Add support to GDB for the Renesas rl78 architecture.

[external/binutils.git] / gas / doc / c-m68hc11.texi

diff --git a/gas/doc/c-m68hc11.texi b/gas/doc/c-m68hc11.texi
index a41d6fc..bebc53e 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/doc/c-m68hc11.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-m68hc11.texi
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-@c Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003
+@c Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003,
+@c 2006, 2011
 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c This is part of the GAS manual.
 @c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo.
@@ -82,9 +83,9 @@ mode addressing. When it is used with the direct page mode,
 This option prevents @code{@value{AS}} from doing this, and the wrong
 usage of the direct page mode will raise an error.
 
-@cindex @samp{--short-branchs}
-@item --short-branchs
-The @samp{--short-branchs} option turns off the translation of
+@cindex @samp{--short-branches}
+@item --short-branches
+The @samp{--short-branches} option turns off the translation of
 relative branches into absolute branches when the branch offset is
 out of range. By default @code{@value{AS}} transforms the relative
 branch (@samp{bsr}, @samp{bgt}, @samp{bge}, @samp{beq}, @samp{bne},
@@ -93,15 +94,15 @@ branch (@samp{bsr}, @samp{bgt}, @samp{bge}, @samp{beq}, @samp{bne},
 an absolute branch when the offset is out of the -128 .. 127 range.
 In that case, the @samp{bsr} instruction is translated into a
 @samp{jsr}, the @samp{bra} instruction is translated into a
-@samp{jmp} and the conditional branchs instructions are inverted and
+@samp{jmp} and the conditional branches instructions are inverted and
 followed by a @samp{jmp}. This option disables these translations
 and @code{@value{AS}} will generate an error if a relative branch
 is out of range. This option does not affect the optimization
 associated to the @samp{jbra}, @samp{jbsr} and @samp{jbXX} pseudo opcodes.
 
-@cindex @samp{--force-long-branchs}
-@item --force-long-branchs
-The @samp{--force-long-branchs} option forces the translation of
+@cindex @samp{--force-long-branches}
+@item --force-long-branches
+The @samp{--force-long-branches} option forces the translation of
 relative branches into absolute branches. This option does not affect
 the optimization associated to the @samp{jbra}, @samp{jbsr} and
 @samp{jbXX} pseudo opcodes. 
@@ -146,6 +147,25 @@ bset 2,x #4
 brclr *bot #8 foo
 @end smallexample
 
+@cindex line comment character, M68HC11
+@cindex M68HC11 line comment character
+The presence of a @samp{;} character or a @samp{!} character anywhere
+on a line indicates the start of a comment that extends to the end of
+that line.
+
+A @samp{*} or a @samp{#} character at the start of a line also
+introduces a line comment, but these characters do not work elsewhere
+on the line.  If the first character of the line is a @samp{#} then as
+well as starting a comment, the line could also be logical line number
+directive (@pxref{Comments}) or a preprocessor control command
+(@pxref{Preprocessing}).
+
+@cindex line separator, M68HC11
+@cindex statement separator, M68HC11
+@cindex M68HC11 line separator
+The M68HC11 assembler does not currently support a line separator
+character.
+
 @cindex M68HC11 addressing modes
 @cindex addressing modes, M68HC11
 The following addressing modes are understood for 68HC11 and 68HC12:
@@ -382,7 +402,7 @@ Certain pseudo opcodes are permitted for branch instructions.
 They expand to the shortest branch instruction that reach the
 target. Generally these mnemonics are made by prepending @samp{j} to
 the start of Motorola mnemonic. These pseudo opcodes are not affected
-by the @samp{--short-branchs} or @samp{--force-long-branchs} options.
+by the @samp{--short-branches} or @samp{--force-long-branches} options.
 
 The following table summarizes the pseudo-operations.
 
@@ -390,7 +410,7 @@ The following table summarizes the pseudo-operations.
                         Displacement Width
      +-------------------------------------------------------------+
      |                     Options                                 |
-     |    --short-branchs            --force-long-branchs          |
+     |    --short-branches           --force-long-branches         |
      +--------------------------+----------------------------------+
   Op |BYTE             WORD     | BYTE          WORD               |
      +--------------------------+----------------------------------+