diff -durN binutils-2.14.orig/gas/config/tc-i386.c binutils-2.14/gas/config/tc-i386.c

--- binutils-2.14.orig/gas/config/tc-i386.c	2003-01-29 11:05:52.000000000 +0100

+++ binutils-2.14/gas/config/tc-i386.c	2008-09-22 08:54:50.000000000 +0200

@@ -189,15 +189,10 @@

 const char extra_symbol_chars[] = "*%-([";

 #endif

-#if (defined (TE_I386AIX)				\

-     || ((defined (OBJ_ELF) || defined (OBJ_MAYBE_ELF))	\

-	 && !defined (TE_LINUX)				\

-	 && !defined (TE_FreeBSD)			\

-	 && !defined (TE_NetBSD)))

 /* This array holds the chars that always start a comment.  If the

    pre-processor is disabled, these aren't very useful.  */

-const char comment_chars[] = "#/";

-#define PREFIX_SEPARATOR '\\'

+const char comment_chars[] = "#";

+#define PREFIX_SEPARATOR '/'

 /* This array holds the chars that only start a comment at the beginning of

    a line.  If the line seems to have the form '# 123 filename'

@@ -207,16 +202,7 @@

    #NO_APP at the beginning of its output.

    Also note that comments started like this one will always work if

    '/' isn't otherwise defined.  */

-const char line_comment_chars[] = "#";

-

-#else

-/* Putting '/' here makes it impossible to use the divide operator.

-   However, we need it for compatibility with SVR4 systems.  */

-const char comment_chars[] = "#";

-#define PREFIX_SEPARATOR '/'

-

 const char line_comment_chars[] = "/#";

-#endif

 const char line_separator_chars[] = ";";