diff -ur on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/extends.c bc-on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/extends.c
--- on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/extends.c	Tue Jun 14 02:43:29 2005
+++ bc-on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/extends.c	Mon Jul 11 23:17:18 2005
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  * This function is recursive.
  */
 int
-do_extends(const Meta_info parentM, const Translator_info *T_info, char *value)
+do_extends(const Meta_info *parentM, const Translator_info *T_info, char *value)
 {
 	static int extends_count = 0;
 	char funname[BUFSIZ], filename[MAXPATHLEN], parentfun[BUFSIZ],
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 	if (extends_count > MAX_EXTENDS) {
 		errlog(ERROR, "\"%s\", line %d: Error: Too many levels of "
-		    "extends\n", parentM.mi_filename, parentM.mi_line_number);
+		    "extends\n", parentM->mi_filename, parentM->mi_line_number);
 		++errors;
 		goto ret;
 	}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	case 2: /* filename not set */
 		errlog(ERROR, "\"%s\", line %d: Error: Couldn't parse "
 		    "'data' or 'function' line\n",
-		    parentM.mi_filename, parentM.mi_line_number);
+		    parentM->mi_filename, parentM->mi_line_number);
 		++errors;
 		goto ret;
 		break;
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
 	f = pathfind(T_info->ti_dash_I, filename, "f");
 	if (f == NULL) {
 		errlog(ERROR, "\"%s\", line %d: Error: Unable to find spec "
-		    "file \"%s\"\n", parentM.mi_filename,
-		    parentM.mi_line_number, filename);
+		    "file \"%s\"\n", parentM->mi_filename,
+		    parentM->mi_line_number, filename);
 		++errors;
 		goto ret;
 	}
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@
 	efp = fopen(ifilename, "r");
 	if (efp == NULL) {
 		errlog(ERROR, "\"%s\", line %d: Error: Unable to open "
-		    "file \"%s\"\n", parentM.mi_filename,
-		    parentM.mi_line_number, ifilename);
+		    "file \"%s\"\n", parentM->mi_filename,
+		    parentM->mi_line_number, ifilename);
 		free(ifilename);
 		++errors;
 		goto ret;
@@ -165,14 +165,14 @@
 			if (extends_count == 1) {
 				extends_warn = 1;
 			}
-			if ((extends_err = do_extends(M, T_info, localvalue))
+			if ((extends_err = do_extends(&M, T_info, localvalue))
 			    != 0) {
 				if (extends_count == 1) {
 					errlog(ERROR, "\"%s\", line %d: "
 					    "Error occurred while "
 					    "processing 'extends'\n",
-					    parentM.mi_filename,
-					    parentM.mi_line_number);
+					    parentM->mi_filename,
+					    parentM->mi_line_number);
 				}
 				errors += extends_err;
 			}
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@
 				errlog(ERROR, "\"%s\", line %d: "
 				    "Warning: \"%s\" does not extend "
 				    "a base specification",
-				    parentM.mi_filename,
-				    parentM.mi_line_number,
+				    parentM->mi_filename,
+				    parentM->mi_line_number,
 				    funname);
 			}
 			break;
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@
 				    "Error: Interface is missing \"end\"\n"
 				    "\"%s\", line %d: Error while processing "
 				    "%s\n", M.mi_filename, M.mi_line_number,
-				    parentM.mi_filename,
-				    parentM.mi_line_number, ifilename);
+				    parentM->mi_filename,
+				    parentM->mi_line_number, ifilename);
 				++errors;
 				goto end;
 				break;
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 					    "uninteresting keyword: %s\n", key);
 				break;
 			default:
-				retval = xlator_take_kvpair(M, ki, localvalue);
+				retval = xlator_take_kvpair(&M, ki, localvalue);
 				if (retval) {
 					if (T_info->ti_verbosity >= STATUS)
 						errlog(STATUS,
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@
 		}
 	} else {
 		errlog(ERROR, "\"%s\", line %d: Error: Unable to find "
-		    "function %s in %s\n", parentM.mi_filename,
-		    parentM.mi_line_number, parentfun, ifilename);
+		    "function %s in %s\n", parentM->mi_filename,
+		    parentM->mi_line_number, parentfun, ifilename);
 		++errors;
 	}
 end:
diff -ur on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/frontend.c bc-on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/frontend.c
--- on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/frontend.c	Tue Jun 14 02:43:29 2005
+++ bc-on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/frontend.c	Mon Jul 11 23:18:01 2005
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 		case XLATOR_KW_FUNC:	 /* Function keyword */
 		case XLATOR_KW_DATA:	 /* Data keyword */
 			meta_info.mi_extended = 0;
-			retval = xlator_start_if(meta_info, ki, value);
+			retval = xlator_start_if(&meta_info, ki, value);
 			switch (retval) {
 			case XLATOR_FATAL: /* FATAL ERROR */
 				if (T_info->ti_verbosity >= STATUS) {
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 					break;
 				case 1:		/* Extends */
 					meta_info.mi_extended = 1;
-					extends_err = do_extends(meta_info,
+					extends_err = do_extends(&meta_info,
 					    T_info, value);
 					if (extends_err) {
 						errors += extends_err;
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 			break;
 		case XLATOR_KW_END: /* END keyword */
 			if (start_if_fail == 0 && skip_if == 0) {
-				retval = xlator_end_if(meta_info, value);
+				retval = xlator_end_if(&meta_info, value);
 				if (retval)
 					++errors;
 			}
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 			break;
 		default:
 			if (skip_if == 0 && start_if_fail == 0) {
-				retval = xlator_take_kvpair(meta_info,
+				retval = xlator_take_kvpair(&meta_info,
 				    ki, value);
 				if (retval) {
 					if (T_info->ti_verbosity >= STATUS)
diff -ur on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/parser.h bc-on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/parser.h
--- on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/parser.h	Tue Jun 14 02:43:29 2005
+++ bc-on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/parser/parser.h	Mon Jul 11 23:22:53 2005
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 extern int verbosity;
 
 extern int frontend(const Translator_info *);
-extern int do_extends(const Meta_info, const Translator_info *, char *);
+extern int do_extends(const Meta_info *, const Translator_info *, char *);
 extern void split(const char *, char *, char *);
 extern void remcomment(char const *);
 extern void getlinecont(char *, char *, int, FILE *, Meta_info *);
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@
 extern xlator_keyword_t *xlator_init(const Translator_info *);
 extern int xlator_startlib(char const *libname);
 extern int xlator_startfile(char const *filename);
-extern int xlator_start_if(const Meta_info meta_info, const int token,
+extern int xlator_start_if(const Meta_info *meta_info, const int token,
     char *value);
-extern int xlator_take_kvpair(const Meta_info, const int token, char *value);
-extern int xlator_end_if(const Meta_info, const char *value);
+extern int xlator_take_kvpair(Meta_info *, const int token, char *value);
+extern int xlator_end_if(const Meta_info *, const char *value);
 extern int xlator_endfile(void);
 extern int xlator_endlib(void);
 extern int xlator_end(void);
diff -ur on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/spec2map/xlator.c bc-on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/spec2map/xlator.c
--- on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/spec2map/xlator.c	Tue Jun 14 02:43:29 2005
+++ bc-on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/spec2map/xlator.c	Mon Jul 11 23:22:46 2005
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
  *              XLATOR_FATAL	on fatal error
  */
 int
-xlator_start_if(const Meta_info meta_info, const int token, char *value)
+xlator_start_if(const Meta_info *meta_info, const int token, char *value)
 {
 	char rhs[BUFSIZ];
 	char *kw;
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@
 		return (XLATOR_FATAL);
 	}
 
-	Curline = meta_info.mi_line_number;
-	seterrline(Curline, meta_info.mi_filename, kw, value);
+	Curline = meta_info->mi_line_number;
+	seterrline(Curline, meta_info->mi_filename, kw, value);
 
 	if (Curfun != NULL) {
 		errlog(INPUT|ERROR,
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
  *              XLATOR_NONFATAL	on error
  */
 int
-xlator_take_kvpair(const Meta_info meta_info, const int token,
+xlator_take_kvpair(Meta_info *meta_info, const int token,
 	char *value)
 {
 	char *p;
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@
 	char *subv = NULL;
 	char *key = Keywords[token-FIRST_TOKEN].key;
 
-	Curline = meta_info.mi_line_number;
-	seterrline(Curline, meta_info.mi_filename, key, value);
+	Curline = meta_info->mi_line_number;
+	seterrline(Curline, meta_info->mi_filename, key, value);
 
 	errlog(TRACING,
 	    "take_kvpair called. ext_cnt=%d token=%d key=%s value=%s",
-	    meta_info.mi_ext_cnt, token, key, value);
+	    meta_info->mi_ext_cnt, token, key, value);
 
 	if (Curfun == NULL) {
 		errlog(INPUT|ERROR, "Error: Keyword found outside "
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 
 	switch (token) {
 	case XLATOR_KW_VERSION:
-		if (meta_info.mi_ext_cnt  !=  0)
+		if (meta_info->mi_ext_cnt  !=  0)
 			return (XLATOR_SUCCESS);
 
 		errlog(TRACING, "Version found. Setting Version to %s", value);
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
 		break;
 
 	case XLATOR_KW_ARCH:
-		if (meta_info.mi_ext_cnt  !=  0)
+		if (meta_info->mi_ext_cnt  !=  0)
 			return (XLATOR_SUCCESS);
 
 		if (value[0] != '\0') {
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 
 		/*
 		 * Note that we allow extends for the binding keyword by
-		 * not checking that meta_info.mi_ext_cnt == 0 here.
+		 * not checking that meta_info->mi_ext_cnt == 0 here.
 		 */
 
 		/* remove trailing white space */
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
 		 * chain to get the filter or auxiliary values: we want
 		 * the first/most-tightly-bound one (mi_ext_cnt = 0).
 		 */
-		if (meta_info.mi_ext_cnt  !=  0)
+		if (meta_info->mi_ext_cnt  !=  0)
 			return (XLATOR_SUCCESS);
 
 		errlog(TRACING, "Filter[token=%d] found. Setting Filter to %s",
@@ -451,12 +451,12 @@
  */
 /*ARGSUSED*/
 int
-xlator_end_if(const Meta_info M, const char *value)
+xlator_end_if(const Meta_info *M, const char *value)
 {
 	int retval = XLATOR_NONFATAL;
 	int picky = Flags & XLATOR_PICKY_FLAG;
 
-	seterrline(M.mi_line_number, M.mi_filename, "End", "");
+	seterrline(M->mi_line_number, M->mi_filename, "End", "");
 	errlog(TRACING, "xlator_end_if");
 
 	if (Curfun == NULL) {
diff -ur on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/spec2trace/trace.c bc-on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/spec2trace/trace.c
--- on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/spec2trace/trace.c	Tue Jun 14 02:43:30 2005
+++ bc-on17/usr/src/cmd/abi/spectrans/spec2trace/trace.c	Mon Jul 11 23:19:41 2005
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 		end;
 } Statistics;
 
-#define	LINE	(m.mi_line_number-(m.mi_nlines-1))
+#define	LINE	(m->mi_line_number-(m->mi_nlines-1))
 
 static void stats_init(void);
 static void stats_report(void);
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
  *	interface in the spec file.
  */
 int
-xlator_start_if(const Meta_info m, int const token, char *value)
+xlator_start_if(const Meta_info *m, int const token, char *value)
 {
 	char ifname[BUFSIZ];
 	char *kw;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 		return (XLATOR_FATAL);
 	}
 
-	seterrline(LINE, m.mi_filename, kw, value);
+	seterrline(LINE, m->mi_filename, kw, value);
 	errlog(BEGIN, "xlator_start_if() {");
 
 /*
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 
 	errlog(TRACING, "now in interface \"%s\"", value);
 
-	symtab_new_function(m.mi_line_number, m.mi_filename);
+	symtab_new_function(m->mi_line_number, m->mi_filename);
 		/* Also cleans junk out of symbol table. */
 	errlog(END, "}");
 	return (SUCCESS_RC);
@@ -267,17 +267,17 @@
  *	front-end wrapper.
  */
 int
-xlator_take_kvpair(Meta_info m, int const token, char *value)
+xlator_take_kvpair(Meta_info *m, int const token, char *value)
 {
 	int retval;
 	char *key = Keywords[token-FIRST_TOKEN].key;
 
 	int line = LINE; /* TBD */
-	symtab_set_filename(m.mi_filename);
+	symtab_set_filename(m->mi_filename);
 
 	value = strnormalize(value);
 
-	seterrline(line, m.mi_filename, key, value);
+	seterrline(line, m->mi_filename, key, value);
 	errlog(BEGIN, "xlator_take_kvpair() {");
 	Statistics.lines++;
 	errlog(VERBOSE, "key='%s', value='%s'",
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 	 */
 		symtab_clear_function(); /* Always use last one. */
 		errlog(END, "}");
-		retval = collect_prototype(value, line, m.mi_ext_cnt);
+		retval = collect_prototype(value, line, m->mi_ext_cnt);
 		break;
 
 	case XLATOR_KW_INCL:
@@ -323,12 +323,12 @@
 		break;
 
 	case XLATOR_KW_WEAK:
-		if (m.mi_extended == 1) {
+		if (m->mi_extended == 1) {
 			errlog(ERROR, "\"%s\", line %d: "
 			    "Warning: Cannot use extends with a weak "
 			    "interface",
-			    m.mi_filename,
-			    m.mi_line_number);
+			    m->mi_filename,
+			    m->mi_line_number);
 		}
 		retval = SUCCESS_RC;
 		break;
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@
  */
 /*ARGSUSED*/
 int
-xlator_end_if(const Meta_info m, char const *value)
+xlator_end_if(const Meta_info *m, char const *value)
 {
-	seterrline(LINE, m.mi_filename, "end", value);
+	seterrline(LINE, m->mi_filename, "end", value);
 	errlog(BEGIN, "xlator_end_if() {");
 	if (symtab_get_skip() == YES) {
 		symtab_set_skip(NO);