1AS(1) GNU Development Tools AS(1)
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6 AS - the portable GNU assembler.
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9 as [-a[cdghlns][=file]] [--alternate] [-D]
10 [--debug-prefix-map old=new]
11 [--defsym sym=val] [-f] [-g] [--gstabs]
12 [--gstabs+] [--gdwarf-2] [--help] [-I dir] [-J]
13 [-K] [-L] [--listing-lhs-width=NUM]
14 [--listing-lhs-width2=NUM] [--listing-rhs-width=NUM]
15 [--listing-cont-lines=NUM] [--keep-locals] [-o
16 objfile] [-R] [--reduce-memory-overheads] [--statistics]
17 [-v] [-version] [--version] [-W] [--warn]
18 [--fatal-warnings] [-w] [-x] [-Z] [@FILE]
19 [--target-help] [target-options]
20 [--|files ...]
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22 Target Alpha options:
23 [-mcpu]
24 [-mdebug | -no-mdebug]
25 [-relax] [-g] [-Gsize]
26 [-F] [-32addr]
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28 Target ARC options:
29 [-marc[5|6|7|8]]
30 [-EB|-EL]
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32 Target ARM options:
33 [-mcpu=processor[+extension...]]
34 [-march=architecture[+extension...]]
35 [-mfpu=floating-point-format]
36 [-mfloat-abi=abi]
37 [-meabi=ver]
38 [-mthumb]
39 [-EB|-EL]
40 [-mapcs-32|-mapcs-26|-mapcs-float|
41 -mapcs-reentrant]
42 [-mthumb-interwork] [-k]
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44 Target CRIS options:
45 [--underscore | --no-underscore]
46 [--pic] [-N]
47 [--emulation=criself | --emulation=crisaout]
48 [--march=v0_v10 | --march=v10 | --march=v32 |
49 --march=common_v10_v32]
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51 Target D10V options:
52 [-O]
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54 Target D30V options:
55 [-O|-n|-N]
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57 Target H8/300 options:
58 [-h-tick-hex]
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60 Target i386 options:
61 [--32|--64] [-n]
62 [-march=CPU[+EXTENSION...]] [-mtune=CPU]
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64 Target i960 options:
65 [-ACA|-ACA_A|-ACB|-ACC|-AKA|-AKB|
66 -AKC|-AMC]
67 [-b] [-no-relax]
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69 Target IA-64 options:
70 [-mconstant-gp|-mauto-pic]
71 [-milp32|-milp64|-mlp64|-mp64]
72 [-mle|mbe]
73 [-mtune=itanium1|-mtune=itanium2]
74 [-munwind-check=warning|-munwind-check=error]
75 [-mhint.b=ok|-mhint.b=warning|-mhint.b=error]
76 [-x|-xexplicit] [-xauto] [-xdebug]
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78 Target IP2K options:
79 [-mip2022|-mip2022ext]
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81 Target M32C options:
82 [-m32c|-m16c] [-relax] [-h-tick-hex]
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84 Target M32R options:
85 [--m32rx|--[no-]warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts|
86 --W[n]p]
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88 Target M680X0 options:
89 [-l] [-m68000|-m68010|-m68020|...]
90
91 Target M68HC11 options:
92 [-m68hc11|-m68hc12|-m68hcs12]
93 [-mshort|-mlong]
94 [-mshort-double|-mlong-double]
95 [--force-long-branches] [--short-branches]
96 [--strict-direct-mode] [--print-insn-syntax]
97 [--print-opcodes] [--generate-example]
98
99 Target MCORE options:
100 [-jsri2bsr] [-sifilter] [-relax]
101 [-mcpu=[210|340]]
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103 Target MIPS options:
104 [-nocpp] [-EL] [-EB] [-O[optimization level]]
105 [-g[debug level]] [-G num] [-KPIC] [-call_shared]
106 [-non_shared] [-xgot [-mvxworks-pic]
107 [-mabi=ABI] [-32] [-n32] [-64] [-mfp32] [-mgp32]
108 [-march=CPU] [-mtune=CPU] [-mips1] [-mips2]
109 [-mips3] [-mips4] [-mips5] [-mips32] [-mips32r2]
110 [-mips64] [-mips64r2]
111 [-construct-floats] [-no-construct-floats]
112 [-trap] [-no-break] [-break] [-no-trap]
113 [-mfix7000] [-mno-fix7000]
114 [-mips16] [-no-mips16]
115 [-msmartmips] [-mno-smartmips]
116 [-mips3d] [-no-mips3d]
117 [-mdmx] [-no-mdmx]
118 [-mdsp] [-mno-dsp]
119 [-mdspr2] [-mno-dspr2]
120 [-mmt] [-mno-mt]
121 [-mdebug] [-no-mdebug]
122 [-mpdr] [-mno-pdr]
123
124 Target MMIX options:
125 [--fixed-special-register-names] [--globalize-symbols]
126 [--gnu-syntax] [--relax] [--no-predefined-symbols]
127 [--no-expand] [--no-merge-gregs] [-x]
128 [--linker-allocated-gregs]
129
130 Target PDP11 options:
131 [-mpic|-mno-pic] [-mall] [-mno-extensions]
132 [-mextension|-mno-extension]
133 [-mcpu] [-mmachine]
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135 Target picoJava options:
136 [-mb|-me]
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138 Target PowerPC options:
139 [-mpwrx|-mpwr2|-mpwr|-m601|-mppc|-mppc32|-m603|-m604|
140 -m403|-m405|-mppc64|-m620|-mppc64bridge|-mbooke|
141 -mbooke32|-mbooke64]
142 [-mcom|-many|-maltivec|-mvsx] [-memb]
143 [-mregnames|-mno-regnames]
144 [-mrelocatable|-mrelocatable-lib]
145 [-mlittle|-mlittle-endian|-mbig|-mbig-endian]
146 [-msolaris|-mno-solaris]
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148 Target SPARC options:
149 [-Av6|-Av7|-Av8|-Asparclet|-Asparclite
150 -Av8plus|-Av8plusa|-Av9|-Av9a]
151 [-xarch=v8plus|-xarch=v8plusa] [-bump]
152 [-32|-64]
153
154 Target TIC54X options:
155 [-mcpu=54[123589]|-mcpu=54[56]lp] [-mfar-mode|-mf]
156 [-merrors-to-file <filename>|-me <filename>]
157
158 Target Z80 options:
159 [-z80] [-r800]
160 [ -ignore-undocumented-instructions] [-Wnud]
161 [ -ignore-unportable-instructions] [-Wnup]
162 [ -warn-undocumented-instructions] [-Wud]
163 [ -warn-unportable-instructions] [-Wup]
164 [ -forbid-undocumented-instructions] [-Fud]
165 [ -forbid-unportable-instructions] [-Fup]
166
167 Target Xtensa options:
168 [--[no-]text-section-literals] [--[no-]absolute-literals]
169 [--[no-]target-align] [--[no-]longcalls]
170 [--[no-]transform]
171 [--rename-section oldname=newname]
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174 GNU as is really a family of assemblers. If you use (or have used) the
175 GNU assembler on one architecture, you should find a fairly similar
176 environment when you use it on another architecture. Each version has
177 much in common with the others, including object file formats, most
178 assembler directives (often called pseudo-ops) and assembler syntax.
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180 as is primarily intended to assemble the output of the GNU C compiler
181 "gcc" for use by the linker "ld". Nevertheless, we've tried to make as
182 assemble correctly everything that other assemblers for the same
183 machine would assemble. Any exceptions are documented explicitly.
184 This doesn't mean as always uses the same syntax as another assembler
185 for the same architecture; for example, we know of several incompatible
186 versions of 680x0 assembly language syntax.
187
188 Each time you run as it assembles exactly one source program. The
189 source program is made up of one or more files. (The standard input is
190 also a file.)
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192 You give as a command line that has zero or more input file names. The
193 input files are read (from left file name to right). A command line
194 argument (in any position) that has no special meaning is taken to be
195 an input file name.
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197 If you give as no file names it attempts to read one input file from
198 the as standard input, which is normally your terminal. You may have
199 to type ctl-D to tell as there is no more program to assemble.
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201 Use -- if you need to explicitly name the standard input file in your
202 command line.
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204 If the source is empty, as produces a small, empty object file.
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206 as may write warnings and error messages to the standard error file
207 (usually your terminal). This should not happen when a compiler runs
208 as automatically. Warnings report an assumption made so that as could
209 keep assembling a flawed program; errors report a grave problem that
210 stops the assembly.
211
212 If you are invoking as via the GNU C compiler, you can use the -Wa
213 option to pass arguments through to the assembler. The assembler
214 arguments must be separated from each other (and the -Wa) by commas.
215 For example:
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217 gcc -c -g -O -Wa,-alh,-L file.c
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219 This passes two options to the assembler: -alh (emit a listing to
220 standard output with high-level and assembly source) and -L (retain
221 local symbols in the symbol table).
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223 Usually you do not need to use this -Wa mechanism, since many compiler
224 command-line options are automatically passed to the assembler by the
225 compiler. (You can call the GNU compiler driver with the -v option to
226 see precisely what options it passes to each compilation pass,
227 including the assembler.)
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230 @file
231 Read command-line options from file. The options read are inserted
232 in place of the original @file option. If file does not exist, or
233 cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and not
234 removed.
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236 Options in file are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
237 character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
238 option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including
239 a backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be
240 included with a backslash. The file may itself contain additional
241 @file options; any such options will be processed recursively.
242
243 -a[cdghlmns]
244 Turn on listings, in any of a variety of ways:
245
246 -ac omit false conditionals
247
248 -ad omit debugging directives
249
250 -ag include general information, like as version and options passed
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252 -ah include high-level source
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254 -al include assembly
255
256 -am include macro expansions
257
258 -an omit forms processing
259
260 -as include symbols
261
262 =file
263 set the name of the listing file
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265 You may combine these options; for example, use -aln for assembly
266 listing without forms processing. The =file option, if used, must
267 be the last one. By itself, -a defaults to -ahls.
268
269 --alternate
270 Begin in alternate macro mode.
271
272 -D Ignored. This option is accepted for script compatibility with
273 calls to other assemblers.
274
275 --debug-prefix-map old=new
276 When assembling files in directory old, record debugging
277 information describing them as in new instead.
278
279 --defsym sym=value
280 Define the symbol sym to be value before assembling the input file.
281 value must be an integer constant. As in C, a leading 0x indicates
282 a hexadecimal value, and a leading 0 indicates an octal value. The
283 value of the symbol can be overridden inside a source file via the
284 use of a ".set" pseudo-op.
285
286 -f "fast"---skip whitespace and comment preprocessing (assume source
287 is compiler output).
288
289 -g
290 --gen-debug
291 Generate debugging information for each assembler source line using
292 whichever debug format is preferred by the target. This currently
293 means either STABS, ECOFF or DWARF2.
294
295 --gstabs
296 Generate stabs debugging information for each assembler line. This
297 may help debugging assembler code, if the debugger can handle it.
298
299 --gstabs+
300 Generate stabs debugging information for each assembler line, with
301 GNU extensions that probably only gdb can handle, and that could
302 make other debuggers crash or refuse to read your program. This
303 may help debugging assembler code. Currently the only GNU
304 extension is the location of the current working directory at
305 assembling time.
306
307 --gdwarf-2
308 Generate DWARF2 debugging information for each assembler line.
309 This may help debugging assembler code, if the debugger can handle
310 it. Note---this option is only supported by some targets, not all
311 of them.
312
313 --help
314 Print a summary of the command line options and exit.
315
316 --target-help
317 Print a summary of all target specific options and exit.
318
319 -I dir
320 Add directory dir to the search list for ".include" directives.
321
322 -J Don't warn about signed overflow.
323
324 -K Issue warnings when difference tables altered for long
325 displacements.
326
327 -L
328 --keep-locals
329 Keep (in the symbol table) local symbols. These symbols start with
330 system-specific local label prefixes, typically .L for ELF systems
331 or L for traditional a.out systems.
332
333 --listing-lhs-width=number
334 Set the maximum width, in words, of the output data column for an
335 assembler listing to number.
336
337 --listing-lhs-width2=number
338 Set the maximum width, in words, of the output data column for
339 continuation lines in an assembler listing to number.
340
341 --listing-rhs-width=number
342 Set the maximum width of an input source line, as displayed in a
343 listing, to number bytes.
344
345 --listing-cont-lines=number
346 Set the maximum number of lines printed in a listing for a single
347 line of input to number + 1.
348
349 -o objfile
350 Name the object-file output from as objfile.
351
352 -R Fold the data section into the text section.
353
354 Set the default size of GAS's hash tables to a prime number close
355 to number. Increasing this value can reduce the length of time it
356 takes the assembler to perform its tasks, at the expense of
357 increasing the assembler's memory requirements. Similarly reducing
358 this value can reduce the memory requirements at the expense of
359 speed.
360
361 --reduce-memory-overheads
362 This option reduces GAS's memory requirements, at the expense of
363 making the assembly processes slower. Currently this switch is a
364 synonym for --hash-size=4051, but in the future it may have other
365 effects as well.
366
367 --statistics
368 Print the maximum space (in bytes) and total time (in seconds) used
369 by assembly.
370
371 --strip-local-absolute
372 Remove local absolute symbols from the outgoing symbol table.
373
374 -v
375 -version
376 Print the as version.
377
378 --version
379 Print the as version and exit.
380
381 -W
382 --no-warn
383 Suppress warning messages.
384
385 --fatal-warnings
386 Treat warnings as errors.
387
388 --warn
389 Don't suppress warning messages or treat them as errors.
390
391 -w Ignored.
392
393 -x Ignored.
394
395 -Z Generate an object file even after errors.
396
397 -- | files ...
398 Standard input, or source files to assemble.
399
400 The following options are available when as is configured for an ARC
401 processor.
402
403 -marc[5|6|7|8]
404 This option selects the core processor variant.
405
406 -EB | -EL
407 Select either big-endian (-EB) or little-endian (-EL) output.
408
409 The following options are available when as is configured for the ARM
410 processor family.
411
412 -mcpu=processor[+extension...]
413 Specify which ARM processor variant is the target.
414
415 -march=architecture[+extension...]
416 Specify which ARM architecture variant is used by the target.
417
418 -mfpu=floating-point-format
419 Select which Floating Point architecture is the target.
420
421 -mfloat-abi=abi
422 Select which floating point ABI is in use.
423
424 -mthumb
425 Enable Thumb only instruction decoding.
426
427 -mapcs-32 | -mapcs-26 | -mapcs-float | -mapcs-reentrant
428 Select which procedure calling convention is in use.
429
430 -EB | -EL
431 Select either big-endian (-EB) or little-endian (-EL) output.
432
433 -mthumb-interwork
434 Specify that the code has been generated with interworking between
435 Thumb and ARM code in mind.
436
437 -k Specify that PIC code has been generated.
438
439 See the info pages for documentation of the CRIS-specific options.
440
441 The following options are available when as is configured for a D10V
442 processor.
443
444 -O Optimize output by parallelizing instructions.
445
446 The following options are available when as is configured for a D30V
447 processor.
448
449 -O Optimize output by parallelizing instructions.
450
451 -n Warn when nops are generated.
452
453 -N Warn when a nop after a 32-bit multiply instruction is generated.
454
455 The following options are available when as is configured for the Intel
456 80960 processor.
457
458 -ACA | -ACA_A | -ACB | -ACC | -AKA | -AKB | -AKC | -AMC
459 Specify which variant of the 960 architecture is the target.
460
461 -b Add code to collect statistics about branches taken.
462
463 -no-relax
464 Do not alter compare-and-branch instructions for long
465 displacements; error if necessary.
466
467 The following options are available when as is configured for the
468 Ubicom IP2K series.
469
470 -mip2022ext
471 Specifies that the extended IP2022 instructions are allowed.
472
473 -mip2022
474 Restores the default behaviour, which restricts the permitted
475 instructions to just the basic IP2022 ones.
476
477 The following options are available when as is configured for the
478 Renesas M32C and M16C processors.
479
480 -m32c
481 Assemble M32C instructions.
482
483 -m16c
484 Assemble M16C instructions (the default).
485
486 -relax
487 Enable support for link-time relaxations.
488
489 -h-tick-hex
490 Support H'00 style hex constants in addition to 0x00 style.
491
492 The following options are available when as is configured for the
493 Renesas M32R (formerly Mitsubishi M32R) series.
494
495 --m32rx
496 Specify which processor in the M32R family is the target. The
497 default is normally the M32R, but this option changes it to the
498 M32RX.
499
500 --warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts or --Wp
501 Produce warning messages when questionable parallel constructs are
502 encountered.
503
504 --no-warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts or --Wnp
505 Do not produce warning messages when questionable parallel
506 constructs are encountered.
507
508 The following options are available when as is configured for the
509 Motorola 68000 series.
510
511 -l Shorten references to undefined symbols, to one word instead of
512 two.
513
514 -m68000 | -m68008 | -m68010 | -m68020 | -m68030
515 | -m68040 | -m68060 | -m68302 | -m68331 | -m68332
516 | -m68333 | -m68340 | -mcpu32 | -m5200
517 Specify what processor in the 68000 family is the target. The
518 default is normally the 68020, but this can be changed at
519 configuration time.
520
521 -m68881 | -m68882 | -mno-68881 | -mno-68882
522 The target machine does (or does not) have a floating-point
523 coprocessor. The default is to assume a coprocessor for 68020,
524 68030, and cpu32. Although the basic 68000 is not compatible with
525 the 68881, a combination of the two can be specified, since it's
526 possible to do emulation of the coprocessor instructions with the
527 main processor.
528
529 -m68851 | -mno-68851
530 The target machine does (or does not) have a memory-management unit
531 coprocessor. The default is to assume an MMU for 68020 and up.
532
533 For details about the PDP-11 machine dependent features options, see
534 PDP-11-Options.
535
536 -mpic | -mno-pic
537 Generate position-independent (or position-dependent) code. The
538 default is -mpic.
539
540 -mall
541 -mall-extensions
542 Enable all instruction set extensions. This is the default.
543
544 -mno-extensions
545 Disable all instruction set extensions.
546
547 -mextension | -mno-extension
548 Enable (or disable) a particular instruction set extension.
549
550 -mcpu
551 Enable the instruction set extensions supported by a particular
552 CPU, and disable all other extensions.
553
554 -mmachine
555 Enable the instruction set extensions supported by a particular
556 machine model, and disable all other extensions.
557
558 The following options are available when as is configured for a
559 picoJava processor.
560
561 -mb Generate "big endian" format output.
562
563 -ml Generate "little endian" format output.
564
565 The following options are available when as is configured for the
566 Motorola 68HC11 or 68HC12 series.
567
568 -m68hc11 | -m68hc12 | -m68hcs12
569 Specify what processor is the target. The default is defined by
570 the configuration option when building the assembler.
571
572 -mshort
573 Specify to use the 16-bit integer ABI.
574
575 -mlong
576 Specify to use the 32-bit integer ABI.
577
578 -mshort-double
579 Specify to use the 32-bit double ABI.
580
581 -mlong-double
582 Specify to use the 64-bit double ABI.
583
584 --force-long-branches
585 Relative branches are turned into absolute ones. This concerns
586 conditional branches, unconditional branches and branches to a sub
587 routine.
588
589 -S | --short-branches
590 Do not turn relative branches into absolute ones when the offset is
591 out of range.
592
593 --strict-direct-mode
594 Do not turn the direct addressing mode into extended addressing
595 mode when the instruction does not support direct addressing mode.
596
597 --print-insn-syntax
598 Print the syntax of instruction in case of error.
599
600 --print-opcodes
601 print the list of instructions with syntax and then exit.
602
603 --generate-example
604 print an example of instruction for each possible instruction and
605 then exit. This option is only useful for testing as.
606
607 The following options are available when as is configured for the SPARC
608 architecture:
609
610 -Av6 | -Av7 | -Av8 | -Asparclet | -Asparclite
611 -Av8plus | -Av8plusa | -Av9 | -Av9a
612 Explicitly select a variant of the SPARC architecture.
613
614 -Av8plus and -Av8plusa select a 32 bit environment. -Av9 and -Av9a
615 select a 64 bit environment.
616
617 -Av8plusa and -Av9a enable the SPARC V9 instruction set with
618 UltraSPARC extensions.
619
620 -xarch=v8plus | -xarch=v8plusa
621 For compatibility with the Solaris v9 assembler. These options are
622 equivalent to -Av8plus and -Av8plusa, respectively.
623
624 -bump
625 Warn when the assembler switches to another architecture.
626
627 The following options are available when as is configured for the 'c54x
628 architecture.
629
630 -mfar-mode
631 Enable extended addressing mode. All addresses and relocations
632 will assume extended addressing (usually 23 bits).
633
634 -mcpu=CPU_VERSION
635 Sets the CPU version being compiled for.
636
637 -merrors-to-file FILENAME
638 Redirect error output to a file, for broken systems which don't
639 support such behaviour in the shell.
640
641 The following options are available when as is configured for a MIPS
642 processor.
643
644 -G num
645 This option sets the largest size of an object that can be
646 referenced implicitly with the "gp" register. It is only accepted
647 for targets that use ECOFF format, such as a DECstation running
648 Ultrix. The default value is 8.
649
650 -EB Generate "big endian" format output.
651
652 -EL Generate "little endian" format output.
653
654 -mips1
655 -mips2
656 -mips3
657 -mips4
658 -mips5
659 -mips32
660 -mips32r2
661 -mips64
662 -mips64r2
663 Generate code for a particular MIPS Instruction Set Architecture
664 level. -mips1 is an alias for -march=r3000, -mips2 is an alias for
665 -march=r6000, -mips3 is an alias for -march=r4000 and -mips4 is an
666 alias for -march=r8000. -mips5, -mips32, -mips32r2, -mips64, and
667 -mips64r2 correspond to generic MIPS V, MIPS32, MIPS32 Release 2,
668 MIPS64, and MIPS64 Release 2 ISA processors, respectively.
669
670 -march=CPU
671 Generate code for a particular MIPS cpu.
672
673 -mtune=cpu
674 Schedule and tune for a particular MIPS cpu.
675
676 -mfix7000
677 -mno-fix7000
678 Cause nops to be inserted if the read of the destination register
679 of an mfhi or mflo instruction occurs in the following two
680 instructions.
681
682 -mdebug
683 -no-mdebug
684 Cause stabs-style debugging output to go into an ECOFF-style
685 .mdebug section instead of the standard ELF .stabs sections.
686
687 -mpdr
688 -mno-pdr
689 Control generation of ".pdr" sections.
690
691 -mgp32
692 -mfp32
693 The register sizes are normally inferred from the ISA and ABI, but
694 these flags force a certain group of registers to be treated as 32
695 bits wide at all times. -mgp32 controls the size of general-
696 purpose registers and -mfp32 controls the size of floating-point
697 registers.
698
699 -mips16
700 -no-mips16
701 Generate code for the MIPS 16 processor. This is equivalent to
702 putting ".set mips16" at the start of the assembly file.
703 -no-mips16 turns off this option.
704
705 -msmartmips
706 -mno-smartmips
707 Enables the SmartMIPS extension to the MIPS32 instruction set. This
708 is equivalent to putting ".set smartmips" at the start of the
709 assembly file. -mno-smartmips turns off this option.
710
711 -mips3d
712 -no-mips3d
713 Generate code for the MIPS-3D Application Specific Extension. This
714 tells the assembler to accept MIPS-3D instructions. -no-mips3d
715 turns off this option.
716
717 -mdmx
718 -no-mdmx
719 Generate code for the MDMX Application Specific Extension. This
720 tells the assembler to accept MDMX instructions. -no-mdmx turns
721 off this option.
722
723 -mdsp
724 -mno-dsp
725 Generate code for the DSP Release 1 Application Specific Extension.
726 This tells the assembler to accept DSP Release 1 instructions.
727 -mno-dsp turns off this option.
728
729 -mdspr2
730 -mno-dspr2
731 Generate code for the DSP Release 2 Application Specific Extension.
732 This option implies -mdsp. This tells the assembler to accept DSP
733 Release 2 instructions. -mno-dspr2 turns off this option.
734
735 -mmt
736 -mno-mt
737 Generate code for the MT Application Specific Extension. This
738 tells the assembler to accept MT instructions. -mno-mt turns off
739 this option.
740
741 --construct-floats
742 --no-construct-floats
743 The --no-construct-floats option disables the construction of
744 double width floating point constants by loading the two halves of
745 the value into the two single width floating point registers that
746 make up the double width register. By default --construct-floats
747 is selected, allowing construction of these floating point
748 constants.
749
750 --emulation=name
751 This option causes as to emulate as configured for some other
752 target, in all respects, including output format (choosing between
753 ELF and ECOFF only), handling of pseudo-opcodes which may generate
754 debugging information or store symbol table information, and
755 default endianness. The available configuration names are:
756 mipsecoff, mipself, mipslecoff, mipsbecoff, mipslelf, mipsbelf.
757 The first two do not alter the default endianness from that of the
758 primary target for which the assembler was configured; the others
759 change the default to little- or big-endian as indicated by the b
760 or l in the name. Using -EB or -EL will override the endianness
761 selection in any case.
762
763 This option is currently supported only when the primary target as
764 is configured for is a MIPS ELF or ECOFF target. Furthermore, the
765 primary target or others specified with --enable-targets=... at
766 configuration time must include support for the other format, if
767 both are to be available. For example, the Irix 5 configuration
768 includes support for both.
769
770 Eventually, this option will support more configurations, with more
771 fine-grained control over the assembler's behavior, and will be
772 supported for more processors.
773
774 -nocpp
775 as ignores this option. It is accepted for compatibility with the
776 native tools.
777
778 --trap
779 --no-trap
780 --break
781 --no-break
782 Control how to deal with multiplication overflow and division by
783 zero. --trap or --no-break (which are synonyms) take a trap
784 exception (and only work for Instruction Set Architecture level 2
785 and higher); --break or --no-trap (also synonyms, and the default)
786 take a break exception.
787
788 -n When this option is used, as will issue a warning every time it
789 generates a nop instruction from a macro.
790
791 The following options are available when as is configured for an MCore
792 processor.
793
794 -jsri2bsr
795 -nojsri2bsr
796 Enable or disable the JSRI to BSR transformation. By default this
797 is enabled. The command line option -nojsri2bsr can be used to
798 disable it.
799
800 -sifilter
801 -nosifilter
802 Enable or disable the silicon filter behaviour. By default this is
803 disabled. The default can be overridden by the -sifilter command
804 line option.
805
806 -relax
807 Alter jump instructions for long displacements.
808
809 -mcpu=[210|340]
810 Select the cpu type on the target hardware. This controls which
811 instructions can be assembled.
812
813 -EB Assemble for a big endian target.
814
815 -EL Assemble for a little endian target.
816
817 See the info pages for documentation of the MMIX-specific options.
818
819 The following options are available when as is configured for an Xtensa
820 processor.
821
822 --text-section-literals | --no-text-section-literals
823 With --text-section-literals, literal pools are interspersed in the
824 text section. The default is --no-text-section-literals, which
825 places literals in a separate section in the output file. These
826 options only affect literals referenced via PC-relative "L32R"
827 instructions; literals for absolute mode "L32R" instructions are
828 handled separately.
829
830 --absolute-literals | --no-absolute-literals
831 Indicate to the assembler whether "L32R" instructions use absolute
832 or PC-relative addressing. The default is to assume absolute
833 addressing if the Xtensa processor includes the absolute "L32R"
834 addressing option. Otherwise, only the PC-relative "L32R" mode can
835 be used.
836
837 --target-align | --no-target-align
838 Enable or disable automatic alignment to reduce branch penalties at
839 the expense of some code density. The default is --target-align.
840
841 --longcalls | --no-longcalls
842 Enable or disable transformation of call instructions to allow
843 calls across a greater range of addresses. The default is
844 --no-longcalls.
845
846 --transform | --no-transform
847 Enable or disable all assembler transformations of Xtensa
848 instructions. The default is --transform; --no-transform should be
849 used only in the rare cases when the instructions must be exactly
850 as specified in the assembly source.
851
852 --rename-section oldname=newname
853 When generating output sections, rename the oldname section to
854 newname.
855
856 The following options are available when as is configured for a Z80
857 family processor.
858
859 -z80
860 Assemble for Z80 processor.
861
862 -r800
863 Assemble for R800 processor.
864
865 -ignore-undocumented-instructions
866 -Wnud
867 Assemble undocumented Z80 instructions that also work on R800
868 without warning.
869
870 -ignore-unportable-instructions
871 -Wnup
872 Assemble all undocumented Z80 instructions without warning.
873
874 -warn-undocumented-instructions
875 -Wud
876 Issue a warning for undocumented Z80 instructions that also work on
877 R800.
878
879 -warn-unportable-instructions
880 -Wup
881 Issue a warning for undocumented Z80 instructions that do not work
882 on R800.
883
884 -forbid-undocumented-instructions
885 -Fud
886 Treat all undocumented instructions as errors.
887
888 -forbid-unportable-instructions
889 -Fup
890 Treat undocumented Z80 instructions that do not work on R800 as
891 errors.
892
894 gcc(1), ld(1), and the Info entries for binutils and ld.
895
897 Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002,
898 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
899
900 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
901 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
902 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
903 Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
904 Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
905 Free Documentation License".
906
907
908
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