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 [--compress-debug-sections] [--nocompress-debug-sections]
11 [--debug-prefix-map old=new]
12 [--defsym sym=val] [-f] [-g] [--gstabs]
13 [--gstabs+] [--gdwarf-2] [--gdwarf-sections]
14 [--help] [-I dir] [-J]
15 [-K] [-L] [--listing-lhs-width=NUM]
16 [--listing-lhs-width2=NUM] [--listing-rhs-width=NUM]
17 [--listing-cont-lines=NUM] [--keep-locals]
18 [--no-pad-sections]
19 [-o objfile] [-R]
20 [--hash-size=NUM] [--reduce-memory-overheads]
21 [--statistics]
22 [-v] [-version] [--version]
23 [-W] [--warn] [--fatal-warnings] [-w] [-x]
24 [-Z] [@FILE]
25 [--sectname-subst] [--size-check=[error|warning]]
26 [--elf-stt-common=[no|yes]]
27 [--generate-missing-build-notes=[no|yes]]
28 [--target-help] [target-options]
29 [--|files ...]
30
32 Target AArch64 options:
33 [-EB|-EL]
34 [-mabi=ABI]
35
36 Target Alpha options:
37 [-mcpu]
38 [-mdebug | -no-mdebug]
39 [-replace | -noreplace]
40 [-relax] [-g] [-Gsize]
41 [-F] [-32addr]
42
43 Target ARC options:
44 [-mcpu=cpu]
45 [-mA6|-mARC600|-mARC601|-mA7|-mARC700|-mEM|-mHS]
46 [-mcode-density]
47 [-mrelax]
48 [-EB|-EL]
49
50 Target ARM options:
51 [-mcpu=processor[+extension...]]
52 [-march=architecture[+extension...]]
53 [-mfpu=floating-point-format]
54 [-mfloat-abi=abi]
55 [-meabi=ver]
56 [-mthumb]
57 [-EB|-EL]
58 [-mapcs-32|-mapcs-26|-mapcs-float|
59 -mapcs-reentrant]
60 [-mthumb-interwork] [-k]
61
62 Target Blackfin options:
63 [-mcpu=processor[-sirevision]]
64 [-mfdpic]
65 [-mno-fdpic]
66 [-mnopic]
67
68 Target CRIS options:
69 [--underscore | --no-underscore]
70 [--pic] [-N]
71 [--emulation=criself | --emulation=crisaout]
72 [--march=v0_v10 | --march=v10 | --march=v32 |
73 --march=common_v10_v32]
74
75 Target C-SKY options:
76 [-march=arch] [-mcpu=cpu]
77 [-EL] [-mlittle-endian] [-EB] [-mbig-endian]
78 [-fpic] [-pic]
79 [-mljump] [-mno-ljump]
80 [-force2bsr] [-mforce2bsr] [-no-force2bsr] [-mno-force2bsr]
81 [-jsri2bsr] [-mjsri2bsr] [-no-jsri2bsr ] [-mno-jsri2bsr]
82 [-mnolrw ] [-mno-lrw]
83 [-melrw] [-mno-elrw]
84 [-mlaf ] [-mliterals-after-func]
85 [-mno-laf] [-mno-literals-after-func]
86 [-mlabr] [-mliterals-after-br]
87 [-mno-labr] [-mnoliterals-after-br]
88 [-mistack] [-mno-istack]
89 [-mhard-float] [-mmp] [-mcp] [-mcache]
90 [-msecurity] [-mtrust]
91 [-mdsp] [-medsp] [-mvdsp]
92
93 Target D10V options:
94 [-O]
95
96 Target D30V options:
97 [-O|-n|-N]
98
99 Target EPIPHANY options:
100 [-mepiphany|-mepiphany16]
101
102 Target H8/300 options:
103 [-h-tick-hex]
104
105 Target i386 options:
106 [--32|--x32|--64] [-n]
107 [-march=CPU[+EXTENSION...]] [-mtune=CPU]
108
109 Target IA-64 options:
110 [-mconstant-gp|-mauto-pic]
111 [-milp32|-milp64|-mlp64|-mp64]
112 [-mle|mbe]
113 [-mtune=itanium1|-mtune=itanium2]
114 [-munwind-check=warning|-munwind-check=error]
115 [-mhint.b=ok|-mhint.b=warning|-mhint.b=error]
116 [-x|-xexplicit] [-xauto] [-xdebug]
117
118 Target IP2K options:
119 [-mip2022|-mip2022ext]
120
121 Target M32C options:
122 [-m32c|-m16c] [-relax] [-h-tick-hex]
123
124 Target M32R options:
125 [--m32rx|--[no-]warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts|
126 --W[n]p]
127
128 Target M680X0 options:
129 [-l] [-m68000|-m68010|-m68020|...]
130
131 Target M68HC11 options:
132 [-m68hc11|-m68hc12|-m68hcs12|-mm9s12x|-mm9s12xg]
133 [-mshort|-mlong]
134 [-mshort-double|-mlong-double]
135 [--force-long-branches] [--short-branches]
136 [--strict-direct-mode] [--print-insn-syntax]
137 [--print-opcodes] [--generate-example]
138
139 Target MCORE options:
140 [-jsri2bsr] [-sifilter] [-relax]
141 [-mcpu=[210|340]]
142
143 Target Meta options:
144 [-mcpu=cpu] [-mfpu=cpu] [-mdsp=cpu] Target MICROBLAZE options:
145
146 Target MIPS options:
147 [-nocpp] [-EL] [-EB] [-O[optimization level]]
148 [-g[debug level]] [-G num] [-KPIC] [-call_shared]
149 [-non_shared] [-xgot [-mvxworks-pic]
150 [-mabi=ABI] [-32] [-n32] [-64] [-mfp32] [-mgp32]
151 [-mfp64] [-mgp64] [-mfpxx]
152 [-modd-spreg] [-mno-odd-spreg]
153 [-march=CPU] [-mtune=CPU] [-mips1] [-mips2]
154 [-mips3] [-mips4] [-mips5] [-mips32] [-mips32r2]
155 [-mips32r3] [-mips32r5] [-mips32r6] [-mips64] [-mips64r2]
156 [-mips64r3] [-mips64r5] [-mips64r6]
157 [-construct-floats] [-no-construct-floats]
158 [-mignore-branch-isa] [-mno-ignore-branch-isa]
159 [-mnan=encoding]
160 [-trap] [-no-break] [-break] [-no-trap]
161 [-mips16] [-no-mips16]
162 [-mmips16e2] [-mno-mips16e2]
163 [-mmicromips] [-mno-micromips]
164 [-msmartmips] [-mno-smartmips]
165 [-mips3d] [-no-mips3d]
166 [-mdmx] [-no-mdmx]
167 [-mdsp] [-mno-dsp]
168 [-mdspr2] [-mno-dspr2]
169 [-mdspr3] [-mno-dspr3]
170 [-mmsa] [-mno-msa]
171 [-mxpa] [-mno-xpa]
172 [-mmt] [-mno-mt]
173 [-mmcu] [-mno-mcu]
174 [-mcrc] [-mno-crc]
175 [-mginv] [-mno-ginv]
176 [-mloongson-mmi] [-mno-loongson-mmi]
177 [-mloongson-cam] [-mno-loongson-cam]
178 [-mloongson-ext] [-mno-loongson-ext]
179 [-mloongson-ext2] [-mno-loongson-ext2]
180 [-minsn32] [-mno-insn32]
181 [-mfix7000] [-mno-fix7000]
182 [-mfix-rm7000] [-mno-fix-rm7000]
183 [-mfix-vr4120] [-mno-fix-vr4120]
184 [-mfix-vr4130] [-mno-fix-vr4130]
185 [-mfix-r5900] [-mno-fix-r5900]
186 [-mdebug] [-no-mdebug]
187 [-mpdr] [-mno-pdr]
188
189 Target MMIX options:
190 [--fixed-special-register-names] [--globalize-symbols]
191 [--gnu-syntax] [--relax] [--no-predefined-symbols]
192 [--no-expand] [--no-merge-gregs] [-x]
193 [--linker-allocated-gregs]
194
195 Target Nios II options:
196 [-relax-all] [-relax-section] [-no-relax]
197 [-EB] [-EL]
198
199 Target NDS32 options:
200 [-EL] [-EB] [-O] [-Os] [-mcpu=cpu]
201 [-misa=isa] [-mabi=abi] [-mall-ext]
202 [-m[no-]16-bit] [-m[no-]perf-ext] [-m[no-]perf2-ext]
203 [-m[no-]string-ext] [-m[no-]dsp-ext] [-m[no-]mac] [-m[no-]div]
204 [-m[no-]audio-isa-ext] [-m[no-]fpu-sp-ext] [-m[no-]fpu-dp-ext]
205 [-m[no-]fpu-fma] [-mfpu-freg=FREG] [-mreduced-regs]
206 [-mfull-regs] [-m[no-]dx-regs] [-mpic] [-mno-relax]
207 [-mb2bb]
208
209 Target PDP11 options:
210 [-mpic|-mno-pic] [-mall] [-mno-extensions]
211 [-mextension|-mno-extension]
212 [-mcpu] [-mmachine]
213
214 Target picoJava options:
215 [-mb|-me]
216
217 Target PowerPC options:
218 [-a32|-a64]
219 [-mpwrx|-mpwr2|-mpwr|-m601|-mppc|-mppc32|-m603|-m604|-m403|-m405|
220 -m440|-m464|-m476|-m7400|-m7410|-m7450|-m7455|-m750cl|-mgekko|
221 -mbroadway|-mppc64|-m620|-me500|-e500x2|-me500mc|-me500mc64|-me5500|
222 -me6500|-mppc64bridge|-mbooke|-mpower4|-mpwr4|-mpower5|-mpwr5|-mpwr5x|
223 -mpower6|-mpwr6|-mpower7|-mpwr7|-mpower8|-mpwr8|-mpower9|-mpwr9-ma2|
224 -mcell|-mspe|-mspe2|-mtitan|-me300|-mcom]
225 [-many] [-maltivec|-mvsx|-mhtm|-mvle]
226 [-mregnames|-mno-regnames]
227 [-mrelocatable|-mrelocatable-lib|-K PIC] [-memb]
228 [-mlittle|-mlittle-endian|-le|-mbig|-mbig-endian|-be]
229 [-msolaris|-mno-solaris]
230 [-nops=count]
231
232 Target PRU options:
233 [-link-relax]
234 [-mnolink-relax]
235 [-mno-warn-regname-label]
236
237 Target RISC-V options:
238 [-fpic|-fPIC|-fno-pic]
239 [-march=ISA]
240 [-mabi=ABI]
241
242 Target RL78 options:
243 [-mg10]
244 [-m32bit-doubles|-m64bit-doubles]
245
246 Target RX options:
247 [-mlittle-endian|-mbig-endian]
248 [-m32bit-doubles|-m64bit-doubles]
249 [-muse-conventional-section-names]
250 [-msmall-data-limit]
251 [-mpid]
252 [-mrelax]
253 [-mint-register=number]
254 [-mgcc-abi|-mrx-abi]
255
256 Target s390 options:
257 [-m31|-m64] [-mesa|-mzarch] [-march=CPU]
258 [-mregnames|-mno-regnames]
259 [-mwarn-areg-zero]
260
261 Target SCORE options:
262 [-EB][-EL][-FIXDD][-NWARN]
263 [-SCORE5][-SCORE5U][-SCORE7][-SCORE3]
264 [-march=score7][-march=score3]
265 [-USE_R1][-KPIC][-O0][-G num][-V]
266
267 Target SPARC options:
268 [-Av6|-Av7|-Av8|-Aleon|-Asparclet|-Asparclite
269 -Av8plus|-Av8plusa|-Av8plusb|-Av8plusc|-Av8plusd
270 -Av8plusv|-Av8plusm|-Av9|-Av9a|-Av9b|-Av9c
271 -Av9d|-Av9e|-Av9v|-Av9m|-Asparc|-Asparcvis
272 -Asparcvis2|-Asparcfmaf|-Asparcima|-Asparcvis3
273 -Asparcvisr|-Asparc5]
274 [-xarch=v8plus|-xarch=v8plusa]|-xarch=v8plusb|-xarch=v8plusc
275 -xarch=v8plusd|-xarch=v8plusv|-xarch=v8plusm|-xarch=v9
276 -xarch=v9a|-xarch=v9b|-xarch=v9c|-xarch=v9d|-xarch=v9e
277 -xarch=v9v|-xarch=v9m|-xarch=sparc|-xarch=sparcvis
278 -xarch=sparcvis2|-xarch=sparcfmaf|-xarch=sparcima
279 -xarch=sparcvis3|-xarch=sparcvisr|-xarch=sparc5
280 -bump]
281 [-32|-64]
282 [--enforce-aligned-data][--dcti-couples-detect]
283
284 Target TIC54X options:
285 [-mcpu=54[123589]|-mcpu=54[56]lp] [-mfar-mode|-mf]
286 [-merrors-to-file <filename>|-me <filename>]
287
288 Target TIC6X options:
289 [-march=arch] [-mbig-endian|-mlittle-endian]
290 [-mdsbt|-mno-dsbt] [-mpid=no|-mpid=near|-mpid=far]
291 [-mpic|-mno-pic]
292
293 Target TILE-Gx options:
294 [-m32|-m64][-EB][-EL]
295
296 Target Visium options:
297 [-mtune=arch]
298
299 Target Xtensa options:
300 [--[no-]text-section-literals] [--[no-]auto-litpools]
301 [--[no-]absolute-literals]
302 [--[no-]target-align] [--[no-]longcalls]
303 [--[no-]transform]
304 [--rename-section oldname=newname]
305 [--[no-]trampolines]
306
307 Target Z80 options:
308 [-z80] [-r800]
309 [ -ignore-undocumented-instructions] [-Wnud]
310 [ -ignore-unportable-instructions] [-Wnup]
311 [ -warn-undocumented-instructions] [-Wud]
312 [ -warn-unportable-instructions] [-Wup]
313 [ -forbid-undocumented-instructions] [-Fud]
314 [ -forbid-unportable-instructions] [-Fup]
315
317 GNU as is really a family of assemblers. If you use (or have used) the
318 GNU assembler on one architecture, you should find a fairly similar
319 environment when you use it on another architecture. Each version has
320 much in common with the others, including object file formats, most
321 assembler directives (often called pseudo-ops) and assembler syntax.
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323 as is primarily intended to assemble the output of the GNU C compiler
324 "gcc" for use by the linker "ld". Nevertheless, we've tried to make as
325 assemble correctly everything that other assemblers for the same
326 machine would assemble. Any exceptions are documented explicitly.
327 This doesn't mean as always uses the same syntax as another assembler
328 for the same architecture; for example, we know of several incompatible
329 versions of 680x0 assembly language syntax.
330
331 Each time you run as it assembles exactly one source program. The
332 source program is made up of one or more files. (The standard input is
333 also a file.)
334
335 You give as a command line that has zero or more input file names. The
336 input files are read (from left file name to right). A command-line
337 argument (in any position) that has no special meaning is taken to be
338 an input file name.
339
340 If you give as no file names it attempts to read one input file from
341 the as standard input, which is normally your terminal. You may have
342 to type ctl-D to tell as there is no more program to assemble.
343
344 Use -- if you need to explicitly name the standard input file in your
345 command line.
346
347 If the source is empty, as produces a small, empty object file.
348
349 as may write warnings and error messages to the standard error file
350 (usually your terminal). This should not happen when a compiler runs
351 as automatically. Warnings report an assumption made so that as could
352 keep assembling a flawed program; errors report a grave problem that
353 stops the assembly.
354
355 If you are invoking as via the GNU C compiler, you can use the -Wa
356 option to pass arguments through to the assembler. The assembler
357 arguments must be separated from each other (and the -Wa) by commas.
358 For example:
359
360 gcc -c -g -O -Wa,-alh,-L file.c
361
362 This passes two options to the assembler: -alh (emit a listing to
363 standard output with high-level and assembly source) and -L (retain
364 local symbols in the symbol table).
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366 Usually you do not need to use this -Wa mechanism, since many compiler
367 command-line options are automatically passed to the assembler by the
368 compiler. (You can call the GNU compiler driver with the -v option to
369 see precisely what options it passes to each compilation pass,
370 including the assembler.)
371
373 @file
374 Read command-line options from file. The options read are inserted
375 in place of the original @file option. If file does not exist, or
376 cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and not
377 removed.
378
379 Options in file are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
380 character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
381 option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including
382 a backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be
383 included with a backslash. The file may itself contain additional
384 @file options; any such options will be processed recursively.
385
386 -a[cdghlmns]
387 Turn on listings, in any of a variety of ways:
388
389 -ac omit false conditionals
390
391 -ad omit debugging directives
392
393 -ag include general information, like as version and options passed
394
395 -ah include high-level source
396
397 -al include assembly
398
399 -am include macro expansions
400
401 -an omit forms processing
402
403 -as include symbols
404
405 =file
406 set the name of the listing file
407
408 You may combine these options; for example, use -aln for assembly
409 listing without forms processing. The =file option, if used, must
410 be the last one. By itself, -a defaults to -ahls.
411
412 --alternate
413 Begin in alternate macro mode.
414
415 --compress-debug-sections
416 Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib with SHF_COMPRESSED from
417 the ELF ABI. The resulting object file may not be compatible with
418 older linkers and object file utilities. Note if compression would
419 make a given section larger then it is not compressed.
420
421 --compress-debug-sections=none
422 --compress-debug-sections=zlib
423 --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu
424 --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi
425 These options control how DWARF debug sections are compressed.
426 --compress-debug-sections=none is equivalent to
427 --nocompress-debug-sections. --compress-debug-sections=zlib and
428 --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi are equivalent to
429 --compress-debug-sections. --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu
430 compresses DWARF debug sections using zlib. The debug sections are
431 renamed to begin with .zdebug. Note if compression would make a
432 given section larger then it is not compressed nor renamed.
433
434 --nocompress-debug-sections
435 Do not compress DWARF debug sections. This is usually the default
436 for all targets except the x86/x86_64, but a configure time option
437 can be used to override this.
438
439 -D Ignored. This option is accepted for script compatibility with
440 calls to other assemblers.
441
442 --debug-prefix-map old=new
443 When assembling files in directory old, record debugging
444 information describing them as in new instead.
445
446 --defsym sym=value
447 Define the symbol sym to be value before assembling the input file.
448 value must be an integer constant. As in C, a leading 0x indicates
449 a hexadecimal value, and a leading 0 indicates an octal value. The
450 value of the symbol can be overridden inside a source file via the
451 use of a ".set" pseudo-op.
452
453 -f "fast"---skip whitespace and comment preprocessing (assume source
454 is compiler output).
455
456 -g
457 --gen-debug
458 Generate debugging information for each assembler source line using
459 whichever debug format is preferred by the target. This currently
460 means either STABS, ECOFF or DWARF2.
461
462 --gstabs
463 Generate stabs debugging information for each assembler line. This
464 may help debugging assembler code, if the debugger can handle it.
465
466 --gstabs+
467 Generate stabs debugging information for each assembler line, with
468 GNU extensions that probably only gdb can handle, and that could
469 make other debuggers crash or refuse to read your program. This
470 may help debugging assembler code. Currently the only GNU
471 extension is the location of the current working directory at
472 assembling time.
473
474 --gdwarf-2
475 Generate DWARF2 debugging information for each assembler line.
476 This may help debugging assembler code, if the debugger can handle
477 it. Note---this option is only supported by some targets, not all
478 of them.
479
480 --gdwarf-sections
481 Instead of creating a .debug_line section, create a series of
482 .debug_line.foo sections where foo is the name of the corresponding
483 code section. For example a code section called .text.func will
484 have its dwarf line number information placed into a section called
485 .debug_line.text.func. If the code section is just called .text
486 then debug line section will still be called just .debug_line
487 without any suffix.
488
489 --size-check=error
490 --size-check=warning
491 Issue an error or warning for invalid ELF .size directive.
492
493 --elf-stt-common=no
494 --elf-stt-common=yes
495 These options control whether the ELF assembler should generate
496 common symbols with the "STT_COMMON" type. The default can be
497 controlled by a configure option --enable-elf-stt-common.
498
499 --generate-missing-build-notes=yes
500 --generate-missing-build-notes=no
501 These options control whether the ELF assembler should generate GNU
502 Build attribute notes if none are present in the input sources.
503 The default can be controlled by the --enable-generate-build-notes
504 configure option.
505
506 --help
507 Print a summary of the command-line options and exit.
508
509 --target-help
510 Print a summary of all target specific options and exit.
511
512 -I dir
513 Add directory dir to the search list for ".include" directives.
514
515 -J Don't warn about signed overflow.
516
517 -K Issue warnings when difference tables altered for long
518 displacements.
519
520 -L
521 --keep-locals
522 Keep (in the symbol table) local symbols. These symbols start with
523 system-specific local label prefixes, typically .L for ELF systems
524 or L for traditional a.out systems.
525
526 --listing-lhs-width=number
527 Set the maximum width, in words, of the output data column for an
528 assembler listing to number.
529
530 --listing-lhs-width2=number
531 Set the maximum width, in words, of the output data column for
532 continuation lines in an assembler listing to number.
533
534 --listing-rhs-width=number
535 Set the maximum width of an input source line, as displayed in a
536 listing, to number bytes.
537
538 --listing-cont-lines=number
539 Set the maximum number of lines printed in a listing for a single
540 line of input to number + 1.
541
542 --no-pad-sections
543 Stop the assembler for padding the ends of output sections to the
544 alignment of that section. The default is to pad the sections, but
545 this can waste space which might be needed on targets which have
546 tight memory constraints.
547
548 -o objfile
549 Name the object-file output from as objfile.
550
551 -R Fold the data section into the text section.
552
553 --hash-size=number
554 Set the default size of GAS's hash tables to a prime number close
555 to number. Increasing this value can reduce the length of time it
556 takes the assembler to perform its tasks, at the expense of
557 increasing the assembler's memory requirements. Similarly reducing
558 this value can reduce the memory requirements at the expense of
559 speed.
560
561 --reduce-memory-overheads
562 This option reduces GAS's memory requirements, at the expense of
563 making the assembly processes slower. Currently this switch is a
564 synonym for --hash-size=4051, but in the future it may have other
565 effects as well.
566
567 --sectname-subst
568 Honor substitution sequences in section names.
569
570 --statistics
571 Print the maximum space (in bytes) and total time (in seconds) used
572 by assembly.
573
574 --strip-local-absolute
575 Remove local absolute symbols from the outgoing symbol table.
576
577 -v
578 -version
579 Print the as version.
580
581 --version
582 Print the as version and exit.
583
584 -W
585 --no-warn
586 Suppress warning messages.
587
588 --fatal-warnings
589 Treat warnings as errors.
590
591 --warn
592 Don't suppress warning messages or treat them as errors.
593
594 -w Ignored.
595
596 -x Ignored.
597
598 -Z Generate an object file even after errors.
599
600 -- | files ...
601 Standard input, or source files to assemble.
602
603 The following options are available when as is configured for the
604 64-bit mode of the ARM Architecture (AArch64).
605
606 -EB This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
607 should be marked as being encoded for a big-endian processor.
608
609 -EL This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
610 should be marked as being encoded for a little-endian processor.
611
612 -mabi=abi
613 Specify which ABI the source code uses. The recognized arguments
614 are: "ilp32" and "lp64", which decides the generated object file in
615 ELF32 and ELF64 format respectively. The default is "lp64".
616
617 -mcpu=processor[+extension...]
618 This option specifies the target processor. The assembler will
619 issue an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an
620 instruction which will not execute on the target processor. The
621 following processor names are recognized: "cortex-a35",
622 "cortex-a53", "cortex-a55", "cortex-a57", "cortex-a72",
623 "cortex-a73", "cortex-a75", "cortex-a76", "ares", "exynos-m1",
624 "falkor", "qdf24xx", "saphira", "thunderx", "vulcan", "xgene1" and
625 "xgene2". The special name "all" may be used to allow the
626 assembler to accept instructions valid for any supported processor,
627 including all optional extensions.
628
629 In addition to the basic instruction set, the assembler can be told
630 to accept, or restrict, various extension mnemonics that extend the
631 processor.
632
633 If some implementations of a particular processor can have an
634 extension, then then those extensions are automatically enabled.
635 Consequently, you will not normally have to specify any additional
636 extensions.
637
638 -march=architecture[+extension...]
639 This option specifies the target architecture. The assembler will
640 issue an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an
641 instruction which will not execute on the target architecture. The
642 following architecture names are recognized: "armv8-a",
643 "armv8.1-a", "armv8.2-a", "armv8.3-a", "armv8.4-a" and "armv8.5-a".
644
645 If both -mcpu and -march are specified, the assembler will use the
646 setting for -mcpu. If neither are specified, the assembler will
647 default to -mcpu=all.
648
649 The architecture option can be extended with the same instruction
650 set extension options as the -mcpu option. Unlike -mcpu,
651 extensions are not always enabled by default,
652
653 -mverbose-error
654 This option enables verbose error messages for AArch64 gas. This
655 option is enabled by default.
656
657 -mno-verbose-error
658 This option disables verbose error messages in AArch64 gas.
659
660 The following options are available when as is configured for an Alpha
661 processor.
662
663 -mcpu
664 This option specifies the target processor. If an attempt is made
665 to assemble an instruction which will not execute on the target
666 processor, the assembler may either expand the instruction as a
667 macro or issue an error message. This option is equivalent to the
668 ".arch" directive.
669
670 The following processor names are recognized: 21064, "21064a",
671 21066, 21068, 21164, "21164a", "21164pc", 21264, "21264a",
672 "21264b", "ev4", "ev5", "lca45", "ev5", "ev56", "pca56", "ev6",
673 "ev67", "ev68". The special name "all" may be used to allow the
674 assembler to accept instructions valid for any Alpha processor.
675
676 In order to support existing practice in OSF/1 with respect to
677 ".arch", and existing practice within MILO (the Linux ARC
678 bootloader), the numbered processor names (e.g. 21064) enable the
679 processor-specific PALcode instructions, while the "electro-vlasic"
680 names (e.g. "ev4") do not.
681
682 -mdebug
683 -no-mdebug
684 Enables or disables the generation of ".mdebug" encapsulation for
685 stabs directives and procedure descriptors. The default is to
686 automatically enable ".mdebug" when the first stabs directive is
687 seen.
688
689 -relax
690 This option forces all relocations to be put into the object file,
691 instead of saving space and resolving some relocations at assembly
692 time. Note that this option does not propagate all symbol
693 arithmetic into the object file, because not all symbol arithmetic
694 can be represented. However, the option can still be useful in
695 specific applications.
696
697 -replace
698 -noreplace
699 Enables or disables the optimization of procedure calls, both at
700 assemblage and at link time. These options are only available for
701 VMS targets and "-replace" is the default. See section 1.4.1 of
702 the OpenVMS Linker Utility Manual.
703
704 -g This option is used when the compiler generates debug information.
705 When gcc is using mips-tfile to generate debug information for
706 ECOFF, local labels must be passed through to the object file.
707 Otherwise this option has no effect.
708
709 -Gsize
710 A local common symbol larger than size is placed in ".bss", while
711 smaller symbols are placed in ".sbss".
712
713 -F
714 -32addr
715 These options are ignored for backward compatibility.
716
717 The following options are available when as is configured for an ARC
718 processor.
719
720 -mcpu=cpu
721 This option selects the core processor variant.
722
723 -EB | -EL
724 Select either big-endian (-EB) or little-endian (-EL) output.
725
726 -mcode-density
727 Enable Code Density extenssion instructions.
728
729 The following options are available when as is configured for the ARM
730 processor family.
731
732 -mcpu=processor[+extension...]
733 Specify which ARM processor variant is the target.
734
735 -march=architecture[+extension...]
736 Specify which ARM architecture variant is used by the target.
737
738 -mfpu=floating-point-format
739 Select which Floating Point architecture is the target.
740
741 -mfloat-abi=abi
742 Select which floating point ABI is in use.
743
744 -mthumb
745 Enable Thumb only instruction decoding.
746
747 -mapcs-32 | -mapcs-26 | -mapcs-float | -mapcs-reentrant
748 Select which procedure calling convention is in use.
749
750 -EB | -EL
751 Select either big-endian (-EB) or little-endian (-EL) output.
752
753 -mthumb-interwork
754 Specify that the code has been generated with interworking between
755 Thumb and ARM code in mind.
756
757 -mccs
758 Turns on CodeComposer Studio assembly syntax compatibility mode.
759
760 -k Specify that PIC code has been generated.
761
762 The following options are available when as is configured for the
763 Blackfin processor family.
764
765 -mcpu=processor[-sirevision]
766 This option specifies the target processor. The optional
767 sirevision is not used in assembler. It's here such that GCC can
768 easily pass down its "-mcpu=" option. The assembler will issue an
769 error message if an attempt is made to assemble an instruction
770 which will not execute on the target processor. The following
771 processor names are recognized: "bf504", "bf506", "bf512", "bf514",
772 "bf516", "bf518", "bf522", "bf523", "bf524", "bf525", "bf526",
773 "bf527", "bf531", "bf532", "bf533", "bf534", "bf535" (not
774 implemented yet), "bf536", "bf537", "bf538", "bf539", "bf542",
775 "bf542m", "bf544", "bf544m", "bf547", "bf547m", "bf548", "bf548m",
776 "bf549", "bf549m", "bf561", and "bf592".
777
778 -mfdpic
779 Assemble for the FDPIC ABI.
780
781 -mno-fdpic
782 -mnopic
783 Disable -mfdpic.
784
785 See the info pages for documentation of the CRIS-specific options.
786
787 The following options are available when as is configured for the C-SKY
788 processor family.
789
790 -march=archname
791 Assemble for architecture archname. The --help option lists valid
792 values for archname.
793
794 -mcpu=cpuname
795 Assemble for architecture cpuname. The --help option lists valid
796 values for cpuname.
797
798 -EL
799 -mlittle-endian
800 Generate little-endian output.
801
802 -EB
803 -mbig-endian
804 Generate big-endian output.
805
806 -fpic
807 -pic
808 Generate position-independent code.
809
810 -mljump
811 -mno-ljump
812 Enable/disable transformation of the short branch instructions
813 "jbf", "jbt", and "jbr" to "jmpi". This option is for V2
814 processors only. It is ignored on CK801 and CK802 targets, which
815 do not support the "jmpi" instruction, and is enabled by default
816 for other processors.
817
818 -mbranch-stub
819 -mno-branch-stub
820 Pass through "R_CKCORE_PCREL_IMM26BY2" relocations for "bsr"
821 instructions to the linker.
822
823 This option is only available for bare-metal C-SKY V2 ELF targets,
824 where it is enabled by default. It cannot be used in code that
825 will be dynamically linked against shared libraries.
826
827 -force2bsr
828 -mforce2bsr
829 -no-force2bsr
830 -mno-force2bsr
831 Enable/disable transformation of "jbsr" instructions to "bsr".
832 This option is always enabled (and -mno-force2bsr is ignored) for
833 CK801/CK802 targets. It is also always enabled when -mbranch-stub
834 is in effect.
835
836 -jsri2bsr
837 -mjsri2bsr
838 -no-jsri2bsr
839 -mno-jsri2bsr
840 Enable/disable transformation of "jsri" instructions to "bsr".
841 This option is enabled by default.
842
843 -mnolrw
844 -mno-lrw
845 Enable/disable transformation of "lrw" instructions into a
846 "movih"/"ori" pair.
847
848 -melrw
849 -mno-elrw
850 Enable/disable extended "lrw" instructions. This option is enabled
851 by default for CK800-series processors.
852
853 -mlaf
854 -mliterals-after-func
855 -mno-laf
856 -mno-literals-after-func
857 Enable/disable placement of literal pools after each function.
858
859 -mlabr
860 -mliterals-after-br
861 -mno-labr
862 -mnoliterals-after-br
863 Enable/disable placement of literal pools after unconditional
864 branches. This option is enabled by default.
865
866 -mistack
867 -mno-istack
868 Enable/disable interrupt stack instructions. This option is
869 enabled by default on CK801, CK802, and CK802 processors.
870
871 The following options explicitly enable certain optional instructions.
872 These features are also enabled implicitly by using "-mcpu=" to specify
873 a processor that supports it.
874
875 -mhard-float
876 Enable hard float instructions.
877
878 -mmp
879 Enable multiprocessor instructions.
880
881 -mcp
882 Enable coprocessor instructions.
883
884 -mcache
885 Enable cache prefetch instruction.
886
887 -msecurity
888 Enable C-SKY security instructions.
889
890 -mtrust
891 Enable C-SKY trust instructions.
892
893 -mdsp
894 Enable DSP instructions.
895
896 -medsp
897 Enable enhanced DSP instructions.
898
899 -mvdsp
900 Enable vector DSP instructions.
901
902 The following options are available when as is configured for an
903 Epiphany processor.
904
905 -mepiphany
906 Specifies that the both 32 and 16 bit instructions are allowed.
907 This is the default behavior.
908
909 -mepiphany16
910 Restricts the permitted instructions to just the 16 bit set.
911
912 The following options are available when as is configured for an H8/300
913 processor. @chapter H8/300 Dependent Features
914
915 Options
916 The Renesas H8/300 version of "as" has one machine-dependent option:
917
918 -h-tick-hex
919 Support H'00 style hex constants in addition to 0x00 style.
920
921 -mach=name
922 Sets the H8300 machine variant. The following machine names are
923 recognised: "h8300h", "h8300hn", "h8300s", "h8300sn", "h8300sx" and
924 "h8300sxn".
925
926 The following options are available when as is configured for an i386
927 processor.
928
929 --32 | --x32 | --64
930 Select the word size, either 32 bits or 64 bits. --32 implies
931 Intel i386 architecture, while --x32 and --64 imply AMD x86-64
932 architecture with 32-bit or 64-bit word-size respectively.
933
934 These options are only available with the ELF object file format,
935 and require that the necessary BFD support has been included (on a
936 32-bit platform you have to add --enable-64-bit-bfd to configure
937 enable 64-bit usage and use x86-64 as target platform).
938
939 -n By default, x86 GAS replaces multiple nop instructions used for
940 alignment within code sections with multi-byte nop instructions
941 such as leal 0(%esi,1),%esi. This switch disables the optimization
942 if a single byte nop (0x90) is explicitly specified as the fill
943 byte for alignment.
944
945 --divide
946 On SVR4-derived platforms, the character / is treated as a comment
947 character, which means that it cannot be used in expressions. The
948 --divide option turns / into a normal character. This does not
949 disable / at the beginning of a line starting a comment, or affect
950 using # for starting a comment.
951
952 -march=CPU[+EXTENSION...]
953 This option specifies the target processor. The assembler will
954 issue an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an
955 instruction which will not execute on the target processor. The
956 following processor names are recognized: "i8086", "i186", "i286",
957 "i386", "i486", "i586", "i686", "pentium", "pentiumpro",
958 "pentiumii", "pentiumiii", "pentium4", "prescott", "nocona",
959 "core", "core2", "corei7", "l1om", "k1om", "iamcu", "k6", "k6_2",
960 "athlon", "opteron", "k8", "amdfam10", "bdver1", "bdver2",
961 "bdver3", "bdver4", "znver1", "znver2", "btver1", "btver2",
962 "generic32" and "generic64".
963
964 In addition to the basic instruction set, the assembler can be told
965 to accept various extension mnemonics. For example,
966 "-march=i686+sse4+vmx" extends i686 with sse4 and vmx. The
967 following extensions are currently supported: 8087, 287, 387, 687,
968 "no87", "no287", "no387", "no687", "cmov", "nocmov", "fxsr",
969 "nofxsr", "mmx", "nommx", "sse", "sse2", "sse3", "ssse3", "sse4.1",
970 "sse4.2", "sse4", "nosse", "nosse2", "nosse3", "nossse3",
971 "nosse4.1", "nosse4.2", "nosse4", "avx", "avx2", "noavx", "noavx2",
972 "adx", "rdseed", "prfchw", "smap", "mpx", "sha", "rdpid",
973 "ptwrite", "cet", "gfni", "vaes", "vpclmulqdq", "prefetchwt1",
974 "clflushopt", "se1", "clwb", "movdiri", "movdir64b", "avx512f",
975 "avx512cd", "avx512er", "avx512pf", "avx512vl", "avx512bw",
976 "avx512dq", "avx512ifma", "avx512vbmi", "avx512_4fmaps",
977 "avx512_4vnniw", "avx512_vpopcntdq", "avx512_vbmi2", "avx512_vnni",
978 "avx512_bitalg", "noavx512f", "noavx512cd", "noavx512er",
979 "noavx512pf", "noavx512vl", "noavx512bw", "noavx512dq",
980 "noavx512ifma", "noavx512vbmi", "noavx512_4fmaps",
981 "noavx512_4vnniw", "noavx512_vpopcntdq", "noavx512_vbmi2",
982 "noavx512_vnni", "noavx512_bitalg", "vmx", "vmfunc", "smx",
983 "xsave", "xsaveopt", "xsavec", "xsaves", "aes", "pclmul",
984 "fsgsbase", "rdrnd", "f16c", "bmi2", "fma", "movbe", "ept",
985 "lzcnt", "hle", "rtm", "invpcid", "clflush", "mwaitx", "clzero",
986 "wbnoinvd", "pconfig", "waitpkg", "cldemote", "lwp", "fma4", "xop",
987 "cx16", "syscall", "rdtscp", "3dnow", "3dnowa", "sse4a", "sse5",
988 "svme", "abm" and "padlock". Note that rather than extending a
989 basic instruction set, the extension mnemonics starting with "no"
990 revoke the respective functionality.
991
992 When the ".arch" directive is used with -march, the ".arch"
993 directive will take precedent.
994
995 -mtune=CPU
996 This option specifies a processor to optimize for. When used in
997 conjunction with the -march option, only instructions of the
998 processor specified by the -march option will be generated.
999
1000 Valid CPU values are identical to the processor list of -march=CPU.
1001
1002 -msse2avx
1003 This option specifies that the assembler should encode SSE
1004 instructions with VEX prefix.
1005
1006 -msse-check=none
1007 -msse-check=warning
1008 -msse-check=error
1009 These options control if the assembler should check SSE
1010 instructions. -msse-check=none will make the assembler not to
1011 check SSE instructions, which is the default. -msse-check=warning
1012 will make the assembler issue a warning for any SSE instruction.
1013 -msse-check=error will make the assembler issue an error for any
1014 SSE instruction.
1015
1016 -mavxscalar=128
1017 -mavxscalar=256
1018 These options control how the assembler should encode scalar AVX
1019 instructions. -mavxscalar=128 will encode scalar AVX instructions
1020 with 128bit vector length, which is the default. -mavxscalar=256
1021 will encode scalar AVX instructions with 256bit vector length.
1022
1023 -mvexwig=0
1024 -mvexwig=1
1025 These options control how the assembler should encode VEX.W-ignored
1026 (WIG) VEX instructions. -mvexwig=0 will encode WIG VEX
1027 instructions with vex.w = 0, which is the default. -mvexwig=1 will
1028 encode WIG EVEX instructions with vex.w = 1.
1029
1030 -mevexlig=128
1031 -mevexlig=256
1032 -mevexlig=512
1033 These options control how the assembler should encode length-
1034 ignored (LIG) EVEX instructions. -mevexlig=128 will encode LIG
1035 EVEX instructions with 128bit vector length, which is the default.
1036 -mevexlig=256 and -mevexlig=512 will encode LIG EVEX instructions
1037 with 256bit and 512bit vector length, respectively.
1038
1039 -mevexwig=0
1040 -mevexwig=1
1041 These options control how the assembler should encode w-ignored
1042 (WIG) EVEX instructions. -mevexwig=0 will encode WIG EVEX
1043 instructions with evex.w = 0, which is the default. -mevexwig=1
1044 will encode WIG EVEX instructions with evex.w = 1.
1045
1046 -mmnemonic=att
1047 -mmnemonic=intel
1048 This option specifies instruction mnemonic for matching
1049 instructions. The ".att_mnemonic" and ".intel_mnemonic" directives
1050 will take precedent.
1051
1052 -msyntax=att
1053 -msyntax=intel
1054 This option specifies instruction syntax when processing
1055 instructions. The ".att_syntax" and ".intel_syntax" directives
1056 will take precedent.
1057
1058 -mnaked-reg
1059 This option specifies that registers don't require a % prefix. The
1060 ".att_syntax" and ".intel_syntax" directives will take precedent.
1061
1062 -madd-bnd-prefix
1063 This option forces the assembler to add BND prefix to all branches,
1064 even if such prefix was not explicitly specified in the source
1065 code.
1066
1067 -mno-shared
1068 On ELF target, the assembler normally optimizes out non-PLT
1069 relocations against defined non-weak global branch targets with
1070 default visibility. The -mshared option tells the assembler to
1071 generate code which may go into a shared library where all non-weak
1072 global branch targets with default visibility can be preempted.
1073 The resulting code is slightly bigger. This option only affects
1074 the handling of branch instructions.
1075
1076 -mbig-obj
1077 On x86-64 PE/COFF target this option forces the use of big object
1078 file format, which allows more than 32768 sections.
1079
1080 -momit-lock-prefix=no
1081 -momit-lock-prefix=yes
1082 These options control how the assembler should encode lock prefix.
1083 This option is intended as a workaround for processors, that fail
1084 on lock prefix. This option can only be safely used with single-
1085 core, single-thread computers -momit-lock-prefix=yes will omit all
1086 lock prefixes. -momit-lock-prefix=no will encode lock prefix as
1087 usual, which is the default.
1088
1089 -mfence-as-lock-add=no
1090 -mfence-as-lock-add=yes
1091 These options control how the assembler should encode lfence,
1092 mfence and sfence. -mfence-as-lock-add=yes will encode lfence,
1093 mfence and sfence as lock addl $0x0, (%rsp) in 64-bit mode and lock
1094 addl $0x0, (%esp) in 32-bit mode. -mfence-as-lock-add=no will
1095 encode lfence, mfence and sfence as usual, which is the default.
1096
1097 -mrelax-relocations=no
1098 -mrelax-relocations=yes
1099 These options control whether the assembler should generate relax
1100 relocations, R_386_GOT32X, in 32-bit mode, or R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX
1101 and R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX, in 64-bit mode.
1102 -mrelax-relocations=yes will generate relax relocations.
1103 -mrelax-relocations=no will not generate relax relocations. The
1104 default can be controlled by a configure option
1105 --enable-x86-relax-relocations.
1106
1107 -mx86-used-note=no
1108 -mx86-used-note=yes
1109 These options control whether the assembler should generate
1110 GNU_PROPERTY_X86_ISA_1_USED and GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_2_USED GNU
1111 property notes. The default can be controlled by the
1112 --enable-x86-used-note configure option.
1113
1114 -mevexrcig=rne
1115 -mevexrcig=rd
1116 -mevexrcig=ru
1117 -mevexrcig=rz
1118 These options control how the assembler should encode SAE-only EVEX
1119 instructions. -mevexrcig=rne will encode RC bits of EVEX
1120 instruction with 00, which is the default. -mevexrcig=rd,
1121 -mevexrcig=ru and -mevexrcig=rz will encode SAE-only EVEX
1122 instructions with 01, 10 and 11 RC bits, respectively.
1123
1124 -mamd64
1125 -mintel64
1126 This option specifies that the assembler should accept only AMD64
1127 or Intel64 ISA in 64-bit mode. The default is to accept both.
1128
1129 -O0 | -O | -O1 | -O2 | -Os
1130 Optimize instruction encoding with smaller instruction size. -O
1131 and -O1 encode 64-bit register load instructions with 64-bit
1132 immediate as 32-bit register load instructions with 31-bit or
1133 32-bits immediates and encode 64-bit register clearing instructions
1134 with 32-bit register clearing instructions. -O2 includes -O1
1135 optimization plus encodes 256-bit and 512-bit vector register
1136 clearing instructions with 128-bit vector register clearing
1137 instructions. -Os includes -O2 optimization plus encodes 16-bit,
1138 32-bit and 64-bit register tests with immediate as 8-bit register
1139 test with immediate. -O0 turns off this optimization.
1140
1141 The following options are available when as is configured for the
1142 Ubicom IP2K series.
1143
1144 -mip2022ext
1145 Specifies that the extended IP2022 instructions are allowed.
1146
1147 -mip2022
1148 Restores the default behaviour, which restricts the permitted
1149 instructions to just the basic IP2022 ones.
1150
1151 The following options are available when as is configured for the
1152 Renesas M32C and M16C processors.
1153
1154 -m32c
1155 Assemble M32C instructions.
1156
1157 -m16c
1158 Assemble M16C instructions (the default).
1159
1160 -relax
1161 Enable support for link-time relaxations.
1162
1163 -h-tick-hex
1164 Support H'00 style hex constants in addition to 0x00 style.
1165
1166 The following options are available when as is configured for the
1167 Renesas M32R (formerly Mitsubishi M32R) series.
1168
1169 --m32rx
1170 Specify which processor in the M32R family is the target. The
1171 default is normally the M32R, but this option changes it to the
1172 M32RX.
1173
1174 --warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts or --Wp
1175 Produce warning messages when questionable parallel constructs are
1176 encountered.
1177
1178 --no-warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts or --Wnp
1179 Do not produce warning messages when questionable parallel
1180 constructs are encountered.
1181
1182 The following options are available when as is configured for the
1183 Motorola 68000 series.
1184
1185 -l Shorten references to undefined symbols, to one word instead of
1186 two.
1187
1188 -m68000 | -m68008 | -m68010 | -m68020 | -m68030
1189 | -m68040 | -m68060 | -m68302 | -m68331 | -m68332
1190 | -m68333 | -m68340 | -mcpu32 | -m5200
1191 Specify what processor in the 68000 family is the target. The
1192 default is normally the 68020, but this can be changed at
1193 configuration time.
1194
1195 -m68881 | -m68882 | -mno-68881 | -mno-68882
1196 The target machine does (or does not) have a floating-point
1197 coprocessor. The default is to assume a coprocessor for 68020,
1198 68030, and cpu32. Although the basic 68000 is not compatible with
1199 the 68881, a combination of the two can be specified, since it's
1200 possible to do emulation of the coprocessor instructions with the
1201 main processor.
1202
1203 -m68851 | -mno-68851
1204 The target machine does (or does not) have a memory-management unit
1205 coprocessor. The default is to assume an MMU for 68020 and up.
1206
1207 The following options are available when as is configured for an Altera
1208 Nios II processor.
1209
1210 -relax-section
1211 Replace identified out-of-range branches with PC-relative "jmp"
1212 sequences when possible. The generated code sequences are suitable
1213 for use in position-independent code, but there is a practical
1214 limit on the extended branch range because of the length of the
1215 sequences. This option is the default.
1216
1217 -relax-all
1218 Replace branch instructions not determinable to be in range and all
1219 call instructions with "jmp" and "callr" sequences (respectively).
1220 This option generates absolute relocations against the target
1221 symbols and is not appropriate for position-independent code.
1222
1223 -no-relax
1224 Do not replace any branches or calls.
1225
1226 -EB Generate big-endian output.
1227
1228 -EL Generate little-endian output. This is the default.
1229
1230 -march=architecture
1231 This option specifies the target architecture. The assembler
1232 issues an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an
1233 instruction which will not execute on the target architecture. The
1234 following architecture names are recognized: "r1", "r2". The
1235 default is "r1".
1236
1237 The following options are available when as is configured for a PRU
1238 processor.
1239
1240 -mlink-relax
1241 Assume that LD would optimize LDI32 instructions by checking the
1242 upper 16 bits of the expression. If they are all zeros, then LD
1243 would shorten the LDI32 instruction to a single LDI. In such case
1244 "as" will output DIFF relocations for diff expressions.
1245
1246 -mno-link-relax
1247 Assume that LD would not optimize LDI32 instructions. As a
1248 consequence, DIFF relocations will not be emitted.
1249
1250 -mno-warn-regname-label
1251 Do not warn if a label name matches a register name. Usually
1252 assembler programmers will want this warning to be emitted. C
1253 compilers may want to turn this off.
1254
1255 The following options are available when as is configured for a MIPS
1256 processor.
1257
1258 -G num
1259 This option sets the largest size of an object that can be
1260 referenced implicitly with the "gp" register. It is only accepted
1261 for targets that use ECOFF format, such as a DECstation running
1262 Ultrix. The default value is 8.
1263
1264 -EB Generate "big endian" format output.
1265
1266 -EL Generate "little endian" format output.
1267
1268 -mips1
1269 -mips2
1270 -mips3
1271 -mips4
1272 -mips5
1273 -mips32
1274 -mips32r2
1275 -mips32r3
1276 -mips32r5
1277 -mips32r6
1278 -mips64
1279 -mips64r2
1280 -mips64r3
1281 -mips64r5
1282 -mips64r6
1283 Generate code for a particular MIPS Instruction Set Architecture
1284 level. -mips1 is an alias for -march=r3000, -mips2 is an alias for
1285 -march=r6000, -mips3 is an alias for -march=r4000 and -mips4 is an
1286 alias for -march=r8000. -mips5, -mips32, -mips32r2, -mips32r3,
1287 -mips32r5, -mips32r6, -mips64, -mips64r2, -mips64r3, -mips64r5, and
1288 -mips64r6 correspond to generic MIPS V, MIPS32, MIPS32 Release 2,
1289 MIPS32 Release 3, MIPS32 Release 5, MIPS32 Release 6, MIPS64,
1290 MIPS64 Release 2, MIPS64 Release 3, MIPS64 Release 5, and MIPS64
1291 Release 6 ISA processors, respectively.
1292
1293 -march=cpu
1294 Generate code for a particular MIPS CPU.
1295
1296 -mtune=cpu
1297 Schedule and tune for a particular MIPS CPU.
1298
1299 -mfix7000
1300 -mno-fix7000
1301 Cause nops to be inserted if the read of the destination register
1302 of an mfhi or mflo instruction occurs in the following two
1303 instructions.
1304
1305 -mfix-rm7000
1306 -mno-fix-rm7000
1307 Cause nops to be inserted if a dmult or dmultu instruction is
1308 followed by a load instruction.
1309
1310 -mfix-r5900
1311 -mno-fix-r5900
1312 Do not attempt to schedule the preceding instruction into the delay
1313 slot of a branch instruction placed at the end of a short loop of
1314 six instructions or fewer and always schedule a "nop" instruction
1315 there instead. The short loop bug under certain conditions causes
1316 loops to execute only once or twice, due to a hardware bug in the
1317 R5900 chip.
1318
1319 -mdebug
1320 -no-mdebug
1321 Cause stabs-style debugging output to go into an ECOFF-style
1322 .mdebug section instead of the standard ELF .stabs sections.
1323
1324 -mpdr
1325 -mno-pdr
1326 Control generation of ".pdr" sections.
1327
1328 -mgp32
1329 -mfp32
1330 The register sizes are normally inferred from the ISA and ABI, but
1331 these flags force a certain group of registers to be treated as 32
1332 bits wide at all times. -mgp32 controls the size of general-
1333 purpose registers and -mfp32 controls the size of floating-point
1334 registers.
1335
1336 -mgp64
1337 -mfp64
1338 The register sizes are normally inferred from the ISA and ABI, but
1339 these flags force a certain group of registers to be treated as 64
1340 bits wide at all times. -mgp64 controls the size of general-
1341 purpose registers and -mfp64 controls the size of floating-point
1342 registers.
1343
1344 -mfpxx
1345 The register sizes are normally inferred from the ISA and ABI, but
1346 using this flag in combination with -mabi=32 enables an ABI variant
1347 which will operate correctly with floating-point registers which
1348 are 32 or 64 bits wide.
1349
1350 -modd-spreg
1351 -mno-odd-spreg
1352 Enable use of floating-point operations on odd-numbered single-
1353 precision registers when supported by the ISA. -mfpxx implies
1354 -mno-odd-spreg, otherwise the default is -modd-spreg.
1355
1356 -mips16
1357 -no-mips16
1358 Generate code for the MIPS 16 processor. This is equivalent to
1359 putting ".module mips16" at the start of the assembly file.
1360 -no-mips16 turns off this option.
1361
1362 -mmips16e2
1363 -mno-mips16e2
1364 Enable the use of MIPS16e2 instructions in MIPS16 mode. This is
1365 equivalent to putting ".module mips16e2" at the start of the
1366 assembly file. -mno-mips16e2 turns off this option.
1367
1368 -mmicromips
1369 -mno-micromips
1370 Generate code for the microMIPS processor. This is equivalent to
1371 putting ".module micromips" at the start of the assembly file.
1372 -mno-micromips turns off this option. This is equivalent to
1373 putting ".module nomicromips" at the start of the assembly file.
1374
1375 -msmartmips
1376 -mno-smartmips
1377 Enables the SmartMIPS extension to the MIPS32 instruction set.
1378 This is equivalent to putting ".module smartmips" at the start of
1379 the assembly file. -mno-smartmips turns off this option.
1380
1381 -mips3d
1382 -no-mips3d
1383 Generate code for the MIPS-3D Application Specific Extension. This
1384 tells the assembler to accept MIPS-3D instructions. -no-mips3d
1385 turns off this option.
1386
1387 -mdmx
1388 -no-mdmx
1389 Generate code for the MDMX Application Specific Extension. This
1390 tells the assembler to accept MDMX instructions. -no-mdmx turns
1391 off this option.
1392
1393 -mdsp
1394 -mno-dsp
1395 Generate code for the DSP Release 1 Application Specific Extension.
1396 This tells the assembler to accept DSP Release 1 instructions.
1397 -mno-dsp turns off this option.
1398
1399 -mdspr2
1400 -mno-dspr2
1401 Generate code for the DSP Release 2 Application Specific Extension.
1402 This option implies -mdsp. This tells the assembler to accept DSP
1403 Release 2 instructions. -mno-dspr2 turns off this option.
1404
1405 -mdspr3
1406 -mno-dspr3
1407 Generate code for the DSP Release 3 Application Specific Extension.
1408 This option implies -mdsp and -mdspr2. This tells the assembler to
1409 accept DSP Release 3 instructions. -mno-dspr3 turns off this
1410 option.
1411
1412 -mmsa
1413 -mno-msa
1414 Generate code for the MIPS SIMD Architecture Extension. This tells
1415 the assembler to accept MSA instructions. -mno-msa turns off this
1416 option.
1417
1418 -mxpa
1419 -mno-xpa
1420 Generate code for the MIPS eXtended Physical Address (XPA)
1421 Extension. This tells the assembler to accept XPA instructions.
1422 -mno-xpa turns off this option.
1423
1424 -mmt
1425 -mno-mt
1426 Generate code for the MT Application Specific Extension. This
1427 tells the assembler to accept MT instructions. -mno-mt turns off
1428 this option.
1429
1430 -mmcu
1431 -mno-mcu
1432 Generate code for the MCU Application Specific Extension. This
1433 tells the assembler to accept MCU instructions. -mno-mcu turns off
1434 this option.
1435
1436 -mcrc
1437 -mno-crc
1438 Generate code for the MIPS cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
1439 Application Specific Extension. This tells the assembler to accept
1440 CRC instructions. -mno-crc turns off this option.
1441
1442 -mginv
1443 -mno-ginv
1444 Generate code for the Global INValidate (GINV) Application Specific
1445 Extension. This tells the assembler to accept GINV instructions.
1446 -mno-ginv turns off this option.
1447
1448 -mloongson-mmi
1449 -mno-loongson-mmi
1450 Generate code for the Loongson MultiMedia extensions Instructions
1451 (MMI) Application Specific Extension. This tells the assembler to
1452 accept MMI instructions. -mno-loongson-mmi turns off this option.
1453
1454 -mloongson-cam
1455 -mno-loongson-cam
1456 Generate code for the Loongson Content Address Memory (CAM)
1457 instructions. This tells the assembler to accept Loongson CAM
1458 instructions. -mno-loongson-cam turns off this option.
1459
1460 -mloongson-ext
1461 -mno-loongson-ext
1462 Generate code for the Loongson EXTensions (EXT) instructions. This
1463 tells the assembler to accept Loongson EXT instructions.
1464 -mno-loongson-ext turns off this option.
1465
1466 -mloongson-ext2
1467 -mno-loongson-ext2
1468 Generate code for the Loongson EXTensions R2 (EXT2) instructions.
1469 This option implies -mloongson-ext. This tells the assembler to
1470 accept Loongson EXT2 instructions. -mno-loongson-ext2 turns off
1471 this option.
1472
1473 -minsn32
1474 -mno-insn32
1475 Only use 32-bit instruction encodings when generating code for the
1476 microMIPS processor. This option inhibits the use of any 16-bit
1477 instructions. This is equivalent to putting ".set insn32" at the
1478 start of the assembly file. -mno-insn32 turns off this option.
1479 This is equivalent to putting ".set noinsn32" at the start of the
1480 assembly file. By default -mno-insn32 is selected, allowing all
1481 instructions to be used.
1482
1483 --construct-floats
1484 --no-construct-floats
1485 The --no-construct-floats option disables the construction of
1486 double width floating point constants by loading the two halves of
1487 the value into the two single width floating point registers that
1488 make up the double width register. By default --construct-floats
1489 is selected, allowing construction of these floating point
1490 constants.
1491
1492 --relax-branch
1493 --no-relax-branch
1494 The --relax-branch option enables the relaxation of out-of-range
1495 branches. By default --no-relax-branch is selected, causing any
1496 out-of-range branches to produce an error.
1497
1498 -mignore-branch-isa
1499 -mno-ignore-branch-isa
1500 Ignore branch checks for invalid transitions between ISA modes.
1501 The semantics of branches does not provide for an ISA mode switch,
1502 so in most cases the ISA mode a branch has been encoded for has to
1503 be the same as the ISA mode of the branch's target label.
1504 Therefore GAS has checks implemented that verify in branch assembly
1505 that the two ISA modes match. -mignore-branch-isa disables these
1506 checks. By default -mno-ignore-branch-isa is selected, causing any
1507 invalid branch requiring a transition between ISA modes to produce
1508 an error.
1509
1510 -mnan=encoding
1511 Select between the IEEE 754-2008 (-mnan=2008) or the legacy
1512 (-mnan=legacy) NaN encoding format. The latter is the default.
1513
1514 --emulation=name
1515 This option was formerly used to switch between ELF and ECOFF
1516 output on targets like IRIX 5 that supported both. MIPS ECOFF
1517 support was removed in GAS 2.24, so the option now serves little
1518 purpose. It is retained for backwards compatibility.
1519
1520 The available configuration names are: mipself, mipslelf and
1521 mipsbelf. Choosing mipself now has no effect, since the output is
1522 always ELF. mipslelf and mipsbelf select little- and big-endian
1523 output respectively, but -EL and -EB are now the preferred options
1524 instead.
1525
1526 -nocpp
1527 as ignores this option. It is accepted for compatibility with the
1528 native tools.
1529
1530 --trap
1531 --no-trap
1532 --break
1533 --no-break
1534 Control how to deal with multiplication overflow and division by
1535 zero. --trap or --no-break (which are synonyms) take a trap
1536 exception (and only work for Instruction Set Architecture level 2
1537 and higher); --break or --no-trap (also synonyms, and the default)
1538 take a break exception.
1539
1540 -n When this option is used, as will issue a warning every time it
1541 generates a nop instruction from a macro.
1542
1543 The following options are available when as is configured for a Meta
1544 processor.
1545
1546 "-mcpu=metac11"
1547 Generate code for Meta 1.1.
1548
1549 "-mcpu=metac12"
1550 Generate code for Meta 1.2.
1551
1552 "-mcpu=metac21"
1553 Generate code for Meta 2.1.
1554
1555 "-mfpu=metac21"
1556 Allow code to use FPU hardware of Meta 2.1.
1557
1558 See the info pages for documentation of the MMIX-specific options.
1559
1560 The following options are available when as is configured for a NDS32
1561 processor.
1562
1563 "-O1"
1564 Optimize for performance.
1565
1566 "-Os"
1567 Optimize for space.
1568
1569 "-EL"
1570 Produce little endian data output.
1571
1572 "-EB"
1573 Produce little endian data output.
1574
1575 "-mpic"
1576 Generate PIC.
1577
1578 "-mno-fp-as-gp-relax"
1579 Suppress fp-as-gp relaxation for this file.
1580
1581 "-mb2bb-relax"
1582 Back-to-back branch optimization.
1583
1584 "-mno-all-relax"
1585 Suppress all relaxation for this file.
1586
1587 "-march=<arch name>"
1588 Assemble for architecture <arch name> which could be v3, v3j, v3m,
1589 v3f, v3s, v2, v2j, v2f, v2s.
1590
1591 "-mbaseline=<baseline>"
1592 Assemble for baseline <baseline> which could be v2, v3, v3m.
1593
1594 "-mfpu-freg=FREG"
1595 Specify a FPU configuration.
1596
1597 "0 8 SP / 4 DP registers"
1598 "1 16 SP / 8 DP registers"
1599 "2 32 SP / 16 DP registers"
1600 "3 32 SP / 32 DP registers"
1601 "-mabi=abi"
1602 Specify a abi version <abi> could be v1, v2, v2fp, v2fpp.
1603
1604 "-m[no-]mac"
1605 Enable/Disable Multiply instructions support.
1606
1607 "-m[no-]div"
1608 Enable/Disable Divide instructions support.
1609
1610 "-m[no-]16bit-ext"
1611 Enable/Disable 16-bit extension
1612
1613 "-m[no-]dx-regs"
1614 Enable/Disable d0/d1 registers
1615
1616 "-m[no-]perf-ext"
1617 Enable/Disable Performance extension
1618
1619 "-m[no-]perf2-ext"
1620 Enable/Disable Performance extension 2
1621
1622 "-m[no-]string-ext"
1623 Enable/Disable String extension
1624
1625 "-m[no-]reduced-regs"
1626 Enable/Disable Reduced Register configuration (GPR16) option
1627
1628 "-m[no-]audio-isa-ext"
1629 Enable/Disable AUDIO ISA extension
1630
1631 "-m[no-]fpu-sp-ext"
1632 Enable/Disable FPU SP extension
1633
1634 "-m[no-]fpu-dp-ext"
1635 Enable/Disable FPU DP extension
1636
1637 "-m[no-]fpu-fma"
1638 Enable/Disable FPU fused-multiply-add instructions
1639
1640 "-mall-ext"
1641 Turn on all extensions and instructions support
1642
1643 The following options are available when as is configured for a PowerPC
1644 processor.
1645
1646 -a32
1647 Generate ELF32 or XCOFF32.
1648
1649 -a64
1650 Generate ELF64 or XCOFF64.
1651
1652 -K PIC
1653 Set EF_PPC_RELOCATABLE_LIB in ELF flags.
1654
1655 -mpwrx | -mpwr2
1656 Generate code for POWER/2 (RIOS2).
1657
1658 -mpwr
1659 Generate code for POWER (RIOS1)
1660
1661 -m601
1662 Generate code for PowerPC 601.
1663
1664 -mppc, -mppc32, -m603, -m604
1665 Generate code for PowerPC 603/604.
1666
1667 -m403, -m405
1668 Generate code for PowerPC 403/405.
1669
1670 -m440
1671 Generate code for PowerPC 440. BookE and some 405 instructions.
1672
1673 -m464
1674 Generate code for PowerPC 464.
1675
1676 -m476
1677 Generate code for PowerPC 476.
1678
1679 -m7400, -m7410, -m7450, -m7455
1680 Generate code for PowerPC 7400/7410/7450/7455.
1681
1682 -m750cl, -mgekko, -mbroadway
1683 Generate code for PowerPC 750CL/Gekko/Broadway.
1684
1685 -m821, -m850, -m860
1686 Generate code for PowerPC 821/850/860.
1687
1688 -mppc64, -m620
1689 Generate code for PowerPC 620/625/630.
1690
1691 -me500, -me500x2
1692 Generate code for Motorola e500 core complex.
1693
1694 -me500mc
1695 Generate code for Freescale e500mc core complex.
1696
1697 -me500mc64
1698 Generate code for Freescale e500mc64 core complex.
1699
1700 -me5500
1701 Generate code for Freescale e5500 core complex.
1702
1703 -me6500
1704 Generate code for Freescale e6500 core complex.
1705
1706 -mspe
1707 Generate code for Motorola SPE instructions.
1708
1709 -mspe2
1710 Generate code for Freescale SPE2 instructions.
1711
1712 -mtitan
1713 Generate code for AppliedMicro Titan core complex.
1714
1715 -mppc64bridge
1716 Generate code for PowerPC 64, including bridge insns.
1717
1718 -mbooke
1719 Generate code for 32-bit BookE.
1720
1721 -ma2
1722 Generate code for A2 architecture.
1723
1724 -me300
1725 Generate code for PowerPC e300 family.
1726
1727 -maltivec
1728 Generate code for processors with AltiVec instructions.
1729
1730 -mvle
1731 Generate code for Freescale PowerPC VLE instructions.
1732
1733 -mvsx
1734 Generate code for processors with Vector-Scalar (VSX) instructions.
1735
1736 -mhtm
1737 Generate code for processors with Hardware Transactional Memory
1738 instructions.
1739
1740 -mpower4, -mpwr4
1741 Generate code for Power4 architecture.
1742
1743 -mpower5, -mpwr5, -mpwr5x
1744 Generate code for Power5 architecture.
1745
1746 -mpower6, -mpwr6
1747 Generate code for Power6 architecture.
1748
1749 -mpower7, -mpwr7
1750 Generate code for Power7 architecture.
1751
1752 -mpower8, -mpwr8
1753 Generate code for Power8 architecture.
1754
1755 -mpower9, -mpwr9
1756 Generate code for Power9 architecture.
1757
1758 -mcell
1759 -mcell
1760 Generate code for Cell Broadband Engine architecture.
1761
1762 -mcom
1763 Generate code Power/PowerPC common instructions.
1764
1765 -many
1766 Generate code for any architecture (PWR/PWRX/PPC).
1767
1768 -mregnames
1769 Allow symbolic names for registers.
1770
1771 -mno-regnames
1772 Do not allow symbolic names for registers.
1773
1774 -mrelocatable
1775 Support for GCC's -mrelocatable option.
1776
1777 -mrelocatable-lib
1778 Support for GCC's -mrelocatable-lib option.
1779
1780 -memb
1781 Set PPC_EMB bit in ELF flags.
1782
1783 -mlittle, -mlittle-endian, -le
1784 Generate code for a little endian machine.
1785
1786 -mbig, -mbig-endian, -be
1787 Generate code for a big endian machine.
1788
1789 -msolaris
1790 Generate code for Solaris.
1791
1792 -mno-solaris
1793 Do not generate code for Solaris.
1794
1795 -nops=count
1796 If an alignment directive inserts more than count nops, put a
1797 branch at the beginning to skip execution of the nops.
1798
1799 The following options are available when as is configured for a RISC-V
1800 processor.
1801
1802 -fpic
1803 -fPIC
1804 Generate position-independent code
1805
1806 -fno-pic
1807 Don't generate position-independent code (default)
1808
1809 -march=ISA
1810 Select the base isa, as specified by ISA. For example
1811 -march=rv32ima.
1812
1813 -mabi=ABI
1814 Selects the ABI, which is either "ilp32" or "lp64", optionally
1815 followed by "f", "d", or "q" to indicate single-precision, double-
1816 precision, or quad-precision floating-point calling convention, or
1817 none to indicate the soft-float calling convention. Also, "ilp32"
1818 can optionally be followed by "e" to indicate the RVE ABI, which is
1819 always soft-float.
1820
1821 -mrelax
1822 Take advantage of linker relaxations to reduce the number of
1823 instructions required to materialize symbol addresses. (default)
1824
1825 -mno-relax
1826 Don't do linker relaxations.
1827
1828 See the info pages for documentation of the RX-specific options.
1829
1830 The following options are available when as is configured for the s390
1831 processor family.
1832
1833 -m31
1834 -m64
1835 Select the word size, either 31/32 bits or 64 bits.
1836
1837 -mesa
1838 -mzarch
1839 Select the architecture mode, either the Enterprise System
1840 Architecture (esa) or the z/Architecture mode (zarch).
1841
1842 -march=processor
1843 Specify which s390 processor variant is the target, g5 (or arch3),
1844 g6, z900 (or arch5), z990 (or arch6), z9-109, z9-ec (or arch7), z10
1845 (or arch8), z196 (or arch9), zEC12 (or arch10), z13 (or arch11), or
1846 z14 (or arch12).
1847
1848 -mregnames
1849 -mno-regnames
1850 Allow or disallow symbolic names for registers.
1851
1852 -mwarn-areg-zero
1853 Warn whenever the operand for a base or index register has been
1854 specified but evaluates to zero.
1855
1856 The following options are available when as is configured for a
1857 TMS320C6000 processor.
1858
1859 -march=arch
1860 Enable (only) instructions from architecture arch. By default, all
1861 instructions are permitted.
1862
1863 The following values of arch are accepted: "c62x", "c64x", "c64x+",
1864 "c67x", "c67x+", "c674x".
1865
1866 -mdsbt
1867 -mno-dsbt
1868 The -mdsbt option causes the assembler to generate the
1869 "Tag_ABI_DSBT" attribute with a value of 1, indicating that the
1870 code is using DSBT addressing. The -mno-dsbt option, the default,
1871 causes the tag to have a value of 0, indicating that the code does
1872 not use DSBT addressing. The linker will emit a warning if objects
1873 of different type (DSBT and non-DSBT) are linked together.
1874
1875 -mpid=no
1876 -mpid=near
1877 -mpid=far
1878 The -mpid= option causes the assembler to generate the
1879 "Tag_ABI_PID" attribute with a value indicating the form of data
1880 addressing used by the code. -mpid=no, the default, indicates
1881 position-dependent data addressing, -mpid=near indicates position-
1882 independent addressing with GOT accesses using near DP addressing,
1883 and -mpid=far indicates position-independent addressing with GOT
1884 accesses using far DP addressing. The linker will emit a warning
1885 if objects built with different settings of this option are linked
1886 together.
1887
1888 -mpic
1889 -mno-pic
1890 The -mpic option causes the assembler to generate the "Tag_ABI_PIC"
1891 attribute with a value of 1, indicating that the code is using
1892 position-independent code addressing, The "-mno-pic" option, the
1893 default, causes the tag to have a value of 0, indicating position-
1894 dependent code addressing. The linker will emit a warning if
1895 objects of different type (position-dependent and position-
1896 independent) are linked together.
1897
1898 -mbig-endian
1899 -mlittle-endian
1900 Generate code for the specified endianness. The default is little-
1901 endian.
1902
1903 The following options are available when as is configured for a TILE-Gx
1904 processor.
1905
1906 -m32 | -m64
1907 Select the word size, either 32 bits or 64 bits.
1908
1909 -EB | -EL
1910 Select the endianness, either big-endian (-EB) or little-endian
1911 (-EL).
1912
1913 The following option is available when as is configured for a Visium
1914 processor.
1915
1916 -mtune=arch
1917 This option specifies the target architecture. If an attempt is
1918 made to assemble an instruction that will not execute on the target
1919 architecture, the assembler will issue an error message.
1920
1921 The following names are recognized: "mcm24" "mcm" "gr5" "gr6"
1922
1923 The following options are available when as is configured for an Xtensa
1924 processor.
1925
1926 --text-section-literals | --no-text-section-literals
1927 Control the treatment of literal pools. The default is
1928 --no-text-section-literals, which places literals in separate
1929 sections in the output file. This allows the literal pool to be
1930 placed in a data RAM/ROM. With --text-section-literals, the
1931 literals are interspersed in the text section in order to keep them
1932 as close as possible to their references. This may be necessary
1933 for large assembly files, where the literals would otherwise be out
1934 of range of the "L32R" instructions in the text section. Literals
1935 are grouped into pools following ".literal_position" directives or
1936 preceding "ENTRY" instructions. These options only affect literals
1937 referenced via PC-relative "L32R" instructions; literals for
1938 absolute mode "L32R" instructions are handled separately.
1939
1940 --auto-litpools | --no-auto-litpools
1941 Control the treatment of literal pools. The default is
1942 --no-auto-litpools, which in the absence of --text-section-literals
1943 places literals in separate sections in the output file. This
1944 allows the literal pool to be placed in a data RAM/ROM. With
1945 --auto-litpools, the literals are interspersed in the text section
1946 in order to keep them as close as possible to their references,
1947 explicit ".literal_position" directives are not required. This may
1948 be necessary for very large functions, where single literal pool at
1949 the beginning of the function may not be reachable by "L32R"
1950 instructions at the end. These options only affect literals
1951 referenced via PC-relative "L32R" instructions; literals for
1952 absolute mode "L32R" instructions are handled separately. When
1953 used together with --text-section-literals, --auto-litpools takes
1954 precedence.
1955
1956 --absolute-literals | --no-absolute-literals
1957 Indicate to the assembler whether "L32R" instructions use absolute
1958 or PC-relative addressing. If the processor includes the absolute
1959 addressing option, the default is to use absolute "L32R"
1960 relocations. Otherwise, only the PC-relative "L32R" relocations
1961 can be used.
1962
1963 --target-align | --no-target-align
1964 Enable or disable automatic alignment to reduce branch penalties at
1965 some expense in code size. This optimization is enabled by
1966 default. Note that the assembler will always align instructions
1967 like "LOOP" that have fixed alignment requirements.
1968
1969 --longcalls | --no-longcalls
1970 Enable or disable transformation of call instructions to allow
1971 calls across a greater range of addresses. This option should be
1972 used when call targets can potentially be out of range. It may
1973 degrade both code size and performance, but the linker can
1974 generally optimize away the unnecessary overhead when a call ends
1975 up within range. The default is --no-longcalls.
1976
1977 --transform | --no-transform
1978 Enable or disable all assembler transformations of Xtensa
1979 instructions, including both relaxation and optimization. The
1980 default is --transform; --no-transform should only be used in the
1981 rare cases when the instructions must be exactly as specified in
1982 the assembly source. Using --no-transform causes out of range
1983 instruction operands to be errors.
1984
1985 --rename-section oldname=newname
1986 Rename the oldname section to newname. This option can be used
1987 multiple times to rename multiple sections.
1988
1989 --trampolines | --no-trampolines
1990 Enable or disable transformation of jump instructions to allow
1991 jumps across a greater range of addresses. This option should be
1992 used when jump targets can potentially be out of range. In the
1993 absence of such jumps this option does not affect code size or
1994 performance. The default is --trampolines.
1995
1996 The following options are available when as is configured for a Z80
1997 family processor.
1998
1999 -z80
2000 Assemble for Z80 processor.
2001
2002 -r800
2003 Assemble for R800 processor.
2004
2005 -ignore-undocumented-instructions
2006 -Wnud
2007 Assemble undocumented Z80 instructions that also work on R800
2008 without warning.
2009
2010 -ignore-unportable-instructions
2011 -Wnup
2012 Assemble all undocumented Z80 instructions without warning.
2013
2014 -warn-undocumented-instructions
2015 -Wud
2016 Issue a warning for undocumented Z80 instructions that also work on
2017 R800.
2018
2019 -warn-unportable-instructions
2020 -Wup
2021 Issue a warning for undocumented Z80 instructions that do not work
2022 on R800.
2023
2024 -forbid-undocumented-instructions
2025 -Fud
2026 Treat all undocumented instructions as errors.
2027
2028 -forbid-unportable-instructions
2029 -Fup
2030 Treat undocumented Z80 instructions that do not work on R800 as
2031 errors.
2032
2034 gcc(1), ld(1), and the Info entries for binutils and ld.
2035
2037 Copyright (c) 1991-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2038
2039 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
2040 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
2041 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
2042 Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
2043 Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
2044 Free Documentation License".
2045
2046
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