
+               if (defined($infochk{$symb}) && $TargetPlatform !~ /^ia64-/) {
+                       @o = ();
+                       foreach $l (split(/\n/,$c)) {
+                           next if $l =~ /^.*$symb_(entry|ret)${T_POST_LBL}/;
+
+                           # If we have .type/.size direrctives involving foo_entry,
+                           # then make them refer to foo_info instead.  The information
+                           # in these directives is used by the cachegrind annotator,
+                           # so it is worthwhile keeping.
+                           if ($l =~ /^\s*\.(type|size).*$symb_(entry|ret)/) {
+                               $l =~ s/$symb(_entry|_ret)/${symb}_info/g;
+                               push(@o,$l);
+                               next;
+                           }
+                            next if $l =~ /^\s*\..*$symb.*\n?/;
+                           push(@o,$l);
+                       }
+                       $c = join("\n",@o) . "\n";
                }
 
                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';
@@ -1191,6 +1360,14 @@ 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 'relrodata' ) {
+               print OUTASM $T_HDR_relrodata;
+               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;
@@ -1205,12 +1382,16 @@ sub mangle_asm {
                 $j++;
            }
            
-       } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-apple-.*/ && $chkcat[$i] eq 'dyld' ) {
-           # powerpc-apple: dynamic linker stubs
+       } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^.*-apple-darwin.*/ && $chkcat[$i] eq 'dyld' ) {
+           # apple-darwin: dynamic linker stubs
            if($chk[$i] !~ /\.indirect_symbol ___DISCARD__/)
            {   # print them out unchanged, but remove the stubs for __DISCARD__
                print OUTASM $chk[$i];
            }
+        } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-apple-darwin.*/ && $chkcat[$i] eq 'get_pc_thunk' ) {
+            # i386-apple-darwin: __i686.get_pc_thunk.[abcd]x
+            print OUTASM ".section __TEXT,__textcoal_nt,coalesced,no_toc\n";
+            print OUTASM $chk[$i];
        } else {
            &tidy_up_and_die(1,"$Pgm: unknown chkcat (ghc-asm: $TargetPlatform)\n$chkcat[$i]\n$chk[$i]\n");
        }
@@ -1253,12 +1434,25 @@ sub hppa_mash_prologue { # OK, epilogue, too
 sub print_doctored {
     local($_, $need_fallthru_patch) = @_;
 
+    if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^x86_64-/ ) {
+           # Catch things like
+           #   
+           #    movq -4(%ebp), %rax
+           #    jmp  *%rax
+           # 
+           # and optimise:
+           #
+           s/^\tmovq\s+(-?\d*\(\%r(bx|bp|13)\)),\s*(\%r(ax|cx|dx|10|11))\n\tjmp\s+\*\3/\tjmp\t\*$1/g;
+           s/^\tmovl\s+\$${T_US}(.*),\s*(\%e(ax|cx|si|di))\n\tjmp\s+\*\%r\3/\tjmp\t$T_US$1/g;
+    }
+
     if ( $TargetPlatform !~ /^i386-/ 
       || ! /^\t[a-z]/  # no instructions in here, apparently
       || /^${T_US}__stginit_[A-Za-z0-9_]+${T_POST_LBL}/) {
        print OUTASM $_;
        return;
     }
+
     # OK, must do some x86 **HACKING**
 
     local($entry_patch)        = '';
@@ -1297,8 +1491,16 @@ sub print_doctored {
     #   movl $_blah,<bad-reg>
     #   jmp  *<bad-reg>
     #
+    s/^\tmovl\s+\$${T_US}(.*),\s*(\%e[acd]x)\n\tjmp\s+\*\2/\tjmp $T_US$1/g;
 
-    s/^\tmovl\s+\$${T_US}(.*),(\%e[abcd]x)\n\tjmp\s+\*\2/\tjmp $T_US$1/g;
+    # Catch things like
+    #
+    #    movl -4(%ebx), %eax
+    #    jmp  *%eax
+    # 
+    # and optimise:
+    #
+    s/^\tmovl\s+(-?\d*\(\%e(bx|si)\)),\s*(\%e[acd]x)\n\tjmp\s+\*\3/\tjmp\t\*$1/g;
 
     if ($StolenX86Regs <= 2 ) { # YURGH! spurious uses of esi?
        s/^\tmovl\s+(.*),\s*\%esi\n\tjmp\s+\*%esi\n/\tmovl $1,\%eax\n\tjmp \*\%eax\n/g;
@@ -1321,7 +1523,7 @@ sub print_doctored {
     # Offsets into register table - you'd better update these magic
     # numbers should you change its contents!
     # local($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
@@ -1349,6 +1551,16 @@ sub print_doctored {
 
     # fix _all_ non-local jumps:
 
+    if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^.*-apple-darwin.*/ ) {
+        # On Darwin, we've got local-looking jumps that are
+        # actually global (i.e. jumps to Lfoo$stub or via
+        # Lfoo$non_lazy_ptr), so we fix those first.
+        # In fact, we just fix everything that contains a dollar
+        # because false positives don't hurt here.
+
+        s/^(\tjmp\s+\*?L.*\$.*\n)/$exit_patch$1/g;
+    }
+
     s/^\tjmp\s+\*${T_X86_PRE_LLBL_PAT}/\tJMP___SL/go;
     s/^\tjmp\s+${T_X86_PRE_LLBL_PAT}/\tJMP___L/go;
 
@@ -1418,13 +1630,30 @@ sub rev_tbl {
        $before .= $lines[$i] . "\n"; # otherwise...
     }
 
+    $infoname = $label;
+    $infoname =~ s/(.|\n)*^([A-Za-z0-9_]+_info)${T_POST_LBL}$(.|\n)*/\2/;
+    
     # Grab the table data...
     if ( $TargetPlatform !~ /^hppa/ ) {
        for ( ; $i <= $#lines && $lines[$i] =~ /^\t?${T_DOT_WORD}\s+/o; $i++) {
-           push(@words, $lines[$i]);
+           $line = $lines[$i];
+           # Convert addresses of SRTs, slow entrypoints and large bitmaps
+           # to offsets (relative to the info label),
+           # in order to support position independent code.
+            $line =~ s/$infoname/0/
+            || $line =~ s/([A-Za-z0-9_]+_srtd)$/\1 - $infoname/
+            || $line =~ s/([A-Za-z0-9_]+_srt(\+\d+)?)$/\1 - $infoname/
+           || $line =~ s/([A-Za-z0-9_]+_slow)$/\1 - $infoname/
+           || $line =~ s/([A-Za-z0-9_]+_btm)$/\1 - $infoname/
+            || $line =~ s/([A-Za-z0-9_]+_alt)$/\1 - $infoname/
+            || $line =~ s/([A-Za-z0-9_]+_dflt)$/\1 - $infoname/
+            || $line =~ s/([A-Za-z0-9_]+_ret)$/\1 - $infoname/;
+           push(@words, $line);
        }
     } else { # hppa weirdness
        for ( ; $i <= $#lines && $lines[$i] =~ /^\s+(${T_DOT_WORD}|\.IMPORT)/; $i++) {
+            # FIXME: the RTS now expects offsets instead of addresses
+            # for all labels in info tables.
            if ($lines[$i] =~ /^\s+\.IMPORT/) {
                push(@imports, $lines[$i]);
            } else {
@@ -1436,13 +1665,18 @@ 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";