Make use of .half and/or .asciiz assembler keywords when necessary.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7f2674f..1bf05d5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -11141,7 +11141,125 @@
then
cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_ASM_STRING 1
+#define __ASM_STRING ".string"
+_ACEOF
+
+else
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether assembler accepts .asciz" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking whether assembler accepts .asciz... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_c_asm_asciz+set}" = set; then
+ echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+ cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h. */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h. */
+void ac_asm(void) { asm(".data\n\t.asciz \"test\"\n\t.text"); }
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+ ;
+ return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); } &&
+ { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
+ { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+ ac_cv_c_asm_asciz="yes"
+else
+ echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+ac_cv_c_asm_asciz="no"
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_c_asm_asciz" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_c_asm_asciz" >&6
+ if test "$ac_cv_c_asm_asciz" = "yes"
+ then
+ cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define __ASM_STRING ".asciz"
+_ACEOF
+
+ else
+ cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define __ASM_STRING ".ascii"
+_ACEOF
+
+ fi
+fi
+
+
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether assembler accepts .short" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking whether assembler accepts .short... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_c_asm_short+set}" = set; then
+ echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+ cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h. */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h. */
+void ac_asm(void) { asm(".data\n\t.short 1\n\t.text"); }
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+ ;
+ return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); } &&
+ { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
+ { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+ ac_cv_c_asm_short="yes"
+else
+ echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+ac_cv_c_asm_short="no"
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_c_asm_short" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_c_asm_short" >&6
+if test "$ac_cv_c_asm_short" = "yes"
+then
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define __ASM_SHORT ".short"
+_ACEOF
+
+else
+ cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define __ASM_SHORT ".half"
_ACEOF
fi
