1AS(1)                        GNU Development Tools                       AS(1)
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NAME

6       AS - the portable GNU assembler.
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SYNOPSIS

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 ...]
21
22       Target Alpha options:
23          [-mcpu]
24          [-mdebug | -no-mdebug]
25          [-relax] [-g] [-Gsize]
26          [-F] [-32addr]
27
28       Target ARC options:
29          [-marc[5|6|7|8]]
30          [-EB|-EL]
31
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]
43
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]
50
51       Target D10V options:
52          [-O]
53
54       Target D30V options:
55          [-O|-n|-N]
56
57       Target H8/300 options:
58          [-h-tick-hex]
59
60       Target i386 options:
61          [--32|--64] [-n]
62          [-march=CPU[+EXTENSION...]] [-mtune=CPU]
63
64       Target i960 options:
65          [-ACA|-ACA_A|-ACB|-ACC|-AKA|-AKB|
66           -AKC|-AMC]
67          [-b] [-no-relax]
68
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]
77
78       Target IP2K options:
79          [-mip2022|-mip2022ext]
80
81       Target M32C options:
82          [-m32c|-m16c] [-relax] [-h-tick-hex]
83
84       Target M32R options:
85          [--m32rx|--[no-]warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts|
86          --W[n]p]
87
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]]
102
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]
134
135       Target picoJava options:
136          [-mb|-me]
137
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]
147
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]
172

DESCRIPTION

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.
179
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.)
191
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.
196
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.
200
201       Use -- if you need to explicitly name the standard input file in your
202       command line.
203
204       If the source is empty, as produces a small, empty object file.
205
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).
222
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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OPTIONS

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.
235
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
251
252           -ah include high-level source
253
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
264
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

SEE ALSO

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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