diff --git a/ghc/driver/mangler/ghc-asm.lprl b/ghc/driver/mangler/ghc-asm.lprl
index 0907b0945cdcbc57b8959e59f2e0f73e239777a7..93c1c3a12abfe6e72514b197cf79778b7a5c7898 100644
--- a/ghc/driver/mangler/ghc-asm.lprl
+++ b/ghc/driver/mangler/ghc-asm.lprl
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
 
     $T_STABBY	    = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US	    = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
-    $T_DO_GC	    = 'PerformGC_wrapper';
     $T_PRE_APP	    = 'DONT THINK THIS APPLIES'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
     $T_CONST_LBL    = '^\$C(\d+):$'; # regexp for what such a lbl looks like
     $T_POST_LBL	    = ':';
@@ -64,12 +63,13 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
 
     $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.ascii.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\11"\n\t\.ascii\s+"(.*)\\\\0"';
     $T_DOT_WORD	    = '\.quad';
-    $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = "\t\.globl";
+    $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_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";
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
 
     $T_STABBY	    = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US	    = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
-    $T_DO_GC	    = 'PerformGC_wrapper';
     $T_PRE_APP	    = 'DONT THINK THIS APPLIES'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
     $T_CONST_LBL    = '^L\$C(\d+)$'; # regexp for what such a lbl looks like
     $T_POST_LBL	    = '';
@@ -89,14 +88,15 @@ 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	    = '\.word';
-    $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '\s+\.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_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";
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_HDR_direct   = "\t.SPACE \$TEXT\$\n\t.SUBSPA \$CODE\$\n\t\.align 4\n";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
-    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-.*-(linuxaout|freebsd)/ ) {
+    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-.*-(linuxaout|freebsd2|netbsd|nextstep3|cygwin32|mingw32)$/ ) {
+				# NeXT added but not tested. CaS
 
     $T_STABBY	    = 1; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US	    = '_'; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
-    $T_DO_GC	    = '_PerformGC_wrapper';
     $T_PRE_APP	    = '^#'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
     $T_CONST_LBL    = '^LC(\d+):$';
     $T_POST_LBL	    = ':';
@@ -116,16 +116,18 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_X86_PRE_LLBL	    = 'L';
     $T_X86_BADJMP   = '^\tjmp [^L\*]';
 
-    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.align\s+\d+(,0x90)?|\.globl\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.stab[^n].*|\.type\s+.*|\.size\s+.*)\n)';
+    $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_DOT_WORD	    = '\.long';
+    $T_DOT_WORD	    = '\.(long|word|value|byte|space)';
     $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '\.globl';
-    $T_HDR_literal  = "\.text\n\t\.align 2\n"; # .align 4 is 486-cache friendly
+    $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"; # ToDo: change align??
+    $T_HDR_data	    = "\.data\n\t\.align 2\n";
     $T_HDR_consist  = "\.text\n";
-    $T_HDR_closure  = "\.data\n\t\.align 2\n"; # ToDo: change align?
+    $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";
@@ -133,46 +135,51 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_HDR_direct   = "\.text\n\t\.align 2,0x90\n";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
-    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-.*-(solaris2|linux)$/ ) {
+    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-.*-(solaris2|linux|freebsd|netbsd_elf)$/ ) {
 
     $T_STABBY	    = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US	    = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
-    $T_DO_GC	    = 'PerformGC_wrapper';
-    $T_PRE_APP	    = '/'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
+    $T_PRE_APP	    = # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
+		      ($TargetPlatform =~ /-(linux|freebsd|netbsd_elf)$/) ? '#' : '/' ;
     $T_CONST_LBL    = '^\.LC(\d+):$'; # 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 [^\.\*]';
 
-    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.align\s+\d+(,0x90)?|\.globl\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.section\s+.*|\.type\s+.*|\.Lfe.*\n\t\.size\s+.*|\.size\s+.*|\.ident.*)\n)';
+    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.(p2)?align\s+\d+(,0x90)?|\.globl\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.section\s+.*|\.type\s+.*|\.Lfe.*\n\t\.size\s+.*|\.size\s+.*|\.ident.*)\n)';
     $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(globl)';
 
-    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.string.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\t(.*)"';
-    $T_DOT_WORD	    = '\.long';
+    if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /freebsd|netbsd_elf/ ) {
+        $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_GLOBAL   = '\.globl';
     $T_HDR_literal  = "\.section\t\.rodata\n"; # or just use .text??? (WDP 95/11)
-    $T_HDR_misc	    = "\.text\n\t\.align 16\n";
+    $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_info	    = "\.text\n\t\.align 16\n"; # NB: requires padding
+    $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_entry    = "\.text\n"; # no .align so we're right next to _info (arguably wrong...?)
-    $T_HDR_fast	    = "\.text\n\t\.align 16\n";
-    $T_HDR_vector   = "\.text\n\t\.align 16\n"; # NB: requires padding
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\.text\n\t\.align 16\n";
+    $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";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
     } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^m68k-.*-sunos4/ ) {
 
     $T_STABBY	    = 1; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US	    = '_'; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
-    $T_DO_GC	    = '_PerformGC_wrapper';
     $T_PRE_APP	    = '^# MAY NOT APPLY'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
     $T_CONST_LBL    = '^LC(\d+):$';
     $T_POST_LBL	    = ':';
 
-    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '(\s*(\.align\s+\d+|\.proc\s+\d+|\.const|\.cstring|\.globl\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.even|\.stab[^n].*)\n)';
+    $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"';
 
@@ -183,6 +190,7 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_HDR_data	    = "\.data\n\t\.even\n";
     $T_HDR_consist  = "\.text\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";
@@ -194,22 +202,22 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
 
     $T_STABBY	    = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US	    = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
-    $T_DO_GC	    = 'PerformGC_wrapper';
     $T_PRE_APP	    = '^\s*#'; # 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\s+\d+|\.(globl|ent)\s+\S+|\.text|\.r?data)\n)';
+    $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_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_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";
@@ -217,38 +225,38 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_HDR_direct   = "\t\.text\n\t\.align 2\n";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
-    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-.*/ ) {
+    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-.*|^rs6000-.*/ ) {
 
     $T_STABBY	    = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
-    $T_US	    = '\.'; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
-    $T_DO_GC	    = 'PerformGC_wrapper';
+    $T_US	    = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
     $T_PRE_APP	    = 'NOT APPLICABLE'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
-    $T_CONST_LBL    = '^LC\.\.(\d+):$'; # regexp for what such a lbl looks like
+    $T_CONST_LBL    = 'NOT APPLICABLE'; # regexp for what such a lbl looks like
     $T_POST_LBL	    = ':';
 
-    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.align\s+\d+(,0x90)?|\.globl\s+\S+|\.text|\.data|\.section\s+.*|\.type\s+.*|\.Lfe.*\n\t\.size\s+.*|\.size\s+.*|\.ident.*)\n)';
-    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(globl)';
+    $T_MOVE_DIRVS   = '^(\s*(\.toc|\.align \d+|\.csect \S+|\t\.?l?globl \S+)\n)';
+    $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(l?globl)';
 
-    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.string.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\t(.*)"';
+    $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.byte.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)"\n\t\.byte \d+\n\t\.byte "(.*)"\n\t\.byte \d+';
     $T_DOT_WORD	    = '\.long';
     $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 16\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_info	    = "\.text\n\t\.align 16\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 16\n";
-    $T_HDR_vector   = "\.text\n\t\.align 16\n"; # NB: requires padding
-    $T_HDR_direct   = "\.text\n\t\.align 16\n";
+    $T_HDR_toc      = "\.toc\n";
+    $T_HDR_literal  = "\.csect .data[RW]\n\t\.align 2\n";		#not RO!?
+    $T_HDR_misc	    = "# misc\n\.csect \.text[PR]\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_data	    = "# data\n\.csect \.data[RW]\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_consist  = "# consist\n\.csect \.data[RW]\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_closure  = "# closure\n\.csect \.data[RW]\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_srt      = "# closure\n\.csect \.data[RW]\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_info	    = "# info\n\.csect \.data[RW]\n\t\.align 2\n"; #not RO!?
+    $T_HDR_entry    = "# entry\n\.csect \.text[PR]\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_fast	    = "# fast\n\.csect \.text[PR]\n\t\.align 2\n";
+    $T_HDR_vector   = "# vector\n\.csect \.data[RW]\n\t\.align 2\n"; #not RO!?
+    $T_HDR_direct   = "# direct\n";
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------#
     } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^sparc-.*-solaris2/ ) {
 
     $T_STABBY	    = 0; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US	    = ''; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
-    $T_DO_GC	    = 'PerformGC_wrapper';
     $T_PRE_APP	    = 'DOES NOT SEEM TO APPLY'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
     $T_CONST_LBL    = '^\.LLC(\d+):$'; # regexp for what such a lbl looks like
     $T_POST_LBL	    = ':';
@@ -257,13 +265,14 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_COPY_DIRVS   = '\.(global|proc|stab)';
 
     $T_hsc_cc_PAT   = '\.asciz.*\)(hsc|cc) (.*)\\\\t(.*)"';
-    $T_DOT_WORD	    = '\.word';
-    $T_DOT_GLOBAL   = '\.global';
+    $T_DOT_WORD	    = '\.(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_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";
@@ -275,7 +284,6 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
 
     $T_STABBY	    = 1; # 1 iff .stab things (usually if a.out format)
     $T_US	    = '_'; # _ if symbols have an underscore on the front
-    $T_DO_GC	    = '_PerformGC_wrapper';
     $T_PRE_APP	    = '^# DOES NOT SEEM TO APPLY'; # regexp that says what comes before APP/NO_APP
     $T_CONST_LBL    = '^LC(\d+):$';
     $T_POST_LBL	    = ':';
@@ -291,6 +299,7 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
     $T_HDR_data	    = "\.data\n\t\.align 8\n";
     $T_HDR_consist  = "\.text\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";
@@ -306,7 +315,6 @@ sub init_TARGET_STUFF {
 if ( 0 ) {
 print STDERR "T_STABBY: $T_STABBY\n";
 print STDERR "T_US: $T_US\n";
-print STDERR "T_DO_GC: $T_DO_GC\n";
 print STDERR "T_PRE_APP: $T_PRE_APP\n";
 print STDERR "T_CONST_LBL: $T_CONST_LBL\n";
 print STDERR "T_POST_LBL: $T_POST_LBL\n";
@@ -347,9 +355,20 @@ sub mangle_asm {
     # multi-line regexp matching:
     local($*) = 1;
     local($i, $c);
+
+
     &init_TARGET_STUFF();
     &init_FUNNY_THINGS();
 
+    # perl4 on alphas SEGVs when give ${foo} substitutions in patterns.
+    # To avoid them we declare some locals that allows to avoid using curlies.
+    local($TUS)      = ${T_US};
+    local($TPOSTLBL) = ${T_POST_LBL};
+    local($TMOVEDIRVS) = ${T_MOVE_DIRVS};
+    local($TPREAPP)    = ${T_PRE_APP};
+    local($TCOPYDIRVS) = ${T_COPY_DIRVS};
+    local($TDOTWORD)   = ${T_DOT_WORD};
+
     open(INASM, "< $in_asmf")
 	|| &tidy_up_and_die(1,"$Pgm: failed to open `$in_asmf' (to read)\n");
     open(OUTASM,"> $out_asmf")
@@ -365,26 +384,37 @@ sub mangle_asm {
     %slowchk = ();	# ditto, its regular "slow" entry code
     %fastchk = ();	# ditto, fast 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
     %vectorchk = ();    # ditto, return vector table
-    %directchk = ();    # ditto, direct return code
     $EXTERN_DECLS = '';	# .globl <foo> .text (MIPS only)
 
     $i = 0; $chkcat[0] = 'misc'; $chk[0] = '';
 
     while (<INASM>) {
-	next if $T_STABBY && /^\.stab.*${T_US}__stg_split_marker/o;
+	next if $T_STABBY && /^\.stab.*$TUS[@]?__stg_split_marker/o;
 	next if $T_STABBY && /^\.stab.*ghc.*c_ID/;
-	next if /${T_PRE_APP}(NO_)?APP/o;
-
+	next if /^\t\.def.*endef$/;
+	next if /$TPREAPP(NO_)?APP/o; 
     	next if /^;/ && $TargetPlatform =~ /^hppa/;
 
-	next if /(^$|^\t\.file\t|^ # )/ && $TargetPlatform =~ /^mips-/;
+	next if /(^$|^\t\.file\t|^ # )/ && $TargetPlatform =~ /^(mips|powerpc|rs6000)-/;
+
+	last if /^_section_\.text:$/ && $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-|^rs6000-/;
 
 	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_.*$/ ) {
+	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'data';
+	    $chksymb[$i] = '';
+
 	} elsif ( /^\s+/ ) { # most common case first -- a simple line!
 	    # duplicated from the bottom
 
@@ -405,12 +435,12 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'literal';
 	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}__stg_split_marker(\d+)${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?__stg_split_marker(\d+)$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'splitmarker';
 	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_info${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_info$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
 	    $symb = $1;
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'infotbl';
@@ -420,40 +450,50 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 
 	    $infochk{$symb} = $i;
 
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_entry${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_(entry|ret)$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'slow';
 	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
 	    $slowchk{$1} = $i;
 
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_fast\d+${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_fast\d*$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'fast';
 	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
 	    $fastchk{$1} = $i;
 
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_closure${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_closure$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'closure';
 	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
 	    $closurechk{$1} = $i;
 
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}ghc.*c_ID${T_POST_LBL}/o ) {
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_srt$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
+	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'srt';
+	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
+
+	    $srtchk{$1} = $i;
+
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_ct$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
+	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'data';
+	    $chksymb[$i] = '';
+
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?ghc.*c_ID$TPOSTLBL/o ) {
 	    $chk[++$i]  = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i] = 'consist';
 
-	} elsif ( /^(${T_US}__gnu_compiled_c|gcc2_compiled\.)${T_POST_LBL}/o ) {
+	} elsif ( /^($TUS[@]?__gnu_compiled_c|gcc2_compiled\.)$TPOSTLBL/o ) {
 	    ; # toss it
 
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}ErrorIO_call_count${T_POST_LBL}$/o	# HACK!!!!
-	       || /^${T_US}[A-Za-z0-9_]+\.\d+${T_POST_LBL}$/o
-	       || /^${T_US}.*_CAT${T_POST_LBL}$/o 		# PROF: _entryname_CAT
-	       || /^${T_US}CC_.*_struct${T_POST_LBL}$/o	  	# PROF: _CC_ccident_struct
-	       || /^${T_US}.*_done${T_POST_LBL}$/o		# PROF: _module_done
-	       || /^${T_US}_module_registered${T_POST_LBL}$/o	# PROF: _module_registered
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[A-Za-z0-9_]+\.\d+$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o
+	       || /^$TUS[@]?.*_CAT$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o 		# PROF: _entryname_CAT
+	       || /^$TUS[@]?.*_done$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o		# PROF: _module_done
+	       || /^$TUS[@]?_module_registered$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o	# PROF: _module_registered
 	       ) {
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'data';
@@ -462,30 +502,40 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 	} elsif ( /^([A-Za-z0-9_]+)\s+\.comm/ && $TargetPlatform =~ /^hppa/ ) {
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'bss';
-  	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
+  	    $chksymb[$i] = '';
+
+ 	} elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-|^rs6000-/ && /^LC\.\.([0-9]+)/ ) {
+ 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+ 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'toc';
+   	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}(ret_|djn_)/o ) {
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_cc(s)?$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
+            # all CC_ symbols go in the data section...
+	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
+	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'data';
+	    $chksymb[$i] = '';
+
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_(alt|dflt)$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'misc';
 	    $chksymb[$i] = '';
+ 	    #$symbtmp = $1;
+            #$chksymb[$i] = $symbtmp if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-|^rs6000-/) ; #rm andre
 
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}vtbl_([A-Za-z0-9_]+)${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?([A-Za-z0-9_]+)_vtbl$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'vector';
 	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
 	    $vectorchk{$1} = $i;
 
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}([A-Za-z0-9_]+)DirectReturn${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
+	# As a temporary solution for compiling "foreign export" declarations,
+	# we use global variables to pass arguments from C to STG land.
+	# These declarations live in the .hc file and not in the generated C
+	# stub file, so we let them pass through here.
+	} elsif ( /^[\t ]+\.comm[\t ]+__fexp_.*$/ ) {
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'direct';
-	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
-
-	    $directchk{$1} = $i;
-
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}[A-Za-z0-9_]+_upd${T_POST_LBL}$/o ) {
-	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
-	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'misc';
+	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'data';
 	    $chksymb[$i] = '';
 
 	} elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-.*-solaris2/
@@ -503,19 +553,25 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'toss';
 	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
-	} elsif ( /^${T_US}[A-Za-z0-9_]/o
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?[A-Za-z0-9_]/o
 		&& ( $TargetPlatform !~ /^hppa/ # need to avoid local labels in this case
-		   || /^L\$\d+$/ ) ) {
+		   || ! /^L\$\d+$/ )
+		&& ( $TargetPlatform !~ /^powerpc|^rs6000/ # ditto
+		   || ! /^(L\.\.\d+|LT\.\..*):$/ ) ) {
 	    local($thing);
 	    chop($thing = $_);
-	    print STDERR "Funny global thing?: $_"
+	    print "Funny global thing?: $_"
 		unless $KNOWN_FUNNY_THING{$thing}
-		    || /^${T_US}_(PRIn|PRStart).*${T_POST_LBL}$/o # pointer reversal GC routines
-		    || /^${T_US}CC_.*${T_POST_LBL}$/o		# PROF: _CC_ccident
-		    || /^${T_US}_reg.*${T_POST_LBL}$/o;		# PROF: __reg<module>
+		    || /^$TUS[@]?stg_.*$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o    # RTS internals
+		    || /^$TUS[@]__fexp_.*$TPOSTLBL$/o	   # foreign export
+		    || /^$TUS[@]?__init.*$TPOSTLBL$/o	   # __init<module>
+		    || /^$TUS[@]?.*_btm$TPOSTLBL$/o        # large bitmaps
+		    || /^$TUS[@]?.*_closure_tbl$TPOSTLBL$/o; # closure tables
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'misc';
-	    $chksymb[$i] = '';
+            if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-|^rs6000-/) 
+	       { $chksymb[$i] = $thing; }
+	    else { $chksymb[$i] = ''; };
 
 	} else { # simple line (duplicated at the top)
 
@@ -544,6 +600,37 @@ sub mangle_asm {
   
     # HPPAs, MIPSen: also start medding at chunk 1
 
+    if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc|^rs6000/) {
+       print OUTASM $T_HDR_toc; # yes, we have to put a .toc 
+                                # in the beginning of every file!
+    %tocequiv = ();          # maps toc symbol number to toc symbol
+    %revtocequiv = ();       # maps toc symbol to toc symbol number
+    for ($i = 1; $i < $numchks; $i++) {
+	$chk[$i] =~ s/\[RW\]//g;
+	$chk[$i] =~ s/\[DS\]//g;
+	$chk[$i] =~ s/^\.csect .*\[DS\]$//g;
+
+	if ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'toc' && $chk[$i] !~ /\.byte/ )
+#ToDo: instead of all these changes, just fix mangle_powerpc_tailjump and delete/ignore these tocs?
+	   { $chk[$i] =~ s/$T_MOVE_DIRVS//g;
+	     $chk[$i] =~ s/\t\.tc (\S+)\[TC\],(\S+_fast\d+)/\t\.tc \1\[TC\],\.\2/; 
+	     $chk[$i] =~ s/\t\.tc (\S+)\[TC\],(\S+_entry)\n/\t\.tc \1\[TC\],\.\2\n/;
+	     $chk[$i] =~ s/\t\.tc (\S+)\[TC\],(ret_\S+)/\t\.tc \1\[TC\],\.\2/;
+	     $chk[$i] =~ s/\t\.tc (\S+)\[TC\],(alt_\S+)/\t\.tc \1\[TC\],\.\2/;
+	     $chk[$i] =~ s/\t\.tc (\S+)\[TC\],(vtbl_\S+)/\t\.tc \1\[TC\],\.\2/;
+
+             $tocnumber = $chksymb[$i];
+             $tocsymb = $chk[$i];
+             $tocsymb =~ s/^LC\.\.\d+:\n//;
+             $tocsymb =~ s/^\t\.tc \S+,(\S+)\n/\1/;
+             $tocequiv{$tocnumber} = $tocsymb;
+
+           } elsif ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'toc' && $chk[$i] =~ /\.byte/ ) {
+             $chkcat[$i] = 'literal';
+           }
+    }
+    };
+
     for ($i = $FIRST_MANGLABLE; $i < $numchks; $i++) {
 	$c = $chk[$i]; # convenience copy
 
@@ -561,9 +648,16 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 		if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^i386-/) {
 		    $p =~ s/^\tpushl \%edi\n//;
 		    $p =~ s/^\tpushl \%esi\n//;
+		    $p =~ s/^\tpushl \%ebx\n//;
 		    $p =~ s/^\tsubl \$\d+,\%esp\n//;
+                    $p =~ s/^\tmovl \$\d+,\%eax\n\tcall __alloca\n// if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^.*-cygwin32/);
 		} elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^m68k-/) {
 		    $p =~ s/^\tlink a6,#-?\d.*\n//;
+ 		    $p =~ s/^\tpea a6@\n\tmovel sp,a6\n//;    
+ 				# The above showed up in the asm code,
+ 				# so I added it here.
+ 				# I hope it's correct.
+ 				# CaS
 		    $p =~ s/^\tmovel d2,sp\@-\n//;
 		    $p =~ s/^\tmovel d5,sp\@-\n//; # SMmark.* only?
 		    $p =~ s/^\tmoveml \#0x[0-9a-f]+,sp\@-\n//; # SMmark.* only?
@@ -580,17 +674,36 @@ 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-|^rs6000/) {
+ 		    $p =~ s/^\tmflr 0\n//;
+ 		    $p =~ s/^\tstm \d+,-\d+\(1\)\n//;
+  		    $p =~ s/^\tstw? 0,\d+\(1\)\n//g;
+  		    $p =~ s/^\tstw? 1,\d+\(1\)\n//g; #mc
+  		    $p =~ s/^\tlw?z 0,0\(1\)\n//g;   #mc
+  		    $p =~ s/^\tstw?u 1,-\d+\(1\)\n//; 
+  		    $p =~ s/^\tstw? \d+,-\d+\(1\)\n//g; 
+  		    $p =~ s/^\tstfd \d+,-\d+\(1\)\n//g; 
 		} else {
 		    print STDERR "$Pgm: unknown prologue mangling? $TargetPlatform\n";
 		}
 
-		die "Prologue junk?: $p\n" if $p =~ /^\t[^\.]/;
+		# HWL HACK: dont die, just print a warning
+		#print stderr  "HWL: this should die! Prologue junk?: $p\n" if $p =~ /^\t[^\.]/
+		#    && $TargetPlatform !~ /^powerpc-/; #ToDo: remove test
+		die "Prologue junk?: $p\n" if $p =~ /^\t[^\.]/
+		    && $TargetPlatform !~ /^powerpc-/; #ToDo: remove test
 
 		# glue together what's left
 		$c = $p . $r;
+		$c =~ s/\n\t\n/\n/; # junk blank line
 	    }
 	}
 
+	if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^mips-/ ) {
+	    # MIPS: first, this basic sequence may occur "--- END ---" or not
+	    $c =~ s/^\tlw\t\$31,\d+\(\$sp\)\n\taddu\t\$sp,\$sp,\d+\n\tj\t\$31\n\t\.end/\t\.end/;
+	}
+
 	# toss all epilogue stuff; again, paranoidly
 	if ( $c =~ /--- END ---/ ) {
 	    if (($r, $e) = split(/--- END ---/, $c)) {
@@ -598,7 +711,9 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 		    $e =~ s/^\tret\n//;
 		    $e =~ s/^\tpopl \%edi\n//;
 		    $e =~ s/^\tpopl \%esi\n//;
+		    $e =~ s/^\tpopl \%ecx\n//;
 		    $e =~ s/^\taddl \$\d+,\%esp\n//;
+		    $e =~ s/^\tsubl \$-\d+,\%esp\n//;
 		} elsif ($TargetPlatform =~ /^m68k-/) {
 		    $e =~ s/^\tunlk a6\n//;
 		    $e =~ s/^\trts\n//;
@@ -607,10 +722,20 @@ 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-|^rs6000-/) {
+  		    $e =~ s/^\taddi 1,1,\d+\n//;
+  		    $e =~ s/^\tcal 1,\d+\(1\)\n//;
+  		    $e =~ s/^\tlw?z? \d+,\d+\(1\)\n//; 
+ 		    $e =~ s/^\tmtlr 0\n//;
+  		    $e =~ s/^\tbl?r\n//;
 		} else {
 		    print STDERR "$Pgm: unknown epilogue mangling? $TargetPlatform\n";
 		}
-		die "Epilogue junk?: $e\n" if $e =~ /^\t[^\.]/;
+		# HWL HACK: dont die, just print a warning
+		#print stderr "HWL: this should die! Epilogue junk?: $e\n" if $e =~ /^\t[^\.]/
+		#    && $TargetPlatform !~ /^powerpc-/; #ToDo: remove test
+		die "Epilogue junk?: $e\n" if $e =~ /^\t[^\.]/
+		    && $TargetPlatform !~ /^powerpc-/; #ToDo: remove test
 
 		# glue together what's left
 		$c = $r . $e;
@@ -622,7 +747,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 	# toss the register-windowing save/restore/ret* instructions
 	# directly:
 	if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^sparc-/ ) {
-	    $c =~ s/^\t(save .*|restore|ret|retl)\n//g;
+	    $c =~ s/^\t(save.*|restore|ret|retl)\n//g;
 	    # throw away PROLOGUE comments
 	    $c =~ s/^\t!#PROLOGUE# 0\n\t!#PROLOGUE# 1\n//;
 	}
@@ -630,7 +755,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 	# On Alphas, the prologue mangling is done a little later (below)
 
     	# toss all calls to __DISCARD__
-	$c =~ s/^\t(call|jbsr|jal) ${T_US}__DISCARD__\n//go;
+	$c =~ s/^\t(call|jbsr|jal)\s+$TUS[@]?__DISCARD__\n//go;
 
 	# MIPS: that may leave some gratuitous asm macros around
 	# (no harm done; but we get rid of them to be tidier)
@@ -653,17 +778,18 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 	# pin a funny end-thing on (for easier matching):
 	$c .= 'FUNNY#END#THING';
 
-	while ( $c =~ /${T_MOVE_DIRVS}FUNNY#END#THING/o ) {
-	    $to_move = $1;
+	while ( $c =~ /$TMOVEDIRVS[@]?FUNNY#END#THING/o ) {  # [@]? is a silly hack to avoid having to use curlies for T_PRE_APP
+				                           # (this SEGVs perl4 on alphas, you see)
 
+	    $to_move = $1;
 	    if ( $i < ($numchks - 1)
-	      && ( $to_move =~ /${T_COPY_DIRVS}/
+	      && ( $to_move =~ /$TCOPYDIRVS/
 	        || ($TargetPlatform =~ /^hppa/ && $to_move =~ /align/ && $chkcat[$i+1] eq 'literal') )) {
 		$chk[$i + 1] = $to_move . $chk[$i + 1];
 		# otherwise they're tossed
 	    }
 
-	    $c =~ s/${T_MOVE_DIRVS}FUNNY#END#THING/FUNNY#END#THING/o;
+	    $c =~ s/$TMOVEDIRVS[@]?FUNNY#END#THING/FUNNY#END#THING/o; # [@]? is a hack (see above)
 	}
 
     	if ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^alpha-/ && $c =~ /^\t\.ent\s+(\S+)/ ) {
@@ -747,7 +873,26 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 	if ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'misc' ) {
 	    if ($chk[$i] ne '') {
 		print OUTASM $T_HDR_misc;
-		&print_doctored($chk[$i], 0);
+                if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-|^rs6000/) { 
+                   $chksymb[$i] =~ s/://;
+#new                   if ($chksymb[$i] =~ /ret.*upd/ || $KNOWN_FUNNY_THING{$chksymb[$i]}
+#new                    || $chksymb[$i] =~ /^$.{T_US}_(PRIn|PRStart).*${T_POST_LBL}$/o )
+#new                      { print OUTASM "\t\.globl $chksymb[$i]\n"; }
+#                   if ($chksymb[$i] ne '' && $chksymb[$i] !~ /ret_[a-z]/ && $chksymb[$i] !~ /djn_[a-z]/) 
+                   if ($chksymb[$i] ne '')
+                       { print OUTASM "\t\.globl \.$chksymb[$i]\n"; };
+                   if ($chk[$i] =~ /TOC\[tc0\], 0\n/)
+	             { ($p, $r) = split(/TOC\[tc0\], 0\n/, $chk[$i]); $printDS = 1;}
+                   else { $r = $chk[$i]; $printDS = 0; };
+                   $chk[$i] = &mangle_powerpc_tailjump($r);
+                };
+ 		&print_doctored($chk[$i], 0);
+                if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-|^rs6000-/ && $printDS) { 
+#ok                   if ($chksymb[$i] !~ /\__init_Main/) {
+  		     print OUTASM "\.csect ${chksymb[$i]}[DS]\n"; 	
+  		     print OUTASM "${p}TOC[tc0], 0\n";
+#ok                   }
+                }
 	    }
 
 	} elsif ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'toss' ) {
@@ -766,9 +911,32 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 		$consist =~ s/\//./g;
 		$consist =~ s/-/_/g;
 		$consist =~ s/[^A-Za-z0-9_.]/ZZ/g; # ToDo: properly?
-		print OUTASM $T_HDR_consist, "${consist}${T_POST_LBL}\n"
-		    if $TargetPlatform !~ /^mips-/; # we just don't try in that case
-	    } else {
+		#
+		# 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/^$TUS[@]?ghc.*c_ID$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];
 	    }
 
@@ -779,6 +947,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 	    print OUTASM "___stg_split_marker",$chksymb[$i],"${T_POST_LBL}\n";
 
 	} 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
@@ -791,19 +960,31 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 		$chkcat[$closurechk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
 	    }
 
+	    # SRT
+	    if ( defined($srtchk{$symb}) ) {
+		print OUTASM $T_HDR_srt;
+		print OUTASM $chk[$srtchk{$symb}];
+		$chkcat[$srtchk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
+	    }
+
 	    # INFO TABLE
 	    if ( defined($infochk{$symb}) ) {
 
 		print OUTASM $T_HDR_info;
-		print OUTASM &rev_tbl($symb, $chk[$infochk{$symb}], 1);
+                if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-|^rs6000-/) {
+	          if ( !defined($slowchk{$symb}) && defined($fastchk{$symb}) ) {
+ 		     $fastname = $chk[$fastchk{$symb}];
+ 		     $fastname =~ s/([_A-Za-z]*_fast\d+):.*(.*\n)*/\1/;
+                     $chk[$infochk{$symb}] =~ s/\.long StdErrorCode/\.long $fastname/;
+                  }
+                  $chk[$infochk{$symb}] =~ s/\.long ([_A-Za-z]\S+_entry)/\.long \.\1/;
+                  $chk[$infochk{$symb}] =~ s/\.long ([A-Za-z]\S+_upd)/\.long \.\1/;
+                  print OUTASM $chk[$infochk{$symb}];
+                } else {
+		  print OUTASM &rev_tbl($symb, $chk[$infochk{$symb}], 1);
+                }
 		# entry code will be put here!
 
-		# paranoia
-		if ( $chk[$infochk{$symb}] =~ /${T_DOT_WORD}\s+([A-Za-z0-9_]+_entry)$/o
-		  && $1 ne "${T_US}${symb}_entry" ) {
-		    print STDERR "!!! entry point???\n",$chk[$infochk{$symb}];
-		}
-
 		$chkcat[$infochk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
 	    }
 
@@ -813,22 +994,42 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 		# teach it to drop through to the fast entry point:
 		$c = $chk[$slowchk{$symb}];
 
+                if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-|^rs6000-/) { 
+	          ($p, $r) = split(/TOC\[tc0\], 0\n/, $c); 
+                  if ($symb =~ /^[_A-Z]/)
+		  { 
+		    print OUTASM "\t\.globl \.${chksymb[$i]}_entry\n"; 
+		    print OUTASM "\.csect ${symb}_entry[DS]\n"; 	
+		    print OUTASM "${p}TOC[tc0], 0\n";
+                  }; 
+                  $r =~ s/\.csect \.text\[PR\]\n//; # todo: properly - andre
+                  $c = &mangle_powerpc_tailjump($r);
+                };
+
 		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-/ ) {
-			$c =~ s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d+,\%edx\n\tjmp \*\%edx\n//;
-			$c =~ s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d+,\%eax\n\tjmp \*\%eax\n//;
+			# Reg alloc depending, gcc generated code may jump to the fast entry point via
+			# a number of registers.
+			$c =~ s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d*,\%edx\n\tjmp \*\%edx\n//;
+			$c =~ s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d*,\%ecx\n\tjmp \*\%ecx\n//;
+			$c =~ s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d*,\%eax\n\tjmp \*\%eax\n//;
+			# The next two only apply if we're not stealing %esi or %edi.
+			$c =~ s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d*,\%esi\n\tjmp \*\%esi\n// if ($StolenX86Regs < 3);
+			$c =~ s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}${symb}_fast\d*,\%edi\n\tjmp \*\%edi\n// if ($StolenX86Regs < 4);
 		    } 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-|^rs6000-/ ) {
+			$c =~ s/^\tb \.${T_US}${symb}_fast\d+\n//;
 		    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^sparc-/ ) {
-			$c =~ s/^\tcall ${T_US}${symb}_fast\d+,.*\n\tnop\n//;
-			$c =~ s/^\tcall ${T_US}${symb}_fast\d+,.*\n(\t[a-z].*\n)/$1/;
+			$c =~ s/^\tcall\s+${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: $TargetPlatform\n";
 		    }
@@ -839,7 +1040,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 		    # references to fast-entry point.
 		    # (questionable re hppa and mips...)
 		    print STDERR "still has jump to fast entry point:\n$c"
-			if $c =~ /${T_US}${symb}_fast/; # NB: paranoia
+			if $c =~ /$TUS[@]?$symb[@]?_fast/; # NB: paranoia
 		}
 
 		print OUTASM $T_HDR_entry;
@@ -851,14 +1052,27 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 	    
 	    # 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
-		   || $TargetPlatform =~ /^(m68k|sparc|i386)-/
+#OLD:		   || $TargetPlatform =~ /^(m68k|sparc|i386)-/
 		   ) {
 		    print OUTASM $T_HDR_fast;
 		}
-		&print_doctored($chk[$fastchk{$symb}], 0);
+                  if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-|^rs6000-/) {
+                    local(@lbls) = split(/:/, $c);
+                    $fullname = $lbls[0];
+ 	            $fullname =~ s/$T_MOVE_DIRVS//g;
+                    if ( $fullname =~ /^[A-Z]/)
+                       { print OUTASM "\t\.globl \.${fullname}\n";
+                    } else {
+#                       print OUTASM "\t\.lglobl \.${fullname}\n"; #todo: rm - andre
+                    };
+                    $c =~ s/((.*\n)*)\t.long \S+, TOC\[tc0\], 0\n\.csect \.text\[PR\]\n((.*\n)*)/\1\3/;
+                    $c = &mangle_powerpc_tailjump($c);
+                  };
+ 		&print_doctored($c, 0);
 		$chkcat[$fastchk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
 	    }
 
@@ -869,16 +1083,19 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 	    # VECTOR TABLE
 	    if ( defined($vectorchk{$symb}) ) {
 		print OUTASM $T_HDR_vector;
-		print OUTASM &rev_tbl($symb, $chk[$vectorchk{$symb}], 0);
+                if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-|^rs6000-/) { 
+                  if ( $symb =~ /^[A-Z]/) {
+                     print OUTASM "\t\.globl \.${symb}_vtbl\n";
+		     print OUTASM "\t\.globl ${symb}_vtbl\n";
+                  };
+		  $chk[$vectorchk{$symb}] =~ s/\.long (\S+)/\.long \.\1/g;
+		  print OUTASM ".${symb}_vtbl:\n";
+		  print OUTASM $chk[$vectorchk{$symb}];
+		} else {
+  		  print OUTASM &rev_tbl($symb, $chk[$vectorchk{$symb}], 0);
+		}
 		# direct return code will be put here!
 		$chkcat[$vectorchk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
-	    }
-
-	    # DIRECT RETURN
-	    if ( defined($directchk{$symb}) ) {
-		print OUTASM $T_HDR_direct;
-		&print_doctored($chk[$directchk{$symb}], 0);
-		$chkcat[$directchk{$symb}] = 'DONE ALREADY';
 
 	    } elsif ( $TargetPlatform =~ /^alpha-/ ) {
 		# Alphas: the commented nop is for the splitter, to ensure
@@ -890,10 +1107,31 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 		print OUTASM "\t# nop\n";
 	    }
 	    
+ 	} elsif ( $chkcat[$i] eq 'toc' ) {
+            # silly optimisation to print tocs, since they come in groups...
+ 	    print OUTASM $T_HDR_toc;
+            local($j)	= $i;
+            while ($chkcat[$j] eq 'toc')
+              { if (   $chk[$j] !~ /\.tc UpdatePAP\[TC\]/ # not needed: always turned into a jump.
+                   ) 
+                {
+                  print OUTASM $chk[$j];
+                }
+                $chkcat[$j] = 'DONE ALREADY';
+                $j++;
+ 	    }
+ 	    
 	} else {
 	    &tidy_up_and_die(1,"$Pgm: unknown chkcat (ghc-asm: $TargetPlatform)\n$chkcat[$i]\n$chk[$i]\n");
 	}
     }
+
+    print OUTASM $EXTERN_DECLS if $TargetPlatform =~ /^mips-/;
+
+    if ($TargetPlatform =~ /^powerpc-|^rs6000-/) { 
+         print OUTASM ".csect .text[PR]\n_section_.text:\n.csect .data[RW]\n\t.long _section_.text\n"
+    };
+
     # finished
     close(OUTASM) || &tidy_up_and_die(1,"Failed writing to $out_asmf\n");
     close(INASM)  || &tidy_up_and_die(1,"Failed reading from $in_asmf\n");
@@ -930,7 +1168,8 @@ sub print_doctored {
     local($_, $need_fallthru_patch) = @_;
 
     if ( $TargetPlatform !~ /^i386-/ 
-      || ! /^\t[a-z]/ ) { # no instructions in here, apparently
+      || ! /^\t[a-z]/  # no instructions in here, apparently
+      || /^${T_US}__init_[A-Za-z0-9_]+${T_POST_LBL}/) {
 	print OUTASM $_;
 	return;
     }
@@ -938,34 +1177,6 @@ sub print_doctored {
 
     local($entry_patch)	= '';
     local($exit_patch)	= '';
-    local($call_entry_patch)= '';
-    local($call_exit_patch)	= '';
-
-#OLD:	# first, convert calls to *very magic form*: (ToDo: document
-    # for real!)  from
-    #
-    #	pushl $768
-    #	call _?PerformGC_wrapper
-    #	addl $4,%esp
-    # to
-    #	movl $768, %eax
-    #	call _?PerformGC_wrapper
-    #
-    # The reason we do this now is to remove the apparent use of
-    # %esp, which would throw off the "what patch code do we need"
-    # decision.
-    #
-    # Special macros in ghc/includes/COptWraps.lh, used in
-    # ghc/runtime/CallWrap_C.lc, are required for this to work!
-    #
-
-    s/^\tpushl \$(\d+)\n\tcall ${T_DO_GC}\n\taddl \$4,\%esp\n/\tmovl \$$1,\%eax\n\tcall ${T_DO_GC}\n/go;
-    s/^\tpushl \%eax\n\tcall ${T_DO_GC}\n\taddl \$4,\%esp\n/\tcall ${T_DO_GC}\n/go;
-    s/^\tpushl \%edx\n\tcall ${T_DO_GC}\n\taddl \$4,\%esp\n/\tmovl \%edx,\%eax\n\tcall ${T_DO_GC}\n/go;
-
-#=  if ( $StolenX86Regs <= 4 ) { # %ecx is ordinary reg
-#=	s/^\tpushl \%ecx\n\tcall ${T_DO_GC}\n\taddl \$4,\%esp\n/\tmovl \%ecx,\%eax\n\tcall ${T_DO_GC}\n/go;
-#=  }
 
     # gotta watch out for weird instructions that
     # invisibly smash various regs:
@@ -1000,10 +1211,13 @@ sub print_doctored {
     #   movl $_blah,<bad-reg>
     #   jmp  *<bad-reg>
     #
-    # which is easily fixed as:
-    #
-    # sigh! try to hack around it...
-    #
+
+# the short form may tickle perl bug:
+#    s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}(.*),(\%e[abcd]x)\n\tjmp \*$2/\tjmp $T_US$1/g;
+    s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}(.*),\%eax\n\tjmp \*\%eax/\tjmp $T_US$1/g;
+    s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}(.*),\%ebx\n\tjmp \*\%ebx/\tjmp $T_US$1/g;
+    s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}(.*),\%ecx\n\tjmp \*\%ecx/\tjmp $T_US$1/g;
+    s/^\tmovl \$${T_US}(.*),\%edx\n\tjmp \*\%edx/\tjmp $T_US$1/g;
 
     if ($StolenX86Regs <= 2 ) { # YURGH! spurious uses of esi?
 	s/^\tmovl (.*),\%esi\n\tjmp \*%esi\n/\tmovl $1,\%eax\n\tjmp \*\%eax\n/g;
@@ -1014,49 +1228,43 @@ sub print_doctored {
     }
     if ($StolenX86Regs <= 3 ) { # spurious uses of edi?
 	s/^\tmovl (.*),\%edi\n\tjmp \*%edi\n/\tmovl $1,\%eax\n\tjmp \*\%eax\n/g;
-	s/^\tjmp \*(-?\d*)\((.*\%edi.*)\)\n/\tmovl $2,\%eax\n\tjmp \*$1\(\%eax\)\n/g;
+	s/^\tjmp \*(-?\d*\(.*\%edi.*\))\n/\tmovl $1,\%eax\n\tjmp \*\%eax\n/g;
 	s/^\tjmp \*\%edi\n/\tmovl \%edi,\%eax\n\tjmp \*\%eax\n/g;
 	die "$Pgm: (mangler) still have jump involving \%edi!\n$_"
 	    if /(jmp|call) .*\%edi/;
     }
-#=  if ($StolenX86Regs <= 4 ) { # spurious uses of ecx?
-#=	s/^\tmovl (.*),\%ecx\n\tjmp \*%ecx\n/\tmovl $1,\%eax\n\tjmp \*\%eax\n/g;
-#=	s/^\tjmp \*(-?\d*)\((.*\%ecx.*)\)\n/\tmovl $2,\%eax\n\tjmp \*$1\(\%eax\)\n/g;
-#=	s/^\tjmp \*\%ecx\n/\tmovl \%ecx,\%eax\n\tjmp \*\%eax\n/g;
-#=	die "$Pgm: (mangler) still have jump involving \%ecx!\n$_"
-#=	    if /(jmp|call) .*\%ecx/;
-#=  }
 
     # OK, now we can decide what our patch-up code is going to
     # be:
+
+    # 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;
+
+	# Note funky ".=" stuff; we're *adding* to these _patch guys
     if ( $StolenX86Regs <= 2
-	 && ( /32\(\%ebx\)/ || /\%esi/ || /^\tcmps/ ) ) { # R1 (esi)
-	$entry_patch .= "\tmovl \%esi,32(\%ebx)\n";
-	$exit_patch  .= "\tmovl 32(\%ebx),\%esi\n";
+	 && ( /[^0-9]\(\%ebx\)/ || /\%esi/ || /^\tcmps/ ) ) { # R1 (esi)
+	$entry_patch .= "\tmovl \%esi,(\%ebx)\n";
+	$exit_patch  .= "\tmovl (\%ebx),\%esi\n";
+
 	# nothing for call_{entry,exit} because %esi is callee-save
     }
     if ( $StolenX86Regs <= 3
-	 && ( /64\(\%ebx\)/ || /\%edi/ || /^\t(scas|cmps)/ ) ) { # SpA (edi)
-	$entry_patch .= "\tmovl \%edi,64(\%ebx)\n";
-	$exit_patch  .= "\tmovl 64(\%ebx),\%edi\n";
+	 && ( /${OFFSET_Hp}\(\%ebx\)/ || /\%edi/ || /^\t(scas|cmps)/ ) ) { # Hp (edi)
+	$entry_patch .= "\tmovl \%edi,${OFFSET_Hp}(\%ebx)\n";
+	$exit_patch  .= "\tmovl ${OFFSET_Hp}(\%ebx),\%edi\n";
+
 	# nothing for call_{entry,exit} because %edi is callee-save
     }
-#=  if ( $StolenX86Regs <= 4
-#=	 && ( /80\(\%ebx\)/ || /\%ecx/ || /^\t(rep|loop)/ ) ) { # Hp (ecx)
-#=	$entry_patch .= "\tmovl \%ecx,80(\%ebx)\n";
-#=	$exit_patch  .= "\tmovl 80(\%ebx),\%ecx\n";
-#=
-#=	$call_exit_patch  .= "\tmovl \%ecx,108(\%ebx)\n";
-#=	$call_entry_patch .= "\tmovl 108(\%ebx),\%ecx\n";
-#=	# I have a really bad feeling about this if we ever
-#=	# have a nested call...
-#=	# NB: should just hide it somewhere in the C stack.
-#=  }
+
     # --------------------------------------------------------
     # next, here we go with non-%esp patching!
     #
     s/^(\t[a-z])/$entry_patch$1/; # before first instruction
-    s/^(\tcall .*\n(\taddl \$\d+,\%esp\n)?)/$call_exit_patch$1$call_entry_patch/g; # _all_ calls
+
+# Before calling GC we must set up the exit condition before the call
+# and entry condition when we come back
 
     # fix _all_ non-local jumps:
 
@@ -1068,42 +1276,14 @@ sub print_doctored {
     s/^\tJMP___SL/\tjmp \*${T_X86_PRE_LLBL}/go;
     s/^\tJMP___L/\tjmp ${T_X86_PRE_LLBL}/go;
 
-    # fix post-PerformGC wrapper (re-)entries ???
-
     if ($StolenX86Regs == 2 ) {
 	die "ARGH! Jump uses \%esi or \%edi with -monly-2-regs:\n$_" 
 	    if /^\t(jmp|call) .*\%e(si|di)/;
-#=	die "ARGH! Jump uses \%esi, \%edi, or \%ecx with -monly-2-regs:\n$_" 
-#=	    if /^\t(jmp|call) .*\%e(si|di|cx)/;
     } elsif ($StolenX86Regs == 3 ) {
 	die "ARGH! Jump uses \%edi with -monly-3-regs:\n$_" 
 	    if /^\t(jmp|call) .*\%edi/;
-#=	die "ARGH! Jump uses \%edi or \%ecx with -monly-3-regs:\n$_" 
-#=	    if /^\t(jmp|call) .*\%e(di|cx)/;
-#=  } elsif ($StolenX86Regs == 4 ) {
-#=	die "ARGH! Jump uses \%ecx with -monly-4-regs:\n$_" 
-#=	    if /^\t(jmp|call) .*\%ecx/;
     }
 
-    # final peephole fixes
-
-    s/^\tmovl \%eax,36\(\%ebx\)\n\tjmp \*36\(\%ebx\)\n/\tmovl \%eax,36\(\%ebx\)\n\tjmp \*\%eax\n/;
-    s/^\tmovl \$_(.*),(\%e[abcd]x)\n\tjmp \*$2/\tjmp _$1/g;
-
-    # Hacks to eliminate some reloads of Hp.  Worth about 5% code size.
-    # We could do much better than this, but at least it catches about
-    # half of the unnecessary reloads.
-    # Note that these will stop working if either:
-    #  (i) the offset of Hp from BaseReg changes from 80, or
-    #  (ii) the register assignment of BaseReg changes from %ebx
-
-    s/^\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%e.x\n\tmovl \$(.*),(-?[0-9]*)\(\%e.x\)\n\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%e(.)x/\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%e$3x\n\tmovl \$$1,$2\(\%e$3x\)/g;
-
-    s/^\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%e(.)x\n\tmovl (.*),\%e(.)x\n\tmovl \%e$3x,(-?[0-9]*\(\%e$1x\))\n\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%e$1x/\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%e$1x\n\tmovl $2,\%e$3x\n\tmovl \%e$3x,$4/g;
-
-    s/^\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%edx((\n\t(movl|addl) .*,((-?[0-9]*\(.*)|(\%e[abc]x)))+)\n\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%edx/\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%edx$1/g;
-    s/^\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%eax((\n\t(movl|addl) .*,((-?[0-9]*\(.*)|(\%e[bcd]x)))+)\n\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%eax/\tmovl 80\(\%ebx\),\%eax$1/g;
-
     # --------------------------------------------------------
     # that's it -- print it
     #
@@ -1121,52 +1301,8 @@ sub print_doctored {
 \begin{code}
 sub init_FUNNY_THINGS {
     %KNOWN_FUNNY_THING = (
-	"${T_US}CheckHeapCode${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}CommonUnderflow${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}Continue${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}EnterNodeCode${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}ErrorIO_call_count${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}ErrorIO_innards${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}IndUpdRetDir${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}IndUpdRetV0${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}IndUpdRetV1${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}IndUpdRetV2${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}IndUpdRetV3${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}IndUpdRetV4${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}IndUpdRetV5${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}IndUpdRetV6${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}IndUpdRetV7${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}PrimUnderflow${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}StackUnderflowEnterNode${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}StdErrorCode${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}UnderflowVect0${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}UnderflowVect1${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}UnderflowVect2${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}UnderflowVect3${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}UnderflowVect4${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}UnderflowVect5${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}UnderflowVect6${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}UnderflowVect7${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}UpdErr${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}UpdatePAP${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}WorldStateToken${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}_Enter_Internal${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}_PRMarking_MarkNextAStack${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}_PRMarking_MarkNextBStack${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}_PRMarking_MarkNextCAF${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}_PRMarking_MarkNextGA${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}_PRMarking_MarkNextRoot${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}_PRMarking_MarkNextSpark${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}_Scavenge_Forward_Ref${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}__std_entry_error__${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}_startMarkWorld${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}resumeThread${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}startCcRegisteringWorld${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}startEnterFloat${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}startEnterInt${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}startPerformIO${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}startStgWorld${T_POST_LBL}", 1,
-	"${T_US}stopPerformIO${T_POST_LBL}", 1
+	# example
+	# "${T_US}stg_.*{T_POST_LBL}", 1,  
     );
 }
 \end{code}
@@ -1187,23 +1323,31 @@ sub rev_tbl {
     local(@words) = ();
     local($after) = '';
     local(@lines) = split(/\n/, $tbl);
-    local($i, $extra, $words_to_pad, $j);
+    local($i, $j); #local ($i, $extra, $words_to_pad, $j);
 
-    for ($i = 0; $i <= $#lines && $lines[$i] !~ /^\t${T_DOT_WORD}\s+/o; $i++) {
+    # see comment in mangleAsm as to why this silliness is needed.
+    local($TDOTWORD) = ${T_DOT_WORD};
+    local($TDOTGLOBAL) = ${T_DOT_GLOBAL};
+    local($TUS) = ${T_US};
+    local($TPOSTLBL) = ${T_POST_LBL};
+
+    # Deal with the header...
+    for ($i = 0; $i <= $#lines && $lines[$i] !~ /^\t?$TDOTWORD\s+/o; $i++) {
 	$label .= $lines[$i] . "\n",
-	    next if $lines[$i] =~ /^[A-Za-z0-9_]+_info${T_POST_LBL}$/o
-		 || $lines[$i] =~ /^${T_DOT_GLOBAL}/o
-		 || $lines[$i] =~ /^${T_US}vtbl_\S+${T_POST_LBL}$/o;
+	    next if $lines[$i] =~ /^[A-Za-z0-9_]+_info$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o
+		 || $lines[$i] =~ /$TDOTGLOBAL/o
+		 || $lines[$i] =~ /^$TUS[@]?\S+_vtbl$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o;
 
 	$before .= $lines[$i] . "\n"; # otherwise...
     }
 
+    # Grab the table data...
     if ( $TargetPlatform !~ /^hppa/ ) {
-	for ( ; $i <= $#lines && $lines[$i] =~ /^\t${T_DOT_WORD}\s+/o; $i++) {
+	for ( ; $i <= $#lines && $lines[$i] =~ /^\t?$TDOTWORD\s+/o; $i++) {
 	    push(@words, $lines[$i]);
 	}
     } else { # hppa weirdness
-	for ( ; $i <= $#lines && $lines[$i] =~ /^\s+\.(word|IMPORT)/; $i++) {
+	for ( ; $i <= $#lines && $lines[$i] =~ /^\s+($TDOTWORD|\.IMPORT)/; $i++) {
 	    if ($lines[$i] =~ /^\s+\.IMPORT/) {
 		push(@imports, $lines[$i]);
 	    } else {
@@ -1215,8 +1359,13 @@ sub rev_tbl {
 	}
     }
 
-    # now throw away the first word (entry code):
-    shift(@words) if $discard1;
+    # now throw away the first word (SRT) iff it is empty.
+    # The .zero business is for Linux/ELF.
+    # The .skip business is for Sparc/Solaris/ELF.
+    # The .blockz business is for HPPA.
+    if ($discard1 && $words[0] =~ /^\t?($TDOTWORD\s+0|\.zero\s+4|\.skip\s+4|\.blockz\s+4)/) {
+	shift(@words)
+    }
 
 # Padding removed to reduce code size and improve performance on Pentiums.
 # Simon M. 13/4/96
@@ -1239,7 +1388,7 @@ sub rev_tbl {
 
     $tbl = $before
 	 . (($TargetPlatform !~ /^hppa/) ? '' : join("\n", @imports) . "\n")
-	 . join("\n", (reverse @words)) . "\n"
+	 . join("\n", @words) . "\n"
 	 . $label . $after;
 
 #   print STDERR "before=$before\n";
@@ -1251,40 +1400,36 @@ sub rev_tbl {
 }
 \end{code}
 
+The HP is a major nuisance.  The threaded code mangler moved info
+tables from data space to code space, but unthreaded code in the RTS
+still has references to info tables in data space.  Since the HP
+linker is very precise about where symbols live, we need to patch the
+references in the unthreaded RTS as well.
+
 \begin{code}
-sub mini_mangle_asm_i386 {
+sub mini_mangle_asm_hppa {
     local($in_asmf, $out_asmf) = @_;
 
-    &init_TARGET_STUFF();
-
     open(INASM, "< $in_asmf")
 	|| &tidy_up_and_die(1,"$Pgm: failed to open `$in_asmf' (to read)\n");
     open(OUTASM,"> $out_asmf")
 	|| &tidy_up_and_die(1,"$Pgm: failed to open `$out_asmf' (to write)\n");
 
     while (<INASM>) {
+	s/_info,DATA/_info,CODE/;   # Move _info references to code space
+	s/P%_PR/_PR/;
 	print OUTASM;
-
-        next unless
-	    /^${T_US}(PerformGC|StackOverflow|Yield|PerformReschedule)_wrapper${T_POST_LBL}\n/o;
-	print OUTASM "\tmovl \%esp, ${T_US}__temp_esp\n";
-	print OUTASM "\tmovl \%eax, ${T_US}__temp_eax\n";
     }
 
     # finished:
     close(OUTASM) || &tidy_up_and_die(1,"Failed writing to $out_asmf\n");
     close(INASM)  || &tidy_up_and_die(1,"Failed reading from $in_asmf\n");
 }
-\end{code}
-
-The HP is a major nuisance.  The threaded code mangler moved info
-tables from data space to code space, but unthreaded code in the RTS
-still has references to info tables in data space.  Since the HP
-linker is very precise about where symbols live, we need to patch the
-references in the unthreaded RTS as well.
 
+\end{code}
+ 
 \begin{code}
-sub mini_mangle_asm_hppa {
+sub mini_mangle_asm_powerpc {
     local($in_asmf, $out_asmf) = @_;
 
     open(INASM, "< $in_asmf")
@@ -1293,8 +1438,15 @@ sub mini_mangle_asm_hppa {
 	|| &tidy_up_and_die(1,"$Pgm: failed to open `$out_asmf' (to write)\n");
 
     while (<INASM>) {
-	s/_info,DATA/_info,CODE/;   # Move _info references to code space
-	s/P%_PR/_PR/;
+	s/long _PRStart/long ._PRStart/;
+	s/long _PRIn_/long ._PRIn_/;
+	s/long _Dummy_(\S+)_entry/long ._Dummy_\1_entry/;
+	s/long _PRMarking_MarkNextRoot\[DS\]/long ._PRMarking_MarkNextRoot/;
+	s/long _PRMarking_MarkNextCAF\[DS\]/long ._PRMarking_MarkNextCAF/;
+	s/long _PRMarking_MarkNextAStack\[DS\]/long ._PRMarking_MarkNextAStack/;
+	s/long _PRMarking_MarkNextBStack\[DS\]/long ._PRMarking_MarkNextBStack/;
+        s/\.tc EnterNodeCode\[TC]\,EnterNodeCode\[DS\]/\.tc EnterNodeCode\[TC]\,.EnterNodeCode/; # CONC
+        s/\.tc CheckHeapCode\[TC]\,CheckHeapCode\[DS\]/\.tc CheckHeapCode\[TC]\,.CheckHeapCode/; # CONC
 	print OUTASM;
     }
 
@@ -1303,6 +1455,26 @@ sub mini_mangle_asm_hppa {
     close(INASM)  || &tidy_up_and_die(1,"Failed reading from $in_asmf\n");
 }
 
+sub mangle_powerpc_tailjump {
+    local($c) = @_;
+    local($maybe_more) = 1;
+    while (($c =~ /\tlw?z? \d+,LC\.\.\d+\(2\)\n\tmtctr \d+\n\tbctr\n/) && $maybe_more) 
+      { $maybe_more = 0;
+        $lcsymb = $c;
+        $lcsymb =~ s/(.*\n)*\tlw?z? \d+,LC\.\.(\d+)\(2\)\n\tmtctr \d+\n\tbctr\n(.*\n)*/\2/;
+# the checks for r1 and r2 are mostly paranoia...
+        $r1 = $c;
+        $r1 =~ s/(.*\n)*\tlw?z? (\d+),LC\.\.\d+\(2\)\n\tmtctr \d+\n\tbctr\n(.*\n)*/\2/;
+        $r2 = $c;
+        $r2 =~ s/(.*\n)*\tlw?z? \d+,LC\.\.(\d+)\(2\)\n\tmtctr (\d+)\n\tbctr\n(.*\n)*/\3/;
+        if (r1 == r2)
+          { $maybe_more = 1;
+            $c =~ s/((.*\n)*)\tlw?z? \d+,LC\.\.\d+\(2\)\n\tmtctr \d+\n\tbctr\n((.*\n)*)/\1\tb $tocequiv{$lcsymb}\n\3/;
+          }
+      };
+    $c;
+}
+
 # make "require"r happy...
 1;
 \end{code}