fixup ARM documentation

diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index ffec330..99857e5 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2000-01-10  Philip Blundell  <philb@gnu.org>
+
+       * doc/c-arm.texi (ARM Options): Fix typo.
+       (ARM-Chars): Correct description of `#'.  Mention  that `;' is a 
+       line separator for Linux.
+       * doc/as.texinfo (Comments): Mention the ARM.
+
 2000-01-10  Philip Blundell  <pb@futuretv.com>
 
        * configure.in (arm*-*-conix*): New target.

diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
index eb5aee8..0f342fe 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
@@ -1555,6 +1555,9 @@ is considered a comment and is ignored.  The line comment character is
 @ifset ARC
 @samp{;} on the ARC;
 @end ifset
+@ifset ARM
+@samp{@@} on the ARM;
+@end ifset
 @ifset H8/300
 @samp{;} for the H8/300 family;
 @end ifset

diff --git a/gas/doc/c-arm.texi b/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
index 5a4c2b3..ff98d7f 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Calling Standard.
 @item -mapcs-float
 This indicates the the floating point variant of the APCS should be
 used.  In this variant floating point arguments are passed in FP
-registers ratehr than integer registers.
+registers rather than integer registers.
 @item -mapcs-reentrant
 This indicates that the reentrant variant of the APCS should be used.
 This variant supports position independent code.
@@ -102,8 +102,19 @@ the final release of the ARM-ELF specifications.
 
 @cindex line comment character, ARM
 @cindex ARM line comment character
-The presence of a @samp{#} and @samp{@@} on a line indicates the start of
-a comment that extends to the end of the current line.
+The presence of a @samp{@@} on a line indicates the start of a comment
+that extends to the end of the current line.  If a @samp{#} appears as
+the first character of a line, the whole line is treated as a comment.
+
+@cindex line separator, ARM
+@cindex statement separator, ARM
+@cindex ARM line separator
+On ARM systems running the GNU/Linux operating system, @samp{;} can be
+used instead of a newline to separate statements.
+
+@cindex immediate character, ARM
+@cindex ARM immediate character
+Either @samp{#} or @samp{$} can be used to indicate immediate operands.
 
 @cindex identifiers, ARM
 @cindex ARM identifiers