diff -Naur binutils-2.14/gas/config/obj-elf.c binutils-2.14.patched/gas/config/obj-elf.c
--- binutils-2.14/gas/config/obj-elf.c	2003-05-02 13:06:16.000000000 -0400
+++ binutils-2.14.patched/gas/config/obj-elf.c	2003-07-25 14:40:41.000000000 -0400
@@ -1561,7 +1561,16 @@
       return;
     }
   input_line_pointer++;
+
+  extern int do_not_generate_delta_symbol; // RM HACK
+
+  do_not_generate_delta_symbol++;
+  
   expression (&exp);
+
+  do_not_generate_delta_symbol--;
+  
+  
   if (exp.X_op == O_absent)
     {
       as_bad (_("missing expression in .size directive"));
diff -Naur binutils-2.14/gas/config/tc-arm.c binutils-2.14.patched/gas/config/tc-arm.c
--- binutils-2.14/gas/config/tc-arm.c	2003-04-02 18:31:25.000000000 -0500
+++ binutils-2.14.patched/gas/config/tc-arm.c	2003-07-24 13:33:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -11439,6 +11439,14 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+
+extern int hack_current_data_type;  // RM HACK
+
+#define DATA_TYPE_ARM 1 // RM HACK
+#define DATA_TYPE_THUMB 2 // RM HACK
+#define DATA_TYPE_DATA 2 // RM HACK
+
+
 void
 md_assemble (str)
      char * str;
@@ -11489,6 +11497,13 @@
 
       if (opcode)
 	{
+
+            if( hack_current_data_type != DATA_TYPE_THUMB )   // RM HACK
+            {
+                symbol_new ("$t", now_seg, (valueT) frag_now_fix (), frag_now); // RM HACK
+                hack_current_data_type = DATA_TYPE_THUMB; // RM HACK
+            }
+      
 	  /* Check that this instruction is supported for this CPU.  */
 	  if (thumb_mode == 1 && (opcode->variant & cpu_variant) == 0)
 	    {
@@ -11514,6 +11529,12 @@
 
       if (opcode)
 	{
+            if( hack_current_data_type != DATA_TYPE_ARM ) // RM HACK
+            {
+                symbol_new ("$a", now_seg, (valueT) frag_now_fix (), frag_now); // RM HACK
+                hack_current_data_type = DATA_TYPE_ARM; // RM HACK
+            }
+
 	  /* Check that this instruction is supported for this CPU.  */
 	  if ((opcode->variant & cpu_variant) == 0)
 	    {
@@ -12619,6 +12640,12 @@
       return;
     }
 
+  if( hack_current_data_type != DATA_TYPE_DATA ) // RM HACK
+  {
+      symbol_new ("$d", now_seg, (valueT) frag_now_fix (), frag_now); // RM HACK
+      hack_current_data_type = DATA_TYPE_DATA; // RM HACK
+  }
+  
 #ifdef md_cons_align
   md_cons_align (nbytes);
 #endif


diff -Naur binutils-2.14/gas/ecoff.c binutils-2.14.patched/gas/ecoff.c
--- binutils-2.14/gas/ecoff.c	2002-08-27 07:09:42.000000000 -0400
+++ binutils-2.14.patched/gas/ecoff.c	2003-07-25 14:37:50.000000000 -0400
@@ -2658,7 +2658,15 @@
   for (i = 0; i < N_TQ; i++)
     {
       SKIP_WHITESPACE ();
+
+      extern int do_not_generate_delta_symbol; // RM HACK
+      
+      do_not_generate_delta_symbol++; // RM HACK
+      
       sizes[i] = get_absolute_expression ();
+
+      do_not_generate_delta_symbol--; // RM HACK
+
       if (*input_line_pointer == ',')
 	++input_line_pointer;
       else
diff -Naur binutils-2.14/gas/expr.c binutils-2.14.patched/gas/expr.c
--- binutils-2.14/gas/expr.c	2002-10-17 21:56:39.000000000 -0400
+++ binutils-2.14.patched/gas/expr.c	2003-07-25 15:10:18.000000000 -0400
@@ -1636,8 +1636,33 @@
   /* NOTREACHED  */
 }
 
+/* HACK to generate extra symbols for differences */
+
+int do_not_generate_delta_symbol = 0;
+
+void hack_add_delta_symbol(symbolS *lhs, symbolS *rhs)
+{
+    int do_not_generate_delta_symbol;
+    
+    if( do_not_generate_delta_symbol > 0) return;
+
+    const char * left_name=S_GET_NAME(lhs); 
+    const char * right_name=S_GET_NAME(rhs); 
+    char * new_sym_name=malloc(strlen(left_name)+strlen(right_name)+strlen("$delta:@-@")+1);
+
+    strcpy(new_sym_name,"$delta:");
+    strcat(new_sym_name,left_name);
+    strcat(new_sym_name,"@-@");
+    strcat(new_sym_name,right_name);
+
+    symbol_new (new_sym_name, now_seg, (valueT) frag_now_fix (), frag_now);
+    symbol_mark_used_in_reloc (lhs);
+    symbol_mark_used_in_reloc (rhs);
+}
+
 /* Parse an expression.  */
 
+
 segT
 expr (rankarg, resultP)
      int rankarg;	/* Larger # is higher rank.  */
@@ -1748,7 +1773,9 @@
 		   == symbol_get_frag (resultP->X_add_symbol))
 	       && (SEG_NORMAL (rightseg)
 		   || right.X_add_symbol == resultP->X_add_symbol))
-	{
+      {
+          hack_add_delta_symbol(resultP->X_add_symbol,right.X_add_symbol); // HACK
+            
 	  resultP->X_add_number -= right.X_add_number;
 	  resultP->X_add_number += (S_GET_VALUE (resultP->X_add_symbol)
 				    - S_GET_VALUE (right.X_add_symbol));
@@ -1843,6 +1870,8 @@
 	    resultP->X_add_number += right.X_add_number;
 	  else if (op_left == O_subtract)
 	    {
+                hack_add_delta_symbol( resultP->X_add_symbol, right.X_add_symbol); // HACK
+  
 	      resultP->X_add_number -= right.X_add_number;
 	      if (retval == rightseg && SEG_NORMAL (retval))
 		{
diff -Naur binutils-2.14/gas/read.c binutils-2.14.patched/gas/read.c
--- binutils-2.14/gas/read.c	2003-06-02 16:35:23.000000000 -0400
+++ binutils-2.14.patched/gas/read.c	2003-07-24 13:33:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -3400,10 +3400,20 @@
     mri_comment_end (stop, stopc);
 }
 
+int hack_current_data_type=0; // RM HACK
+#define DATA_TYPE_DATA 2 // RM HACK
+
+
 void
 cons (size)
      int size;
 {
+    if ( hack_current_data_type != DATA_TYPE_DATA ) // RM HACK
+    {
+        symbol_new ("$d", now_seg, (valueT) frag_now_fix (), frag_now);
+        hack_current_data_type = DATA_TYPE_DATA;
+    }
+    
   cons_worker (size, 0);
 }
 
@@ -3411,6 +3421,12 @@
 s_rva (size)
      int size;
 {
+    if ( hack_current_data_type != DATA_TYPE_DATA ) // RM HACK
+    {
+        symbol_new ("$d", now_seg, (valueT) frag_now_fix (), frag_now);
+        hack_current_data_type = DATA_TYPE_DATA;
+    }
+
   cons_worker (size, 1);
 }
 
@@ -4131,6 +4147,12 @@
   md_flush_pending_output ();
 #endif
 
+  if ( hack_current_data_type != DATA_TYPE_DATA ) // RM HACK
+  {
+      symbol_new ("$d", now_seg, (valueT) frag_now_fix (), frag_now);
+      hack_current_data_type = DATA_TYPE_DATA;
+  }
+    
   do
     {
       /* input_line_pointer->1st char of a flonum (we hope!).  */