diff -durN binutils-2.17.orig/gas/config/tc-i386.c binutils-2.17/gas/config/tc-i386.c

 --- binutils-2.17.orig/gas/config/tc-i386.c	2006-04-07 08:40:57.000000000 +0200

 +++ binutils-2.17/gas/config/tc-i386.c	2008-09-22 09:06:07.000000000 +0200

 @@ -196,24 +196,10 @@

  #endif

  	;

 -#if (defined (TE_I386AIX)				\

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

 -	 && !defined (TE_GNU)				\

 -	 && !defined (TE_LINUX)				\

 - 	 && !defined (TE_NETWARE)			\

 -	 && !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.  The option

 -   --divide will remove '/' from this list.  */

 -const char *i386_comment_chars = "#/";

 -#define SVR4_COMMENT_CHARS 1

 -#define PREFIX_SEPARATOR '\\'

 -

 -#else

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

  const char *i386_comment_chars = "#";

  #define PREFIX_SEPARATOR '/'

 -#endif

  /* 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'

 @@ -5486,20 +5472,6 @@

        break;

      case OPTION_DIVIDE:

 -#ifdef SVR4_COMMENT_CHARS

 -      {

 -	char *n, *t;

 -	const char *s;

 -

 -	n = (char *) xmalloc (strlen (i386_comment_chars) + 1);

 -	t = n;

 -	for (s = i386_comment_chars; *s != '\0'; s++)

 -	  if (*s != '/')

 -	    *t++ = *s;

 -	*t = '\0';

 -	i386_comment_chars = n;

 -      }

 -#endif

        break;

      default:

 @@ -5525,13 +5497,8 @@

    fprintf (stream, _("\

    -s                      ignored\n"));

  #endif

 -#ifdef SVR4_COMMENT_CHARS

 -  fprintf (stream, _("\

 -  --divide                do not treat `/' as a comment character\n"));

 -#else

    fprintf (stream, _("\

    --divide                ignored\n"));

 -#endif

  }

  #if ((defined (OBJ_MAYBE_COFF) && defined (OBJ_MAYBE_AOUT)) \