--- gcc/config/mips/mips-5.h	2018/04/24 18:15:46	1.1.1.2
+++ gcc/config/mips/mips-5.h	2018/04/24 18:22:02	1.1.1.3
@@ -19,14 +19,27 @@ along with GNU CC; see the file COPYING.
 the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
 
 #define LINK_SPEC "\
-%{G*} \
-%{!mgas: \
-	%{EB} %{!EB: -EB} \
-	%{EL: %e-EL not supported} \
-	%{mips1} %{mips2} %{mips3} %{bestGnum} \
-	%{shared} %{non_shared} %{call_shared} %{no_archive} %{exact_version} \
-	%{!shared: %{!non_shared: %{!call_shared: -non_shared}}}}"
+%{G*} %{EB} %{EL} %{mips1} %{mips2} %{mips3} \
+%{bestGnum} %{shared} %{non_shared} \
+%{call_shared} %{no_archive} %{exact_version} \
+%{!shared: %{!non_shared: %{!call_shared: -non_shared}}}"
 
 #define STARTFILE_SPEC "%{pg:gcrt0.o%s}%{!pg:%{p:mcrt0.o%s}%{!p:crt1.o%s crtn.o%s}}"
 
 #include "mips/mips.h"
+
+/* Some assemblers have a bug that causes backslash escaped chars in .ascii
+   to be misassembled, so we just completely avoid it.  */
+#undef ASM_OUTPUT_ASCII
+#define ASM_OUTPUT_ASCII(FILE,PTR,LEN)			\
+do {							\
+  unsigned char *s;					\
+  int i;						\
+  for (i = 0, s = (unsigned char *)(PTR); i < (LEN); s++, i++)	\
+    {							\
+      if ((i % 8) == 0)					\
+	fputs ("\n\t.byte\t", (FILE));			\
+      fprintf ((FILE), "%s0x%x", (i%8?",":""), (unsigned)*s); \
+    }							\
+  fputs ("\n", (FILE));					\
+} while (0)