Linux/mips supports .type for functions. Here is a patch.
H.J.
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2001-06-06 H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)
* config/mips/linux.h (ASM_DECLARE_FUNCTION_NAME): Defined.
(ASM_DECLARE_FUNCTION_SIZE): Likewise.
(FUNCTION_NAME_ALREADY_DECLARED): Likewise.
--- gcc/config/mips/linux.h.type Tue Jun 5 10:28:29 2001
+++ gcc/config/mips/linux.h Tue Jun 5 10:29:08 2001
@@ -204,3 +204,36 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
fputc ('-', FILE); \
assemble_name (FILE, LO); \
} while (0)
+
+#undef ASM_DECLARE_FUNCTION_NAME
+#define ASM_DECLARE_FUNCTION_NAME(STREAM, NAME, DECL) \
+ do { \
+ if (!flag_inhibit_size_directive) \
+ { \
+ fputs ("\t.ent\t", STREAM); \
+ assemble_name (STREAM, NAME); \
+ putc ('\n', STREAM); \
+ } \
+ fprintf (STREAM, "\t%s\t ", TYPE_ASM_OP); \
+ assemble_name (STREAM, NAME); \
+ putc (',', STREAM); \
+ fprintf (STREAM, TYPE_OPERAND_FMT, "function"); \
+ putc ('\n', STREAM); \
+ assemble_name (STREAM, NAME); \
+ fputs (":\n", STREAM); \
+ } while (0)
+
+#undef ASM_DECLARE_FUNCTION_SIZE
+#define ASM_DECLARE_FUNCTION_SIZE(STREAM, NAME, DECL) \
+ do { \
+ if (!flag_inhibit_size_directive) \
+ { \
+ fputs ("\t.end\t", STREAM); \
+ assemble_name (STREAM, NAME); \
+ putc ('\n', STREAM); \
+ } \
+ } while (0)
+
+/* Tell function_prologue in mips.c that we have already output the .ent/.end
+ pseudo-ops. */
+#define FUNCTION_NAME_ALREADY_DECLARED
