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[] = ";";