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5 * As: (as). The GNU assembler.
6 * Gas: (as). The GNU assembler.
9 This file documents the GNU Assembler "as".
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27 This file is a user guide to the GNU assembler `as' version 2.17.
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30 Documentation License. A copy of the license is included in the
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36 * Invoking:: Command-Line Options
38 * Sections:: Sections and Relocation
40 * Expressions:: Expressions
41 * Pseudo Ops:: Assembler Directives
42 * Machine Dependencies:: Machine Dependent Features
43 * Reporting Bugs:: Reporting Bugs
44 * Acknowledgements:: Who Did What
45 * GNU Free Documentation License:: GNU Free Documentation License
49 File: as.info, Node: Overview, Next: Invoking, Prev: Top, Up: Top
54 Here is a brief summary of how to invoke `as'. For details, *note
55 Command-Line Options: Invoking.
57 as [-a[cdhlns][=FILE]] [-alternate] [-D]
58 [-defsym SYM=VAL] [-f] [-g] [-gstabs]
59 [-gstabs+] [-gdwarf-2] [-help] [-I DIR] [-J]
60 [-K] [-L] [-listing-lhs-width=NUM]
61 [-listing-lhs-width2=NUM] [-listing-rhs-width=NUM]
62 [-listing-cont-lines=NUM] [-keep-locals] [-o
63 OBJFILE] [-R] [-reduce-memory-overheads] [-statistics]
64 [-v] [-version] [-version] [-W] [-warn]
65 [-fatal-warnings] [-w] [-x] [-Z] [@FILE]
66 [-target-help] [TARGET-OPTIONS]
69 _Target Alpha options:_
71 [-mdebug | -no-mdebug]
72 [-relax] [-g] [-GSIZE]
80 [-mcpu=PROCESSOR[+EXTENSION...]]
81 [-march=ARCHITECTURE[+EXTENSION...]]
82 [-mfpu=FLOATING-POINT-FORMAT]
87 [-mapcs-32|-mapcs-26|-mapcs-float|
89 [-mthumb-interwork] [-k]
91 _Target CRIS options:_
92 [-underscore | -no-underscore]
94 [-emulation=criself | -emulation=crisaout]
95 [-march=v0_v10 | -march=v10 | -march=v32 | -march=common_v10_v32]
97 _Target D10V options:_
100 _Target D30V options:_
103 _Target i386 options:_
106 _Target i960 options:_
107 [-ACA|-ACA_A|-ACB|-ACC|-AKA|-AKB|
111 _Target IA-64 options:_
112 [-mconstant-gp|-mauto-pic]
113 [-milp32|-milp64|-mlp64|-mp64]
115 [-mtune=itanium1|-mtune=itanium2]
116 [-munwind-check=warning|-munwind-check=error]
117 [-mhint.b=ok|-mhint.b=warning|-mhint.b=error]
118 [-x|-xexplicit] [-xauto] [-xdebug]
120 _Target IP2K options:_
121 [-mip2022|-mip2022ext]
123 _Target M32C options:_
126 _Target M32R options:_
127 [-m32rx|-[no-]warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts|
130 _Target M680X0 options:_
131 [-l] [-m68000|-m68010|-m68020|...]
133 _Target M68HC11 options:_
134 [-m68hc11|-m68hc12|-m68hcs12]
136 [-mshort-double|-mlong-double]
137 [-force-long-branchs] [-short-branchs]
138 [-strict-direct-mode] [-print-insn-syntax]
139 [-print-opcodes] [-generate-example]
141 _Target MCORE options:_
142 [-jsri2bsr] [-sifilter] [-relax]
145 _Target MIPS options:_
146 [-nocpp] [-EL] [-EB] [-O[OPTIMIZATION LEVEL]]
147 [-g[DEBUG LEVEL]] [-G NUM] [-KPIC] [-call_shared]
148 [-non_shared] [-xgot]
149 [-mabi=ABI] [-32] [-n32] [-64] [-mfp32] [-mgp32]
150 [-march=CPU] [-mtune=CPU] [-mips1] [-mips2]
151 [-mips3] [-mips4] [-mips5] [-mips32] [-mips32r2]
152 [-mips64] [-mips64r2]
153 [-construct-floats] [-no-construct-floats]
154 [-trap] [-no-break] [-break] [-no-trap]
155 [-mfix7000] [-mno-fix7000]
156 [-mips16] [-no-mips16]
157 [-mips3d] [-no-mips3d]
161 [-mdebug] [-no-mdebug]
164 _Target MMIX options:_
165 [-fixed-special-register-names] [-globalize-symbols]
166 [-gnu-syntax] [-relax] [-no-predefined-symbols]
167 [-no-expand] [-no-merge-gregs] [-x]
168 [-linker-allocated-gregs]
170 _Target PDP11 options:_
171 [-mpic|-mno-pic] [-mall] [-mno-extensions]
172 [-mEXTENSION|-mno-EXTENSION]
175 _Target picoJava options:_
178 _Target PowerPC options:_
179 [-mpwrx|-mpwr2|-mpwr|-m601|-mppc|-mppc32|-m603|-m604|
180 -m403|-m405|-mppc64|-m620|-mppc64bridge|-mbooke|
182 [-mcom|-many|-maltivec] [-memb]
183 [-mregnames|-mno-regnames]
184 [-mrelocatable|-mrelocatable-lib]
185 [-mlittle|-mlittle-endian|-mbig|-mbig-endian]
186 [-msolaris|-mno-solaris]
188 _Target SPARC options:_
189 [-Av6|-Av7|-Av8|-Asparclet|-Asparclite
190 -Av8plus|-Av8plusa|-Av9|-Av9a]
191 [-xarch=v8plus|-xarch=v8plusa] [-bump]
194 _Target TIC54X options:_
195 [-mcpu=54[123589]|-mcpu=54[56]lp] [-mfar-mode|-mf]
196 [-merrors-to-file <FILENAME>|-me <FILENAME>]
199 _Target Z80 options:_
201 [ -ignore-undocumented-instructions] [-Wnud]
202 [ -ignore-unportable-instructions] [-Wnup]
203 [ -warn-undocumented-instructions] [-Wud]
204 [ -warn-unportable-instructions] [-Wup]
205 [ -forbid-undocumented-instructions] [-Fud]
206 [ -forbid-unportable-instructions] [-Fup]
209 _Target Xtensa options:_
210 [-[no-]text-section-literals] [-[no-]absolute-literals]
211 [-[no-]target-align] [-[no-]longcalls]
213 [-rename-section OLDNAME=NEWNAME]
216 Read command-line options from FILE. The options read are
217 inserted in place of the original @FILE option. If FILE does not
218 exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated
219 literally, and not removed.
221 Options in FILE are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
222 character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
223 option in either single or double quotes. Any character
224 (including a backslash) may be included by prefixing the character
225 to be included with a backslash. The FILE may itself contain
226 additional @FILE options; any such options will be processed
230 Turn on listings, in any of a variety of ways:
233 omit false conditionals
236 omit debugging directives
239 include high-level source
245 include macro expansions
248 omit forms processing
254 set the name of the listing file
256 You may combine these options; for example, use `-aln' for assembly
257 listing without forms processing. The `=file' option, if used,
258 must be the last one. By itself, `-a' defaults to `-ahls'.
261 Begin in alternate macro mode, see *Note `.altmacro': Altmacro.
264 Ignored. This option is accepted for script compatibility with
265 calls to other assemblers.
268 Define the symbol SYM to be VALUE before assembling the input file.
269 VALUE must be an integer constant. As in C, a leading `0x'
270 indicates a hexadecimal value, and a leading `0' indicates an
274 "fast"--skip whitespace and comment preprocessing (assume source is
279 Generate debugging information for each assembler source line
280 using whichever debug format is preferred by the target. This
281 currently means either STABS, ECOFF or DWARF2.
284 Generate stabs debugging information for each assembler line. This
285 may help debugging assembler code, if the debugger can handle it.
288 Generate stabs debugging information for each assembler line, with
289 GNU extensions that probably only gdb can handle, and that could
290 make other debuggers crash or refuse to read your program. This
291 may help debugging assembler code. Currently the only GNU
292 extension is the location of the current working directory at
296 Generate DWARF2 debugging information for each assembler line.
297 This may help debugging assembler code, if the debugger can handle
298 it. Note--this option is only supported by some targets, not all
302 Print a summary of the command line options and exit.
305 Print a summary of all target specific options and exit.
308 Add directory DIR to the search list for `.include' directives.
311 Don't warn about signed overflow.
314 Issue warnings when difference tables altered for long
319 Keep (in the symbol table) local symbols. On traditional a.out
320 systems these start with `L', but different systems have different
321 local label prefixes.
323 `--listing-lhs-width=NUMBER'
324 Set the maximum width, in words, of the output data column for an
325 assembler listing to NUMBER.
327 `--listing-lhs-width2=NUMBER'
328 Set the maximum width, in words, of the output data column for
329 continuation lines in an assembler listing to NUMBER.
331 `--listing-rhs-width=NUMBER'
332 Set the maximum width of an input source line, as displayed in a
333 listing, to NUMBER bytes.
335 `--listing-cont-lines=NUMBER'
336 Set the maximum number of lines printed in a listing for a single
337 line of input to NUMBER + 1.
340 Name the object-file output from `as' OBJFILE.
343 Fold the data section into the text section.
345 Set the default size of GAS's hash tables to a prime number close
346 to NUMBER. Increasing this value can reduce the length of time it
347 takes the assembler to perform its tasks, at the expense of
348 increasing the assembler's memory requirements. Similarly
349 reducing this value can reduce the memory requirements at the
352 `--reduce-memory-overheads'
353 This option reduces GAS's memory requirements, at the expense of
354 making the assembly processes slower. Currently this switch is a
355 synonym for `--hash-size=4051', but in the future it may have
356 other effects as well.
359 Print the maximum space (in bytes) and total time (in seconds)
362 `--strip-local-absolute'
363 Remove local absolute symbols from the outgoing symbol table.
367 Print the `as' version.
370 Print the `as' version and exit.
374 Suppress warning messages.
377 Treat warnings as errors.
380 Don't suppress warning messages or treat them as errors.
389 Generate an object file even after errors.
392 Standard input, or source files to assemble.
395 The following options are available when as is configured for an ARC
399 This option selects the core processor variant.
402 Select either big-endian (-EB) or little-endian (-EL) output.
404 The following options are available when as is configured for the ARM
407 `-mcpu=PROCESSOR[+EXTENSION...]'
408 Specify which ARM processor variant is the target.
410 `-march=ARCHITECTURE[+EXTENSION...]'
411 Specify which ARM architecture variant is used by the target.
413 `-mfpu=FLOATING-POINT-FORMAT'
414 Select which Floating Point architecture is the target.
417 Select which floating point ABI is in use.
420 Enable Thumb only instruction decoding.
422 `-mapcs-32 | -mapcs-26 | -mapcs-float | -mapcs-reentrant'
423 Select which procedure calling convention is in use.
426 Select either big-endian (-EB) or little-endian (-EL) output.
429 Specify that the code has been generated with interworking between
430 Thumb and ARM code in mind.
433 Specify that PIC code has been generated.
435 See the info pages for documentation of the CRIS-specific options.
437 The following options are available when as is configured for a D10V
440 Optimize output by parallelizing instructions.
442 The following options are available when as is configured for a D30V
445 Optimize output by parallelizing instructions.
448 Warn when nops are generated.
451 Warn when a nop after a 32-bit multiply instruction is generated.
453 The following options are available when as is configured for the
454 Intel 80960 processor.
456 `-ACA | -ACA_A | -ACB | -ACC | -AKA | -AKB | -AKC | -AMC'
457 Specify which variant of the 960 architecture is the target.
460 Add code to collect statistics about branches taken.
463 Do not alter compare-and-branch instructions for long
464 displacements; error if necessary.
467 The following options are available when as is configured for the
471 Specifies that the extended IP2022 instructions are allowed.
474 Restores the default behaviour, which restricts the permitted
475 instructions to just the basic IP2022 ones.
478 The following options are available when as is configured for the
479 Renesas M32C and M16C processors.
482 Assemble M32C instructions.
485 Assemble M16C instructions (the default).
488 The following options are available when as is configured for the
489 Renesas M32R (formerly Mitsubishi M32R) series.
492 Specify which processor in the M32R family is the target. The
493 default is normally the M32R, but this option changes it to the
496 `--warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts or --Wp'
497 Produce warning messages when questionable parallel constructs are
500 `--no-warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts or --Wnp'
501 Do not produce warning messages when questionable parallel
502 constructs are encountered.
505 The following options are available when as is configured for the
506 Motorola 68000 series.
509 Shorten references to undefined symbols, to one word instead of
512 `-m68000 | -m68008 | -m68010 | -m68020 | -m68030'
513 `| -m68040 | -m68060 | -m68302 | -m68331 | -m68332'
514 `| -m68333 | -m68340 | -mcpu32 | -m5200'
515 Specify what processor in the 68000 family is the target. The
516 default is normally the 68020, but this can be changed at
519 `-m68881 | -m68882 | -mno-68881 | -mno-68882'
520 The target machine does (or does not) have a floating-point
521 coprocessor. The default is to assume a coprocessor for 68020,
522 68030, and cpu32. Although the basic 68000 is not compatible with
523 the 68881, a combination of the two can be specified, since it's
524 possible to do emulation of the coprocessor instructions with the
527 `-m68851 | -mno-68851'
528 The target machine does (or does not) have a memory-management
529 unit coprocessor. The default is to assume an MMU for 68020 and
533 For details about the PDP-11 machine dependent features options, see
534 *Note PDP-11-Options::.
537 Generate position-independent (or position-dependent) code. The
542 Enable all instruction set extensions. This is the default.
545 Disable all instruction set extensions.
547 `-mEXTENSION | -mno-EXTENSION'
548 Enable (or disable) a particular instruction set extension.
551 Enable the instruction set extensions supported by a particular
552 CPU, and disable all other extensions.
555 Enable the instruction set extensions supported by a particular
556 machine model, and disable all other extensions.
558 The following options are available when as is configured for a
562 Generate "big endian" format output.
565 Generate "little endian" format output.
568 The following options are available when as is configured for the
569 Motorola 68HC11 or 68HC12 series.
571 `-m68hc11 | -m68hc12 | -m68hcs12'
572 Specify what processor is the target. The default is defined by
573 the configuration option when building the assembler.
576 Specify to use the 16-bit integer ABI.
579 Specify to use the 32-bit integer ABI.
582 Specify to use the 32-bit double ABI.
585 Specify to use the 64-bit double ABI.
587 `--force-long-branchs'
588 Relative branches are turned into absolute ones. This concerns
589 conditional branches, unconditional branches and branches to a sub
592 `-S | --short-branchs'
593 Do not turn relative branchs into absolute ones when the offset is
596 `--strict-direct-mode'
597 Do not turn the direct addressing mode into extended addressing
598 mode when the instruction does not support direct addressing mode.
600 `--print-insn-syntax'
601 Print the syntax of instruction in case of error.
604 print the list of instructions with syntax and then exit.
607 print an example of instruction for each possible instruction and
608 then exit. This option is only useful for testing `as'.
611 The following options are available when `as' is configured for the
614 `-Av6 | -Av7 | -Av8 | -Asparclet | -Asparclite'
615 `-Av8plus | -Av8plusa | -Av9 | -Av9a'
616 Explicitly select a variant of the SPARC architecture.
618 `-Av8plus' and `-Av8plusa' select a 32 bit environment. `-Av9'
619 and `-Av9a' select a 64 bit environment.
621 `-Av8plusa' and `-Av9a' enable the SPARC V9 instruction set with
622 UltraSPARC extensions.
624 `-xarch=v8plus | -xarch=v8plusa'
625 For compatibility with the Solaris v9 assembler. These options are
626 equivalent to -Av8plus and -Av8plusa, respectively.
629 Warn when the assembler switches to another architecture.
631 The following options are available when as is configured for the
635 Enable extended addressing mode. All addresses and relocations
636 will assume extended addressing (usually 23 bits).
639 Sets the CPU version being compiled for.
641 `-merrors-to-file FILENAME'
642 Redirect error output to a file, for broken systems which don't
643 support such behaviour in the shell.
645 The following options are available when as is configured for a MIPS
649 This option sets the largest size of an object that can be
650 referenced implicitly with the `gp' register. It is only accepted
651 for targets that use ECOFF format, such as a DECstation running
652 Ultrix. The default value is 8.
655 Generate "big endian" format output.
658 Generate "little endian" format output.
669 Generate code for a particular MIPS Instruction Set Architecture
670 level. `-mips1' is an alias for `-march=r3000', `-mips2' is an
671 alias for `-march=r6000', `-mips3' is an alias for `-march=r4000'
672 and `-mips4' is an alias for `-march=r8000'. `-mips5', `-mips32',
673 `-mips32r2', `-mips64', and `-mips64r2' correspond to generic
674 `MIPS V', `MIPS32', `MIPS32 Release 2', `MIPS64', and `MIPS64
675 Release 2' ISA processors, respectively.
678 Generate code for a particular MIPS cpu.
681 Schedule and tune for a particular MIPS cpu.
685 Cause nops to be inserted if the read of the destination register
686 of an mfhi or mflo instruction occurs in the following two
691 Cause stabs-style debugging output to go into an ECOFF-style
692 .mdebug section instead of the standard ELF .stabs sections.
696 Control generation of `.pdr' sections.
700 The register sizes are normally inferred from the ISA and ABI, but
701 these flags force a certain group of registers to be treated as 32
702 bits wide at all times. `-mgp32' controls the size of
703 general-purpose registers and `-mfp32' controls the size of
704 floating-point registers.
708 Generate code for the MIPS 16 processor. This is equivalent to
709 putting `.set mips16' at the start of the assembly file.
710 `-no-mips16' turns off this option.
714 Generate code for the MIPS-3D Application Specific Extension.
715 This tells the assembler to accept MIPS-3D instructions.
716 `-no-mips3d' turns off this option.
720 Generate code for the MDMX Application Specific Extension. This
721 tells the assembler to accept MDMX instructions. `-no-mdmx' turns
726 Generate code for the DSP Application Specific Extension. This
727 tells the assembler to accept DSP instructions. `-mno-dsp' turns
732 Generate code for the MT Application Specific Extension. This
733 tells the assembler to accept MT instructions. `-mno-mt' turns
737 `--no-construct-floats'
738 The `--no-construct-floats' option disables the construction of
739 double width floating point constants by loading the two halves of
740 the value into the two single width floating point registers that
741 make up the double width register. By default
742 `--construct-floats' is selected, allowing construction of these
743 floating point constants.
746 This option causes `as' to emulate `as' configured for some other
747 target, in all respects, including output format (choosing between
748 ELF and ECOFF only), handling of pseudo-opcodes which may generate
749 debugging information or store symbol table information, and
750 default endianness. The available configuration names are:
751 `mipsecoff', `mipself', `mipslecoff', `mipsbecoff', `mipslelf',
752 `mipsbelf'. The first two do not alter the default endianness
753 from that of the primary target for which the assembler was
754 configured; the others change the default to little- or big-endian
755 as indicated by the `b' or `l' in the name. Using `-EB' or `-EL'
756 will override the endianness selection in any case.
758 This option is currently supported only when the primary target
759 `as' is configured for is a MIPS ELF or ECOFF target.
760 Furthermore, the primary target or others specified with
761 `--enable-targets=...' at configuration time must include support
762 for the other format, if both are to be available. For example,
763 the Irix 5 configuration includes support for both.
765 Eventually, this option will support more configurations, with more
766 fine-grained control over the assembler's behavior, and will be
767 supported for more processors.
770 `as' ignores this option. It is accepted for compatibility with
777 Control how to deal with multiplication overflow and division by
778 zero. `--trap' or `--no-break' (which are synonyms) take a trap
779 exception (and only work for Instruction Set Architecture level 2
780 and higher); `--break' or `--no-trap' (also synonyms, and the
781 default) take a break exception.
784 When this option is used, `as' will issue a warning every time it
785 generates a nop instruction from a macro.
787 The following options are available when as is configured for an
792 Enable or disable the JSRI to BSR transformation. By default this
793 is enabled. The command line option `-nojsri2bsr' can be used to
798 Enable or disable the silicon filter behaviour. By default this
799 is disabled. The default can be overridden by the `-sifilter'
803 Alter jump instructions for long displacements.
806 Select the cpu type on the target hardware. This controls which
807 instructions can be assembled.
810 Assemble for a big endian target.
813 Assemble for a little endian target.
816 See the info pages for documentation of the MMIX-specific options.
818 The following options are available when as is configured for an
821 `--text-section-literals | --no-text-section-literals'
822 With `--text-section-literals', literal pools are interspersed in
823 the text section. The default is `--no-text-section-literals',
824 which places literals in a separate section in the output file.
825 These options only affect literals referenced via PC-relative
826 `L32R' instructions; literals for absolute mode `L32R'
827 instructions are handled separately.
829 `--absolute-literals | --no-absolute-literals'
830 Indicate to the assembler whether `L32R' instructions use absolute
831 or PC-relative addressing. The default is to assume absolute
832 addressing if the Xtensa processor includes the absolute `L32R'
833 addressing option. Otherwise, only the PC-relative `L32R' mode
836 `--target-align | --no-target-align'
837 Enable or disable automatic alignment to reduce branch penalties
838 at the expense of some code density. The default is
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
846 `--transform | --no-transform'
847 Enable or disable all assembler transformations of Xtensa
848 instructions. The default is `--transform'; `--no-transform'
849 should be used only in the rare cases when the instructions must
850 be exactly as specified in the assembly source.
852 The following options are available when as is configured for a Z80
855 Assemble for Z80 processor.
858 Assemble for R800 processor.
860 `-ignore-undocumented-instructions'
862 Assemble undocumented Z80 instructions that also work on R800
865 `-ignore-unportable-instructions'
867 Assemble all undocumented Z80 instructions without warning.
869 `-warn-undocumented-instructions'
871 Issue a warning for undocumented Z80 instructions that also work
874 `-warn-unportable-instructions'
876 Issue a warning for undocumented Z80 instructions that do notwork
879 `-forbid-undocumented-instructions'
881 Treat all undocumented instructions as errors.
883 `-forbid-unportable-instructions'
885 Treat undocumented Z80 intructions that do notwork on R800 as
890 * Manual:: Structure of this Manual
891 * GNU Assembler:: The GNU Assembler
892 * Object Formats:: Object File Formats
893 * Command Line:: Command Line
894 * Input Files:: Input Files
895 * Object:: Output (Object) File
896 * Errors:: Error and Warning Messages
899 File: as.info, Node: Manual, Next: GNU Assembler, Up: Overview
901 1.1 Structure of this Manual
902 ============================
904 This manual is intended to describe what you need to know to use GNU
905 `as'. We cover the syntax expected in source files, including notation
906 for symbols, constants, and expressions; the directives that `as'
907 understands; and of course how to invoke `as'.
909 This manual also describes some of the machine-dependent features of
910 various flavors of the assembler.
912 On the other hand, this manual is _not_ intended as an introduction
913 to programming in assembly language--let alone programming in general!
914 In a similar vein, we make no attempt to introduce the machine
915 architecture; we do _not_ describe the instruction set, standard
916 mnemonics, registers or addressing modes that are standard to a
917 particular architecture. You may want to consult the manufacturer's
918 machine architecture manual for this information.
921 File: as.info, Node: GNU Assembler, Next: Object Formats, Prev: Manual, Up: Overview
923 1.2 The GNU Assembler
924 =====================
926 GNU `as' is really a family of assemblers. If you use (or have used)
927 the GNU assembler on one architecture, you should find a fairly similar
928 environment when you use it on another architecture. Each version has
929 much in common with the others, including object file formats, most
930 assembler directives (often called "pseudo-ops") and assembler syntax.
932 `as' is primarily intended to assemble the output of the GNU C
933 compiler `gcc' for use by the linker `ld'. Nevertheless, we've tried
934 to make `as' assemble correctly everything that other assemblers for
935 the same machine would assemble. Any exceptions are documented
936 explicitly (*note Machine Dependencies::). This doesn't mean `as'
937 always uses the same syntax as another assembler for the same
938 architecture; for example, we know of several incompatible versions of
939 680x0 assembly language syntax.
941 Unlike older assemblers, `as' is designed to assemble a source
942 program in one pass of the source file. This has a subtle impact on the
943 `.org' directive (*note `.org': Org.).
946 File: as.info, Node: Object Formats, Next: Command Line, Prev: GNU Assembler, Up: Overview
948 1.3 Object File Formats
949 =======================
951 The GNU assembler can be configured to produce several alternative
952 object file formats. For the most part, this does not affect how you
953 write assembly language programs; but directives for debugging symbols
954 are typically different in different file formats. *Note Symbol
955 Attributes: Symbol Attributes.
958 File: as.info, Node: Command Line, Next: Input Files, Prev: Object Formats, Up: Overview
963 After the program name `as', the command line may contain options and
964 file names. Options may appear in any order, and may be before, after,
965 or between file names. The order of file names is significant.
967 `--' (two hyphens) by itself names the standard input file
968 explicitly, as one of the files for `as' to assemble.
970 Except for `--' any command line argument that begins with a hyphen
971 (`-') is an option. Each option changes the behavior of `as'. No
972 option changes the way another option works. An option is a `-'
973 followed by one or more letters; the case of the letter is important.
974 All options are optional.
976 Some options expect exactly one file name to follow them. The file
977 name may either immediately follow the option's letter (compatible with
978 older assemblers) or it may be the next command argument (GNU
979 standard). These two command lines are equivalent:
981 as -o my-object-file.o mumble.s
982 as -omy-object-file.o mumble.s
985 File: as.info, Node: Input Files, Next: Object, Prev: Command Line, Up: Overview
990 We use the phrase "source program", abbreviated "source", to describe
991 the program input to one run of `as'. The program may be in one or
992 more files; how the source is partitioned into files doesn't change the
993 meaning of the source.
995 The source program is a concatenation of the text in all the files,
996 in the order specified.
998 Each time you run `as' it assembles exactly one source program. The
999 source program is made up of one or more files. (The standard input is
1002 You give `as' a command line that has zero or more input file names.
1003 The input files are read (from left file name to right). A command
1004 line argument (in any position) that has no special meaning is taken to
1005 be an input file name.
1007 If you give `as' no file names it attempts to read one input file
1008 from the `as' standard input, which is normally your terminal. You may
1009 have to type <ctl-D> to tell `as' there is no more program to assemble.
1011 Use `--' if you need to explicitly name the standard input file in
1014 If the source is empty, `as' produces a small, empty object file.
1016 Filenames and Line-numbers
1017 --------------------------
1019 There are two ways of locating a line in the input file (or files) and
1020 either may be used in reporting error messages. One way refers to a
1021 line number in a physical file; the other refers to a line number in a
1022 "logical" file. *Note Error and Warning Messages: Errors.
1024 "Physical files" are those files named in the command line given to
1027 "Logical files" are simply names declared explicitly by assembler
1028 directives; they bear no relation to physical files. Logical file
1029 names help error messages reflect the original source file, when `as'
1030 source is itself synthesized from other files. `as' understands the
1031 `#' directives emitted by the `gcc' preprocessor. See also *Note
1035 File: as.info, Node: Object, Next: Errors, Prev: Input Files, Up: Overview
1037 1.6 Output (Object) File
1038 ========================
1040 Every time you run `as' it produces an output file, which is your
1041 assembly language program translated into numbers. This file is the
1042 object file. Its default name is `a.out'. You can give it another
1043 name by using the `-o' option. Conventionally, object file names end
1044 with `.o'. The default name is used for historical reasons: older
1045 assemblers were capable of assembling self-contained programs directly
1046 into a runnable program. (For some formats, this isn't currently
1047 possible, but it can be done for the `a.out' format.)
1049 The object file is meant for input to the linker `ld'. It contains
1050 assembled program code, information to help `ld' integrate the
1051 assembled program into a runnable file, and (optionally) symbolic
1052 information for the debugger.
1055 File: as.info, Node: Errors, Prev: Object, Up: Overview
1057 1.7 Error and Warning Messages
1058 ==============================
1060 `as' may write warnings and error messages to the standard error file
1061 (usually your terminal). This should not happen when a compiler runs
1062 `as' automatically. Warnings report an assumption made so that `as'
1063 could keep assembling a flawed program; errors report a grave problem
1064 that stops the assembly.
1066 Warning messages have the format
1068 file_name:NNN:Warning Message Text
1070 (where NNN is a line number). If a logical file name has been given
1071 (*note `.file': File.) it is used for the filename, otherwise the name
1072 of the current input file is used. If a logical line number was given
1073 (*note `.line': Line.) then it is used to calculate the number printed,
1074 otherwise the actual line in the current source file is printed. The
1075 message text is intended to be self explanatory (in the grand Unix
1078 Error messages have the format
1079 file_name:NNN:FATAL:Error Message Text
1080 The file name and line number are derived as for warning messages.
1081 The actual message text may be rather less explanatory because many of
1082 them aren't supposed to happen.
1085 File: as.info, Node: Invoking, Next: Syntax, Prev: Overview, Up: Top
1087 2 Command-Line Options
1088 **********************
1090 This chapter describes command-line options available in _all_ versions
1091 of the GNU assembler; *note Machine Dependencies::, for options specific
1092 to particular machine architectures.
1094 If you are invoking `as' via the GNU C compiler, you can use the
1095 `-Wa' option to pass arguments through to the assembler. The assembler
1096 arguments must be separated from each other (and the `-Wa') by commas.
1099 gcc -c -g -O -Wa,-alh,-L file.c
1101 This passes two options to the assembler: `-alh' (emit a listing to
1102 standard output with high-level and assembly source) and `-L' (retain
1103 local symbols in the symbol table).
1105 Usually you do not need to use this `-Wa' mechanism, since many
1106 compiler command-line options are automatically passed to the assembler
1107 by the compiler. (You can call the GNU compiler driver with the `-v'
1108 option to see precisely what options it passes to each compilation
1109 pass, including the assembler.)
1113 * a:: -a[cdhlns] enable listings
1114 * alternate:: --alternate enable alternate macro syntax
1115 * D:: -D for compatibility
1116 * f:: -f to work faster
1117 * I:: -I for .include search path
1119 * K:: -K for difference tables
1121 * L:: -L to retain local labels
1122 * listing:: --listing-XXX to configure listing output
1123 * M:: -M or --mri to assemble in MRI compatibility mode
1124 * MD:: --MD for dependency tracking
1125 * o:: -o to name the object file
1126 * R:: -R to join data and text sections
1127 * statistics:: --statistics to see statistics about assembly
1128 * traditional-format:: --traditional-format for compatible output
1129 * v:: -v to announce version
1130 * W:: -W, --no-warn, --warn, --fatal-warnings to control warnings
1131 * Z:: -Z to make object file even after errors
1134 File: as.info, Node: a, Next: alternate, Up: Invoking
1136 2.1 Enable Listings: `-a[cdhlns]'
1137 =================================
1139 These options enable listing output from the assembler. By itself,
1140 `-a' requests high-level, assembly, and symbols listing. You can use
1141 other letters to select specific options for the list: `-ah' requests a
1142 high-level language listing, `-al' requests an output-program assembly
1143 listing, and `-as' requests a symbol table listing. High-level
1144 listings require that a compiler debugging option like `-g' be used,
1145 and that assembly listings (`-al') be requested also.
1147 Use the `-ac' option to omit false conditionals from a listing. Any
1148 lines which are not assembled because of a false `.if' (or `.ifdef', or
1149 any other conditional), or a true `.if' followed by an `.else', will be
1150 omitted from the listing.
1152 Use the `-ad' option to omit debugging directives from the listing.
1154 Once you have specified one of these options, you can further control
1155 listing output and its appearance using the directives `.list',
1156 `.nolist', `.psize', `.eject', `.title', and `.sbttl'. The `-an'
1157 option turns off all forms processing. If you do not request listing
1158 output with one of the `-a' options, the listing-control directives
1161 The letters after `-a' may be combined into one option, _e.g._,
1164 Note if the assembler source is coming from the standard input (eg
1165 because it is being created by `gcc' and the `-pipe' command line switch
1166 is being used) then the listing will not contain any comments or
1167 preprocessor directives. This is because the listing code buffers
1168 input source lines from stdin only after they have been preprocessed by
1169 the assembler. This reduces memory usage and makes the code more
1173 File: as.info, Node: alternate, Next: D, Prev: a, Up: Invoking
1178 Begin in alternate macro mode, see *Note `.altmacro': Altmacro.
1181 File: as.info, Node: D, Next: f, Prev: alternate, Up: Invoking
1186 This option has no effect whatsoever, but it is accepted to make it more
1187 likely that scripts written for other assemblers also work with `as'.
1190 File: as.info, Node: f, Next: I, Prev: D, Up: Invoking
1192 2.4 Work Faster: `-f'
1193 =====================
1195 `-f' should only be used when assembling programs written by a
1196 (trusted) compiler. `-f' stops the assembler from doing whitespace and
1197 comment preprocessing on the input file(s) before assembling them.
1198 *Note Preprocessing: Preprocessing.
1200 _Warning:_ if you use `-f' when the files actually need to be
1201 preprocessed (if they contain comments, for example), `as' does
1205 File: as.info, Node: I, Next: K, Prev: f, Up: Invoking
1207 2.5 `.include' Search Path: `-I' PATH
1208 =====================================
1210 Use this option to add a PATH to the list of directories `as' searches
1211 for files specified in `.include' directives (*note `.include':
1212 Include.). You may use `-I' as many times as necessary to include a
1213 variety of paths. The current working directory is always searched
1214 first; after that, `as' searches any `-I' directories in the same order
1215 as they were specified (left to right) on the command line.
1218 File: as.info, Node: K, Next: L, Prev: I, Up: Invoking
1220 2.6 Difference Tables: `-K'
1221 ===========================
1223 `as' sometimes alters the code emitted for directives of the form
1224 `.word SYM1-SYM2'; *note `.word': Word. You can use the `-K' option if
1225 you want a warning issued when this is done.
1228 File: as.info, Node: L, Next: listing, Prev: K, Up: Invoking
1230 2.7 Include Local Labels: `-L'
1231 ==============================
1233 Labels beginning with `L' (upper case only) are called "local labels".
1234 *Note Symbol Names::. Normally you do not see such labels when
1235 debugging, because they are intended for the use of programs (like
1236 compilers) that compose assembler programs, not for your notice.
1237 Normally both `as' and `ld' discard such labels, so you do not normally
1240 This option tells `as' to retain those `L...' symbols in the object
1241 file. Usually if you do this you also tell the linker `ld' to preserve
1242 symbols whose names begin with `L'.
1244 By default, a local label is any label beginning with `L', but each
1245 target is allowed to redefine the local label prefix. On the HPPA
1246 local labels begin with `L$'.
1249 File: as.info, Node: listing, Next: M, Prev: L, Up: Invoking
1251 2.8 Configuring listing output: `--listing'
1252 ===========================================
1254 The listing feature of the assembler can be enabled via the command
1255 line switch `-a' (*note a::). This feature combines the input source
1256 file(s) with a hex dump of the corresponding locations in the output
1257 object file, and displays them as a listing file. The format of this
1258 listing can be controlled by pseudo ops inside the assembler source
1259 (*note List:: *note Title:: *note Sbttl:: *note Psize:: *note Eject::)
1260 and also by the following switches:
1262 `--listing-lhs-width=`number''
1263 Sets the maximum width, in words, of the first line of the hex
1264 byte dump. This dump appears on the left hand side of the listing
1267 `--listing-lhs-width2=`number''
1268 Sets the maximum width, in words, of any further lines of the hex
1269 byte dump for a given input source line. If this value is not
1270 specified, it defaults to being the same as the value specified
1271 for `--listing-lhs-width'. If neither switch is used the default
1274 `--listing-rhs-width=`number''
1275 Sets the maximum width, in characters, of the source line that is
1276 displayed alongside the hex dump. The default value for this
1277 parameter is 100. The source line is displayed on the right hand
1278 side of the listing output.
1280 `--listing-cont-lines=`number''
1281 Sets the maximum number of continuation lines of hex dump that
1282 will be displayed for a given single line of source input. The
1286 File: as.info, Node: M, Next: MD, Prev: listing, Up: Invoking
1288 2.9 Assemble in MRI Compatibility Mode: `-M'
1289 ============================================
1291 The `-M' or `--mri' option selects MRI compatibility mode. This
1292 changes the syntax and pseudo-op handling of `as' to make it compatible
1293 with the `ASM68K' or the `ASM960' (depending upon the configured
1294 target) assembler from Microtec Research. The exact nature of the MRI
1295 syntax will not be documented here; see the MRI manuals for more
1296 information. Note in particular that the handling of macros and macro
1297 arguments is somewhat different. The purpose of this option is to
1298 permit assembling existing MRI assembler code using `as'.
1300 The MRI compatibility is not complete. Certain operations of the
1301 MRI assembler depend upon its object file format, and can not be
1302 supported using other object file formats. Supporting these would
1303 require enhancing each object file format individually. These are:
1305 * global symbols in common section
1307 The m68k MRI assembler supports common sections which are merged
1308 by the linker. Other object file formats do not support this.
1309 `as' handles common sections by treating them as a single common
1310 symbol. It permits local symbols to be defined within a common
1311 section, but it can not support global symbols, since it has no
1312 way to describe them.
1314 * complex relocations
1316 The MRI assemblers support relocations against a negated section
1317 address, and relocations which combine the start addresses of two
1318 or more sections. These are not support by other object file
1321 * `END' pseudo-op specifying start address
1323 The MRI `END' pseudo-op permits the specification of a start
1324 address. This is not supported by other object file formats. The
1325 start address may instead be specified using the `-e' option to
1326 the linker, or in a linker script.
1328 * `IDNT', `.ident' and `NAME' pseudo-ops
1330 The MRI `IDNT', `.ident' and `NAME' pseudo-ops assign a module
1331 name to the output file. This is not supported by other object
1336 The m68k MRI `ORG' pseudo-op begins an absolute section at a given
1337 address. This differs from the usual `as' `.org' pseudo-op, which
1338 changes the location within the current section. Absolute
1339 sections are not supported by other object file formats. The
1340 address of a section may be assigned within a linker script.
1342 There are some other features of the MRI assembler which are not
1343 supported by `as', typically either because they are difficult or
1344 because they seem of little consequence. Some of these may be
1345 supported in future releases.
1349 EBCDIC strings are not supported.
1351 * packed binary coded decimal
1353 Packed binary coded decimal is not supported. This means that the
1354 `DC.P' and `DCB.P' pseudo-ops are not supported.
1358 The m68k `FEQU' pseudo-op is not supported.
1362 The m68k `NOOBJ' pseudo-op is not supported.
1364 * `OPT' branch control options
1366 The m68k `OPT' branch control options--`B', `BRS', `BRB', `BRL',
1367 and `BRW'--are ignored. `as' automatically relaxes all branches,
1368 whether forward or backward, to an appropriate size, so these
1369 options serve no purpose.
1371 * `OPT' list control options
1373 The following m68k `OPT' list control options are ignored: `C',
1374 `CEX', `CL', `CRE', `E', `G', `I', `M', `MEX', `MC', `MD', `X'.
1376 * other `OPT' options
1378 The following m68k `OPT' options are ignored: `NEST', `O', `OLD',
1379 `OP', `P', `PCO', `PCR', `PCS', `R'.
1381 * `OPT' `D' option is default
1383 The m68k `OPT' `D' option is the default, unlike the MRI assembler.
1384 `OPT NOD' may be used to turn it off.
1388 The m68k `XREF' pseudo-op is ignored.
1390 * `.debug' pseudo-op
1392 The i960 `.debug' pseudo-op is not supported.
1394 * `.extended' pseudo-op
1396 The i960 `.extended' pseudo-op is not supported.
1398 * `.list' pseudo-op.
1400 The various options of the i960 `.list' pseudo-op are not
1403 * `.optimize' pseudo-op
1405 The i960 `.optimize' pseudo-op is not supported.
1407 * `.output' pseudo-op
1409 The i960 `.output' pseudo-op is not supported.
1411 * `.setreal' pseudo-op
1413 The i960 `.setreal' pseudo-op is not supported.
1417 File: as.info, Node: MD, Next: o, Prev: M, Up: Invoking
1419 2.10 Dependency Tracking: `--MD'
1420 ================================
1422 `as' can generate a dependency file for the file it creates. This file
1423 consists of a single rule suitable for `make' describing the
1424 dependencies of the main source file.
1426 The rule is written to the file named in its argument.
1428 This feature is used in the automatic updating of makefiles.
1431 File: as.info, Node: o, Next: R, Prev: MD, Up: Invoking
1433 2.11 Name the Object File: `-o'
1434 ===============================
1436 There is always one object file output when you run `as'. By default
1437 it has the name `a.out' (or `b.out', for Intel 960 targets only). You
1438 use this option (which takes exactly one filename) to give the object
1439 file a different name.
1441 Whatever the object file is called, `as' overwrites any existing
1442 file of the same name.
1445 File: as.info, Node: R, Next: statistics, Prev: o, Up: Invoking
1447 2.12 Join Data and Text Sections: `-R'
1448 ======================================
1450 `-R' tells `as' to write the object file as if all data-section data
1451 lives in the text section. This is only done at the very last moment:
1452 your binary data are the same, but data section parts are relocated
1453 differently. The data section part of your object file is zero bytes
1454 long because all its bytes are appended to the text section. (*Note
1455 Sections and Relocation: Sections.)
1457 When you specify `-R' it would be possible to generate shorter
1458 address displacements (because we do not have to cross between text and
1459 data section). We refrain from doing this simply for compatibility with
1460 older versions of `as'. In future, `-R' may work this way.
1462 When `as' is configured for COFF or ELF output, this option is only
1463 useful if you use sections named `.text' and `.data'.
1465 `-R' is not supported for any of the HPPA targets. Using `-R'
1466 generates a warning from `as'.
1469 File: as.info, Node: statistics, Next: traditional-format, Prev: R, Up: Invoking
1471 2.13 Display Assembly Statistics: `--statistics'
1472 ================================================
1474 Use `--statistics' to display two statistics about the resources used by
1475 `as': the maximum amount of space allocated during the assembly (in
1476 bytes), and the total execution time taken for the assembly (in CPU
1480 File: as.info, Node: traditional-format, Next: v, Prev: statistics, Up: Invoking
1482 2.14 Compatible Output: `--traditional-format'
1483 ==============================================
1485 For some targets, the output of `as' is different in some ways from the
1486 output of some existing assembler. This switch requests `as' to use
1487 the traditional format instead.
1489 For example, it disables the exception frame optimizations which
1490 `as' normally does by default on `gcc' output.
1493 File: as.info, Node: v, Next: W, Prev: traditional-format, Up: Invoking
1495 2.15 Announce Version: `-v'
1496 ===========================
1498 You can find out what version of as is running by including the option
1499 `-v' (which you can also spell as `-version') on the command line.
1502 File: as.info, Node: W, Next: Z, Prev: v, Up: Invoking
1504 2.16 Control Warnings: `-W', `--warn', `--no-warn', `--fatal-warnings'
1505 ======================================================================
1507 `as' should never give a warning or error message when assembling
1508 compiler output. But programs written by people often cause `as' to
1509 give a warning that a particular assumption was made. All such
1510 warnings are directed to the standard error file.
1512 If you use the `-W' and `--no-warn' options, no warnings are issued.
1513 This only affects the warning messages: it does not change any
1514 particular of how `as' assembles your file. Errors, which stop the
1515 assembly, are still reported.
1517 If you use the `--fatal-warnings' option, `as' considers files that
1518 generate warnings to be in error.
1520 You can switch these options off again by specifying `--warn', which
1521 causes warnings to be output as usual.
1524 File: as.info, Node: Z, Prev: W, Up: Invoking
1526 2.17 Generate Object File in Spite of Errors: `-Z'
1527 ==================================================
1529 After an error message, `as' normally produces no output. If for some
1530 reason you are interested in object file output even after `as' gives
1531 an error message on your program, use the `-Z' option. If there are
1532 any errors, `as' continues anyways, and writes an object file after a
1533 final warning message of the form `N errors, M warnings, generating bad
1537 File: as.info, Node: Syntax, Next: Sections, Prev: Invoking, Up: Top
1542 This chapter describes the machine-independent syntax allowed in a
1543 source file. `as' syntax is similar to what many other assemblers use;
1544 it is inspired by the BSD 4.2 assembler, except that `as' does not
1545 assemble Vax bit-fields.
1549 * Preprocessing:: Preprocessing
1550 * Whitespace:: Whitespace
1551 * Comments:: Comments
1552 * Symbol Intro:: Symbols
1553 * Statements:: Statements
1554 * Constants:: Constants
1557 File: as.info, Node: Preprocessing, Next: Whitespace, Up: Syntax
1562 The `as' internal preprocessor:
1563 * adjusts and removes extra whitespace. It leaves one space or tab
1564 before the keywords on a line, and turns any other whitespace on
1565 the line into a single space.
1567 * removes all comments, replacing them with a single space, or an
1568 appropriate number of newlines.
1570 * converts character constants into the appropriate numeric values.
1572 It does not do macro processing, include file handling, or anything
1573 else you may get from your C compiler's preprocessor. You can do
1574 include file processing with the `.include' directive (*note
1575 `.include': Include.). You can use the GNU C compiler driver to get
1576 other "CPP" style preprocessing by giving the input file a `.S' suffix.
1577 *Note Options Controlling the Kind of Output: (gcc.info)Overall
1580 Excess whitespace, comments, and character constants cannot be used
1581 in the portions of the input text that are not preprocessed.
1583 If the first line of an input file is `#NO_APP' or if you use the
1584 `-f' option, whitespace and comments are not removed from the input
1585 file. Within an input file, you can ask for whitespace and comment
1586 removal in specific portions of the by putting a line that says `#APP'
1587 before the text that may contain whitespace or comments, and putting a
1588 line that says `#NO_APP' after this text. This feature is mainly
1589 intend to support `asm' statements in compilers whose output is
1590 otherwise free of comments and whitespace.
1593 File: as.info, Node: Whitespace, Next: Comments, Prev: Preprocessing, Up: Syntax
1598 "Whitespace" is one or more blanks or tabs, in any order. Whitespace
1599 is used to separate symbols, and to make programs neater for people to
1600 read. Unless within character constants (*note Character Constants:
1601 Characters.), any whitespace means the same as exactly one space.
1604 File: as.info, Node: Comments, Next: Symbol Intro, Prev: Whitespace, Up: Syntax
1609 There are two ways of rendering comments to `as'. In both cases the
1610 comment is equivalent to one space.
1612 Anything from `/*' through the next `*/' is a comment. This means
1613 you may not nest these comments.
1616 The only way to include a newline ('\n') in a comment
1617 is to use this sort of comment.
1620 /* This sort of comment does not nest. */
1622 Anything from the "line comment" character to the next newline is
1623 considered a comment and is ignored. The line comment character is `;'
1624 on the ARC; `@' on the ARM; `;' for the H8/300 family; `;' for the HPPA;
1625 `#' on the i386 and x86-64; `#' on the i960; `;' for the PDP-11; `;'
1626 for picoJava; `#' for Motorola PowerPC; `!' for the Renesas / SuperH SH;
1627 `!' on the SPARC; `#' on the ip2k; `#' on the m32c; `#' on the m32r;
1628 `|' on the 680x0; `#' on the 68HC11 and 68HC12; `#' on the Vax; `;' for
1629 the Z80; `!' for the Z8000; `#' on the V850; `#' for Xtensa systems;
1630 see *Note Machine Dependencies::.
1632 On some machines there are two different line comment characters.
1633 One character only begins a comment if it is the first non-whitespace
1634 character on a line, while the other always begins a comment.
1636 The V850 assembler also supports a double dash as starting a comment
1637 that extends to the end of the line.
1641 To be compatible with past assemblers, lines that begin with `#'
1642 have a special interpretation. Following the `#' should be an absolute
1643 expression (*note Expressions::): the logical line number of the _next_
1644 line. Then a string (*note Strings: Strings.) is allowed: if present
1645 it is a new logical file name. The rest of the line, if any, should be
1648 If the first non-whitespace characters on the line are not numeric,
1649 the line is ignored. (Just like a comment.)
1651 # This is an ordinary comment.
1652 # 42-6 "new_file_name" # New logical file name
1653 # This is logical line # 36.
1654 This feature is deprecated, and may disappear from future versions
1658 File: as.info, Node: Symbol Intro, Next: Statements, Prev: Comments, Up: Syntax
1663 A "symbol" is one or more characters chosen from the set of all letters
1664 (both upper and lower case), digits and the three characters `_.$'. On
1665 most machines, you can also use `$' in symbol names; exceptions are
1666 noted in *Note Machine Dependencies::. No symbol may begin with a
1667 digit. Case is significant. There is no length limit: all characters
1668 are significant. Symbols are delimited by characters not in that set,
1669 or by the beginning of a file (since the source program must end with a
1670 newline, the end of a file is not a possible symbol delimiter). *Note
1674 File: as.info, Node: Statements, Next: Constants, Prev: Symbol Intro, Up: Syntax
1679 A "statement" ends at a newline character (`\n') or line separator
1680 character. (The line separator is usually `;', unless this conflicts
1681 with the comment character; *note Machine Dependencies::.) The newline
1682 or separator character is considered part of the preceding statement.
1683 Newlines and separators within character constants are an exception:
1684 they do not end statements.
1686 It is an error to end any statement with end-of-file: the last
1687 character of any input file should be a newline.
1689 An empty statement is allowed, and may include whitespace. It is
1692 A statement begins with zero or more labels, optionally followed by a
1693 key symbol which determines what kind of statement it is. The key
1694 symbol determines the syntax of the rest of the statement. If the
1695 symbol begins with a dot `.' then the statement is an assembler
1696 directive: typically valid for any computer. If the symbol begins with
1697 a letter the statement is an assembly language "instruction": it
1698 assembles into a machine language instruction. Different versions of
1699 `as' for different computers recognize different instructions. In
1700 fact, the same symbol may represent a different instruction in a
1701 different computer's assembly language.
1703 A label is a symbol immediately followed by a colon (`:').
1704 Whitespace before a label or after a colon is permitted, but you may not
1705 have whitespace between a label's symbol and its colon. *Note Labels::.
1707 For HPPA targets, labels need not be immediately followed by a
1708 colon, but the definition of a label must begin in column zero. This
1709 also implies that only one label may be defined on each line.
1711 label: .directive followed by something
1712 another_label: # This is an empty statement.
1713 instruction operand_1, operand_2, ...
1716 File: as.info, Node: Constants, Prev: Statements, Up: Syntax
1721 A constant is a number, written so that its value is known by
1722 inspection, without knowing any context. Like this:
1723 .byte 74, 0112, 092, 0x4A, 0X4a, 'J, '\J # All the same value.
1724 .ascii "Ring the bell\7" # A string constant.
1725 .octa 0x123456789abcdef0123456789ABCDEF0 # A bignum.
1726 .float 0f-314159265358979323846264338327\
1727 95028841971.693993751E-40 # - pi, a flonum.
1731 * Characters:: Character Constants
1732 * Numbers:: Number Constants
1735 File: as.info, Node: Characters, Next: Numbers, Up: Constants
1737 3.6.1 Character Constants
1738 -------------------------
1740 There are two kinds of character constants. A "character" stands for
1741 one character in one byte and its value may be used in numeric
1742 expressions. String constants (properly called string _literals_) are
1743 potentially many bytes and their values may not be used in arithmetic
1749 * Chars:: Characters
1752 File: as.info, Node: Strings, Next: Chars, Up: Characters
1757 A "string" is written between double-quotes. It may contain
1758 double-quotes or null characters. The way to get special characters
1759 into a string is to "escape" these characters: precede them with a
1760 backslash `\' character. For example `\\' represents one backslash:
1761 the first `\' is an escape which tells `as' to interpret the second
1762 character literally as a backslash (which prevents `as' from
1763 recognizing the second `\' as an escape character). The complete list
1767 Mnemonic for backspace; for ASCII this is octal code 010.
1770 Mnemonic for FormFeed; for ASCII this is octal code 014.
1773 Mnemonic for newline; for ASCII this is octal code 012.
1776 Mnemonic for carriage-Return; for ASCII this is octal code 015.
1779 Mnemonic for horizontal Tab; for ASCII this is octal code 011.
1781 `\ DIGIT DIGIT DIGIT'
1782 An octal character code. The numeric code is 3 octal digits. For
1783 compatibility with other Unix systems, 8 and 9 are accepted as
1784 digits: for example, `\008' has the value 010, and `\009' the
1787 `\`x' HEX-DIGITS...'
1788 A hex character code. All trailing hex digits are combined.
1789 Either upper or lower case `x' works.
1792 Represents one `\' character.
1795 Represents one `"' character. Needed in strings to represent this
1796 character, because an unescaped `"' would end the string.
1799 Any other character when escaped by `\' gives a warning, but
1800 assembles as if the `\' was not present. The idea is that if you
1801 used an escape sequence you clearly didn't want the literal
1802 interpretation of the following character. However `as' has no
1803 other interpretation, so `as' knows it is giving you the wrong
1804 code and warns you of the fact.
1806 Which characters are escapable, and what those escapes represent,
1807 varies widely among assemblers. The current set is what we think the
1808 BSD 4.2 assembler recognizes, and is a subset of what most C compilers
1809 recognize. If you are in doubt, do not use an escape sequence.
1812 File: as.info, Node: Chars, Prev: Strings, Up: Characters
1817 A single character may be written as a single quote immediately
1818 followed by that character. The same escapes apply to characters as to
1819 strings. So if you want to write the character backslash, you must
1820 write `'\\' where the first `\' escapes the second `\'. As you can
1821 see, the quote is an acute accent, not a grave accent. A newline
1822 immediately following an acute accent is taken as a literal character
1823 and does not count as the end of a statement. The value of a character
1824 constant in a numeric expression is the machine's byte-wide code for
1825 that character. `as' assumes your character code is ASCII: `'A' means
1826 65, `'B' means 66, and so on.
1829 File: as.info, Node: Numbers, Prev: Characters, Up: Constants
1831 3.6.2 Number Constants
1832 ----------------------
1834 `as' distinguishes three kinds of numbers according to how they are
1835 stored in the target machine. _Integers_ are numbers that would fit
1836 into an `int' in the C language. _Bignums_ are integers, but they are
1837 stored in more than 32 bits. _Flonums_ are floating point numbers,
1842 * Integers:: Integers
1847 File: as.info, Node: Integers, Next: Bignums, Up: Numbers
1852 A binary integer is `0b' or `0B' followed by zero or more of the binary
1855 An octal integer is `0' followed by zero or more of the octal digits
1858 A decimal integer starts with a non-zero digit followed by zero or
1859 more digits (`0123456789').
1861 A hexadecimal integer is `0x' or `0X' followed by one or more
1862 hexadecimal digits chosen from `0123456789abcdefABCDEF'.
1864 Integers have the usual values. To denote a negative integer, use
1865 the prefix operator `-' discussed under expressions (*note Prefix
1866 Operators: Prefix Ops.).
1869 File: as.info, Node: Bignums, Next: Flonums, Prev: Integers, Up: Numbers
1874 A "bignum" has the same syntax and semantics as an integer except that
1875 the number (or its negative) takes more than 32 bits to represent in
1876 binary. The distinction is made because in some places integers are
1877 permitted while bignums are not.
1880 File: as.info, Node: Flonums, Prev: Bignums, Up: Numbers
1885 A "flonum" represents a floating point number. The translation is
1886 indirect: a decimal floating point number from the text is converted by
1887 `as' to a generic binary floating point number of more than sufficient
1888 precision. This generic floating point number is converted to a
1889 particular computer's floating point format (or formats) by a portion
1890 of `as' specialized to that computer.
1892 A flonum is written by writing (in order)
1893 * The digit `0'. (`0' is optional on the HPPA.)
1895 * A letter, to tell `as' the rest of the number is a flonum. `e' is
1896 recommended. Case is not important.
1898 On the H8/300, Renesas / SuperH SH, and AMD 29K architectures, the
1899 letter must be one of the letters `DFPRSX' (in upper or lower
1902 On the ARC, the letter must be one of the letters `DFRS' (in upper
1905 On the Intel 960 architecture, the letter must be one of the
1906 letters `DFT' (in upper or lower case).
1908 On the HPPA architecture, the letter must be `E' (upper case only).
1910 * An optional sign: either `+' or `-'.
1912 * An optional "integer part": zero or more decimal digits.
1914 * An optional "fractional part": `.' followed by zero or more
1917 * An optional exponent, consisting of:
1921 * Optional sign: either `+' or `-'.
1923 * One or more decimal digits.
1926 At least one of the integer part or the fractional part must be
1927 present. The floating point number has the usual base-10 value.
1929 `as' does all processing using integers. Flonums are computed
1930 independently of any floating point hardware in the computer running
1934 File: as.info, Node: Sections, Next: Symbols, Prev: Syntax, Up: Top
1936 4 Sections and Relocation
1937 *************************
1941 * Secs Background:: Background
1942 * Ld Sections:: Linker Sections
1943 * As Sections:: Assembler Internal Sections
1944 * Sub-Sections:: Sub-Sections
1948 File: as.info, Node: Secs Background, Next: Ld Sections, Up: Sections
1953 Roughly, a section is a range of addresses, with no gaps; all data "in"
1954 those addresses is treated the same for some particular purpose. For
1955 example there may be a "read only" section.
1957 The linker `ld' reads many object files (partial programs) and
1958 combines their contents to form a runnable program. When `as' emits an
1959 object file, the partial program is assumed to start at address 0.
1960 `ld' assigns the final addresses for the partial program, so that
1961 different partial programs do not overlap. This is actually an
1962 oversimplification, but it suffices to explain how `as' uses sections.
1964 `ld' moves blocks of bytes of your program to their run-time
1965 addresses. These blocks slide to their run-time addresses as rigid
1966 units; their length does not change and neither does the order of bytes
1967 within them. Such a rigid unit is called a _section_. Assigning
1968 run-time addresses to sections is called "relocation". It includes the
1969 task of adjusting mentions of object-file addresses so they refer to
1970 the proper run-time addresses. For the H8/300, and for the Renesas /
1971 SuperH SH, `as' pads sections if needed to ensure they end on a word
1972 (sixteen bit) boundary.
1974 An object file written by `as' has at least three sections, any of
1975 which may be empty. These are named "text", "data" and "bss" sections.
1977 When it generates COFF or ELF output, `as' can also generate
1978 whatever other named sections you specify using the `.section'
1979 directive (*note `.section': Section.). If you do not use any
1980 directives that place output in the `.text' or `.data' sections, these
1981 sections still exist, but are empty.
1983 When `as' generates SOM or ELF output for the HPPA, `as' can also
1984 generate whatever other named sections you specify using the `.space'
1985 and `.subspace' directives. See `HP9000 Series 800 Assembly Language
1986 Reference Manual' (HP 92432-90001) for details on the `.space' and
1987 `.subspace' assembler directives.
1989 Additionally, `as' uses different names for the standard text, data,
1990 and bss sections when generating SOM output. Program text is placed
1991 into the `$CODE$' section, data into `$DATA$', and BSS into `$BSS$'.
1993 Within the object file, the text section starts at address `0', the
1994 data section follows, and the bss section follows the data section.
1996 When generating either SOM or ELF output files on the HPPA, the text
1997 section starts at address `0', the data section at address `0x4000000',
1998 and the bss section follows the data section.
2000 To let `ld' know which data changes when the sections are relocated,
2001 and how to change that data, `as' also writes to the object file
2002 details of the relocation needed. To perform relocation `ld' must
2003 know, each time an address in the object file is mentioned:
2004 * Where in the object file is the beginning of this reference to an
2007 * How long (in bytes) is this reference?
2009 * Which section does the address refer to? What is the numeric
2011 (ADDRESS) - (START-ADDRESS OF SECTION)?
2013 * Is the reference to an address "Program-Counter relative"?
2015 In fact, every address `as' ever uses is expressed as
2016 (SECTION) + (OFFSET INTO SECTION)
2017 Further, most expressions `as' computes have this section-relative
2018 nature. (For some object formats, such as SOM for the HPPA, some
2019 expressions are symbol-relative instead.)
2021 In this manual we use the notation {SECNAME N} to mean "offset N
2022 into section SECNAME."
2024 Apart from text, data and bss sections you need to know about the
2025 "absolute" section. When `ld' mixes partial programs, addresses in the
2026 absolute section remain unchanged. For example, address `{absolute 0}'
2027 is "relocated" to run-time address 0 by `ld'. Although the linker
2028 never arranges two partial programs' data sections with overlapping
2029 addresses after linking, _by definition_ their absolute sections must
2030 overlap. Address `{absolute 239}' in one part of a program is always
2031 the same address when the program is running as address `{absolute
2032 239}' in any other part of the program.
2034 The idea of sections is extended to the "undefined" section. Any
2035 address whose section is unknown at assembly time is by definition
2036 rendered {undefined U}--where U is filled in later. Since numbers are
2037 always defined, the only way to generate an undefined address is to
2038 mention an undefined symbol. A reference to a named common block would
2039 be such a symbol: its value is unknown at assembly time so it has
2040 section _undefined_.
2042 By analogy the word _section_ is used to describe groups of sections
2043 in the linked program. `ld' puts all partial programs' text sections
2044 in contiguous addresses in the linked program. It is customary to
2045 refer to the _text section_ of a program, meaning all the addresses of
2046 all partial programs' text sections. Likewise for data and bss
2049 Some sections are manipulated by `ld'; others are invented for use
2050 of `as' and have no meaning except during assembly.
2053 File: as.info, Node: Ld Sections, Next: As Sections, Prev: Secs Background, Up: Sections
2058 `ld' deals with just four kinds of sections, summarized below.
2063 These sections hold your program. `as' and `ld' treat them as
2064 separate but equal sections. Anything you can say of one section
2065 is true of another. When the program is running, however, it is
2066 customary for the text section to be unalterable. The text
2067 section is often shared among processes: it contains instructions,
2068 constants and the like. The data section of a running program is
2069 usually alterable: for example, C variables would be stored in the
2073 This section contains zeroed bytes when your program begins
2074 running. It is used to hold uninitialized variables or common
2075 storage. The length of each partial program's bss section is
2076 important, but because it starts out containing zeroed bytes there
2077 is no need to store explicit zero bytes in the object file. The
2078 bss section was invented to eliminate those explicit zeros from
2082 Address 0 of this section is always "relocated" to runtime address
2083 0. This is useful if you want to refer to an address that `ld'
2084 must not change when relocating. In this sense we speak of
2085 absolute addresses being "unrelocatable": they do not change
2089 This "section" is a catch-all for address references to objects
2090 not in the preceding sections.
2092 An idealized example of three relocatable sections follows. The
2093 example uses the traditional section names `.text' and `.data'. Memory
2094 addresses are on the horizontal axis.
2097 partial program # 1: |ttttt|dddd|00|
2104 partial program # 2: |TTT|DDD|000|
2107 +--+---+-----+--+----+---+-----+~~
2108 linked program: | |TTT|ttttt| |dddd|DDD|00000|
2109 +--+---+-----+--+----+---+-----+~~
2114 File: as.info, Node: As Sections, Next: Sub-Sections, Prev: Ld Sections, Up: Sections
2116 4.3 Assembler Internal Sections
2117 ===============================
2119 These sections are meant only for the internal use of `as'. They have
2120 no meaning at run-time. You do not really need to know about these
2121 sections for most purposes; but they can be mentioned in `as' warning
2122 messages, so it might be helpful to have an idea of their meanings to
2123 `as'. These sections are used to permit the value of every expression
2124 in your assembly language program to be a section-relative address.
2126 ASSEMBLER-INTERNAL-LOGIC-ERROR!
2127 An internal assembler logic error has been found. This means
2128 there is a bug in the assembler.
2131 The assembler stores complex expression internally as combinations
2132 of symbols. When it needs to represent an expression as a symbol,
2133 it puts it in the expr section.
2136 File: as.info, Node: Sub-Sections, Next: bss, Prev: As Sections, Up: Sections
2141 Assembled bytes conventionally fall into two sections: text and data.
2142 You may have separate groups of data in named sections that you want to
2143 end up near to each other in the object file, even though they are not
2144 contiguous in the assembler source. `as' allows you to use
2145 "subsections" for this purpose. Within each section, there can be
2146 numbered subsections with values from 0 to 8192. Objects assembled
2147 into the same subsection go into the object file together with other
2148 objects in the same subsection. For example, a compiler might want to
2149 store constants in the text section, but might not want to have them
2150 interspersed with the program being assembled. In this case, the
2151 compiler could issue a `.text 0' before each section of code being
2152 output, and a `.text 1' before each group of constants being output.
2154 Subsections are optional. If you do not use subsections, everything
2155 goes in subsection number zero.
2157 Each subsection is zero-padded up to a multiple of four bytes.
2158 (Subsections may be padded a different amount on different flavors of
2161 Subsections appear in your object file in numeric order, lowest
2162 numbered to highest. (All this to be compatible with other people's
2163 assemblers.) The object file contains no representation of
2164 subsections; `ld' and other programs that manipulate object files see
2165 no trace of them. They just see all your text subsections as a text
2166 section, and all your data subsections as a data section.
2168 To specify which subsection you want subsequent statements assembled
2169 into, use a numeric argument to specify it, in a `.text EXPRESSION' or
2170 a `.data EXPRESSION' statement. When generating COFF output, you can
2171 also use an extra subsection argument with arbitrary named sections:
2172 `.section NAME, EXPRESSION'. When generating ELF output, you can also
2173 use the `.subsection' directive (*note SubSection::) to specify a
2174 subsection: `.subsection EXPRESSION'. EXPRESSION should be an absolute
2175 expression. (*Note Expressions::.) If you just say `.text' then
2176 `.text 0' is assumed. Likewise `.data' means `.data 0'. Assembly
2177 begins in `text 0'. For instance:
2178 .text 0 # The default subsection is text 0 anyway.
2179 .ascii "This lives in the first text subsection. *"
2181 .ascii "But this lives in the second text subsection."
2183 .ascii "This lives in the data section,"
2184 .ascii "in the first data subsection."
2186 .ascii "This lives in the first text section,"
2187 .ascii "immediately following the asterisk (*)."
2189 Each section has a "location counter" incremented by one for every
2190 byte assembled into that section. Because subsections are merely a
2191 convenience restricted to `as' there is no concept of a subsection
2192 location counter. There is no way to directly manipulate a location
2193 counter--but the `.align' directive changes it, and any label
2194 definition captures its current value. The location counter of the
2195 section where statements are being assembled is said to be the "active"
2199 File: as.info, Node: bss, Prev: Sub-Sections, Up: Sections
2204 The bss section is used for local common variable storage. You may
2205 allocate address space in the bss section, but you may not dictate data
2206 to load into it before your program executes. When your program starts
2207 running, all the contents of the bss section are zeroed bytes.
2209 The `.lcomm' pseudo-op defines a symbol in the bss section; see
2210 *Note `.lcomm': Lcomm.
2212 The `.comm' pseudo-op may be used to declare a common symbol, which
2213 is another form of uninitialized symbol; see *Note `.comm': Comm.
2215 When assembling for a target which supports multiple sections, such
2216 as ELF or COFF, you may switch into the `.bss' section and define
2217 symbols as usual; see *Note `.section': Section. You may only assemble
2218 zero values into the section. Typically the section will only contain
2219 symbol definitions and `.skip' directives (*note `.skip': Skip.).
2222 File: as.info, Node: Symbols, Next: Expressions, Prev: Sections, Up: Top
2227 Symbols are a central concept: the programmer uses symbols to name
2228 things, the linker uses symbols to link, and the debugger uses symbols
2231 _Warning:_ `as' does not place symbols in the object file in the
2232 same order they were declared. This may break some debuggers.
2237 * Setting Symbols:: Giving Symbols Other Values
2238 * Symbol Names:: Symbol Names
2239 * Dot:: The Special Dot Symbol
2240 * Symbol Attributes:: Symbol Attributes
2243 File: as.info, Node: Labels, Next: Setting Symbols, Up: Symbols
2248 A "label" is written as a symbol immediately followed by a colon `:'.
2249 The symbol then represents the current value of the active location
2250 counter, and is, for example, a suitable instruction operand. You are
2251 warned if you use the same symbol to represent two different locations:
2252 the first definition overrides any other definitions.
2254 On the HPPA, the usual form for a label need not be immediately
2255 followed by a colon, but instead must start in column zero. Only one
2256 label may be defined on a single line. To work around this, the HPPA
2257 version of `as' also provides a special directive `.label' for defining
2258 labels more flexibly.
2261 File: as.info, Node: Setting Symbols, Next: Symbol Names, Prev: Labels, Up: Symbols
2263 5.2 Giving Symbols Other Values
2264 ===============================
2266 A symbol can be given an arbitrary value by writing a symbol, followed
2267 by an equals sign `=', followed by an expression (*note Expressions::).
2268 This is equivalent to using the `.set' directive. *Note `.set': Set.
2269 In the same way, using a double equals sign `='`=' here represents an
2270 equivalent of the `.eqv' directive. *Note `.eqv': Eqv.
2273 File: as.info, Node: Symbol Names, Next: Dot, Prev: Setting Symbols, Up: Symbols
2278 Symbol names begin with a letter or with one of `._'. On most
2279 machines, you can also use `$' in symbol names; exceptions are noted in
2280 *Note Machine Dependencies::. That character may be followed by any
2281 string of digits, letters, dollar signs (unless otherwise noted in
2282 *Note Machine Dependencies::), and underscores.
2284 Case of letters is significant: `foo' is a different symbol name than
2287 Each symbol has exactly one name. Each name in an assembly language
2288 program refers to exactly one symbol. You may use that symbol name any
2289 number of times in a program.
2294 Local symbols help compilers and programmers use names temporarily.
2295 They create symbols which are guaranteed to be unique over the entire
2296 scope of the input source code and which can be referred to by a simple
2297 notation. To define a local symbol, write a label of the form `N:'
2298 (where N represents any positive integer). To refer to the most recent
2299 previous definition of that symbol write `Nb', using the same number as
2300 when you defined the label. To refer to the next definition of a local
2301 label, write `Nf'-- The `b' stands for"backwards" and the `f' stands
2304 There is no restriction on how you can use these labels, and you can
2305 reuse them too. So that it is possible to repeatedly define the same
2306 local label (using the same number `N'), although you can only refer to
2307 the most recently defined local label of that number (for a backwards
2308 reference) or the next definition of a specific local label for a
2309 forward reference. It is also worth noting that the first 10 local
2310 labels (`0:'...`9:') are implemented in a slightly more efficient
2311 manner than the others.
2320 Which is the equivalent of:
2322 label_1: branch label_3
2323 label_2: branch label_1
2324 label_3: branch label_4
2325 label_4: branch label_3
2327 Local symbol names are only a notational device. They are
2328 immediately transformed into more conventional symbol names before the
2329 assembler uses them. The symbol names stored in the symbol table,
2330 appearing in error messages and optionally emitted to the object file.
2331 The names are constructed using these parts:
2334 All local labels begin with `L'. Normally both `as' and `ld'
2335 forget symbols that start with `L'. These labels are used for
2336 symbols you are never intended to see. If you use the `-L' option
2337 then `as' retains these symbols in the object file. If you also
2338 instruct `ld' to retain these symbols, you may use them in
2342 This is the number that was used in the local label definition.
2343 So if the label is written `55:' then the number is `55'.
2346 This unusual character is included so you do not accidentally
2347 invent a symbol of the same name. The character has ASCII value
2348 of `\002' (control-B).
2351 This is a serial number to keep the labels distinct. The first
2352 definition of `0:' gets the number `1'. The 15th definition of
2353 `0:' gets the number `15', and so on. Likewise the first
2354 definition of `1:' gets the number `1' and its 15th defintion gets
2357 So for example, the first `1:' is named `L1C-B1', the 44th `3:' is
2363 `as' also supports an even more local form of local labels called
2364 dollar labels. These labels go out of scope (ie they become undefined)
2365 as soon as a non-local label is defined. Thus they remain valid for
2366 only a small region of the input source code. Normal local labels, by
2367 contrast, remain in scope for the entire file, or until they are
2368 redefined by another occurrence of the same local label.
2370 Dollar labels are defined in exactly the same way as ordinary local
2371 labels, except that instead of being terminated by a colon, they are
2372 terminated by a dollar sign. eg `55$'.
2374 They can also be distinguished from ordinary local labels by their
2375 transformed name which uses ASCII character `\001' (control-A) as the
2376 magic character to distinguish them from ordinary labels. Thus the 5th
2377 defintion of `6$' is named `L6C-A5'.
2380 File: as.info, Node: Dot, Next: Symbol Attributes, Prev: Symbol Names, Up: Symbols
2382 5.4 The Special Dot Symbol
2383 ==========================
2385 The special symbol `.' refers to the current address that `as' is
2386 assembling into. Thus, the expression `melvin: .long .' defines
2387 `melvin' to contain its own address. Assigning a value to `.' is
2388 treated the same as a `.org' directive. Thus, the expression `.=.+4'
2389 is the same as saying `.space 4'.
2392 File: as.info, Node: Symbol Attributes, Prev: Dot, Up: Symbols
2394 5.5 Symbol Attributes
2395 =====================
2397 Every symbol has, as well as its name, the attributes "Value" and
2398 "Type". Depending on output format, symbols can also have auxiliary
2401 If you use a symbol without defining it, `as' assumes zero for all
2402 these attributes, and probably won't warn you. This makes the symbol
2403 an externally defined symbol, which is generally what you would want.
2407 * Symbol Value:: Value
2408 * Symbol Type:: Type
2411 * a.out Symbols:: Symbol Attributes: `a.out'
2413 * COFF Symbols:: Symbol Attributes for COFF
2415 * SOM Symbols:: Symbol Attributes for SOM
2418 File: as.info, Node: Symbol Value, Next: Symbol Type, Up: Symbol Attributes
2423 The value of a symbol is (usually) 32 bits. For a symbol which labels a
2424 location in the text, data, bss or absolute sections the value is the
2425 number of addresses from the start of that section to the label.
2426 Naturally for text, data and bss sections the value of a symbol changes
2427 as `ld' changes section base addresses during linking. Absolute
2428 symbols' values do not change during linking: that is why they are
2431 The value of an undefined symbol is treated in a special way. If it
2432 is 0 then the symbol is not defined in this assembler source file, and
2433 `ld' tries to determine its value from other files linked into the same
2434 program. You make this kind of symbol simply by mentioning a symbol
2435 name without defining it. A non-zero value represents a `.comm' common
2436 declaration. The value is how much common storage to reserve, in bytes
2437 (addresses). The symbol refers to the first address of the allocated
2441 File: as.info, Node: Symbol Type, Next: a.out Symbols, Prev: Symbol Value, Up: Symbol Attributes
2446 The type attribute of a symbol contains relocation (section)
2447 information, any flag settings indicating that a symbol is external, and
2448 (optionally), other information for linkers and debuggers. The exact
2449 format depends on the object-code output format in use.
2452 File: as.info, Node: a.out Symbols, Next: COFF Symbols, Prev: Symbol Type, Up: Symbol Attributes
2454 5.5.3 Symbol Attributes: `a.out'
2455 --------------------------------
2459 * Symbol Desc:: Descriptor
2460 * Symbol Other:: Other
2463 File: as.info, Node: Symbol Desc, Next: Symbol Other, Up: a.out Symbols
2468 This is an arbitrary 16-bit value. You may establish a symbol's
2469 descriptor value by using a `.desc' statement (*note `.desc': Desc.).
2470 A descriptor value means nothing to `as'.
2473 File: as.info, Node: Symbol Other, Prev: Symbol Desc, Up: a.out Symbols
2478 This is an arbitrary 8-bit value. It means nothing to `as'.
2481 File: as.info, Node: COFF Symbols, Next: SOM Symbols, Prev: a.out Symbols, Up: Symbol Attributes
2483 5.5.4 Symbol Attributes for COFF
2484 --------------------------------
2486 The COFF format supports a multitude of auxiliary symbol attributes;
2487 like the primary symbol attributes, they are set between `.def' and
2488 `.endef' directives.
2490 5.5.4.1 Primary Attributes
2491 ..........................
2493 The symbol name is set with `.def'; the value and type, respectively,
2494 with `.val' and `.type'.
2496 5.5.4.2 Auxiliary Attributes
2497 ............................
2499 The `as' directives `.dim', `.line', `.scl', `.size', `.tag', and
2500 `.weak' can generate auxiliary symbol table information for COFF.
2503 File: as.info, Node: SOM Symbols, Prev: COFF Symbols, Up: Symbol Attributes
2505 5.5.5 Symbol Attributes for SOM
2506 -------------------------------
2508 The SOM format for the HPPA supports a multitude of symbol attributes
2509 set with the `.EXPORT' and `.IMPORT' directives.
2511 The attributes are described in `HP9000 Series 800 Assembly Language
2512 Reference Manual' (HP 92432-90001) under the `IMPORT' and `EXPORT'
2513 assembler directive documentation.
2516 File: as.info, Node: Expressions, Next: Pseudo Ops, Prev: Symbols, Up: Top
2521 An "expression" specifies an address or numeric value. Whitespace may
2522 precede and/or follow an expression.
2524 The result of an expression must be an absolute number, or else an
2525 offset into a particular section. If an expression is not absolute,
2526 and there is not enough information when `as' sees the expression to
2527 know its section, a second pass over the source program might be
2528 necessary to interpret the expression--but the second pass is currently
2529 not implemented. `as' aborts with an error message in this situation.
2533 * Empty Exprs:: Empty Expressions
2534 * Integer Exprs:: Integer Expressions
2537 File: as.info, Node: Empty Exprs, Next: Integer Exprs, Up: Expressions
2539 6.1 Empty Expressions
2540 =====================
2542 An empty expression has no value: it is just whitespace or null.
2543 Wherever an absolute expression is required, you may omit the
2544 expression, and `as' assumes a value of (absolute) 0. This is
2545 compatible with other assemblers.
2548 File: as.info, Node: Integer Exprs, Prev: Empty Exprs, Up: Expressions
2550 6.2 Integer Expressions
2551 =======================
2553 An "integer expression" is one or more _arguments_ delimited by
2558 * Arguments:: Arguments
2559 * Operators:: Operators
2560 * Prefix Ops:: Prefix Operators
2561 * Infix Ops:: Infix Operators
2564 File: as.info, Node: Arguments, Next: Operators, Up: Integer Exprs
2569 "Arguments" are symbols, numbers or subexpressions. In other contexts
2570 arguments are sometimes called "arithmetic operands". In this manual,
2571 to avoid confusing them with the "instruction operands" of the machine
2572 language, we use the term "argument" to refer to parts of expressions
2573 only, reserving the word "operand" to refer only to machine instruction
2576 Symbols are evaluated to yield {SECTION NNN} where SECTION is one of
2577 text, data, bss, absolute, or undefined. NNN is a signed, 2's
2578 complement 32 bit integer.
2580 Numbers are usually integers.
2582 A number can be a flonum or bignum. In this case, you are warned
2583 that only the low order 32 bits are used, and `as' pretends these 32
2584 bits are an integer. You may write integer-manipulating instructions
2585 that act on exotic constants, compatible with other assemblers.
2587 Subexpressions are a left parenthesis `(' followed by an integer
2588 expression, followed by a right parenthesis `)'; or a prefix operator
2589 followed by an argument.
2592 File: as.info, Node: Operators, Next: Prefix Ops, Prev: Arguments, Up: Integer Exprs
2597 "Operators" are arithmetic functions, like `+' or `%'. Prefix
2598 operators are followed by an argument. Infix operators appear between
2599 their arguments. Operators may be preceded and/or followed by
2603 File: as.info, Node: Prefix Ops, Next: Infix Ops, Prev: Operators, Up: Integer Exprs
2605 6.2.3 Prefix Operator
2606 ---------------------
2608 `as' has the following "prefix operators". They each take one
2609 argument, which must be absolute.
2612 "Negation". Two's complement negation.
2615 "Complementation". Bitwise not.
2618 File: as.info, Node: Infix Ops, Prev: Prefix Ops, Up: Integer Exprs
2620 6.2.4 Infix Operators
2621 ---------------------
2623 "Infix operators" take two arguments, one on either side. Operators
2624 have precedence, but operations with equal precedence are performed left
2625 to right. Apart from `+' or `-', both arguments must be absolute, and
2626 the result is absolute.
2628 1. Highest Precedence
2634 "Division". Truncation is the same as the C operator `/'
2640 "Shift Left". Same as the C operator `<<'.
2643 "Shift Right". Same as the C operator `>>'.
2645 2. Intermediate precedence
2648 "Bitwise Inclusive Or".
2654 "Bitwise Exclusive Or".
2662 "Addition". If either argument is absolute, the result has
2663 the section of the other argument. You may not add together
2664 arguments from different sections.
2667 "Subtraction". If the right argument is absolute, the result
2668 has the section of the left argument. If both arguments are
2669 in the same section, the result is absolute. You may not
2670 subtract arguments from different sections.
2686 "Is Greater Than Or Equal To"
2689 "Is Less Than Or Equal To"
2691 The comparison operators can be used as infix operators. A
2692 true results has a value of -1 whereas a false result has a
2693 value of 0. Note, these operators perform signed
2696 4. Lowest Precedence
2704 These two logical operations can be used to combine the
2705 results of sub expressions. Note, unlike the comparison
2706 operators a true result returns a value of 1 but a false
2707 results does still return 0. Also note that the logical or
2708 operator has a slightly lower precedence than logical and.
2711 In short, it's only meaningful to add or subtract the _offsets_ in an
2712 address; you can only have a defined section in one of the two
2716 File: as.info, Node: Pseudo Ops, Next: Machine Dependencies, Prev: Expressions, Up: Top
2718 7 Assembler Directives
2719 **********************
2721 All assembler directives have names that begin with a period (`.').
2722 The rest of the name is letters, usually in lower case.
2724 This chapter discusses directives that are available regardless of
2725 the target machine configuration for the GNU assembler. Some machine
2726 configurations provide additional directives. *Note Machine
2735 * Align:: `.align ABS-EXPR , ABS-EXPR'
2736 * Altmacro:: `.altmacro'
2737 * Ascii:: `.ascii "STRING"'...
2738 * Asciz:: `.asciz "STRING"'...
2739 * Balign:: `.balign ABS-EXPR , ABS-EXPR'
2740 * Byte:: `.byte EXPRESSIONS'
2741 * Comm:: `.comm SYMBOL , LENGTH '
2743 * CFI directives:: `.cfi_startproc', `.cfi_endproc', etc.
2745 * Data:: `.data SUBSECTION'
2749 * Desc:: `.desc SYMBOL, ABS-EXPRESSION'
2753 * Double:: `.double FLONUMS'
2756 * Elseif:: `.elseif'
2761 * Endfunc:: `.endfunc'
2763 * Equ:: `.equ SYMBOL, EXPRESSION'
2764 * Equiv:: `.equiv SYMBOL, EXPRESSION'
2765 * Eqv:: `.eqv SYMBOL, EXPRESSION'
2767 * Error:: `.error STRING'
2769 * Extern:: `.extern'
2772 * File:: `.file STRING'
2774 * Fill:: `.fill REPEAT , SIZE , VALUE'
2775 * Float:: `.float FLONUMS'
2777 * Global:: `.global SYMBOL', `.globl SYMBOL'
2779 * Hidden:: `.hidden NAMES'
2781 * hword:: `.hword EXPRESSIONS'
2783 * If:: `.if ABSOLUTE EXPRESSION'
2784 * Incbin:: `.incbin "FILE"[,SKIP[,COUNT]]'
2785 * Include:: `.include "FILE"'
2786 * Int:: `.int EXPRESSIONS'
2788 * Internal:: `.internal NAMES'
2790 * Irp:: `.irp SYMBOL,VALUES'...
2791 * Irpc:: `.irpc SYMBOL,VALUES'...
2792 * Lcomm:: `.lcomm SYMBOL , LENGTH'
2793 * Lflags:: `.lflags'
2795 * Line:: `.line LINE-NUMBER'
2797 * Linkonce:: `.linkonce [TYPE]'
2799 * Ln:: `.ln LINE-NUMBER'
2801 * LNS directives:: `.file', `.loc', etc.
2803 * Long:: `.long EXPRESSIONS'
2805 * Macro:: `.macro NAME ARGS'...
2807 * Noaltmacro:: `.noaltmacro'
2808 * Nolist:: `.nolist'
2809 * Octa:: `.octa BIGNUMS'
2810 * Org:: `.org NEW-LC , FILL'
2811 * P2align:: `.p2align ABS-EXPR , ABS-EXPR'
2813 * PopSection:: `.popsection'
2814 * Previous:: `.previous'
2816 * Print:: `.print STRING'
2818 * Protected:: `.protected NAMES'
2820 * Psize:: `.psize LINES, COLUMNS'
2821 * Purgem:: `.purgem NAME'
2823 * PushSection:: `.pushsection NAME'
2825 * Quad:: `.quad BIGNUMS'
2826 * Rept:: `.rept COUNT'
2827 * Sbttl:: `.sbttl "SUBHEADING"'
2829 * Scl:: `.scl CLASS'
2831 * Section:: `.section NAME'
2833 * Set:: `.set SYMBOL, EXPRESSION'
2834 * Short:: `.short EXPRESSIONS'
2835 * Single:: `.single FLONUMS'
2837 * Size:: `.size [NAME , EXPRESSION]'
2839 * Skip:: `.skip SIZE , FILL'
2840 * Sleb128:: `.sleb128 EXPRESSIONS'
2841 * Space:: `.space SIZE , FILL'
2843 * Stab:: `.stabd, .stabn, .stabs'
2845 * String:: `.string "STR"'
2846 * Struct:: `.struct EXPRESSION'
2848 * SubSection:: `.subsection'
2849 * Symver:: `.symver NAME,NAME2@NODENAME'
2852 * Tag:: `.tag STRUCTNAME'
2854 * Text:: `.text SUBSECTION'
2855 * Title:: `.title "HEADING"'
2857 * Type:: `.type <INT | NAME , TYPE DESCRIPTION>'
2859 * Uleb128:: `.uleb128 EXPRESSIONS'
2864 * Version:: `.version "STRING"'
2865 * VTableEntry:: `.vtable_entry TABLE, OFFSET'
2866 * VTableInherit:: `.vtable_inherit CHILD, PARENT'
2868 * Warning:: `.warning STRING'
2869 * Weak:: `.weak NAMES'
2870 * Weakref:: `.weakref ALIAS, SYMBOL'
2871 * Word:: `.word EXPRESSIONS'
2872 * Deprecated:: Deprecated Directives
2875 File: as.info, Node: Abort, Next: ABORT, Up: Pseudo Ops
2880 This directive stops the assembly immediately. It is for compatibility
2881 with other assemblers. The original idea was that the assembly
2882 language source would be piped into the assembler. If the sender of
2883 the source quit, it could use this directive tells `as' to quit also.
2884 One day `.abort' will not be supported.
2887 File: as.info, Node: ABORT, Next: Align, Prev: Abort, Up: Pseudo Ops
2892 When producing COFF output, `as' accepts this directive as a synonym
2896 File: as.info, Node: Align, Next: Altmacro, Prev: ABORT, Up: Pseudo Ops
2898 7.3 `.align ABS-EXPR, ABS-EXPR, ABS-EXPR'
2899 =========================================
2901 Pad the location counter (in the current subsection) to a particular
2902 storage boundary. The first expression (which must be absolute) is the
2903 alignment required, as described below.
2905 The second expression (also absolute) gives the fill value to be
2906 stored in the padding bytes. It (and the comma) may be omitted. If it
2907 is omitted, the padding bytes are normally zero. However, on some
2908 systems, if the section is marked as containing code and the fill value
2909 is omitted, the space is filled with no-op instructions.
2911 The third expression is also absolute, and is also optional. If it
2912 is present, it is the maximum number of bytes that should be skipped by
2913 this alignment directive. If doing the alignment would require
2914 skipping more bytes than the specified maximum, then the alignment is
2915 not done at all. You can omit the fill value (the second argument)
2916 entirely by simply using two commas after the required alignment; this
2917 can be useful if you want the alignment to be filled with no-op
2918 instructions when appropriate.
2920 The way the required alignment is specified varies from system to
2921 system. For the arc, hppa, i386 using ELF, i860, iq2000, m68k, or32,
2922 s390, sparc, tic4x, tic80 and xtensa, the first expression is the
2923 alignment request in bytes. For example `.align 8' advances the
2924 location counter until it is a multiple of 8. If the location counter
2925 is already a multiple of 8, no change is needed. For the tic54x, the
2926 first expression is the alignment request in words.
2928 For other systems, including the i386 using a.out format, and the
2929 arm and strongarm, it is the number of low-order zero bits the location
2930 counter must have after advancement. For example `.align 3' advances
2931 the location counter until it a multiple of 8. If the location counter
2932 is already a multiple of 8, no change is needed.
2934 This inconsistency is due to the different behaviors of the various
2935 native assemblers for these systems which GAS must emulate. GAS also
2936 provides `.balign' and `.p2align' directives, described later, which
2937 have a consistent behavior across all architectures (but are specific
2941 File: as.info, Node: Ascii, Next: Asciz, Prev: Altmacro, Up: Pseudo Ops
2943 7.4 `.ascii "STRING"'...
2944 ========================
2946 `.ascii' expects zero or more string literals (*note Strings::)
2947 separated by commas. It assembles each string (with no automatic
2948 trailing zero byte) into consecutive addresses.
2951 File: as.info, Node: Asciz, Next: Balign, Prev: Ascii, Up: Pseudo Ops
2953 7.5 `.asciz "STRING"'...
2954 ========================
2956 `.asciz' is just like `.ascii', but each string is followed by a zero
2957 byte. The "z" in `.asciz' stands for "zero".
2960 File: as.info, Node: Balign, Next: Byte, Prev: Asciz, Up: Pseudo Ops
2962 7.6 `.balign[wl] ABS-EXPR, ABS-EXPR, ABS-EXPR'
2963 ==============================================
2965 Pad the location counter (in the current subsection) to a particular
2966 storage boundary. The first expression (which must be absolute) is the
2967 alignment request in bytes. For example `.balign 8' advances the
2968 location counter until it is a multiple of 8. If the location counter
2969 is already a multiple of 8, no change is needed.
2971 The second expression (also absolute) gives the fill value to be
2972 stored in the padding bytes. It (and the comma) may be omitted. If it
2973 is omitted, the padding bytes are normally zero. However, on some
2974 systems, if the section is marked as containing code and the fill value
2975 is omitted, the space is filled with no-op instructions.
2977 The third expression is also absolute, and is also optional. If it
2978 is present, it is the maximum number of bytes that should be skipped by
2979 this alignment directive. If doing the alignment would require
2980 skipping more bytes than the specified maximum, then the alignment is
2981 not done at all. You can omit the fill value (the second argument)
2982 entirely by simply using two commas after the required alignment; this
2983 can be useful if you want the alignment to be filled with no-op
2984 instructions when appropriate.
2986 The `.balignw' and `.balignl' directives are variants of the
2987 `.balign' directive. The `.balignw' directive treats the fill pattern
2988 as a two byte word value. The `.balignl' directives treats the fill
2989 pattern as a four byte longword value. For example, `.balignw
2990 4,0x368d' will align to a multiple of 4. If it skips two bytes, they
2991 will be filled in with the value 0x368d (the exact placement of the
2992 bytes depends upon the endianness of the processor). If it skips 1 or
2993 3 bytes, the fill value is undefined.
2996 File: as.info, Node: Byte, Next: Comm, Prev: Balign, Up: Pseudo Ops
2998 7.7 `.byte EXPRESSIONS'
2999 =======================
3001 `.byte' expects zero or more expressions, separated by commas. Each
3002 expression is assembled into the next byte.
3005 File: as.info, Node: Comm, Next: CFI directives, Prev: Byte, Up: Pseudo Ops
3007 7.8 `.comm SYMBOL , LENGTH '
3008 ============================
3010 `.comm' declares a common symbol named SYMBOL. When linking, a common
3011 symbol in one object file may be merged with a defined or common symbol
3012 of the same name in another object file. If `ld' does not see a
3013 definition for the symbol-just one or more common symbols-then it will
3014 allocate LENGTH bytes of uninitialized memory. LENGTH must be an
3015 absolute expression. If `ld' sees multiple common symbols with the
3016 same name, and they do not all have the same size, it will allocate
3017 space using the largest size.
3019 When using ELF, the `.comm' directive takes an optional third
3020 argument. This is the desired alignment of the symbol, specified as a
3021 byte boundary (for example, an alignment of 16 means that the least
3022 significant 4 bits of the address should be zero). The alignment must
3023 be an absolute expression, and it must be a power of two. If `ld'
3024 allocates uninitialized memory for the common symbol, it will use the
3025 alignment when placing the symbol. If no alignment is specified, `as'
3026 will set the alignment to the largest power of two less than or equal
3027 to the size of the symbol, up to a maximum of 16.
3029 The syntax for `.comm' differs slightly on the HPPA. The syntax is
3030 `SYMBOL .comm, LENGTH'; SYMBOL is optional.
3033 File: as.info, Node: CFI directives, Next: Data, Prev: Comm, Up: Pseudo Ops
3035 7.9 `.cfi_startproc'
3036 ====================
3038 `.cfi_startproc' is used at the beginning of each function that should
3039 have an entry in `.eh_frame'. It initializes some internal data
3040 structures and emits architecture dependent initial CFI instructions.
3041 Don't forget to close the function by `.cfi_endproc'.
3046 `.cfi_endproc' is used at the end of a function where it closes its
3047 unwind entry previously opened by `.cfi_startproc'. and emits it to
3050 7.11 `.cfi_def_cfa REGISTER, OFFSET'
3051 ====================================
3053 `.cfi_def_cfa' defines a rule for computing CFA as: take address from
3054 REGISTER and add OFFSET to it.
3056 7.12 `.cfi_def_cfa_register REGISTER'
3057 =====================================
3059 `.cfi_def_cfa_register' modifies a rule for computing CFA. From now on
3060 REGISTER will be used instead of the old one. Offset remains the same.
3062 7.13 `.cfi_def_cfa_offset OFFSET'
3063 =================================
3065 `.cfi_def_cfa_offset' modifies a rule for computing CFA. Register
3066 remains the same, but OFFSET is new. Note that it is the absolute
3067 offset that will be added to a defined register to compute CFA address.
3069 7.14 `.cfi_adjust_cfa_offset OFFSET'
3070 ====================================
3072 Same as `.cfi_def_cfa_offset' but OFFSET is a relative value that is
3073 added/substracted from the previous offset.
3075 7.15 `.cfi_offset REGISTER, OFFSET'
3076 ===================================
3078 Previous value of REGISTER is saved at offset OFFSET from CFA.
3080 7.16 `.cfi_rel_offset REGISTER, OFFSET'
3081 =======================================
3083 Previous value of REGISTER is saved at offset OFFSET from the current
3084 CFA register. This is transformed to `.cfi_offset' using the known
3085 displacement of the CFA register from the CFA. This is often easier to
3086 use, because the number will match the code it's annotating.
3088 7.17 `.cfi_signal_frame'
3089 ========================
3091 Mark current function as signal trampoline.
3093 7.18 `.cfi_window_save'
3094 =======================
3096 SPARC register window has been saved.
3098 7.19 `.cfi_escape' EXPRESSION[, ...]
3099 ====================================
3101 Allows the user to add arbitrary bytes to the unwind info. One might
3102 use this to add OS-specific CFI opcodes, or generic CFI opcodes that
3103 GAS does not yet support.
3106 File: as.info, Node: LNS directives, Next: Long, Prev: Ln, Up: Pseudo Ops
3108 7.20 `.file FILENO FILENAME'
3109 ============================
3111 When emitting dwarf2 line number information `.file' assigns filenames
3112 to the `.debug_line' file name table. The FILENO operand should be a
3113 unique positive integer to use as the index of the entry in the table.
3114 The FILENAME operand is a C string literal.
3116 The detail of filename indicies is exposed to the user because the
3117 filename table is shared with the `.debug_info' section of the dwarf2
3118 debugging information, and thus the user must know the exact indicies
3119 that table entries will have.
3121 7.21 `.loc FILENO LINENO [COLUMN] [OPTIONS]'
3122 ============================================
3124 The `.loc' directive will add row to the `.debug_line' line number
3125 matrix corresponding to the immediately following assembly instruction.
3126 The FILENO, LINENO, and optional COLUMN arguments will be applied to
3127 the `.debug_line' state machine before the row is added.
3129 The OPTIONS are a sequence of the following tokens in any order:
3132 This option will set the `basic_block' register in the
3133 `.debug_line' state machine to `true'.
3136 This option will set the `prologue_end' register in the
3137 `.debug_line' state machine to `true'.
3140 This option will set the `epilogue_begin' register in the
3141 `.debug_line' state machine to `true'.
3144 This option will set the `is_stmt' register in the `.debug_line'
3145 state machine to `value', which must be either 0 or 1.
3148 This directive will set the `isa' register in the `.debug_line'
3149 state machine to VALUE, which must be an unsigned integer.
3152 7.22 `.loc_mark_blocks ENABLE'
3153 ==============================
3155 The `.loc_mark_blocks' directive makes the assembler emit an entry to
3156 the `.debug_line' line number matrix with the `basic_block' register in
3157 the state machine set whenever a code label is seen. The ENABLE
3158 argument should be either 1 or 0, to enable or disable this function
3162 File: as.info, Node: Data, Next: Def, Prev: CFI directives, Up: Pseudo Ops
3164 7.23 `.data SUBSECTION'
3165 =======================
3167 `.data' tells `as' to assemble the following statements onto the end of
3168 the data subsection numbered SUBSECTION (which is an absolute
3169 expression). If SUBSECTION is omitted, it defaults to zero.
3172 File: as.info, Node: Def, Next: Desc, Prev: Data, Up: Pseudo Ops
3177 Begin defining debugging information for a symbol NAME; the definition
3178 extends until the `.endef' directive is encountered.
3181 File: as.info, Node: Desc, Next: Dim, Prev: Def, Up: Pseudo Ops
3183 7.25 `.desc SYMBOL, ABS-EXPRESSION'
3184 ===================================
3186 This directive sets the descriptor of the symbol (*note Symbol
3187 Attributes::) to the low 16 bits of an absolute expression.
3189 The `.desc' directive is not available when `as' is configured for
3190 COFF output; it is only for `a.out' or `b.out' object format. For the
3191 sake of compatibility, `as' accepts it, but produces no output, when
3192 configured for COFF.
3195 File: as.info, Node: Dim, Next: Double, Prev: Desc, Up: Pseudo Ops
3200 This directive is generated by compilers to include auxiliary debugging
3201 information in the symbol table. It is only permitted inside
3202 `.def'/`.endef' pairs.
3205 File: as.info, Node: Double, Next: Eject, Prev: Dim, Up: Pseudo Ops
3207 7.27 `.double FLONUMS'
3208 ======================
3210 `.double' expects zero or more flonums, separated by commas. It
3211 assembles floating point numbers. The exact kind of floating point
3212 numbers emitted depends on how `as' is configured. *Note Machine
3216 File: as.info, Node: Eject, Next: Else, Prev: Double, Up: Pseudo Ops
3221 Force a page break at this point, when generating assembly listings.
3224 File: as.info, Node: Else, Next: Elseif, Prev: Eject, Up: Pseudo Ops
3229 `.else' is part of the `as' support for conditional assembly; *note
3230 `.if': If. It marks the beginning of a section of code to be assembled
3231 if the condition for the preceding `.if' was false.
3234 File: as.info, Node: Elseif, Next: End, Prev: Else, Up: Pseudo Ops
3239 `.elseif' is part of the `as' support for conditional assembly; *note
3240 `.if': If. It is shorthand for beginning a new `.if' block that would
3241 otherwise fill the entire `.else' section.
3244 File: as.info, Node: End, Next: Endef, Prev: Elseif, Up: Pseudo Ops
3249 `.end' marks the end of the assembly file. `as' does not process
3250 anything in the file past the `.end' directive.
3253 File: as.info, Node: Endef, Next: Endfunc, Prev: End, Up: Pseudo Ops
3258 This directive flags the end of a symbol definition begun with `.def'.
3261 File: as.info, Node: Endfunc, Next: Endif, Prev: Endef, Up: Pseudo Ops
3266 `.endfunc' marks the end of a function specified with `.func'.
3269 File: as.info, Node: Endif, Next: Equ, Prev: Endfunc, Up: Pseudo Ops
3274 `.endif' is part of the `as' support for conditional assembly; it marks
3275 the end of a block of code that is only assembled conditionally. *Note
3279 File: as.info, Node: Equ, Next: Equiv, Prev: Endif, Up: Pseudo Ops
3281 7.35 `.equ SYMBOL, EXPRESSION'
3282 ==============================
3284 This directive sets the value of SYMBOL to EXPRESSION. It is
3285 synonymous with `.set'; *note `.set': Set.
3287 The syntax for `equ' on the HPPA is `SYMBOL .equ EXPRESSION'.
3289 The syntax for `equ' on the Z80 is `SYMBOL equ EXPRESSION'. On the
3290 Z80 it is an eror if SYMBOL is already defined, but the symbol is not
3291 protected from later redefinition, compare *Note Equiv::.
3294 File: as.info, Node: Equiv, Next: Eqv, Prev: Equ, Up: Pseudo Ops
3296 7.36 `.equiv SYMBOL, EXPRESSION'
3297 ================================
3299 The `.equiv' directive is like `.equ' and `.set', except that the
3300 assembler will signal an error if SYMBOL is already defined. Note a
3301 symbol which has been referenced but not actually defined is considered
3304 Except for the contents of the error message, this is roughly
3310 plus it protects the symbol from later redefinition.
3313 File: as.info, Node: Eqv, Next: Err, Prev: Equiv, Up: Pseudo Ops
3315 7.37 `.eqv SYMBOL, EXPRESSION'
3316 ==============================
3318 The `.eqv' directive is like `.equiv', but no attempt is made to
3319 evaluate the expression or any part of it immediately. Instead each
3320 time the resulting symbol is used in an expression, a snapshot of its
3321 current value is taken.
3324 File: as.info, Node: Err, Next: Error, Prev: Eqv, Up: Pseudo Ops
3329 If `as' assembles a `.err' directive, it will print an error message
3330 and, unless the `-Z' option was used, it will not generate an object
3331 file. This can be used to signal an error in conditionally compiled
3335 File: as.info, Node: Error, Next: Exitm, Prev: Err, Up: Pseudo Ops
3337 7.39 `.error "STRING"'
3338 ======================
3340 Similarly to `.err', this directive emits an error, but you can specify
3341 a string that will be emitted as the error message. If you don't
3342 specify the message, it defaults to `".error directive invoked in
3343 source file"'. *Note Error and Warning Messages: Errors.
3345 .error "This code has not been assembled and tested."
3348 File: as.info, Node: Exitm, Next: Extern, Prev: Error, Up: Pseudo Ops
3353 Exit early from the current macro definition. *Note Macro::.
3356 File: as.info, Node: Extern, Next: Fail, Prev: Exitm, Up: Pseudo Ops
3361 `.extern' is accepted in the source program--for compatibility with
3362 other assemblers--but it is ignored. `as' treats all undefined symbols
3366 File: as.info, Node: Fail, Next: File, Prev: Extern, Up: Pseudo Ops
3368 7.42 `.fail EXPRESSION'
3369 =======================
3371 Generates an error or a warning. If the value of the EXPRESSION is 500
3372 or more, `as' will print a warning message. If the value is less than
3373 500, `as' will print an error message. The message will include the
3374 value of EXPRESSION. This can occasionally be useful inside complex
3375 nested macros or conditional assembly.
3378 File: as.info, Node: File, Next: Fill, Prev: Fail, Up: Pseudo Ops
3383 `.file' tells `as' that we are about to start a new logical file.
3384 STRING is the new file name. In general, the filename is recognized
3385 whether or not it is surrounded by quotes `"'; but if you wish to
3386 specify an empty file name, you must give the quotes-`""'. This
3387 statement may go away in future: it is only recognized to be compatible
3388 with old `as' programs.
3391 File: as.info, Node: Fill, Next: Float, Prev: File, Up: Pseudo Ops
3393 7.44 `.fill REPEAT , SIZE , VALUE'
3394 ==================================
3396 REPEAT, SIZE and VALUE are absolute expressions. This emits REPEAT
3397 copies of SIZE bytes. REPEAT may be zero or more. SIZE may be zero or
3398 more, but if it is more than 8, then it is deemed to have the value 8,
3399 compatible with other people's assemblers. The contents of each REPEAT
3400 bytes is taken from an 8-byte number. The highest order 4 bytes are
3401 zero. The lowest order 4 bytes are VALUE rendered in the byte-order of
3402 an integer on the computer `as' is assembling for. Each SIZE bytes in
3403 a repetition is taken from the lowest order SIZE bytes of this number.
3404 Again, this bizarre behavior is compatible with other people's
3407 SIZE and VALUE are optional. If the second comma and VALUE are
3408 absent, VALUE is assumed zero. If the first comma and following tokens
3409 are absent, SIZE is assumed to be 1.
3412 File: as.info, Node: Float, Next: Func, Prev: Fill, Up: Pseudo Ops
3414 7.45 `.float FLONUMS'
3415 =====================
3417 This directive assembles zero or more flonums, separated by commas. It
3418 has the same effect as `.single'. The exact kind of floating point
3419 numbers emitted depends on how `as' is configured. *Note Machine
3423 File: as.info, Node: Func, Next: Global, Prev: Float, Up: Pseudo Ops
3425 7.46 `.func NAME[,LABEL]'
3426 =========================
3428 `.func' emits debugging information to denote function NAME, and is
3429 ignored unless the file is assembled with debugging enabled. Only
3430 `--gstabs[+]' is currently supported. LABEL is the entry point of the
3431 function and if omitted NAME prepended with the `leading char' is used.
3432 `leading char' is usually `_' or nothing, depending on the target. All
3433 functions are currently defined to have `void' return type. The
3434 function must be terminated with `.endfunc'.
3437 File: as.info, Node: Global, Next: Hidden, Prev: Func, Up: Pseudo Ops
3439 7.47 `.global SYMBOL', `.globl SYMBOL'
3440 ======================================
3442 `.global' makes the symbol visible to `ld'. If you define SYMBOL in
3443 your partial program, its value is made available to other partial
3444 programs that are linked with it. Otherwise, SYMBOL takes its
3445 attributes from a symbol of the same name from another file linked into
3448 Both spellings (`.globl' and `.global') are accepted, for
3449 compatibility with other assemblers.
3451 On the HPPA, `.global' is not always enough to make it accessible to
3452 other partial programs. You may need the HPPA-only `.EXPORT' directive
3453 as well. *Note HPPA Assembler Directives: HPPA Directives.
3456 File: as.info, Node: Hidden, Next: hword, Prev: Global, Up: Pseudo Ops
3458 7.48 `.hidden NAMES'
3459 ====================
3461 This is one of the ELF visibility directives. The other two are
3462 `.internal' (*note `.internal': Internal.) and `.protected' (*note
3463 `.protected': Protected.).
3465 This directive overrides the named symbols default visibility (which
3466 is set by their binding: local, global or weak). The directive sets
3467 the visibility to `hidden' which means that the symbols are not visible
3468 to other components. Such symbols are always considered to be
3469 `protected' as well.
3472 File: as.info, Node: hword, Next: Ident, Prev: Hidden, Up: Pseudo Ops
3474 7.49 `.hword EXPRESSIONS'
3475 =========================
3477 This expects zero or more EXPRESSIONS, and emits a 16 bit number for
3480 This directive is a synonym for `.short'; depending on the target
3481 architecture, it may also be a synonym for `.word'.
3484 File: as.info, Node: Ident, Next: If, Prev: hword, Up: Pseudo Ops
3489 This directive is used by some assemblers to place tags in object
3490 files. The behavior of this directive varies depending on the target.
3491 When using the a.out object file format, `as' simply accepts the
3492 directive for source-file compatibility with existing assemblers, but
3493 does not emit anything for it. When using COFF, comments are emitted
3494 to the `.comment' or `.rdata' section, depending on the target. When
3495 using ELF, comments are emitted to the `.comment' section.
3498 File: as.info, Node: If, Next: Incbin, Prev: Ident, Up: Pseudo Ops
3500 7.51 `.if ABSOLUTE EXPRESSION'
3501 ==============================
3503 `.if' marks the beginning of a section of code which is only considered
3504 part of the source program being assembled if the argument (which must
3505 be an ABSOLUTE EXPRESSION) is non-zero. The end of the conditional
3506 section of code must be marked by `.endif' (*note `.endif': Endif.);
3507 optionally, you may include code for the alternative condition, flagged
3508 by `.else' (*note `.else': Else.). If you have several conditions to
3509 check, `.elseif' may be used to avoid nesting blocks if/else within
3510 each subsequent `.else' block.
3512 The following variants of `.if' are also supported:
3514 Assembles the following section of code if the specified SYMBOL
3515 has been defined. Note a symbol which has been referenced but not
3516 yet defined is considered to be undefined.
3519 Assembles the following section of code if the operand is blank
3522 `.ifc STRING1,STRING2'
3523 Assembles the following section of code if the two strings are the
3524 same. The strings may be optionally quoted with single quotes.
3525 If they are not quoted, the first string stops at the first comma,
3526 and the second string stops at the end of the line. Strings which
3527 contain whitespace should be quoted. The string comparison is
3530 `.ifeq ABSOLUTE EXPRESSION'
3531 Assembles the following section of code if the argument is zero.
3533 `.ifeqs STRING1,STRING2'
3534 Another form of `.ifc'. The strings must be quoted using double
3537 `.ifge ABSOLUTE EXPRESSION'
3538 Assembles the following section of code if the argument is greater
3539 than or equal to zero.
3541 `.ifgt ABSOLUTE EXPRESSION'
3542 Assembles the following section of code if the argument is greater
3545 `.ifle ABSOLUTE EXPRESSION'
3546 Assembles the following section of code if the argument is less
3547 than or equal to zero.
3549 `.iflt ABSOLUTE EXPRESSION'
3550 Assembles the following section of code if the argument is less
3554 Like `.ifb', but the sense of the test is reversed: this assembles
3555 the following section of code if the operand is non-blank
3558 `.ifnc STRING1,STRING2.'
3559 Like `.ifc', but the sense of the test is reversed: this assembles
3560 the following section of code if the two strings are not the same.
3564 Assembles the following section of code if the specified SYMBOL
3565 has not been defined. Both spelling variants are equivalent.
3566 Note a symbol which has been referenced but not yet defined is
3567 considered to be undefined.
3569 `.ifne ABSOLUTE EXPRESSION'
3570 Assembles the following section of code if the argument is not
3571 equal to zero (in other words, this is equivalent to `.if').
3573 `.ifnes STRING1,STRING2'
3574 Like `.ifeqs', but the sense of the test is reversed: this
3575 assembles the following section of code if the two strings are not
3579 File: as.info, Node: Incbin, Next: Include, Prev: If, Up: Pseudo Ops
3581 7.52 `.incbin "FILE"[,SKIP[,COUNT]]'
3582 ====================================
3584 The `incbin' directive includes FILE verbatim at the current location.
3585 You can control the search paths used with the `-I' command-line option
3586 (*note Command-Line Options: Invoking.). Quotation marks are required
3589 The SKIP argument skips a number of bytes from the start of the
3590 FILE. The COUNT argument indicates the maximum number of bytes to
3591 read. Note that the data is not aligned in any way, so it is the user's
3592 responsibility to make sure that proper alignment is provided both
3593 before and after the `incbin' directive.
3596 File: as.info, Node: Include, Next: Int, Prev: Incbin, Up: Pseudo Ops
3598 7.53 `.include "FILE"'
3599 ======================
3601 This directive provides a way to include supporting files at specified
3602 points in your source program. The code from FILE is assembled as if
3603 it followed the point of the `.include'; when the end of the included
3604 file is reached, assembly of the original file continues. You can
3605 control the search paths used with the `-I' command-line option (*note
3606 Command-Line Options: Invoking.). Quotation marks are required around
3610 File: as.info, Node: Int, Next: Internal, Prev: Include, Up: Pseudo Ops
3612 7.54 `.int EXPRESSIONS'
3613 =======================
3615 Expect zero or more EXPRESSIONS, of any section, separated by commas.
3616 For each expression, emit a number that, at run time, is the value of
3617 that expression. The byte order and bit size of the number depends on
3618 what kind of target the assembly is for.
3621 File: as.info, Node: Internal, Next: Irp, Prev: Int, Up: Pseudo Ops
3623 7.55 `.internal NAMES'
3624 ======================
3626 This is one of the ELF visibility directives. The other two are
3627 `.hidden' (*note `.hidden': Hidden.) and `.protected' (*note
3628 `.protected': Protected.).
3630 This directive overrides the named symbols default visibility (which
3631 is set by their binding: local, global or weak). The directive sets
3632 the visibility to `internal' which means that the symbols are
3633 considered to be `hidden' (i.e., not visible to other components), and
3634 that some extra, processor specific processing must also be performed
3635 upon the symbols as well.
3638 File: as.info, Node: Irp, Next: Irpc, Prev: Internal, Up: Pseudo Ops
3640 7.56 `.irp SYMBOL,VALUES'...
3641 ============================
3643 Evaluate a sequence of statements assigning different values to SYMBOL.
3644 The sequence of statements starts at the `.irp' directive, and is
3645 terminated by an `.endr' directive. For each VALUE, SYMBOL is set to
3646 VALUE, and the sequence of statements is assembled. If no VALUE is
3647 listed, the sequence of statements is assembled once, with SYMBOL set
3648 to the null string. To refer to SYMBOL within the sequence of
3649 statements, use \SYMBOL.
3651 For example, assembling
3657 is equivalent to assembling
3663 For some caveats with the spelling of SYMBOL, see also the discussion
3667 File: as.info, Node: Irpc, Next: Lcomm, Prev: Irp, Up: Pseudo Ops
3669 7.57 `.irpc SYMBOL,VALUES'...
3670 =============================
3672 Evaluate a sequence of statements assigning different values to SYMBOL.
3673 The sequence of statements starts at the `.irpc' directive, and is
3674 terminated by an `.endr' directive. For each character in VALUE,
3675 SYMBOL is set to the character, and the sequence of statements is
3676 assembled. If no VALUE is listed, the sequence of statements is
3677 assembled once, with SYMBOL set to the null string. To refer to SYMBOL
3678 within the sequence of statements, use \SYMBOL.
3680 For example, assembling
3686 is equivalent to assembling
3692 For some caveats with the spelling of SYMBOL, see also the discussion
3696 File: as.info, Node: Lcomm, Next: Lflags, Prev: Irpc, Up: Pseudo Ops
3698 7.58 `.lcomm SYMBOL , LENGTH'
3699 =============================
3701 Reserve LENGTH (an absolute expression) bytes for a local common
3702 denoted by SYMBOL. The section and value of SYMBOL are those of the
3703 new local common. The addresses are allocated in the bss section, so
3704 that at run-time the bytes start off zeroed. SYMBOL is not declared
3705 global (*note `.global': Global.), so is normally not visible to `ld'.
3707 Some targets permit a third argument to be used with `.lcomm'. This
3708 argument specifies the desired alignment of the symbol in the bss
3711 The syntax for `.lcomm' differs slightly on the HPPA. The syntax is
3712 `SYMBOL .lcomm, LENGTH'; SYMBOL is optional.
3715 File: as.info, Node: Lflags, Next: Line, Prev: Lcomm, Up: Pseudo Ops
3720 `as' accepts this directive, for compatibility with other assemblers,
3724 File: as.info, Node: Line, Next: Linkonce, Prev: Lflags, Up: Pseudo Ops
3726 7.60 `.line LINE-NUMBER'
3727 ========================
3729 Change the logical line number. LINE-NUMBER must be an absolute
3730 expression. The next line has that logical line number. Therefore any
3731 other statements on the current line (after a statement separator
3732 character) are reported as on logical line number LINE-NUMBER - 1. One
3733 day `as' will no longer support this directive: it is recognized only
3734 for compatibility with existing assembler programs.
3736 Even though this is a directive associated with the `a.out' or
3737 `b.out' object-code formats, `as' still recognizes it when producing
3738 COFF output, and treats `.line' as though it were the COFF `.ln' _if_
3739 it is found outside a `.def'/`.endef' pair.
3741 Inside a `.def', `.line' is, instead, one of the directives used by
3742 compilers to generate auxiliary symbol information for debugging.
3745 File: as.info, Node: Linkonce, Next: List, Prev: Line, Up: Pseudo Ops
3747 7.61 `.linkonce [TYPE]'
3748 =======================
3750 Mark the current section so that the linker only includes a single copy
3751 of it. This may be used to include the same section in several
3752 different object files, but ensure that the linker will only include it
3753 once in the final output file. The `.linkonce' pseudo-op must be used
3754 for each instance of the section. Duplicate sections are detected
3755 based on the section name, so it should be unique.
3757 This directive is only supported by a few object file formats; as of
3758 this writing, the only object file format which supports it is the
3759 Portable Executable format used on Windows NT.
3761 The TYPE argument is optional. If specified, it must be one of the
3762 following strings. For example:
3764 Not all types may be supported on all object file formats.
3767 Silently discard duplicate sections. This is the default.
3770 Warn if there are duplicate sections, but still keep only one copy.
3773 Warn if any of the duplicates have different sizes.
3776 Warn if any of the duplicates do not have exactly the same
3780 File: as.info, Node: Ln, Next: LNS directives, Prev: List, Up: Pseudo Ops
3782 7.62 `.ln LINE-NUMBER'
3783 ======================
3785 `.ln' is a synonym for `.line'.
3788 File: as.info, Node: MRI, Next: Noaltmacro, Prev: Macro, Up: Pseudo Ops
3793 If VAL is non-zero, this tells `as' to enter MRI mode. If VAL is zero,
3794 this tells `as' to exit MRI mode. This change affects code assembled
3795 until the next `.mri' directive, or until the end of the file. *Note
3799 File: as.info, Node: List, Next: Ln, Prev: Linkonce, Up: Pseudo Ops
3804 Control (in conjunction with the `.nolist' directive) whether or not
3805 assembly listings are generated. These two directives maintain an
3806 internal counter (which is zero initially). `.list' increments the
3807 counter, and `.nolist' decrements it. Assembly listings are generated
3808 whenever the counter is greater than zero.
3810 By default, listings are disabled. When you enable them (with the
3811 `-a' command line option; *note Command-Line Options: Invoking.), the
3812 initial value of the listing counter is one.
3815 File: as.info, Node: Long, Next: Macro, Prev: LNS directives, Up: Pseudo Ops
3817 7.65 `.long EXPRESSIONS'
3818 ========================
3820 `.long' is the same as `.int', *note `.int': Int.
3823 File: as.info, Node: Macro, Next: MRI, Prev: Long, Up: Pseudo Ops
3828 The commands `.macro' and `.endm' allow you to define macros that
3829 generate assembly output. For example, this definition specifies a
3830 macro `sum' that puts a sequence of numbers into memory:
3832 .macro sum from=0, to=5
3839 With that definition, `SUM 0,5' is equivalent to this assembly input:
3849 `.macro MACNAME MACARGS ...'
3850 Begin the definition of a macro called MACNAME. If your macro
3851 definition requires arguments, specify their names after the macro
3852 name, separated by commas or spaces. You can qualify the macro
3853 argument to indicate whether all invocations must specify a
3854 non-blank value (through `:`req''), or whether it takes all of the
3855 remaining arguments (through `:`vararg''). You can supply a
3856 default value for any macro argument by following the name with
3857 `=DEFLT'. You cannot define two macros with the same MACNAME
3858 unless it has been subject to the `.purgem' directive (*Note
3859 Purgem::.) between the two definitions. For example, these are
3860 all valid `.macro' statements:
3863 Begin the definition of a macro called `comm', which takes no
3866 `.macro plus1 p, p1'
3868 Either statement begins the definition of a macro called
3869 `plus1', which takes two arguments; within the macro
3870 definition, write `\p' or `\p1' to evaluate the arguments.
3872 `.macro reserve_str p1=0 p2'
3873 Begin the definition of a macro called `reserve_str', with two
3874 arguments. The first argument has a default value, but not
3875 the second. After the definition is complete, you can call
3876 the macro either as `reserve_str A,B' (with `\p1' evaluating
3877 to A and `\p2' evaluating to B), or as `reserve_str ,B' (with
3878 `\p1' evaluating as the default, in this case `0', and `\p2'
3881 `.macro m p1:req, p2=0, p3:vararg'
3882 Begin the definition of a macro called `m', with at least three
3883 arguments. The first argument must always have a value specified,
3884 but not the second, which instead has a default value. The third
3885 formal will get assigned all remaining arguments specified at
3888 When you call a macro, you can specify the argument values either
3889 by position, or by keyword. For example, `sum 9,17' is equivalent
3890 to `sum to=17, from=9'.
3892 Note that since each of the MACARGS can be an identifier exactly
3893 as any other one permitted by the target architecture, there may be
3894 occasional problems if the target hand-crafts special meanings to
3895 certain characters when they occur in a special position. For
3896 example, if colon (`:') is generally permitted to be part of a
3897 symbol name, but the architecture specific code special-cases it
3898 when occuring as the final character of a symbol (to denote a
3899 label), then the macro parameter replacement code will have no way
3900 of knowing that and consider the whole construct (including the
3901 colon) an identifier, and check only this identifier for being the
3902 subject to parameter substitution. In this example, besides the
3903 potential of just separating identifier and colon by white space,
3904 using alternate macro syntax (*Note Altmacro::.) and ampersand
3905 (`&') as the character to separate literal text from macro
3906 parameters (or macro parameters from one another) would provide a
3907 way to achieve the same effect:
3914 This applies identically to the identifiers used in `.irp' (*Note
3915 Irp::.) and `.irpc' (*Note Irpc::.).
3918 Mark the end of a macro definition.
3921 Exit early from the current macro definition.
3924 `as' maintains a counter of how many macros it has executed in
3925 this pseudo-variable; you can copy that number to your output with
3926 `\@', but _only within a macro definition_.
3928 `LOCAL NAME [ , ... ]'
3929 _Warning: `LOCAL' is only available if you select "alternate macro
3930 syntax" with `--alternate' or `.altmacro'._ *Note `.altmacro':
3934 File: as.info, Node: Altmacro, Next: Ascii, Prev: Align, Up: Pseudo Ops
3939 Enable alternate macro mode, enabling:
3941 `LOCAL NAME [ , ... ]'
3942 One additional directive, `LOCAL', is available. It is used to
3943 generate a string replacement for each of the NAME arguments, and
3944 replace any instances of NAME in each macro expansion. The
3945 replacement string is unique in the assembly, and different for
3946 each separate macro expansion. `LOCAL' allows you to write macros
3947 that define symbols, without fear of conflict between separate
3951 You can write strings delimited in these other ways besides
3955 You can delimit strings with single-quote charaters.
3958 You can delimit strings with matching angle brackets.
3960 `single-character string escape'
3961 To include any single character literally in a string (even if the
3962 character would otherwise have some special meaning), you can
3963 prefix the character with `!' (an exclamation mark). For example,
3964 you can write `<4.3 !> 5.4!!>' to get the literal text `4.3 >
3967 `Expression results as strings'
3968 You can write `%EXPR' to evaluate the expression EXPR and use the
3972 File: as.info, Node: Noaltmacro, Next: Nolist, Prev: MRI, Up: Pseudo Ops
3977 Disable alternate macro mode. *Note Altmacro::
3980 File: as.info, Node: Nolist, Next: Octa, Prev: Noaltmacro, Up: Pseudo Ops
3985 Control (in conjunction with the `.list' directive) whether or not
3986 assembly listings are generated. These two directives maintain an
3987 internal counter (which is zero initially). `.list' increments the
3988 counter, and `.nolist' decrements it. Assembly listings are generated
3989 whenever the counter is greater than zero.
3992 File: as.info, Node: Octa, Next: Org, Prev: Nolist, Up: Pseudo Ops
3994 7.70 `.octa BIGNUMS'
3995 ====================
3997 This directive expects zero or more bignums, separated by commas. For
3998 each bignum, it emits a 16-byte integer.
4000 The term "octa" comes from contexts in which a "word" is two bytes;
4001 hence _octa_-word for 16 bytes.
4004 File: as.info, Node: Org, Next: P2align, Prev: Octa, Up: Pseudo Ops
4006 7.71 `.org NEW-LC , FILL'
4007 =========================
4009 Advance the location counter of the current section to NEW-LC. NEW-LC
4010 is either an absolute expression or an expression with the same section
4011 as the current subsection. That is, you can't use `.org' to cross
4012 sections: if NEW-LC has the wrong section, the `.org' directive is
4013 ignored. To be compatible with former assemblers, if the section of
4014 NEW-LC is absolute, `as' issues a warning, then pretends the section of
4015 NEW-LC is the same as the current subsection.
4017 `.org' may only increase the location counter, or leave it
4018 unchanged; you cannot use `.org' to move the location counter backwards.
4020 Because `as' tries to assemble programs in one pass, NEW-LC may not
4021 be undefined. If you really detest this restriction we eagerly await a
4022 chance to share your improved assembler.
4024 Beware that the origin is relative to the start of the section, not
4025 to the start of the subsection. This is compatible with other people's
4028 When the location counter (of the current subsection) is advanced,
4029 the intervening bytes are filled with FILL which should be an absolute
4030 expression. If the comma and FILL are omitted, FILL defaults to zero.
4033 File: as.info, Node: P2align, Next: PopSection, Prev: Org, Up: Pseudo Ops
4035 7.72 `.p2align[wl] ABS-EXPR, ABS-EXPR, ABS-EXPR'
4036 ================================================
4038 Pad the location counter (in the current subsection) to a particular
4039 storage boundary. The first expression (which must be absolute) is the
4040 number of low-order zero bits the location counter must have after
4041 advancement. For example `.p2align 3' advances the location counter
4042 until it a multiple of 8. If the location counter is already a
4043 multiple of 8, no change is needed.
4045 The second expression (also absolute) gives the fill value to be
4046 stored in the padding bytes. It (and the comma) may be omitted. If it
4047 is omitted, the padding bytes are normally zero. However, on some
4048 systems, if the section is marked as containing code and the fill value
4049 is omitted, the space is filled with no-op instructions.
4051 The third expression is also absolute, and is also optional. If it
4052 is present, it is the maximum number of bytes that should be skipped by
4053 this alignment directive. If doing the alignment would require
4054 skipping more bytes than the specified maximum, then the alignment is
4055 not done at all. You can omit the fill value (the second argument)
4056 entirely by simply using two commas after the required alignment; this
4057 can be useful if you want the alignment to be filled with no-op
4058 instructions when appropriate.
4060 The `.p2alignw' and `.p2alignl' directives are variants of the
4061 `.p2align' directive. The `.p2alignw' directive treats the fill
4062 pattern as a two byte word value. The `.p2alignl' directives treats the
4063 fill pattern as a four byte longword value. For example, `.p2alignw
4064 2,0x368d' will align to a multiple of 4. If it skips two bytes, they
4065 will be filled in with the value 0x368d (the exact placement of the
4066 bytes depends upon the endianness of the processor). If it skips 1 or
4067 3 bytes, the fill value is undefined.
4070 File: as.info, Node: Previous, Next: Print, Prev: PopSection, Up: Pseudo Ops
4075 This is one of the ELF section stack manipulation directives. The
4076 others are `.section' (*note Section::), `.subsection' (*note
4077 SubSection::), `.pushsection' (*note PushSection::), and `.popsection'
4078 (*note PopSection::).
4080 This directive swaps the current section (and subsection) with most
4081 recently referenced section (and subsection) prior to this one.
4082 Multiple `.previous' directives in a row will flip between two sections
4083 (and their subsections).
4085 In terms of the section stack, this directive swaps the current
4086 section with the top section on the section stack.
4089 File: as.info, Node: PopSection, Next: Previous, Prev: P2align, Up: Pseudo Ops
4094 This is one of the ELF section stack manipulation directives. The
4095 others are `.section' (*note Section::), `.subsection' (*note
4096 SubSection::), `.pushsection' (*note PushSection::), and `.previous'
4099 This directive replaces the current section (and subsection) with
4100 the top section (and subsection) on the section stack. This section is
4101 popped off the stack.
4104 File: as.info, Node: Print, Next: Protected, Prev: Previous, Up: Pseudo Ops
4106 7.75 `.print STRING'
4107 ====================
4109 `as' will print STRING on the standard output during assembly. You
4110 must put STRING in double quotes.
4113 File: as.info, Node: Protected, Next: Psize, Prev: Print, Up: Pseudo Ops
4115 7.76 `.protected NAMES'
4116 =======================
4118 This is one of the ELF visibility directives. The other two are
4119 `.hidden' (*note Hidden::) and `.internal' (*note Internal::).
4121 This directive overrides the named symbols default visibility (which
4122 is set by their binding: local, global or weak). The directive sets
4123 the visibility to `protected' which means that any references to the
4124 symbols from within the components that defines them must be resolved
4125 to the definition in that component, even if a definition in another
4126 component would normally preempt this.
4129 File: as.info, Node: Psize, Next: Purgem, Prev: Protected, Up: Pseudo Ops
4131 7.77 `.psize LINES , COLUMNS'
4132 =============================
4134 Use this directive to declare the number of lines--and, optionally, the
4135 number of columns--to use for each page, when generating listings.
4137 If you do not use `.psize', listings use a default line-count of 60.
4138 You may omit the comma and COLUMNS specification; the default width is
4141 `as' generates formfeeds whenever the specified number of lines is
4142 exceeded (or whenever you explicitly request one, using `.eject').
4144 If you specify LINES as `0', no formfeeds are generated save those
4145 explicitly specified with `.eject'.
4148 File: as.info, Node: Purgem, Next: PushSection, Prev: Psize, Up: Pseudo Ops
4153 Undefine the macro NAME, so that later uses of the string will not be
4154 expanded. *Note Macro::.
4157 File: as.info, Node: PushSection, Next: Quad, Prev: Purgem, Up: Pseudo Ops
4159 7.79 `.pushsection NAME , SUBSECTION'
4160 =====================================
4162 This is one of the ELF section stack manipulation directives. The
4163 others are `.section' (*note Section::), `.subsection' (*note
4164 SubSection::), `.popsection' (*note PopSection::), and `.previous'
4167 This directive pushes the current section (and subsection) onto the
4168 top of the section stack, and then replaces the current section and
4169 subsection with `name' and `subsection'.
4172 File: as.info, Node: Quad, Next: Rept, Prev: PushSection, Up: Pseudo Ops
4174 7.80 `.quad BIGNUMS'
4175 ====================
4177 `.quad' expects zero or more bignums, separated by commas. For each
4178 bignum, it emits an 8-byte integer. If the bignum won't fit in 8
4179 bytes, it prints a warning message; and just takes the lowest order 8
4180 bytes of the bignum.
4182 The term "quad" comes from contexts in which a "word" is two bytes;
4183 hence _quad_-word for 8 bytes.
4186 File: as.info, Node: Rept, Next: Sbttl, Prev: Quad, Up: Pseudo Ops
4191 Repeat the sequence of lines between the `.rept' directive and the next
4192 `.endr' directive COUNT times.
4194 For example, assembling
4200 is equivalent to assembling
4207 File: as.info, Node: Sbttl, Next: Scl, Prev: Rept, Up: Pseudo Ops
4209 7.82 `.sbttl "SUBHEADING"'
4210 ==========================
4212 Use SUBHEADING as the title (third line, immediately after the title
4213 line) when generating assembly listings.
4215 This directive affects subsequent pages, as well as the current page
4216 if it appears within ten lines of the top of a page.
4219 File: as.info, Node: Scl, Next: Section, Prev: Sbttl, Up: Pseudo Ops
4224 Set the storage-class value for a symbol. This directive may only be
4225 used inside a `.def'/`.endef' pair. Storage class may flag whether a
4226 symbol is static or external, or it may record further symbolic
4227 debugging information.
4230 File: as.info, Node: Section, Next: Set, Prev: Scl, Up: Pseudo Ops
4232 7.84 `.section NAME'
4233 ====================
4235 Use the `.section' directive to assemble the following code into a
4238 This directive is only supported for targets that actually support
4239 arbitrarily named sections; on `a.out' targets, for example, it is not
4240 accepted, even with a standard `a.out' section name.
4245 For COFF targets, the `.section' directive is used in one of the
4248 .section NAME[, "FLAGS"]
4249 .section NAME[, SUBSEGMENT]
4251 If the optional argument is quoted, it is taken as flags to use for
4252 the section. Each flag is a single character. The following flags are
4255 bss section (uninitialized data)
4258 section is not loaded
4273 shared section (meaningful for PE targets)
4276 ignored. (For compatibility with the ELF version)
4278 If no flags are specified, the default flags depend upon the section
4279 name. If the section name is not recognized, the default will be for
4280 the section to be loaded and writable. Note the `n' and `w' flags
4281 remove attributes from the section, rather than adding them, so if they
4282 are used on their own it will be as if no flags had been specified at
4285 If the optional argument to the `.section' directive is not quoted,
4286 it is taken as a subsegment number (*note Sub-Sections::).
4291 This is one of the ELF section stack manipulation directives. The
4292 others are `.subsection' (*note SubSection::), `.pushsection' (*note
4293 PushSection::), `.popsection' (*note PopSection::), and `.previous'
4296 For ELF targets, the `.section' directive is used like this:
4298 .section NAME [, "FLAGS"[, @TYPE[,FLAG_SPECIFIC_ARGUMENTS]]]
4300 The optional FLAGS argument is a quoted string which may contain any
4301 combination of the following characters:
4303 section is allocatable
4309 section is executable
4312 section is mergeable
4315 section contains zero terminated strings
4318 section is a member of a section group
4321 section is used for thread-local-storage
4323 The optional TYPE argument may contain one of the following
4326 section contains data
4329 section does not contain data (i.e., section only occupies space)
4332 section contains data which is used by things other than the
4336 section contains an array of pointers to init functions
4339 section contains an array of pointers to finish functions
4342 section contains an array of pointers to pre-init functions
4344 Many targets only support the first three section types.
4346 Note on targets where the `@' character is the start of a comment (eg
4347 ARM) then another character is used instead. For example the ARM port
4348 uses the `%' character.
4350 If FLAGS contains the `M' symbol then the TYPE argument must be
4351 specified as well as an extra argument - ENTSIZE - like this:
4353 .section NAME , "FLAGS"M, @TYPE, ENTSIZE
4355 Sections with the `M' flag but not `S' flag must contain fixed size
4356 constants, each ENTSIZE octets long. Sections with both `M' and `S'
4357 must contain zero terminated strings where each character is ENTSIZE
4358 bytes long. The linker may remove duplicates within sections with the
4359 same name, same entity size and same flags. ENTSIZE must be an
4360 absolute expression.
4362 If FLAGS contains the `G' symbol then the TYPE argument must be
4363 present along with an additional field like this:
4365 .section NAME , "FLAGS"G, @TYPE, GROUPNAME[, LINKAGE]
4367 The GROUPNAME field specifies the name of the section group to which
4368 this particular section belongs. The optional linkage field can
4371 indicates that only one copy of this section should be retained
4376 Note - if both the M and G flags are present then the fields for the
4377 Merge flag should come first, like this:
4379 .section NAME , "FLAGS"MG, @TYPE, ENTSIZE, GROUPNAME[, LINKAGE]
4381 If no flags are specified, the default flags depend upon the section
4382 name. If the section name is not recognized, the default will be for
4383 the section to have none of the above flags: it will not be allocated
4384 in memory, nor writable, nor executable. The section will contain data.
4386 For ELF targets, the assembler supports another type of `.section'
4387 directive for compatibility with the Solaris assembler:
4389 .section "NAME"[, FLAGS...]
4391 Note that the section name is quoted. There may be a sequence of
4392 comma separated flags:
4394 section is allocatable
4400 section is executable
4403 section is used for thread local storage
4405 This directive replaces the current section and subsection. See the
4406 contents of the gas testsuite directory `gas/testsuite/gas/elf' for
4407 some examples of how this directive and the other section stack
4411 File: as.info, Node: Set, Next: Short, Prev: Section, Up: Pseudo Ops
4413 7.85 `.set SYMBOL, EXPRESSION'
4414 ==============================
4416 Set the value of SYMBOL to EXPRESSION. This changes SYMBOL's value and
4417 type to conform to EXPRESSION. If SYMBOL was flagged as external, it
4418 remains flagged (*note Symbol Attributes::).
4420 You may `.set' a symbol many times in the same assembly.
4422 If you `.set' a global symbol, the value stored in the object file
4423 is the last value stored into it.
4425 The syntax for `set' on the HPPA is `SYMBOL .set EXPRESSION'.
4427 On Z80 `set' is a real instruction, use `SYMBOL defl EXPRESSION'
4431 File: as.info, Node: Short, Next: Single, Prev: Set, Up: Pseudo Ops
4433 7.86 `.short EXPRESSIONS'
4434 =========================
4436 `.short' is normally the same as `.word'. *Note `.word': Word.
4438 In some configurations, however, `.short' and `.word' generate
4439 numbers of different lengths; *note Machine Dependencies::.
4442 File: as.info, Node: Single, Next: Size, Prev: Short, Up: Pseudo Ops
4444 7.87 `.single FLONUMS'
4445 ======================
4447 This directive assembles zero or more flonums, separated by commas. It
4448 has the same effect as `.float'. The exact kind of floating point
4449 numbers emitted depends on how `as' is configured. *Note Machine
4453 File: as.info, Node: Size, Next: Skip, Prev: Single, Up: Pseudo Ops
4458 This directive is used to set the size associated with a symbol.
4463 For COFF targets, the `.size' directive is only permitted inside
4464 `.def'/`.endef' pairs. It is used like this:
4471 For ELF targets, the `.size' directive is used like this:
4473 .size NAME , EXPRESSION
4475 This directive sets the size associated with a symbol NAME. The
4476 size in bytes is computed from EXPRESSION which can make use of label
4477 arithmetic. This directive is typically used to set the size of
4481 File: as.info, Node: Sleb128, Next: Space, Prev: Skip, Up: Pseudo Ops
4483 7.89 `.sleb128 EXPRESSIONS'
4484 ===========================
4486 SLEB128 stands for "signed little endian base 128." This is a compact,
4487 variable length representation of numbers used by the DWARF symbolic
4488 debugging format. *Note `.uleb128': Uleb128.
4491 File: as.info, Node: Skip, Next: Sleb128, Prev: Size, Up: Pseudo Ops
4493 7.90 `.skip SIZE , FILL'
4494 ========================
4496 This directive emits SIZE bytes, each of value FILL. Both SIZE and
4497 FILL are absolute expressions. If the comma and FILL are omitted, FILL
4498 is assumed to be zero. This is the same as `.space'.
4501 File: as.info, Node: Space, Next: Stab, Prev: Sleb128, Up: Pseudo Ops
4503 7.91 `.space SIZE , FILL'
4504 =========================
4506 This directive emits SIZE bytes, each of value FILL. Both SIZE and
4507 FILL are absolute expressions. If the comma and FILL are omitted, FILL
4508 is assumed to be zero. This is the same as `.skip'.
4510 _Warning:_ `.space' has a completely different meaning for HPPA
4511 targets; use `.block' as a substitute. See `HP9000 Series 800
4512 Assembly Language Reference Manual' (HP 92432-90001) for the
4513 meaning of the `.space' directive. *Note HPPA Assembler
4514 Directives: HPPA Directives, for a summary.
4517 File: as.info, Node: Stab, Next: String, Prev: Space, Up: Pseudo Ops
4519 7.92 `.stabd, .stabn, .stabs'
4520 =============================
4522 There are three directives that begin `.stab'. All emit symbols (*note
4523 Symbols::), for use by symbolic debuggers. The symbols are not entered
4524 in the `as' hash table: they cannot be referenced elsewhere in the
4525 source file. Up to five fields are required:
4528 This is the symbol's name. It may contain any character except
4529 `\000', so is more general than ordinary symbol names. Some
4530 debuggers used to code arbitrarily complex structures into symbol
4531 names using this field.
4534 An absolute expression. The symbol's type is set to the low 8
4535 bits of this expression. Any bit pattern is permitted, but `ld'
4536 and debuggers choke on silly bit patterns.
4539 An absolute expression. The symbol's "other" attribute is set to
4540 the low 8 bits of this expression.
4543 An absolute expression. The symbol's descriptor is set to the low
4544 16 bits of this expression.
4547 An absolute expression which becomes the symbol's value.
4549 If a warning is detected while reading a `.stabd', `.stabn', or
4550 `.stabs' statement, the symbol has probably already been created; you
4551 get a half-formed symbol in your object file. This is compatible with
4554 `.stabd TYPE , OTHER , DESC'
4555 The "name" of the symbol generated is not even an empty string.
4556 It is a null pointer, for compatibility. Older assemblers used a
4557 null pointer so they didn't waste space in object files with empty
4560 The symbol's value is set to the location counter, relocatably.
4561 When your program is linked, the value of this symbol is the
4562 address of the location counter when the `.stabd' was assembled.
4564 `.stabn TYPE , OTHER , DESC , VALUE'
4565 The name of the symbol is set to the empty string `""'.
4567 `.stabs STRING , TYPE , OTHER , DESC , VALUE'
4568 All five fields are specified.
4571 File: as.info, Node: String, Next: Struct, Prev: Stab, Up: Pseudo Ops
4573 7.93 `.string' "STR"
4574 ====================
4576 Copy the characters in STR to the object file. You may specify more
4577 than one string to copy, separated by commas. Unless otherwise
4578 specified for a particular machine, the assembler marks the end of each
4579 string with a 0 byte. You can use any of the escape sequences
4580 described in *Note Strings: Strings.
4583 File: as.info, Node: Struct, Next: SubSection, Prev: String, Up: Pseudo Ops
4585 7.94 `.struct EXPRESSION'
4586 =========================
4588 Switch to the absolute section, and set the section offset to
4589 EXPRESSION, which must be an absolute expression. You might use this
4597 This would define the symbol `field1' to have the value 0, the symbol
4598 `field2' to have the value 4, and the symbol `field3' to have the value
4599 8. Assembly would be left in the absolute section, and you would need
4600 to use a `.section' directive of some sort to change to some other
4601 section before further assembly.
4604 File: as.info, Node: SubSection, Next: Symver, Prev: Struct, Up: Pseudo Ops
4606 7.95 `.subsection NAME'
4607 =======================
4609 This is one of the ELF section stack manipulation directives. The
4610 others are `.section' (*note Section::), `.pushsection' (*note
4611 PushSection::), `.popsection' (*note PopSection::), and `.previous'
4614 This directive replaces the current subsection with `name'. The
4615 current section is not changed. The replaced subsection is put onto
4616 the section stack in place of the then current top of stack subsection.
4619 File: as.info, Node: Symver, Next: Tag, Prev: SubSection, Up: Pseudo Ops
4624 Use the `.symver' directive to bind symbols to specific version nodes
4625 within a source file. This is only supported on ELF platforms, and is
4626 typically used when assembling files to be linked into a shared library.
4627 There are cases where it may make sense to use this in objects to be
4628 bound into an application itself so as to override a versioned symbol
4629 from a shared library.
4631 For ELF targets, the `.symver' directive can be used like this:
4632 .symver NAME, NAME2@NODENAME
4633 If the symbol NAME is defined within the file being assembled, the
4634 `.symver' directive effectively creates a symbol alias with the name
4635 NAME2@NODENAME, and in fact the main reason that we just don't try and
4636 create a regular alias is that the @ character isn't permitted in
4637 symbol names. The NAME2 part of the name is the actual name of the
4638 symbol by which it will be externally referenced. The name NAME itself
4639 is merely a name of convenience that is used so that it is possible to
4640 have definitions for multiple versions of a function within a single
4641 source file, and so that the compiler can unambiguously know which
4642 version of a function is being mentioned. The NODENAME portion of the
4643 alias should be the name of a node specified in the version script
4644 supplied to the linker when building a shared library. If you are
4645 attempting to override a versioned symbol from a shared library, then
4646 NODENAME should correspond to the nodename of the symbol you are trying
4649 If the symbol NAME is not defined within the file being assembled,
4650 all references to NAME will be changed to NAME2@NODENAME. If no
4651 reference to NAME is made, NAME2@NODENAME will be removed from the
4654 Another usage of the `.symver' directive is:
4655 .symver NAME, NAME2@@NODENAME
4656 In this case, the symbol NAME must exist and be defined within the
4657 file being assembled. It is similar to NAME2@NODENAME. The difference
4658 is NAME2@@NODENAME will also be used to resolve references to NAME2 by
4661 The third usage of the `.symver' directive is:
4662 .symver NAME, NAME2@@@NODENAME
4663 When NAME is not defined within the file being assembled, it is
4664 treated as NAME2@NODENAME. When NAME is defined within the file being
4665 assembled, the symbol name, NAME, will be changed to NAME2@@NODENAME.
4668 File: as.info, Node: Tag, Next: Text, Prev: Symver, Up: Pseudo Ops
4670 7.97 `.tag STRUCTNAME'
4671 ======================
4673 This directive is generated by compilers to include auxiliary debugging
4674 information in the symbol table. It is only permitted inside
4675 `.def'/`.endef' pairs. Tags are used to link structure definitions in
4676 the symbol table with instances of those structures.
4679 File: as.info, Node: Text, Next: Title, Prev: Tag, Up: Pseudo Ops
4681 7.98 `.text SUBSECTION'
4682 =======================
4684 Tells `as' to assemble the following statements onto the end of the
4685 text subsection numbered SUBSECTION, which is an absolute expression.
4686 If SUBSECTION is omitted, subsection number zero is used.
4689 File: as.info, Node: Title, Next: Type, Prev: Text, Up: Pseudo Ops
4691 7.99 `.title "HEADING"'
4692 =======================
4694 Use HEADING as the title (second line, immediately after the source
4695 file name and pagenumber) when generating assembly listings.
4697 This directive affects subsequent pages, as well as the current page
4698 if it appears within ten lines of the top of a page.
4701 File: as.info, Node: Type, Next: Uleb128, Prev: Title, Up: Pseudo Ops
4706 This directive is used to set the type of a symbol.
4711 For COFF targets, this directive is permitted only within
4712 `.def'/`.endef' pairs. It is used like this:
4716 This records the integer INT as the type attribute of a symbol table
4722 For ELF targets, the `.type' directive is used like this:
4724 .type NAME , TYPE DESCRIPTION
4726 This sets the type of symbol NAME to be either a function symbol or
4727 an object symbol. There are five different syntaxes supported for the
4728 TYPE DESCRIPTION field, in order to provide compatibility with various
4729 other assemblers. The syntaxes supported are:
4731 .type <name>,#function
4732 .type <name>,#object
4734 .type <name>,@function
4735 .type <name>,@object
4737 .type <name>,%function
4738 .type <name>,%object
4740 .type <name>,"function"
4741 .type <name>,"object"
4743 .type <name> STT_FUNCTION
4744 .type <name> STT_OBJECT
4747 File: as.info, Node: Uleb128, Next: Val, Prev: Type, Up: Pseudo Ops
4749 7.101 `.uleb128 EXPRESSIONS'
4750 ============================
4752 ULEB128 stands for "unsigned little endian base 128." This is a
4753 compact, variable length representation of numbers used by the DWARF
4754 symbolic debugging format. *Note `.sleb128': Sleb128.
4757 File: as.info, Node: Val, Next: Version, Prev: Uleb128, Up: Pseudo Ops
4762 This directive, permitted only within `.def'/`.endef' pairs, records
4763 the address ADDR as the value attribute of a symbol table entry.
4766 File: as.info, Node: Version, Next: VTableEntry, Prev: Val, Up: Pseudo Ops
4768 7.103 `.version "STRING"'
4769 =========================
4771 This directive creates a `.note' section and places into it an ELF
4772 formatted note of type NT_VERSION. The note's name is set to `string'.
4775 File: as.info, Node: VTableEntry, Next: VTableInherit, Prev: Version, Up: Pseudo Ops
4777 7.104 `.vtable_entry TABLE, OFFSET'
4778 ===================================
4780 This directive finds or creates a symbol `table' and creates a
4781 `VTABLE_ENTRY' relocation for it with an addend of `offset'.
4784 File: as.info, Node: VTableInherit, Next: Warning, Prev: VTableEntry, Up: Pseudo Ops
4786 7.105 `.vtable_inherit CHILD, PARENT'
4787 =====================================
4789 This directive finds the symbol `child' and finds or creates the symbol
4790 `parent' and then creates a `VTABLE_INHERIT' relocation for the parent
4791 whose addend is the value of the child symbol. As a special case the
4792 parent name of `0' is treated as refering the `*ABS*' section.
4795 File: as.info, Node: Warning, Next: Weak, Prev: VTableInherit, Up: Pseudo Ops
4797 7.106 `.warning "STRING"'
4798 =========================
4800 Similar to the directive `.error' (*note `.error "STRING"': Error.),
4801 but just emits a warning.
4804 File: as.info, Node: Weak, Next: Weakref, Prev: Warning, Up: Pseudo Ops
4809 This directive sets the weak attribute on the comma separated list of
4810 symbol `names'. If the symbols do not already exist, they will be
4813 On COFF targets other than PE, weak symbols are a GNU extension.
4814 This directive sets the weak attribute on the comma separated list of
4815 symbol `names'. If the symbols do not already exist, they will be
4818 On the PE target, weak symbols are supported natively as weak
4819 aliases. When a weak symbol is created that is not an alias, GAS
4820 creates an alternate symbol to hold the default value.
4823 File: as.info, Node: Weakref, Next: Word, Prev: Weak, Up: Pseudo Ops
4825 7.108 `.weakref ALIAS, TARGET'
4826 ==============================
4828 This directive creates an alias to the target symbol that enables the
4829 symbol to be referenced with weak-symbol semantics, but without
4830 actually making it weak. If direct references or definitions of the
4831 symbol are present, then the symbol will not be weak, but if all
4832 references to it are through weak references, the symbol will be marked
4833 as weak in the symbol table.
4835 The effect is equivalent to moving all references to the alias to a
4836 separate assembly source file, renaming the alias to the symbol in it,
4837 declaring the symbol as weak there, and running a reloadable link to
4838 merge the object files resulting from the assembly of the new source
4839 file and the old source file that had the references to the alias
4842 The alias itself never makes to the symbol table, and is entirely
4843 handled within the assembler.
4846 File: as.info, Node: Word, Next: Deprecated, Prev: Weakref, Up: Pseudo Ops
4848 7.109 `.word EXPRESSIONS'
4849 =========================
4851 This directive expects zero or more EXPRESSIONS, of any section,
4852 separated by commas.
4854 The size of the number emitted, and its byte order, depend on what
4855 target computer the assembly is for.
4857 _Warning: Special Treatment to support Compilers_
4859 Machines with a 32-bit address space, but that do less than 32-bit
4860 addressing, require the following special treatment. If the machine of
4861 interest to you does 32-bit addressing (or doesn't require it; *note
4862 Machine Dependencies::), you can ignore this issue.
4864 In order to assemble compiler output into something that works, `as'
4865 occasionally does strange things to `.word' directives. Directives of
4866 the form `.word sym1-sym2' are often emitted by compilers as part of
4867 jump tables. Therefore, when `as' assembles a directive of the form
4868 `.word sym1-sym2', and the difference between `sym1' and `sym2' does
4869 not fit in 16 bits, `as' creates a "secondary jump table", immediately
4870 before the next label. This secondary jump table is preceded by a
4871 short-jump to the first byte after the secondary table. This
4872 short-jump prevents the flow of control from accidentally falling into
4873 the new table. Inside the table is a long-jump to `sym2'. The
4874 original `.word' contains `sym1' minus the address of the long-jump to
4877 If there were several occurrences of `.word sym1-sym2' before the
4878 secondary jump table, all of them are adjusted. If there was a `.word
4879 sym3-sym4', that also did not fit in sixteen bits, a long-jump to
4880 `sym4' is included in the secondary jump table, and the `.word'
4881 directives are adjusted to contain `sym3' minus the address of the
4882 long-jump to `sym4'; and so on, for as many entries in the original
4883 jump table as necessary.
4886 File: as.info, Node: Deprecated, Prev: Word, Up: Pseudo Ops
4888 7.110 Deprecated Directives
4889 ===========================
4891 One day these directives won't work. They are included for
4892 compatibility with older assemblers.
4898 File: as.info, Node: Machine Dependencies, Next: Reporting Bugs, Prev: Pseudo Ops, Up: Top
4900 8 Machine Dependent Features
4901 ****************************
4903 The machine instruction sets are (almost by definition) different on
4904 each machine where `as' runs. Floating point representations vary as
4905 well, and `as' often supports a few additional directives or
4906 command-line options for compatibility with other assemblers on a
4907 particular platform. Finally, some versions of `as' support special
4908 pseudo-instructions for branch optimization.
4910 This chapter discusses most of these differences, though it does not
4911 include details on any machine's instruction set. For details on that
4912 subject, see the hardware manufacturer's manual.
4917 * Alpha-Dependent:: Alpha Dependent Features
4919 * ARC-Dependent:: ARC Dependent Features
4921 * ARM-Dependent:: ARM Dependent Features
4923 * BFIN-Dependent:: BFIN Dependent Features
4925 * CRIS-Dependent:: CRIS Dependent Features
4927 * D10V-Dependent:: D10V Dependent Features
4929 * D30V-Dependent:: D30V Dependent Features
4931 * H8/300-Dependent:: Renesas H8/300 Dependent Features
4933 * HPPA-Dependent:: HPPA Dependent Features
4935 * ESA/390-Dependent:: IBM ESA/390 Dependent Features
4937 * i386-Dependent:: Intel 80386 and AMD x86-64 Dependent Features
4939 * i860-Dependent:: Intel 80860 Dependent Features
4941 * i960-Dependent:: Intel 80960 Dependent Features
4943 * IA-64-Dependent:: Intel IA-64 Dependent Features
4945 * IP2K-Dependent:: IP2K Dependent Features
4947 * M32C-Dependent:: M32C Dependent Features
4949 * M32R-Dependent:: M32R Dependent Features
4951 * M68K-Dependent:: M680x0 Dependent Features
4953 * M68HC11-Dependent:: M68HC11 and 68HC12 Dependent Features
4955 * MIPS-Dependent:: MIPS Dependent Features
4957 * MMIX-Dependent:: MMIX Dependent Features
4959 * MSP430-Dependent:: MSP430 Dependent Features
4961 * SH-Dependent:: Renesas / SuperH SH Dependent Features
4962 * SH64-Dependent:: SuperH SH64 Dependent Features
4964 * PDP-11-Dependent:: PDP-11 Dependent Features
4966 * PJ-Dependent:: picoJava Dependent Features
4968 * PPC-Dependent:: PowerPC Dependent Features
4970 * Sparc-Dependent:: SPARC Dependent Features
4972 * TIC54X-Dependent:: TI TMS320C54x Dependent Features
4974 * V850-Dependent:: V850 Dependent Features
4976 * Xtensa-Dependent:: Xtensa Dependent Features
4978 * Z80-Dependent:: Z80 Dependent Features
4980 * Z8000-Dependent:: Z8000 Dependent Features
4982 * Vax-Dependent:: VAX Dependent Features
4985 File: as.info, Node: Alpha-Dependent, Next: ARC-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
4987 8.1 Alpha Dependent Features
4988 ============================
4992 * Alpha Notes:: Notes
4993 * Alpha Options:: Options
4994 * Alpha Syntax:: Syntax
4995 * Alpha Floating Point:: Floating Point
4996 * Alpha Directives:: Alpha Machine Directives
4997 * Alpha Opcodes:: Opcodes
5000 File: as.info, Node: Alpha Notes, Next: Alpha Options, Up: Alpha-Dependent
5005 The documentation here is primarily for the ELF object format. `as'
5006 also supports the ECOFF and EVAX formats, but features specific to
5007 these formats are not yet documented.
5010 File: as.info, Node: Alpha Options, Next: Alpha Syntax, Prev: Alpha Notes, Up: Alpha-Dependent
5016 This option specifies the target processor. If an attempt is made
5017 to assemble an instruction which will not execute on the target
5018 processor, the assembler may either expand the instruction as a
5019 macro or issue an error message. This option is equivalent to the
5022 The following processor names are recognized: `21064', `21064a',
5023 `21066', `21068', `21164', `21164a', `21164pc', `21264', `21264a',
5024 `21264b', `ev4', `ev5', `lca45', `ev5', `ev56', `pca56', `ev6',
5025 `ev67', `ev68'. The special name `all' may be used to allow the
5026 assembler to accept instructions valid for any Alpha processor.
5028 In order to support existing practice in OSF/1 with respect to
5029 `.arch', and existing practice within `MILO' (the Linux ARC
5030 bootloader), the numbered processor names (e.g. 21064) enable the
5031 processor-specific PALcode instructions, while the
5032 "electro-vlasic" names (e.g. `ev4') do not.
5036 Enables or disables the generation of `.mdebug' encapsulation for
5037 stabs directives and procedure descriptors. The default is to
5038 automatically enable `.mdebug' when the first stabs directive is
5042 This option forces all relocations to be put into the object file,
5043 instead of saving space and resolving some relocations at assembly
5044 time. Note that this option does not propagate all symbol
5045 arithmetic into the object file, because not all symbol arithmetic
5046 can be represented. However, the option can still be useful in
5047 specific applications.
5050 This option is used when the compiler generates debug information.
5051 When `gcc' is using `mips-tfile' to generate debug information
5052 for ECOFF, local labels must be passed through to the object file.
5053 Otherwise this option has no effect.
5056 A local common symbol larger than SIZE is placed in `.bss', while
5057 smaller symbols are placed in `.sbss'.
5061 These options are ignored for backward compatibility.
5064 File: as.info, Node: Alpha Syntax, Next: Alpha Floating Point, Prev: Alpha Options, Up: Alpha-Dependent
5069 The assembler syntax closely follow the Alpha Reference Manual;
5070 assembler directives and general syntax closely follow the OSF/1 and
5071 OpenVMS syntax, with a few differences for ELF.
5075 * Alpha-Chars:: Special Characters
5076 * Alpha-Regs:: Register Names
5077 * Alpha-Relocs:: Relocations
5080 File: as.info, Node: Alpha-Chars, Next: Alpha-Regs, Up: Alpha Syntax
5082 8.1.3.1 Special Characters
5083 ..........................
5085 `#' is the line comment character.
5087 `;' can be used instead of a newline to separate statements.
5090 File: as.info, Node: Alpha-Regs, Next: Alpha-Relocs, Prev: Alpha-Chars, Up: Alpha Syntax
5092 8.1.3.2 Register Names
5093 ......................
5095 The 32 integer registers are referred to as `$N' or `$rN'. In
5096 addition, registers 15, 28, 29, and 30 may be referred to by the
5097 symbols `$fp', `$at', `$gp', and `$sp' respectively.
5099 The 32 floating-point registers are referred to as `$fN'.
5102 File: as.info, Node: Alpha-Relocs, Prev: Alpha-Regs, Up: Alpha Syntax
5107 Some of these relocations are available for ECOFF, but mostly only for
5108 ELF. They are modeled after the relocation format introduced in
5109 Digital Unix 4.0, but there are additions.
5111 The format is `!TAG' or `!TAG!NUMBER' where TAG is the name of the
5112 relocation. In some cases NUMBER is used to relate specific
5115 The relocation is placed at the end of the instruction like so:
5117 ldah $0,a($29) !gprelhigh
5118 lda $0,a($0) !gprellow
5119 ldq $1,b($29) !literal!100
5120 ldl $2,0($1) !lituse_base!100
5124 Used with an `ldq' instruction to load the address of a symbol
5127 A sequence number N is optional, and if present is used to pair
5128 `lituse' relocations with this `literal' relocation. The `lituse'
5129 relocations are used by the linker to optimize the code based on
5130 the final location of the symbol.
5132 Note that these optimizations are dependent on the data flow of the
5133 program. Therefore, if _any_ `lituse' is paired with a `literal'
5134 relocation, then _all_ uses of the register set by the `literal'
5135 instruction must also be marked with `lituse' relocations. This
5136 is because the original `literal' instruction may be deleted or
5137 transformed into another instruction.
5139 Also note that there may be a one-to-many relationship between
5140 `literal' and `lituse', but not a many-to-one. That is, if there
5141 are two code paths that load up the same address and feed the
5142 value to a single use, then the use may not use a `lituse'
5146 Used with any memory format instruction (e.g. `ldl') to indicate
5147 that the literal is used for an address load. The offset field of
5148 the instruction must be zero. During relaxation, the code may be
5149 altered to use a gp-relative load.
5152 Used with a register branch format instruction (e.g. `jsr') to
5153 indicate that the literal is used for a call. During relaxation,
5154 the code may be altered to use a direct branch (e.g. `bsr').
5156 `!lituse_jsrdirect!N'
5157 Similar to `lituse_jsr', but also that this call cannot be vectored
5158 through a PLT entry. This is useful for functions with special
5159 calling conventions which do not allow the normal call-clobbered
5160 registers to be clobbered.
5163 Used with a byte mask instruction (e.g. `extbl') to indicate that
5164 only the low 3 bits of the address are relevant. During
5165 relaxation, the code may be altered to use an immediate instead of
5169 Used with any other instruction to indicate that the original
5170 address is in fact used, and the original `ldq' instruction may
5171 not be altered or deleted. This is useful in conjunction with
5172 `lituse_jsr' to test whether a weak symbol is defined.
5174 ldq $27,foo($29) !literal!1
5175 beq $27,is_undef !lituse_addr!1
5176 jsr $26,($27),foo !lituse_jsr!1
5179 Used with a register branch format instruction to indicate that the
5180 literal is the call to `__tls_get_addr' used to compute the
5181 address of the thread-local storage variable whose descriptor was
5182 loaded with `!tlsgd!N'.
5185 Used with a register branch format instruction to indicate that the
5186 literal is the call to `__tls_get_addr' used to compute the
5187 address of the base of the thread-local storage block for the
5188 current module. The descriptor for the module must have been
5189 loaded with `!tlsldm!N'.
5192 Used with `ldah' and `lda' to load the GP from the current
5193 address, a-la the `ldgp' macro. The source register for the
5194 `ldah' instruction must contain the address of the `ldah'
5195 instruction. There must be exactly one `lda' instruction paired
5196 with the `ldah' instruction, though it may appear anywhere in the
5197 instruction stream. The immediate operands must be zero.
5200 ldah $29,0($26) !gpdisp!1
5201 lda $29,0($29) !gpdisp!1
5204 Used with an `ldah' instruction to add the high 16 bits of a
5205 32-bit displacement from the GP.
5208 Used with any memory format instruction to add the low 16 bits of a
5209 32-bit displacement from the GP.
5212 Used with any memory format instruction to add a 16-bit
5213 displacement from the GP.
5216 Used with any branch format instruction to skip the GP load at the
5217 target address. The referenced symbol must have the same GP as the
5218 source object file, and it must be declared to either not use `$27'
5219 or perform a standard GP load in the first two instructions via the
5220 `.prologue' directive.
5224 Used with an `lda' instruction to load the address of a TLS
5225 descriptor for a symbol in the GOT.
5227 The sequence number N is optional, and if present it used to pair
5228 the descriptor load with both the `literal' loading the address of
5229 the `__tls_get_addr' function and the `lituse_tlsgd' marking the
5230 call to that function.
5232 For proper relaxation, both the `tlsgd', `literal' and `lituse'
5233 relocations must be in the same extended basic block. That is,
5234 the relocation with the lowest address must be executed first at
5239 Used with an `lda' instruction to load the address of a TLS
5240 descriptor for the current module in the GOT.
5242 Similar in other respects to `tlsgd'.
5245 Used with an `ldq' instruction to load the offset of the TLS
5246 symbol within its module's thread-local storage block. Also known
5247 as the dynamic thread pointer offset or dtp-relative offset.
5252 Like `gprel' relocations except they compute dtp-relative offsets.
5255 Used with an `ldq' instruction to load the offset of the TLS
5256 symbol from the thread pointer. Also known as the tp-relative
5262 Like `gprel' relocations except they compute tp-relative offsets.
5265 File: as.info, Node: Alpha Floating Point, Next: Alpha Directives, Prev: Alpha Syntax, Up: Alpha-Dependent
5267 8.1.4 Floating Point
5268 --------------------
5270 The Alpha family uses both IEEE and VAX floating-point numbers.
5273 File: as.info, Node: Alpha Directives, Next: Alpha Opcodes, Prev: Alpha Floating Point, Up: Alpha-Dependent
5275 8.1.5 Alpha Assembler Directives
5276 --------------------------------
5278 `as' for the Alpha supports many additional directives for
5279 compatibility with the native assembler. This section describes them
5282 These are the additional directives in `as' for the Alpha:
5285 Specifies the target processor. This is equivalent to the `-mCPU'
5286 command-line option. *Note Options: Alpha Options, for a list of
5289 `.ent FUNCTION[, N]'
5290 Mark the beginning of FUNCTION. An optional number may follow for
5291 compatibility with the OSF/1 assembler, but is ignored. When
5292 generating `.mdebug' information, this will create a procedure
5293 descriptor for the function. In ELF, it will mark the symbol as a
5294 function a-la the generic `.type' directive.
5297 Mark the end of FUNCTION. In ELF, it will set the size of the
5298 symbol a-la the generic `.size' directive.
5300 `.mask MASK, OFFSET'
5301 Indicate which of the integer registers are saved in the current
5302 function's stack frame. MASK is interpreted a bit mask in which
5303 bit N set indicates that register N is saved. The registers are
5304 saved in a block located OFFSET bytes from the "canonical frame
5305 address" (CFA) which is the value of the stack pointer on entry to
5306 the function. The registers are saved sequentially, except that
5307 the return address register (normally `$26') is saved first.
5309 This and the other directives that describe the stack frame are
5310 currently only used when generating `.mdebug' information. They
5311 may in the future be used to generate DWARF2 `.debug_frame' unwind
5312 information for hand written assembly.
5314 `.fmask MASK, OFFSET'
5315 Indicate which of the floating-point registers are saved in the
5316 current stack frame. The MASK and OFFSET parameters are
5317 interpreted as with `.mask'.
5319 `.frame FRAMEREG, FRAMEOFFSET, RETREG[, ARGOFFSET]'
5320 Describes the shape of the stack frame. The frame pointer in use
5321 is FRAMEREG; normally this is either `$fp' or `$sp'. The frame
5322 pointer is FRAMEOFFSET bytes below the CFA. The return address is
5323 initially located in RETREG until it is saved as indicated in
5324 `.mask'. For compatibility with OSF/1 an optional ARGOFFSET
5325 parameter is accepted and ignored. It is believed to indicate the
5326 offset from the CFA to the saved argument registers.
5329 Indicate that the stack frame is set up and all registers have been
5330 spilled. The argument N indicates whether and how the function
5331 uses the incoming "procedure vector" (the address of the called
5332 function) in `$27'. 0 indicates that `$27' is not used; 1
5333 indicates that the first two instructions of the function use `$27'
5334 to perform a load of the GP register; 2 indicates that `$27' is
5335 used in some non-standard way and so the linker cannot elide the
5336 load of the procedure vector during relaxation.
5338 `.usepv FUNCTION, WHICH'
5339 Used to indicate the use of the `$27' register, similar to
5340 `.prologue', but without the other semantics of needing to be
5341 inside an open `.ent'/`.end' block.
5343 The WHICH argument should be either `no', indicating that `$27' is
5344 not used, or `std', indicating that the first two instructions of
5345 the function perform a GP load.
5347 One might use this directive instead of `.prologue' if you are
5348 also using dwarf2 CFI directives.
5350 `.gprel32 EXPRESSION'
5351 Computes the difference between the address in EXPRESSION and the
5352 GP for the current object file, and stores it in 4 bytes. In
5353 addition to being smaller than a full 8 byte address, this also
5354 does not require a dynamic relocation when used in a shared
5357 `.t_floating EXPRESSION'
5358 Stores EXPRESSION as an IEEE double precision value.
5360 `.s_floating EXPRESSION'
5361 Stores EXPRESSION as an IEEE single precision value.
5363 `.f_floating EXPRESSION'
5364 Stores EXPRESSION as a VAX F format value.
5366 `.g_floating EXPRESSION'
5367 Stores EXPRESSION as a VAX G format value.
5369 `.d_floating EXPRESSION'
5370 Stores EXPRESSION as a VAX D format value.
5373 Enables or disables various assembler features. Using the positive
5374 name of the feature enables while using `noFEATURE' disables.
5377 Indicates that macro expansions may clobber the "assembler
5378 temporary" (`$at' or `$28') register. Some macros may not be
5379 expanded without this and will generate an error message if
5380 `noat' is in effect. When `at' is in effect, a warning will
5381 be generated if `$at' is used by the programmer.
5384 Enables the expansion of macro instructions. Note that
5385 variants of real instructions, such as `br label' vs `br
5386 $31,label' are considered alternate forms and not macros.
5391 These control whether and how the assembler may re-order
5392 instructions. Accepted for compatibility with the OSF/1
5393 assembler, but `as' does not do instruction scheduling, so
5394 these features are ignored.
5396 The following directives are recognized for compatibility with the
5397 OSF/1 assembler but are ignored.
5406 File: as.info, Node: Alpha Opcodes, Prev: Alpha Directives, Up: Alpha-Dependent
5411 For detailed information on the Alpha machine instruction set, see the
5412 Alpha Architecture Handbook
5413 (ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/alphaahb.pdf).
5416 File: as.info, Node: ARC-Dependent, Next: ARM-Dependent, Prev: Alpha-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
5418 8.2 ARC Dependent Features
5419 ==========================
5423 * ARC Options:: Options
5424 * ARC Syntax:: Syntax
5425 * ARC Floating Point:: Floating Point
5426 * ARC Directives:: ARC Machine Directives
5427 * ARC Opcodes:: Opcodes
5430 File: as.info, Node: ARC Options, Next: ARC Syntax, Up: ARC-Dependent
5436 This option selects the core processor variant. Using `-marc' is
5437 the same as `-marc6', which is also the default.
5440 Base instruction set.
5443 Jump-and-link (jl) instruction. No requirement of an
5444 instruction between setting flags and conditional jump. For
5451 Break (brk) and sleep (sleep) instructions.
5454 Software interrupt (swi) instruction.
5457 Note: the `.option' directive can to be used to select a core
5458 variant from within assembly code.
5461 This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
5462 should be marked as being encoded for a big-endian processor.
5465 This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
5466 should be marked as being encoded for a little-endian processor -
5467 this is the default.
5471 File: as.info, Node: ARC Syntax, Next: ARC Floating Point, Prev: ARC Options, Up: ARC-Dependent
5478 * ARC-Chars:: Special Characters
5479 * ARC-Regs:: Register Names
5482 File: as.info, Node: ARC-Chars, Next: ARC-Regs, Up: ARC Syntax
5484 8.2.2.1 Special Characters
5485 ..........................
5490 File: as.info, Node: ARC-Regs, Prev: ARC-Chars, Up: ARC Syntax
5492 8.2.2.2 Register Names
5493 ......................
5498 File: as.info, Node: ARC Floating Point, Next: ARC Directives, Prev: ARC Syntax, Up: ARC-Dependent
5500 8.2.3 Floating Point
5501 --------------------
5503 The ARC core does not currently have hardware floating point support.
5504 Software floating point support is provided by `GCC' and uses IEEE
5505 floating-point numbers.
5508 File: as.info, Node: ARC Directives, Next: ARC Opcodes, Prev: ARC Floating Point, Up: ARC-Dependent
5510 8.2.4 ARC Machine Directives
5511 ----------------------------
5513 The ARC version of `as' supports the following additional machine
5516 `.2byte EXPRESSIONS'
5519 `.3byte EXPRESSIONS'
5522 `.4byte EXPRESSIONS'
5525 `.extAuxRegister NAME,ADDRESS,MODE'
5526 The ARCtangent A4 has extensible auxiliary register space. The
5527 auxiliary registers can be defined in the assembler source code by
5528 using this directive. The first parameter is the NAME of the new
5529 auxiallry register. The second parameter is the ADDRESS of the
5530 register in the auxiliary register memory map for the variant of
5531 the ARC. The third parameter specifies the MODE in which the
5532 register can be operated is and it can be one of:
5538 `r|w (read or write)'
5542 .extAuxRegister mulhi,0x12,w
5544 This specifies an extension auxiliary register called _mulhi_
5545 which is at address 0x12 in the memory space and which is only
5548 `.extCondCode SUFFIX,VALUE'
5549 The condition codes on the ARCtangent A4 are extensible and can be
5550 specified by means of this assembler directive. They are specified
5551 by the suffix and the value for the condition code. They can be
5552 used to specify extra condition codes with any values. For
5555 .extCondCode is_busy,0x14
5557 add.is_busy r1,r2,r3
5560 `.extCoreRegister NAME,REGNUM,MODE,SHORTCUT'
5561 Specifies an extension core register NAME for the application.
5562 This allows a register NAME with a valid REGNUM between 0 and 60,
5563 with the following as valid values for MODE
5569 `_r|w_ (read or write)'
5571 The other parameter gives a description of the register having a
5572 SHORTCUT in the pipeline. The valid values are:
5580 .extCoreRegister mlo,57,r,can_shortcut
5582 This defines an extension core register mlo with the value 57 which
5583 can shortcut the pipeline.
5585 `.extInstruction NAME,OPCODE,SUBOPCODE,SUFFIXCLASS,SYNTAXCLASS'
5586 The ARCtangent A4 allows the user to specify extension
5587 instructions. The extension instructions are not macros. The
5588 assembler creates encodings for use of these instructions
5589 according to the specification by the user. The parameters are:
5592 Name of the extension instruction
5595 Opcode to be used. (Bits 27:31 in the encoding). Valid values
5599 Subopcode to be used. Valid values are from 0x09-0x3f.
5600 However the correct value also depends on SYNTAXCLASS
5603 Determines the kinds of suffixes to be allowed. Valid values
5604 are `SUFFIX_NONE', `SUFFIX_COND', `SUFFIX_FLAG' which
5605 indicates the absence or presence of conditional suffixes and
5606 flag setting by the extension instruction. It is also
5607 possible to specify that an instruction sets the flags and is
5608 conditional by using `SUFFIX_CODE' | `SUFFIX_FLAG'.
5611 Determines the syntax class for the instruction. It can have
5612 the following values:
5615 2 Operand Instruction
5618 3 Operand Instruction
5620 In addition there could be modifiers for the syntax class as
5623 Syntax Class Modifiers are:
5625 - `OP1_MUST_BE_IMM': Modifies syntax class SYNTAX_3OP,
5626 specifying that the first operand of a three-operand
5627 instruction must be an immediate (i.e. the result is
5628 discarded). OP1_MUST_BE_IMM is used by bitwise ORing it
5629 with SYNTAX_3OP as given in the example below. This
5630 could usually be used to set the flags using specific
5631 instructions and not retain results.
5633 - `OP1_IMM_IMPLIED': Modifies syntax class SYNTAX_20P, it
5634 specifies that there is an implied immediate destination
5635 operand which does not appear in the syntax. For
5636 example, if the source code contains an instruction like:
5640 it really means that the first argument is an implied
5641 immediate (that is, the result is discarded). This is
5642 the same as though the source code were: inst 0,r1,r2.
5643 You use OP1_IMM_IMPLIED by bitwise ORing it with
5647 For example, defining 64-bit multiplier with immediate operands:
5649 .extInstruction mp64,0x14,0x0,SUFFIX_COND | SUFFIX_FLAG ,
5650 SYNTAX_3OP|OP1_MUST_BE_IMM
5652 The above specifies an extension instruction called mp64 which has
5653 3 operands, sets the flags, can be used with a condition code, for
5654 which the first operand is an immediate. (Equivalent to
5655 discarding the result of the operation).
5657 .extInstruction mul64,0x14,0x00,SUFFIX_COND, SYNTAX_2OP|OP1_IMM_IMPLIED
5659 This describes a 2 operand instruction with an implicit first
5660 immediate operand. The result of this operation would be
5669 `.option ARC|ARC5|ARC6|ARC7|ARC8'
5670 The `.option' directive must be followed by the desired core
5671 version. Again `arc' is an alias for `arc6'.
5673 Note: the `.option' directive overrides the command line option
5674 `-marc'; a warning is emitted when the version is not consistent
5675 between the two - even for the implicit default core version
5678 `.short EXPRESSIONS'
5686 File: as.info, Node: ARC Opcodes, Prev: ARC Directives, Up: ARC-Dependent
5691 For information on the ARC instruction set, see `ARC Programmers
5692 Reference Manual', ARC International (www.arc.com)
5695 File: as.info, Node: ARM-Dependent, Next: BFIN-Dependent, Prev: ARC-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
5697 8.3 ARM Dependent Features
5698 ==========================
5702 * ARM Options:: Options
5703 * ARM Syntax:: Syntax
5704 * ARM Floating Point:: Floating Point
5705 * ARM Directives:: ARM Machine Directives
5706 * ARM Opcodes:: Opcodes
5707 * ARM Mapping Symbols:: Mapping Symbols
5710 File: as.info, Node: ARM Options, Next: ARM Syntax, Up: ARM-Dependent
5715 `-mcpu=PROCESSOR[+EXTENSION...]'
5716 This option specifies the target processor. The assembler will
5717 issue an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an
5718 instruction which will not execute on the target processor. The
5719 following processor names are recognized: `arm1', `arm2', `arm250',
5720 `arm3', `arm6', `arm60', `arm600', `arm610', `arm620', `arm7',
5721 `arm7m', `arm7d', `arm7dm', `arm7di', `arm7dmi', `arm70', `arm700',
5722 `arm700i', `arm710', `arm710t', `arm720', `arm720t', `arm740t',
5723 `arm710c', `arm7100', `arm7500', `arm7500fe', `arm7t', `arm7tdmi',
5724 `arm7tdmi-s', `arm8', `arm810', `strongarm', `strongarm1',
5725 `strongarm110', `strongarm1100', `strongarm1110', `arm9', `arm920',
5726 `arm920t', `arm922t', `arm940t', `arm9tdmi', `arm9e', `arm926e',
5727 `arm926ej-s', `arm946e-r0', `arm946e', `arm946e-s', `arm966e-r0',
5728 `arm966e', `arm966e-s', `arm968e-s', `arm10t', `arm10tdmi',
5729 `arm10e', `arm1020', `arm1020t', `arm1020e', `arm1022e',
5730 `arm1026ej-s', `arm1136j-s', `arm1136jf-s', `arm1156t2-s',
5731 `arm1156t2f-s', `arm1176jz-s', `arm1176jzf-s', `mpcore',
5732 `mpcorenovfp', `cortex-a8', `cortex-r4', `cortex-m3', `ep9312'
5733 (ARM920 with Cirrus Maverick coprocessor), `i80200' (Intel XScale
5734 processor) `iwmmxt' (Intel(r) XScale processor with Wireless
5735 MMX(tm) technology coprocessor) and `xscale'. The special name
5736 `all' may be used to allow the assembler to accept instructions
5737 valid for any ARM processor.
5739 In addition to the basic instruction set, the assembler can be
5740 told to accept various extension mnemonics that extend the
5741 processor using the co-processor instruction space. For example,
5742 `-mcpu=arm920+maverick' is equivalent to specifying
5743 `-mcpu=ep9312'. The following extensions are currently supported:
5744 `+maverick' `+iwmmxt' and `+xscale'.
5746 `-march=ARCHITECTURE[+EXTENSION...]'
5747 This option specifies the target architecture. The assembler will
5748 issue an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an
5749 instruction which will not execute on the target architecture.
5750 The following architecture names are recognized: `armv1', `armv2',
5751 `armv2a', `armv2s', `armv3', `armv3m', `armv4', `armv4xm',
5752 `armv4t', `armv4txm', `armv5', `armv5t', `armv5txm', `armv5te',
5753 `armv5texp', `armv6', `armv6j', `armv6k', `armv6z', `armv6zk',
5754 `armv7', `armv7a', `armv7r', `armv7m', `iwmmxt' and `xscale'. If
5755 both `-mcpu' and `-march' are specified, the assembler will use
5756 the setting for `-mcpu'.
5758 The architecture option can be extended with the same instruction
5759 set extension options as the `-mcpu' option.
5761 `-mfpu=FLOATING-POINT-FORMAT'
5762 This option specifies the floating point format to assemble for.
5763 The assembler will issue an error message if an attempt is made to
5764 assemble an instruction which will not execute on the target
5765 floating point unit. The following format options are recognized:
5766 `softfpa', `fpe', `fpe2', `fpe3', `fpa', `fpa10', `fpa11',
5767 `arm7500fe', `softvfp', `softvfp+vfp', `vfp', `vfp10', `vfp10-r0',
5768 `vfp9', `vfpxd', `arm1020t', `arm1020e', `arm1136jf-s' and
5771 In addition to determining which instructions are assembled, this
5772 option also affects the way in which the `.double' assembler
5773 directive behaves when assembling little-endian code.
5775 The default is dependent on the processor selected. For
5776 Architecture 5 or later, the default is to assembler for VFP
5777 instructions; for earlier architectures the default is to assemble
5778 for FPA instructions.
5781 This option specifies that the assembler should start assembling
5782 Thumb instructions; that is, it should behave as though the file
5783 starts with a `.code 16' directive.
5786 This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
5787 should be marked as supporting interworking.
5790 This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
5791 should be marked as supporting the indicated version of the Arm
5792 Procedure. Calling Standard.
5795 This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
5796 should be marked as supporting the Arm/Thumb Procedure Calling
5797 Standard. If enabled this option will cause the assembler to
5798 create an empty debugging section in the object file called
5799 .arm.atpcs. Debuggers can use this to determine the ABI being
5803 This indicates the floating point variant of the APCS should be
5804 used. In this variant floating point arguments are passed in FP
5805 registers rather than integer registers.
5808 This indicates that the reentrant variant of the APCS should be
5809 used. This variant supports position independent code.
5812 This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
5813 should be marked as using specified floating point ABI. The
5814 following values are recognized: `soft', `softfp' and `hard'.
5817 This option specifies which EABI version the produced object files
5818 should conform to. The following values are recognised: `gnu', `4'
5822 This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
5823 should be marked as being encoded for a big-endian processor.
5826 This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
5827 should be marked as being encoded for a little-endian processor.
5830 This option specifies that the output of the assembler should be
5831 marked as position-independent code (PIC).
5835 File: as.info, Node: ARM Syntax, Next: ARM Floating Point, Prev: ARM Options, Up: ARM-Dependent
5842 * ARM-Chars:: Special Characters
5843 * ARM-Regs:: Register Names
5846 File: as.info, Node: ARM-Chars, Next: ARM-Regs, Up: ARM Syntax
5848 8.3.2.1 Special Characters
5849 ..........................
5851 The presence of a `@' on a line indicates the start of a comment that
5852 extends to the end of the current line. If a `#' appears as the first
5853 character of a line, the whole line is treated as a comment.
5855 The `;' character can be used instead of a newline to separate
5858 Either `#' or `$' can be used to indicate immediate operands.
5860 *TODO* Explain about /data modifier on symbols.
5863 File: as.info, Node: ARM-Regs, Prev: ARM-Chars, Up: ARM Syntax
5865 8.3.2.2 Register Names
5866 ......................
5868 *TODO* Explain about ARM register naming, and the predefined names.
5871 File: as.info, Node: ARM Floating Point, Next: ARM Directives, Prev: ARM Syntax, Up: ARM-Dependent
5873 8.3.3 Floating Point
5874 --------------------
5876 The ARM family uses IEEE floating-point numbers.
5879 File: as.info, Node: ARM Directives, Next: ARM Opcodes, Prev: ARM Floating Point, Up: ARM-Dependent
5881 8.3.4 ARM Machine Directives
5882 ----------------------------
5884 `.align EXPRESSION [, EXPRESSION]'
5885 This is the generic .ALIGN directive. For the ARM however if the
5886 first argument is zero (ie no alignment is needed) the assembler
5887 will behave as if the argument had been 2 (ie pad to the next four
5888 byte boundary). This is for compatibility with ARM's own
5891 `NAME .req REGISTER NAME'
5892 This creates an alias for REGISTER NAME called NAME. For example:
5897 This undefines a register alias which was previously defined using
5898 the `req' directive. For example:
5903 An error occurs if the name is undefined. Note - this pseudo op
5904 can be used to delete builtin in register name aliases (eg 'r0').
5905 This should only be done if it is really necessary.
5908 This directive selects the instruction set being generated. The
5909 value 16 selects Thumb, with the value 32 selecting ARM.
5912 This performs the same action as .CODE 16.
5915 This performs the same action as .CODE 32.
5918 This directive forces the selection of Thumb instructions, even if
5919 the target processor does not support those instructions
5922 This directive specifies that the following symbol is the name of a
5923 Thumb encoded function. This information is necessary in order to
5924 allow the assembler and linker to generate correct code for
5925 interworking between Arm and Thumb instructions and should be used
5926 even if interworking is not going to be performed. The presence
5927 of this directive also implies `.thumb'
5930 This performs the equivalent of a `.set' directive in that it
5931 creates a symbol which is an alias for another symbol (possibly
5932 not yet defined). This directive also has the added property in
5933 that it marks the aliased symbol as being a thumb function entry
5934 point, in the same way that the `.thumb_func' directive does.
5937 This directive causes the current contents of the literal pool to
5938 be dumped into the current section (which is assumed to be the
5939 .text section) at the current location (aligned to a word
5940 boundary). `GAS' maintains a separate literal pool for each
5941 section and each sub-section. The `.ltorg' directive will only
5942 affect the literal pool of the current section and sub-section.
5943 At the end of assembly all remaining, un-empty literal pools will
5944 automatically be dumped.
5946 Note - older versions of `GAS' would dump the current literal pool
5947 any time a section change occurred. This is no longer done, since
5948 it prevents accurate control of the placement of literal pools.
5951 This is a synonym for .ltorg.
5954 Marks the start of a function with an unwind table entry.
5957 Marks the end of a function with an unwind table entry. The
5958 unwind index table entry is created when this directive is
5961 If no personality routine has been specified then standard
5962 personality routine 0 or 1 will be used, depending on the number
5963 of unwind opcodes required.
5966 Prevents unwinding through the current function. No personality
5967 routine or exception table data is required or permitted.
5970 Sets the personality routine for the current function to NAME.
5972 `.personalityindex INDEX'
5973 Sets the personality routine for the current function to the EABI
5974 standard routine number INDEX
5977 Marks the end of the current function, and the start of the
5978 exception table entry for that function. Anything between this
5979 directive and the `.fnend' directive will be added to the
5980 exception table entry.
5982 Must be preceded by a `.personality' or `.personalityindex'
5986 Generate unwinder annotations to restore the registers in REGLIST.
5987 The format of REGLIST is the same as the corresponding
5988 store-multiple instruction.
5991 .save {r4, r5, r6, lr}
5992 stmfd sp!, {r4, r5, r6, lr}
5998 fstmdf sp!, {d8, d9, d10}
6001 wstrd wr11, [sp, #-8]!
6002 wstrd wr10, [sp, #-8]!
6005 wstrd wr11, [sp, #-8]!
6007 wstrd wr10, [sp, #-8]!
6010 Generate unwinder annotations for a stack adjustment of COUNT
6011 bytes. A positive value indicates the function prologue allocated
6012 stack space by decrementing the stack pointer.
6015 Tell the unwinder that REG contains the current stack pointer.
6017 `.setfp FPREG, SPREG [, #OFFSET]'
6018 Make all unwinder annotations relaive to a frame pointer. Without
6019 this the unwinder will use offsets from the stack pointer.
6021 The syntax of this directive is the same as the `sub' or `mov'
6022 instruction used to set the frame pointer. SPREG must be either
6023 `sp' or mentioned in a previous `.movsp' directive.
6031 `.raw OFFSET, BYTE1, ...'
6032 Insert one of more arbitary unwind opcode bytes, which are known
6033 to adjust the stack pointer by OFFSET bytes.
6035 For example `.unwind_raw 4, 0xb1, 0x01' is equivalent to `.save
6039 Select the target processor. Valid values for NAME are the same as
6040 for the `-mcpu' commandline option.
6043 Select the target architecture. Valid values for NAME are the
6044 same as for the `-march' commandline option.
6047 Select the floating point unit to assemble for. Valid values for
6048 NAME are the same as for the `-mfpu' commandline option.
6050 `.eabi_attribute TAG, VALUE'
6051 Set the EABI object attribute number TAG to VALUE. The value is
6052 either a `number', `"string"', or `number, "string"' depending on
6057 File: as.info, Node: ARM Opcodes, Next: ARM Mapping Symbols, Prev: ARM Directives, Up: ARM-Dependent
6062 `as' implements all the standard ARM opcodes. It also implements
6063 several pseudo opcodes, including several synthetic load instructions.
6068 This pseudo op will always evaluate to a legal ARM instruction
6069 that does nothing. Currently it will evaluate to MOV r0, r0.
6072 ldr <register> , = <expression>
6074 If expression evaluates to a numeric constant then a MOV or MVN
6075 instruction will be used in place of the LDR instruction, if the
6076 constant can be generated by either of these instructions.
6077 Otherwise the constant will be placed into the nearest literal
6078 pool (if it not already there) and a PC relative LDR instruction
6082 adr <register> <label>
6084 This instruction will load the address of LABEL into the indicated
6085 register. The instruction will evaluate to a PC relative ADD or
6086 SUB instruction depending upon where the label is located. If the
6087 label is out of range, or if it is not defined in the same file
6088 (and section) as the ADR instruction, then an error will be
6089 generated. This instruction will not make use of the literal pool.
6092 adrl <register> <label>
6094 This instruction will load the address of LABEL into the indicated
6095 register. The instruction will evaluate to one or two PC relative
6096 ADD or SUB instructions depending upon where the label is located.
6097 If a second instruction is not needed a NOP instruction will be
6098 generated in its place, so that this instruction is always 8 bytes
6101 If the label is out of range, or if it is not defined in the same
6102 file (and section) as the ADRL instruction, then an error will be
6103 generated. This instruction will not make use of the literal pool.
6106 For information on the ARM or Thumb instruction sets, see `ARM
6107 Software Development Toolkit Reference Manual', Advanced RISC Machines
6111 File: as.info, Node: ARM Mapping Symbols, Prev: ARM Opcodes, Up: ARM-Dependent
6113 8.3.6 Mapping Symbols
6114 ---------------------
6116 The ARM ELF specification requires that special symbols be inserted
6117 into object files to mark certain features:
6120 At the start of a region of code containing ARM instructions.
6123 At the start of a region of code containing THUMB instructions.
6126 At the start of a region of data.
6129 The assembler will automatically insert these symbols for you - there
6130 is no need to code them yourself. Support for tagging symbols ($b, $f,
6131 $p and $m) which is also mentioned in the current ARM ELF specification
6132 is not implemented. This is because they have been dropped from the
6133 new EABI and so tools cannot rely upon their presence.
6136 File: as.info, Node: BFIN-Dependent, Next: CRIS-Dependent, Prev: ARM-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
6138 8.4 Blackfin Dependent Features
6139 ===============================
6143 * BFIN Syntax:: BFIN Syntax
6144 * BFIN Directives:: BFIN Directives
6147 File: as.info, Node: BFIN Syntax, Next: BFIN Directives, Up: BFIN-Dependent
6152 `Special Characters'
6153 Assembler input is free format and may appear anywhere on the line.
6154 One instruction may extend across multiple lines or more than one
6155 instruction may appear on the same line. White space (space, tab,
6156 comments or newline) may appear anywhere between tokens. A token
6157 must not have embedded spaces. Tokens include numbers, register
6158 names, keywords, user identifiers, and also some multicharacter
6159 special symbols like "+=", "/*" or "||".
6161 `Instruction Delimiting'
6162 A semicolon must terminate every instruction. Sometimes a complete
6163 instruction will consist of more than one operation. There are two
6164 cases where this occurs. The first is when two general operations
6165 are combined. Normally a comma separates the different parts, as
6168 a0= r3.h * r2.l, a1 = r3.l * r2.h ;
6170 The second case occurs when a general instruction is combined with
6171 one or two memory references for joint issue. The latter portions
6172 are set off by a "||" token.
6174 a0 = r3.h * r2.l || r1 = [p3++] || r4 = [i2++];
6177 The assembler treats register names and instruction keywords in a
6178 case insensitive manner. User identifiers are case sensitive.
6179 Thus, R3.l, R3.L, r3.l and r3.L are all equivalent input to the
6182 Register names are reserved and may not be used as program
6185 Some operations (such as "Move Register") require a register pair.
6186 Register pairs are always data registers and are denoted using a
6187 colon, eg., R3:2. The larger number must be written firsts. Note
6188 that the hardware only supports odd-even pairs, eg., R7:6, R5:4,
6191 Some instructions (such as -SP (Push Multiple)) require a group of
6192 adjacent registers. Adjacent registers are denoted in the syntax
6193 by the range enclosed in parentheses and separated by a colon,
6194 eg., (R7:3). Again, the larger number appears first.
6196 Portions of a particular register may be individually specified.
6197 This is written with a dot (".") following the register name and
6198 then a letter denoting the desired portion. For 32-bit registers,
6199 ".H" denotes the most significant ("High") portion. ".L" denotes
6200 the least-significant portion. The subdivisions of the 40-bit
6201 registers are described later.
6204 The set of 40-bit registers A1 and A0 that normally contain data
6205 that is being manipulated. Each accumulator can be accessed in
6208 `one 40-bit register'
6209 The register will be referred to as A1 or A0.
6211 `one 32-bit register'
6212 The registers are designated as A1.W or A0.W.
6214 `two 16-bit registers'
6215 The registers are designated as A1.H, A1.L, A0.H or A0.L.
6217 `one 8-bit register'
6218 The registers are designated as A1.X or A0.X for the bits that
6219 extend beyond bit 31.
6222 The set of 32-bit registers (R0, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7)
6223 that normally contain data for manipulation. These are
6224 abbreviated as D-register or Dreg. Data registers can be accessed
6225 as 32-bit registers or as two independent 16-bit registers. The
6226 least significant 16 bits of each register is called the "low"
6227 half and is desginated with ".L" following the register name. The
6228 most significant 16 bits are called the "high" half and is
6229 designated with ".H". following the name.
6231 R7.L, r2.h, r4.L, R0.H
6234 The set of 32-bit registers (P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, SP and FP)
6235 that normally contain byte addresses of data structures. These are
6236 abbreviated as P-register or Preg.
6241 The stack pointer contains the 32-bit address of the last occupied
6242 byte location in the stack. The stack grows by decrementing the
6246 The frame pointer contains the 32-bit address of the previous frame
6247 pointer in the stack. It is located at the top of a frame.
6250 LT0 and LT1. These registers contain the 32-bit address of the
6251 top of a zero overhead loop.
6254 LC0 and LC1. These registers contain the 32-bit counter of the
6255 zero overhead loop executions.
6258 LB0 and LB1. These registers contain the 32-bit address of the
6259 bottom of a zero overhead loop.
6262 The set of 32-bit registers (I0, I1, I2, I3) that normally contain
6263 byte addresses of data structures. Abbreviated I-register or Ireg.
6266 The set of 32-bit registers (M0, M1, M2, M3) that normally contain
6267 offset values that are added and subracted to one of the index
6268 registers. Abbreviated as Mreg.
6271 The set of 32-bit registers (L0, L1, L2, L3) that normally contain
6272 the length in bytes of the circular buffer. Abbreviated as Lreg.
6273 Clear the Lreg to disable circular addressing for the
6277 The set of 32-bit registers (B0, B1, B2, B3) that normally contain
6278 the base address in bytes of the circular buffer. Abbreviated as
6282 The Blackfin family has no hardware floating point but the .float
6283 directive generates ieee floating point numbers for use with
6284 software floating point libraries.
6287 For detailed information on the Blackfin machine instruction set,
6288 see the Blackfin(r) Processor Instruction Set Reference.
6292 File: as.info, Node: BFIN Directives, Prev: BFIN Syntax, Up: BFIN-Dependent
6297 The following directives are provided for compatibility with the VDSP
6301 Initializes a four byte data object.
6304 Initializes a two byte data object.
6316 Define and initialize a 32 bit data object.
6319 File: as.info, Node: CRIS-Dependent, Next: D10V-Dependent, Prev: BFIN-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
6321 8.5 CRIS Dependent Features
6322 ===========================
6326 * CRIS-Opts:: Command-line Options
6327 * CRIS-Expand:: Instruction expansion
6328 * CRIS-Symbols:: Symbols
6329 * CRIS-Syntax:: Syntax
6332 File: as.info, Node: CRIS-Opts, Next: CRIS-Expand, Up: CRIS-Dependent
6334 8.5.1 Command-line Options
6335 --------------------------
6337 The CRIS version of `as' has these machine-dependent command-line
6340 The format of the generated object files can be either ELF or a.out,
6341 specified by the command-line options `--emulation=crisaout' and
6342 `--emulation=criself'. The default is ELF (criself), unless `as' has
6343 been configured specifically for a.out by using the configuration name
6346 There are two different link-incompatible ELF object file variants
6347 for CRIS, for use in environments where symbols are expected to be
6348 prefixed by a leading `_' character and for environments without such a
6349 symbol prefix. The variant used for GNU/Linux port has no symbol
6350 prefix. Which variant to produce is specified by either of the options
6351 `--underscore' and `--no-underscore'. The default is `--underscore'.
6352 Since symbols in CRIS a.out objects are expected to have a `_' prefix,
6353 specifying `--no-underscore' when generating a.out objects is an error.
6354 Besides the object format difference, the effect of this option is to
6355 parse register names differently (*note crisnous::). The
6356 `--no-underscore' option makes a `$' register prefix mandatory.
6358 The option `--pic' must be passed to `as' in order to recognize the
6359 symbol syntax used for ELF (SVR4 PIC) position-independent-code (*note
6360 crispic::). This will also affect expansion of instructions. The
6361 expansion with `--pic' will use PC-relative rather than (slightly
6362 faster) absolute addresses in those expansions.
6364 The option `--march=ARCHITECTURE' specifies the recognized
6365 instruction set and recognized register names. It also controls the
6366 architecture type of the object file. Valid values for ARCHITECTURE
6369 All instructions and register names for any architecture variant
6370 in the set v0...v10 are recognized. This is the default if the
6371 target is configured as cris-*.
6374 Only instructions and register names for CRIS v10 (as found in
6375 ETRAX 100 LX) are recognized. This is the default if the target
6376 is configured as crisv10-*.
6379 Only instructions and register names for CRIS v32 (code name
6380 Guinness) are recognized. This is the default if the target is
6381 configured as crisv32-*. This value implies `--no-mul-bug-abort'.
6382 (A subsequent `--mul-bug-abort' will turn it back on.)
6385 Only instructions with register names and addressing modes with
6386 opcodes common to the v10 and v32 are recognized.
6388 When `-N' is specified, `as' will emit a warning when a 16-bit
6389 branch instruction is expanded into a 32-bit multiple-instruction
6390 construct (*note CRIS-Expand::).
6392 Some versions of the CRIS v10, for example in the Etrax 100 LX,
6393 contain a bug that causes destabilizing memory accesses when a multiply
6394 instruction is executed with certain values in the first operand just
6395 before a cache-miss. When the `--mul-bug-abort' command line option is
6396 active (the default value), `as' will refuse to assemble a file
6397 containing a multiply instruction at a dangerous offset, one that could
6398 be the last on a cache-line, or is in a section with insufficient
6399 alignment. This placement checking does not catch any case where the
6400 multiply instruction is dangerously placed because it is located in a
6401 delay-slot. The `--mul-bug-abort' command line option turns off the
6405 File: as.info, Node: CRIS-Expand, Next: CRIS-Symbols, Prev: CRIS-Opts, Up: CRIS-Dependent
6407 8.5.2 Instruction expansion
6408 ---------------------------
6410 `as' will silently choose an instruction that fits the operand size for
6411 `[register+constant]' operands. For example, the offset `127' in
6412 `move.d [r3+127],r4' fits in an instruction using a signed-byte offset.
6413 Similarly, `move.d [r2+32767],r1' will generate an instruction using a
6414 16-bit offset. For symbolic expressions and constants that do not fit
6415 in 16 bits including the sign bit, a 32-bit offset is generated.
6417 For branches, `as' will expand from a 16-bit branch instruction into
6418 a sequence of instructions that can reach a full 32-bit address. Since
6419 this does not correspond to a single instruction, such expansions can
6420 optionally be warned about. *Note CRIS-Opts::.
6422 If the operand is found to fit the range, a `lapc' mnemonic will
6423 translate to a `lapcq' instruction. Use `lapc.d' to force the 32-bit
6426 Similarly, the `addo' mnemonic will translate to the shortest
6427 fitting instruction of `addoq', `addo.w' and `addo.d', when used with a
6428 operand that is a constant known at assembly time.
6431 File: as.info, Node: CRIS-Symbols, Next: CRIS-Syntax, Prev: CRIS-Expand, Up: CRIS-Dependent
6436 Some symbols are defined by the assembler. They're intended to be used
6437 in conditional assembly, for example:
6438 .if ..asm.arch.cris.v32
6440 .elseif ..asm.arch.cris.common_v10_v32
6441 CODE COMMON TO CRIS V32 AND CRIS V10
6442 .elseif ..asm.arch.cris.v10 | ..asm.arch.cris.any_v0_v10
6445 .error "Code needs to be added here."
6448 These symbols are defined in the assembler, reflecting command-line
6449 options, either when specified or the default. They are always
6451 `..asm.arch.cris.any_v0_v10'
6452 This symbol is non-zero when `--march=v0_v10' is specified or the
6455 `..asm.arch.cris.common_v10_v32'
6456 Set according to the option `--march=common_v10_v32'.
6458 `..asm.arch.cris.v10'
6459 Reflects the option `--march=v10'.
6461 `..asm.arch.cris.v32'
6462 Corresponds to `--march=v10'.
6464 Speaking of symbols, when a symbol is used in code, it can have a
6465 suffix modifying its value for use in position-independent code. *Note
6469 File: as.info, Node: CRIS-Syntax, Prev: CRIS-Symbols, Up: CRIS-Dependent
6474 There are different aspects of the CRIS assembly syntax.
6478 * CRIS-Chars:: Special Characters
6479 * CRIS-Pic:: Position-Independent Code Symbols
6480 * CRIS-Regs:: Register Names
6481 * CRIS-Pseudos:: Assembler Directives
6484 File: as.info, Node: CRIS-Chars, Next: CRIS-Pic, Up: CRIS-Syntax
6486 8.5.4.1 Special Characters
6487 ..........................
6489 The character `#' is a line comment character. It starts a comment if
6490 and only if it is placed at the beginning of a line.
6492 A `;' character starts a comment anywhere on the line, causing all
6493 characters up to the end of the line to be ignored.
6495 A `@' character is handled as a line separator equivalent to a
6496 logical new-line character (except in a comment), so separate
6497 instructions can be specified on a single line.
6500 File: as.info, Node: CRIS-Pic, Next: CRIS-Regs, Prev: CRIS-Chars, Up: CRIS-Syntax
6502 8.5.4.2 Symbols in position-independent code
6503 ............................................
6505 When generating position-independent code (SVR4 PIC) for use in
6506 cris-axis-linux-gnu or crisv32-axis-linux-gnu shared libraries, symbol
6507 suffixes are used to specify what kind of run-time symbol lookup will
6508 be used, expressed in the object as different _relocation types_.
6509 Usually, all absolute symbol values must be located in a table, the
6510 _global offset table_, leaving the code position-independent;
6511 independent of values of global symbols and independent of the address
6512 of the code. The suffix modifies the value of the symbol, into for
6513 example an index into the global offset table where the real symbol
6514 value is entered, or a PC-relative value, or a value relative to the
6515 start of the global offset table. All symbol suffixes start with the
6516 character `:' (omitted in the list below). Every symbol use in code or
6517 a read-only section must therefore have a PIC suffix to enable a useful
6518 shared library to be created. Usually, these constructs must not be
6519 used with an additive constant offset as is usually allowed, i.e. no 4
6520 as in `symbol + 4' is allowed. This restriction is checked at
6521 link-time, not at assembly-time.
6524 Attaching this suffix to a symbol in an instruction causes the
6525 symbol to be entered into the global offset table. The value is a
6526 32-bit index for that symbol into the global offset table. The
6527 name of the corresponding relocation is `R_CRIS_32_GOT'. Example:
6528 `move.d [$r0+extsym:GOT],$r9'
6531 Same as for `GOT', but the value is a 16-bit index into the global
6532 offset table. The corresponding relocation is `R_CRIS_16_GOT'.
6533 Example: `move.d [$r0+asymbol:GOT16],$r10'
6536 This suffix is used for function symbols. It causes a _procedure
6537 linkage table_, an array of code stubs, to be created at the time
6538 the shared object is created or linked against, together with a
6539 global offset table entry. The value is a pc-relative offset to
6540 the corresponding stub code in the procedure linkage table. This
6541 arrangement causes the run-time symbol resolver to be called to
6542 look up and set the value of the symbol the first time the
6543 function is called (at latest; depending environment variables).
6544 It is only safe to leave the symbol unresolved this way if all
6545 references are function calls. The name of the relocation is
6546 `R_CRIS_32_PLT_PCREL'. Example: `add.d fnname:PLT,$pc'
6549 Like PLT, but the value is relative to the beginning of the global
6550 offset table. The relocation is `R_CRIS_32_PLT_GOTREL'. Example:
6551 `move.d fnname:PLTG,$r3'
6554 Similar to `PLT', but the value of the symbol is a 32-bit index
6555 into the global offset table. This is somewhat of a mix between
6556 the effect of the `GOT' and the `PLT' suffix; the difference to
6557 `GOT' is that there will be a procedure linkage table entry
6558 created, and that the symbol is assumed to be a function entry and
6559 will be resolved by the run-time resolver as with `PLT'. The
6560 relocation is `R_CRIS_32_GOTPLT'. Example: `jsr
6561 [$r0+fnname:GOTPLT]'
6564 A variant of `GOTPLT' giving a 16-bit value. Its relocation name
6565 is `R_CRIS_16_GOTPLT'. Example: `jsr [$r0+fnname:GOTPLT16]'
6568 This suffix must only be attached to a local symbol, but may be
6569 used in an expression adding an offset. The value is the address
6570 of the symbol relative to the start of the global offset table.
6571 The relocation name is `R_CRIS_32_GOTREL'. Example: `move.d
6572 [$r0+localsym:GOTOFF],r3'
6575 File: as.info, Node: CRIS-Regs, Next: CRIS-Pseudos, Prev: CRIS-Pic, Up: CRIS-Syntax
6577 8.5.4.3 Register names
6578 ......................
6580 A `$' character may always prefix a general or special register name in
6581 an instruction operand but is mandatory when the option
6582 `--no-underscore' is specified or when the `.syntax register_prefix'
6583 directive is in effect (*note crisnous::). Register names are
6587 File: as.info, Node: CRIS-Pseudos, Prev: CRIS-Regs, Up: CRIS-Syntax
6589 8.5.4.4 Assembler Directives
6590 ............................
6592 There are a few CRIS-specific pseudo-directives in addition to the
6593 generic ones. *Note Pseudo Ops::. Constants emitted by
6594 pseudo-directives are in little-endian order for CRIS. There is no
6595 support for floating-point-specific directives for CRIS.
6597 `.dword EXPRESSIONS'
6598 The `.dword' directive is a synonym for `.int', expecting zero or
6599 more EXPRESSIONS, separated by commas. For each expression, a
6600 32-bit little-endian constant is emitted.
6603 The `.syntax' directive takes as ARGUMENT one of the following
6604 case-sensitive choices.
6606 `no_register_prefix'
6607 The `.syntax no_register_prefix' directive makes a `$'
6608 character prefix on all registers optional. It overrides a
6609 previous setting, including the corresponding effect of the
6610 option `--no-underscore'. If this directive is used when
6611 ordinary symbols do not have a `_' character prefix, care
6612 must be taken to avoid ambiguities whether an operand is a
6613 register or a symbol; using symbols with names the same as
6614 general or special registers then invoke undefined behavior.
6617 This directive makes a `$' character prefix on all registers
6618 mandatory. It overrides a previous setting, including the
6619 corresponding effect of the option `--underscore'.
6621 `leading_underscore'
6622 This is an assertion directive, emitting an error if the
6623 `--no-underscore' option is in effect.
6625 `no_leading_underscore'
6626 This is the opposite of the `.syntax leading_underscore'
6627 directive and emits an error if the option `--underscore' is
6631 This is an assertion directive, giving an error if the specified
6632 ARGUMENT is not the same as the specified or default value for the
6633 `--march=ARCHITECTURE' option (*note march-option::).
6637 File: as.info, Node: D10V-Dependent, Next: D30V-Dependent, Prev: CRIS-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
6639 8.6 D10V Dependent Features
6640 ===========================
6644 * D10V-Opts:: D10V Options
6645 * D10V-Syntax:: Syntax
6646 * D10V-Float:: Floating Point
6647 * D10V-Opcodes:: Opcodes
6650 File: as.info, Node: D10V-Opts, Next: D10V-Syntax, Up: D10V-Dependent
6655 The Mitsubishi D10V version of `as' has a few machine dependent options.
6658 The D10V can often execute two sub-instructions in parallel. When
6659 this option is used, `as' will attempt to optimize its output by
6660 detecting when instructions can be executed in parallel.
6663 To optimize execution performance, `as' will sometimes swap the
6664 order of instructions. Normally this generates a warning. When
6665 this option is used, no warning will be generated when
6666 instructions are swapped.
6670 `--no-gstabs-packing'
6671 `as' packs adjacent short instructions into a single packed
6672 instruction. `--no-gstabs-packing' turns instruction packing off if
6673 `--gstabs' is specified as well; `--gstabs-packing' (the default)
6674 turns instruction packing on even when `--gstabs' is specified.
6677 File: as.info, Node: D10V-Syntax, Next: D10V-Float, Prev: D10V-Opts, Up: D10V-Dependent
6682 The D10V syntax is based on the syntax in Mitsubishi's D10V
6683 architecture manual. The differences are detailed below.
6687 * D10V-Size:: Size Modifiers
6688 * D10V-Subs:: Sub-Instructions
6689 * D10V-Chars:: Special Characters
6690 * D10V-Regs:: Register Names
6691 * D10V-Addressing:: Addressing Modes
6692 * D10V-Word:: @WORD Modifier
6695 File: as.info, Node: D10V-Size, Next: D10V-Subs, Up: D10V-Syntax
6697 8.6.2.1 Size Modifiers
6698 ......................
6700 The D10V version of `as' uses the instruction names in the D10V
6701 Architecture Manual. However, the names in the manual are sometimes
6702 ambiguous. There are instruction names that can assemble to a short or
6703 long form opcode. How does the assembler pick the correct form? `as'
6704 will always pick the smallest form if it can. When dealing with a
6705 symbol that is not defined yet when a line is being assembled, it will
6706 always use the long form. If you need to force the assembler to use
6707 either the short or long form of the instruction, you can append either
6708 `.s' (short) or `.l' (long) to it. For example, if you are writing an
6709 assembly program and you want to do a branch to a symbol that is
6710 defined later in your program, you can write `bra.s foo'. Objdump
6711 and GDB will always append `.s' or `.l' to instructions which have both
6712 short and long forms.
6715 File: as.info, Node: D10V-Subs, Next: D10V-Chars, Prev: D10V-Size, Up: D10V-Syntax
6717 8.6.2.2 Sub-Instructions
6718 ........................
6720 The D10V assembler takes as input a series of instructions, either
6721 one-per-line, or in the special two-per-line format described in the
6722 next section. Some of these instructions will be short-form or
6723 sub-instructions. These sub-instructions can be packed into a single
6724 instruction. The assembler will do this automatically. It will also
6725 detect when it should not pack instructions. For example, when a label
6726 is defined, the next instruction will never be packaged with the
6727 previous one. Whenever a branch and link instruction is called, it
6728 will not be packaged with the next instruction so the return address
6729 will be valid. Nops are automatically inserted when necessary.
6731 If you do not want the assembler automatically making these
6732 decisions, you can control the packaging and execution type (parallel
6733 or sequential) with the special execution symbols described in the next
6737 File: as.info, Node: D10V-Chars, Next: D10V-Regs, Prev: D10V-Subs, Up: D10V-Syntax
6739 8.6.2.3 Special Characters
6740 ..........................
6742 `;' and `#' are the line comment characters. Sub-instructions may be
6743 executed in order, in reverse-order, or in parallel. Instructions
6744 listed in the standard one-per-line format will be executed
6745 sequentially. To specify the executing order, use the following
6748 Sequential with instruction on the left first.
6751 Sequential with instruction on the right first.
6755 The D10V syntax allows either one instruction per line, one
6756 instruction per line with the execution symbol, or two instructions per
6759 Execute these sequentially. The instruction on the right is in
6760 the right container and is executed second.
6763 Execute these reverse-sequentially. The instruction on the right
6764 is in the right container, and is executed first.
6766 `ld2w r2,@r8+ || mac a0,r0,r7'
6767 Execute these in parallel.
6771 Two-line format. Execute these in parallel.
6775 Two-line format. Execute these sequentially. Assembler will put
6776 them in the proper containers.
6780 Two-line format. Execute these sequentially. Same as above but
6781 second instruction will always go into right container.
6782 Since `$' has no special meaning, you may use it in symbol names.
6785 File: as.info, Node: D10V-Regs, Next: D10V-Addressing, Prev: D10V-Chars, Up: D10V-Syntax
6787 8.6.2.4 Register Names
6788 ......................
6790 You can use the predefined symbols `r0' through `r15' to refer to the
6791 D10V registers. You can also use `sp' as an alias for `r15'. The
6792 accumulators are `a0' and `a1'. There are special register-pair names
6793 that may optionally be used in opcodes that require even-numbered
6794 registers. Register names are not case sensitive.
6813 The D10V also has predefined symbols for these control registers and
6816 Processor Status Word
6819 Backup Processor Status Word
6825 Backup Program Counter
6831 Repeat Start address
6837 Modulo Start address
6843 Instruction Break Address
6855 File: as.info, Node: D10V-Addressing, Next: D10V-Word, Prev: D10V-Regs, Up: D10V-Syntax
6857 8.6.2.5 Addressing Modes
6858 ........................
6860 `as' understands the following addressing modes for the D10V. `RN' in
6861 the following refers to any of the numbered registers, but _not_ the
6870 Register indirect with post-increment
6873 Register indirect with post-decrement
6876 Register indirect with pre-decrement
6879 Register indirect with displacement
6882 PC relative address (for branch or rep).
6885 Immediate data (the `#' is optional and ignored)
6888 File: as.info, Node: D10V-Word, Prev: D10V-Addressing, Up: D10V-Syntax
6890 8.6.2.6 @WORD Modifier
6891 ......................
6893 Any symbol followed by `@word' will be replaced by the symbol's value
6894 shifted right by 2. This is used in situations such as loading a
6895 register with the address of a function (or any other code fragment).
6896 For example, if you want to load a register with the location of the
6897 function `main' then jump to that function, you could do it as follows:
6902 File: as.info, Node: D10V-Float, Next: D10V-Opcodes, Prev: D10V-Syntax, Up: D10V-Dependent
6904 8.6.3 Floating Point
6905 --------------------
6907 The D10V has no hardware floating point, but the `.float' and `.double'
6908 directives generates IEEE floating-point numbers for compatibility with
6909 other development tools.
6912 File: as.info, Node: D10V-Opcodes, Prev: D10V-Float, Up: D10V-Dependent
6917 For detailed information on the D10V machine instruction set, see `D10V
6918 Architecture: A VLIW Microprocessor for Multimedia Applications'
6919 (Mitsubishi Electric Corp.). `as' implements all the standard D10V
6920 opcodes. The only changes are those described in the section on size
6924 File: as.info, Node: D30V-Dependent, Next: H8/300-Dependent, Prev: D10V-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
6926 8.7 D30V Dependent Features
6927 ===========================
6931 * D30V-Opts:: D30V Options
6932 * D30V-Syntax:: Syntax
6933 * D30V-Float:: Floating Point
6934 * D30V-Opcodes:: Opcodes
6937 File: as.info, Node: D30V-Opts, Next: D30V-Syntax, Up: D30V-Dependent
6942 The Mitsubishi D30V version of `as' has a few machine dependent options.
6945 The D30V can often execute two sub-instructions in parallel. When
6946 this option is used, `as' will attempt to optimize its output by
6947 detecting when instructions can be executed in parallel.
6950 When this option is used, `as' will issue a warning every time it
6951 adds a nop instruction.
6954 When this option is used, `as' will issue a warning if it needs to
6955 insert a nop after a 32-bit multiply before a load or 16-bit
6956 multiply instruction.
6959 File: as.info, Node: D30V-Syntax, Next: D30V-Float, Prev: D30V-Opts, Up: D30V-Dependent
6964 The D30V syntax is based on the syntax in Mitsubishi's D30V
6965 architecture manual. The differences are detailed below.
6969 * D30V-Size:: Size Modifiers
6970 * D30V-Subs:: Sub-Instructions
6971 * D30V-Chars:: Special Characters
6972 * D30V-Guarded:: Guarded Execution
6973 * D30V-Regs:: Register Names
6974 * D30V-Addressing:: Addressing Modes
6977 File: as.info, Node: D30V-Size, Next: D30V-Subs, Up: D30V-Syntax
6979 8.7.2.1 Size Modifiers
6980 ......................
6982 The D30V version of `as' uses the instruction names in the D30V
6983 Architecture Manual. However, the names in the manual are sometimes
6984 ambiguous. There are instruction names that can assemble to a short or
6985 long form opcode. How does the assembler pick the correct form? `as'
6986 will always pick the smallest form if it can. When dealing with a
6987 symbol that is not defined yet when a line is being assembled, it will
6988 always use the long form. If you need to force the assembler to use
6989 either the short or long form of the instruction, you can append either
6990 `.s' (short) or `.l' (long) to it. For example, if you are writing an
6991 assembly program and you want to do a branch to a symbol that is
6992 defined later in your program, you can write `bra.s foo'. Objdump and
6993 GDB will always append `.s' or `.l' to instructions which have both
6994 short and long forms.
6997 File: as.info, Node: D30V-Subs, Next: D30V-Chars, Prev: D30V-Size, Up: D30V-Syntax
6999 8.7.2.2 Sub-Instructions
7000 ........................
7002 The D30V assembler takes as input a series of instructions, either
7003 one-per-line, or in the special two-per-line format described in the
7004 next section. Some of these instructions will be short-form or
7005 sub-instructions. These sub-instructions can be packed into a single
7006 instruction. The assembler will do this automatically. It will also
7007 detect when it should not pack instructions. For example, when a label
7008 is defined, the next instruction will never be packaged with the
7009 previous one. Whenever a branch and link instruction is called, it
7010 will not be packaged with the next instruction so the return address
7011 will be valid. Nops are automatically inserted when necessary.
7013 If you do not want the assembler automatically making these
7014 decisions, you can control the packaging and execution type (parallel
7015 or sequential) with the special execution symbols described in the next
7019 File: as.info, Node: D30V-Chars, Next: D30V-Guarded, Prev: D30V-Subs, Up: D30V-Syntax
7021 8.7.2.3 Special Characters
7022 ..........................
7024 `;' and `#' are the line comment characters. Sub-instructions may be
7025 executed in order, in reverse-order, or in parallel. Instructions
7026 listed in the standard one-per-line format will be executed
7027 sequentially unless you use the `-O' option.
7029 To specify the executing order, use the following symbols:
7031 Sequential with instruction on the left first.
7034 Sequential with instruction on the right first.
7039 The D30V syntax allows either one instruction per line, one
7040 instruction per line with the execution symbol, or two instructions per
7042 `abs r2,r3 -> abs r4,r5'
7043 Execute these sequentially. The instruction on the right is in
7044 the right container and is executed second.
7046 `abs r2,r3 <- abs r4,r5'
7047 Execute these reverse-sequentially. The instruction on the right
7048 is in the right container, and is executed first.
7050 `abs r2,r3 || abs r4,r5'
7051 Execute these in parallel.
7053 `ldw r2,@(r3,r4) ||'
7055 Two-line format. Execute these in parallel.
7059 Two-line format. Execute these sequentially unless `-O' option is
7060 used. If the `-O' option is used, the assembler will determine if
7061 the instructions could be done in parallel (the above two
7062 instructions can be done in parallel), and if so, emit them as
7063 parallel instructions. The assembler will put them in the proper
7064 containers. In the above example, the assembler will put the
7065 `stw' instruction in left container and the `mulx' instruction in
7066 the right container.
7068 `stw r2,@(r3,r4) ->'
7070 Two-line format. Execute the `stw' instruction followed by the
7071 `mulx' instruction sequentially. The first instruction goes in the
7072 left container and the second instruction goes into right
7073 container. The assembler will give an error if the machine
7074 ordering constraints are violated.
7076 `stw r2,@(r3,r4) <-'
7078 Same as previous example, except that the `mulx' instruction is
7079 executed before the `stw' instruction.
7081 Since `$' has no special meaning, you may use it in symbol names.
7084 File: as.info, Node: D30V-Guarded, Next: D30V-Regs, Prev: D30V-Chars, Up: D30V-Syntax
7086 8.7.2.4 Guarded Execution
7087 .........................
7089 `as' supports the full range of guarded execution directives for each
7090 instruction. Just append the directive after the instruction proper.
7094 Execute the instruction if flag f0 is true.
7097 Execute the instruction if flag f0 is false.
7100 Execute the instruction if flag f1 is true.
7103 Execute the instruction if flag f1 is false.
7106 Execute the instruction if both flags f0 and f1 are true.
7109 Execute the instruction if flag f0 is true and flag f1 is false.
7112 File: as.info, Node: D30V-Regs, Next: D30V-Addressing, Prev: D30V-Guarded, Up: D30V-Syntax
7114 8.7.2.5 Register Names
7115 ......................
7117 You can use the predefined symbols `r0' through `r63' to refer to the
7118 D30V registers. You can also use `sp' as an alias for `r63' and `link'
7119 as an alias for `r62'. The accumulators are `a0' and `a1'.
7121 The D30V also has predefined symbols for these control registers and
7124 Processor Status Word
7127 Backup Processor Status Word
7133 Backup Program Counter
7139 Repeat Start address
7145 Modulo Start address
7151 Instruction Break Address
7178 Same as flag 4 (saturation flag)
7181 Same as flag 5 (overflow flag)
7184 Same as flag 6 (sticky overflow flag)
7187 Same as flag 7 (carry/borrow flag)
7190 Same as flag 7 (carry/borrow flag)
7193 File: as.info, Node: D30V-Addressing, Prev: D30V-Regs, Up: D30V-Syntax
7195 8.7.2.6 Addressing Modes
7196 ........................
7198 `as' understands the following addressing modes for the D30V. `RN' in
7199 the following refers to any of the numbered registers, but _not_ the
7208 Register indirect with post-increment
7211 Register indirect with post-decrement
7214 Register indirect with pre-decrement
7217 Register indirect with displacement
7220 PC relative address (for branch or rep).
7223 Immediate data (the `#' is optional and ignored)
7226 File: as.info, Node: D30V-Float, Next: D30V-Opcodes, Prev: D30V-Syntax, Up: D30V-Dependent
7228 8.7.3 Floating Point
7229 --------------------
7231 The D30V has no hardware floating point, but the `.float' and `.double'
7232 directives generates IEEE floating-point numbers for compatibility with
7233 other development tools.
7236 File: as.info, Node: D30V-Opcodes, Prev: D30V-Float, Up: D30V-Dependent
7241 For detailed information on the D30V machine instruction set, see `D30V
7242 Architecture: A VLIW Microprocessor for Multimedia Applications'
7243 (Mitsubishi Electric Corp.). `as' implements all the standard D30V
7244 opcodes. The only changes are those described in the section on size
7248 File: as.info, Node: H8/300-Dependent, Next: HPPA-Dependent, Prev: D30V-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
7250 8.8 H8/300 Dependent Features
7251 =============================
7255 * H8/300 Options:: Options
7256 * H8/300 Syntax:: Syntax
7257 * H8/300 Floating Point:: Floating Point
7258 * H8/300 Directives:: H8/300 Machine Directives
7259 * H8/300 Opcodes:: Opcodes
7262 File: as.info, Node: H8/300 Options, Next: H8/300 Syntax, Up: H8/300-Dependent
7267 `as' has no additional command-line options for the Renesas (formerly
7268 Hitachi) H8/300 family.
7271 File: as.info, Node: H8/300 Syntax, Next: H8/300 Floating Point, Prev: H8/300 Options, Up: H8/300-Dependent
7278 * H8/300-Chars:: Special Characters
7279 * H8/300-Regs:: Register Names
7280 * H8/300-Addressing:: Addressing Modes
7283 File: as.info, Node: H8/300-Chars, Next: H8/300-Regs, Up: H8/300 Syntax
7285 8.8.2.1 Special Characters
7286 ..........................
7288 `;' is the line comment character.
7290 `$' can be used instead of a newline to separate statements.
7291 Therefore _you may not use `$' in symbol names_ on the H8/300.
7294 File: as.info, Node: H8/300-Regs, Next: H8/300-Addressing, Prev: H8/300-Chars, Up: H8/300 Syntax
7296 8.8.2.2 Register Names
7297 ......................
7299 You can use predefined symbols of the form `rNh' and `rNl' to refer to
7300 the H8/300 registers as sixteen 8-bit general-purpose registers. N is
7301 a digit from `0' to `7'); for instance, both `r0h' and `r7l' are valid
7304 You can also use the eight predefined symbols `rN' to refer to the
7305 H8/300 registers as 16-bit registers (you must use this form for
7308 On the H8/300H, you can also use the eight predefined symbols `erN'
7309 (`er0' ... `er7') to refer to the 32-bit general purpose registers.
7311 The two control registers are called `pc' (program counter; a 16-bit
7312 register, except on the H8/300H where it is 24 bits) and `ccr'
7313 (condition code register; an 8-bit register). `r7' is used as the
7314 stack pointer, and can also be called `sp'.
7317 File: as.info, Node: H8/300-Addressing, Prev: H8/300-Regs, Up: H8/300 Syntax
7319 8.8.2.3 Addressing Modes
7320 ........................
7322 as understands the following addressing modes for the H8/300:
7332 Register indirect: 16-bit or 24-bit displacement D from register
7333 N. (24-bit displacements are only meaningful on the H8/300H.)
7336 Register indirect with post-increment
7339 Register indirect with pre-decrement
7345 Absolute address `aa'. (The address size `:24' only makes sense
7352 Immediate data XX. You may specify the `:8', `:16', or `:32' for
7353 clarity, if you wish; but `as' neither requires this nor uses
7354 it--the data size required is taken from context.
7358 Memory indirect. You may specify the `:8' for clarity, if you
7359 wish; but `as' neither requires this nor uses it.
7362 File: as.info, Node: H8/300 Floating Point, Next: H8/300 Directives, Prev: H8/300 Syntax, Up: H8/300-Dependent
7364 8.8.3 Floating Point
7365 --------------------
7367 The H8/300 family has no hardware floating point, but the `.float'
7368 directive generates IEEE floating-point numbers for compatibility with
7369 other development tools.
7372 File: as.info, Node: H8/300 Directives, Next: H8/300 Opcodes, Prev: H8/300 Floating Point, Up: H8/300-Dependent
7374 8.8.4 H8/300 Machine Directives
7375 -------------------------------
7377 `as' has the following machine-dependent directives for the H8/300:
7380 Recognize and emit additional instructions for the H8/300H
7381 variant, and also make `.int' emit 32-bit numbers rather than the
7382 usual (16-bit) for the H8/300 family.
7385 Recognize and emit additional instructions for the H8S variant, and
7386 also make `.int' emit 32-bit numbers rather than the usual (16-bit)
7387 for the H8/300 family.
7390 Recognize and emit additional instructions for the H8/300H variant
7391 in normal mode, and also make `.int' emit 32-bit numbers rather
7392 than the usual (16-bit) for the H8/300 family.
7395 Recognize and emit additional instructions for the H8S variant in
7396 normal mode, and also make `.int' emit 32-bit numbers rather than
7397 the usual (16-bit) for the H8/300 family.
7399 On the H8/300 family (including the H8/300H) `.word' directives
7400 generate 16-bit numbers.
7403 File: as.info, Node: H8/300 Opcodes, Prev: H8/300 Directives, Up: H8/300-Dependent
7408 For detailed information on the H8/300 machine instruction set, see
7409 `H8/300 Series Programming Manual'. For information specific to the
7410 H8/300H, see `H8/300H Series Programming Manual' (Renesas).
7412 `as' implements all the standard H8/300 opcodes. No additional
7413 pseudo-instructions are needed on this family.
7415 The following table summarizes the H8/300 opcodes, and their
7416 arguments. Entries marked `*' are opcodes used only on the H8/300H.
7420 Rd destination register
7421 abs absolute address
7423 disp:N N-bit displacement from a register
7424 pcrel:N N-bit displacement relative to program counter
7426 add.b #imm,rd * andc #imm,ccr
7427 add.b rs,rd band #imm,rd
7428 add.w rs,rd band #imm,@rd
7429 * add.w #imm,rd band #imm,@abs:8
7430 * add.l rs,rd bra pcrel:8
7431 * add.l #imm,rd * bra pcrel:16
7432 adds #imm,rd bt pcrel:8
7433 addx #imm,rd * bt pcrel:16
7434 addx rs,rd brn pcrel:8
7435 and.b #imm,rd * brn pcrel:16
7436 and.b rs,rd bf pcrel:8
7437 * and.w rs,rd * bf pcrel:16
7438 * and.w #imm,rd bhi pcrel:8
7439 * and.l #imm,rd * bhi pcrel:16
7440 * and.l rs,rd bls pcrel:8
7442 * bls pcrel:16 bld #imm,rd
7443 bcc pcrel:8 bld #imm,@rd
7444 * bcc pcrel:16 bld #imm,@abs:8
7445 bhs pcrel:8 bnot #imm,rd
7446 * bhs pcrel:16 bnot #imm,@rd
7447 bcs pcrel:8 bnot #imm,@abs:8
7448 * bcs pcrel:16 bnot rs,rd
7449 blo pcrel:8 bnot rs,@rd
7450 * blo pcrel:16 bnot rs,@abs:8
7451 bne pcrel:8 bor #imm,rd
7452 * bne pcrel:16 bor #imm,@rd
7453 beq pcrel:8 bor #imm,@abs:8
7454 * beq pcrel:16 bset #imm,rd
7455 bvc pcrel:8 bset #imm,@rd
7456 * bvc pcrel:16 bset #imm,@abs:8
7457 bvs pcrel:8 bset rs,rd
7458 * bvs pcrel:16 bset rs,@rd
7459 bpl pcrel:8 bset rs,@abs:8
7460 * bpl pcrel:16 bsr pcrel:8
7461 bmi pcrel:8 bsr pcrel:16
7462 * bmi pcrel:16 bst #imm,rd
7463 bge pcrel:8 bst #imm,@rd
7464 * bge pcrel:16 bst #imm,@abs:8
7465 blt pcrel:8 btst #imm,rd
7466 * blt pcrel:16 btst #imm,@rd
7467 bgt pcrel:8 btst #imm,@abs:8
7468 * bgt pcrel:16 btst rs,rd
7469 ble pcrel:8 btst rs,@rd
7470 * ble pcrel:16 btst rs,@abs:8
7471 bclr #imm,rd bxor #imm,rd
7472 bclr #imm,@rd bxor #imm,@rd
7473 bclr #imm,@abs:8 bxor #imm,@abs:8
7474 bclr rs,rd cmp.b #imm,rd
7475 bclr rs,@rd cmp.b rs,rd
7476 bclr rs,@abs:8 cmp.w rs,rd
7477 biand #imm,rd cmp.w rs,rd
7478 biand #imm,@rd * cmp.w #imm,rd
7479 biand #imm,@abs:8 * cmp.l #imm,rd
7480 bild #imm,rd * cmp.l rs,rd
7481 bild #imm,@rd daa rs
7482 bild #imm,@abs:8 das rs
7483 bior #imm,rd dec.b rs
7484 bior #imm,@rd * dec.w #imm,rd
7485 bior #imm,@abs:8 * dec.l #imm,rd
7486 bist #imm,rd divxu.b rs,rd
7487 bist #imm,@rd * divxu.w rs,rd
7488 bist #imm,@abs:8 * divxs.b rs,rd
7489 bixor #imm,rd * divxs.w rs,rd
7490 bixor #imm,@rd eepmov
7491 bixor #imm,@abs:8 * eepmovw
7493 * exts.w rd mov.w rs,@abs:16
7494 * exts.l rd * mov.l #imm,rd
7495 * extu.w rd * mov.l rs,rd
7496 * extu.l rd * mov.l @rs,rd
7497 inc rs * mov.l @(disp:16,rs),rd
7498 * inc.w #imm,rd * mov.l @(disp:24,rs),rd
7499 * inc.l #imm,rd * mov.l @rs+,rd
7500 jmp @rs * mov.l @abs:16,rd
7501 jmp abs * mov.l @abs:24,rd
7502 jmp @@abs:8 * mov.l rs,@rd
7503 jsr @rs * mov.l rs,@(disp:16,rd)
7504 jsr abs * mov.l rs,@(disp:24,rd)
7505 jsr @@abs:8 * mov.l rs,@-rd
7506 ldc #imm,ccr * mov.l rs,@abs:16
7507 ldc rs,ccr * mov.l rs,@abs:24
7508 * ldc @abs:16,ccr movfpe @abs:16,rd
7509 * ldc @abs:24,ccr movtpe rs,@abs:16
7510 * ldc @(disp:16,rs),ccr mulxu.b rs,rd
7511 * ldc @(disp:24,rs),ccr * mulxu.w rs,rd
7512 * ldc @rs+,ccr * mulxs.b rs,rd
7513 * ldc @rs,ccr * mulxs.w rs,rd
7514 * mov.b @(disp:24,rs),rd neg.b rs
7515 * mov.b rs,@(disp:24,rd) * neg.w rs
7516 mov.b @abs:16,rd * neg.l rs
7518 mov.b @abs:8,rd not.b rs
7519 mov.b rs,@abs:8 * not.w rs
7520 mov.b rs,rd * not.l rs
7521 mov.b #imm,rd or.b #imm,rd
7522 mov.b @rs,rd or.b rs,rd
7523 mov.b @(disp:16,rs),rd * or.w #imm,rd
7524 mov.b @rs+,rd * or.w rs,rd
7525 mov.b @abs:8,rd * or.l #imm,rd
7526 mov.b rs,@rd * or.l rs,rd
7527 mov.b rs,@(disp:16,rd) orc #imm,ccr
7528 mov.b rs,@-rd pop.w rs
7529 mov.b rs,@abs:8 * pop.l rs
7530 mov.w rs,@rd push.w rs
7531 * mov.w @(disp:24,rs),rd * push.l rs
7532 * mov.w rs,@(disp:24,rd) rotl.b rs
7533 * mov.w @abs:24,rd * rotl.w rs
7534 * mov.w rs,@abs:24 * rotl.l rs
7535 mov.w rs,rd rotr.b rs
7536 mov.w #imm,rd * rotr.w rs
7537 mov.w @rs,rd * rotr.l rs
7538 mov.w @(disp:16,rs),rd rotxl.b rs
7539 mov.w @rs+,rd * rotxl.w rs
7540 mov.w @abs:16,rd * rotxl.l rs
7541 mov.w rs,@(disp:16,rd) rotxr.b rs
7542 mov.w rs,@-rd * rotxr.w rs
7544 * rotxr.l rs * stc ccr,@(disp:24,rd)
7546 rte * stc ccr,@abs:16
7547 rts * stc ccr,@abs:24
7548 shal.b rs sub.b rs,rd
7549 * shal.w rs sub.w rs,rd
7550 * shal.l rs * sub.w #imm,rd
7551 shar.b rs * sub.l rs,rd
7552 * shar.w rs * sub.l #imm,rd
7553 * shar.l rs subs #imm,rd
7554 shll.b rs subx #imm,rd
7555 * shll.w rs subx rs,rd
7556 * shll.l rs * trapa #imm
7557 shlr.b rs xor #imm,rd
7558 * shlr.w rs xor rs,rd
7559 * shlr.l rs * xor.w #imm,rd
7561 stc ccr,rd * xor.l #imm,rd
7562 * stc ccr,@rs * xor.l rs,rd
7563 * stc ccr,@(disp:16,rd) xorc #imm,ccr
7565 Four H8/300 instructions (`add', `cmp', `mov', `sub') are defined
7566 with variants using the suffixes `.b', `.w', and `.l' to specify the
7567 size of a memory operand. `as' supports these suffixes, but does not
7568 require them; since one of the operands is always a register, `as' can
7569 deduce the correct size.
7571 For example, since `r0' refers to a 16-bit register,
7576 If you use the size suffixes, `as' issues a warning when the suffix
7577 and the register size do not match.
7580 File: as.info, Node: HPPA-Dependent, Next: ESA/390-Dependent, Prev: H8/300-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
7582 8.9 HPPA Dependent Features
7583 ===========================
7587 * HPPA Notes:: Notes
7588 * HPPA Options:: Options
7589 * HPPA Syntax:: Syntax
7590 * HPPA Floating Point:: Floating Point
7591 * HPPA Directives:: HPPA Machine Directives
7592 * HPPA Opcodes:: Opcodes
7595 File: as.info, Node: HPPA Notes, Next: HPPA Options, Up: HPPA-Dependent
7600 As a back end for GNU CC `as' has been throughly tested and should work
7601 extremely well. We have tested it only minimally on hand written
7602 assembly code and no one has tested it much on the assembly output from
7605 The format of the debugging sections has changed since the original
7606 `as' port (version 1.3X) was released; therefore, you must rebuild all
7607 HPPA objects and libraries with the new assembler so that you can debug
7608 the final executable.
7610 The HPPA `as' port generates a small subset of the relocations
7611 available in the SOM and ELF object file formats. Additional relocation
7612 support will be added as it becomes necessary.
7615 File: as.info, Node: HPPA Options, Next: HPPA Syntax, Prev: HPPA Notes, Up: HPPA-Dependent
7620 `as' has no machine-dependent command-line options for the HPPA.
7623 File: as.info, Node: HPPA Syntax, Next: HPPA Floating Point, Prev: HPPA Options, Up: HPPA-Dependent
7628 The assembler syntax closely follows the HPPA instruction set reference
7629 manual; assembler directives and general syntax closely follow the HPPA
7630 assembly language reference manual, with a few noteworthy differences.
7632 First, a colon may immediately follow a label definition. This is
7633 simply for compatibility with how most assembly language programmers
7636 Some obscure expression parsing problems may affect hand written
7637 code which uses the `spop' instructions, or code which makes significant
7638 use of the `!' line separator.
7640 `as' is much less forgiving about missing arguments and other
7641 similar oversights than the HP assembler. `as' notifies you of missing
7642 arguments as syntax errors; this is regarded as a feature, not a bug.
7644 Finally, `as' allows you to use an external symbol without
7645 explicitly importing the symbol. _Warning:_ in the future this will be
7646 an error for HPPA targets.
7648 Special characters for HPPA targets include:
7650 `;' is the line comment character.
7652 `!' can be used instead of a newline to separate statements.
7654 Since `$' has no special meaning, you may use it in symbol names.
7657 File: as.info, Node: HPPA Floating Point, Next: HPPA Directives, Prev: HPPA Syntax, Up: HPPA-Dependent
7659 8.9.4 Floating Point
7660 --------------------
7662 The HPPA family uses IEEE floating-point numbers.
7665 File: as.info, Node: HPPA Directives, Next: HPPA Opcodes, Prev: HPPA Floating Point, Up: HPPA-Dependent
7667 8.9.5 HPPA Assembler Directives
7668 -------------------------------
7670 `as' for the HPPA supports many additional directives for compatibility
7671 with the native assembler. This section describes them only briefly.
7672 For detailed information on HPPA-specific assembler directives, see
7673 `HP9000 Series 800 Assembly Language Reference Manual' (HP 92432-90001).
7675 `as' does _not_ support the following assembler directives described
7683 Beyond those implemented for compatibility, `as' supports one
7684 additional assembler directive for the HPPA: `.param'. It conveys
7685 register argument locations for static functions. Its syntax closely
7686 follows the `.export' directive.
7688 These are the additional directives in `as' for the HPPA:
7692 Reserve N bytes of storage, and initialize them to zero.
7695 Mark the beginning of a procedure call. Only the special case
7696 with _no arguments_ is allowed.
7698 `.callinfo [ PARAM=VALUE, ... ] [ FLAG, ... ]'
7699 Specify a number of parameters and flags that define the
7700 environment for a procedure.
7702 PARAM may be any of `frame' (frame size), `entry_gr' (end of
7703 general register range), `entry_fr' (end of float register range),
7704 `entry_sr' (end of space register range).
7706 The values for FLAG are `calls' or `caller' (proc has
7707 subroutines), `no_calls' (proc does not call subroutines),
7708 `save_rp' (preserve return pointer), `save_sp' (proc preserves
7709 stack pointer), `no_unwind' (do not unwind this proc), `hpux_int'
7710 (proc is interrupt routine).
7713 Assemble into the standard section called `$TEXT$', subsection
7716 `.copyright "STRING"'
7717 In the SOM object format, insert STRING into the object code,
7718 marked as a copyright string.
7720 `.copyright "STRING"'
7721 In the ELF object format, insert STRING into the object code,
7722 marked as a version string.
7725 Not yet supported; the assembler rejects programs containing this
7729 Mark the beginning of a procedure.
7732 Mark the end of a procedure.
7734 `.export NAME [ ,TYP ] [ ,PARAM=R ]'
7735 Make a procedure NAME available to callers. TYP, if present, must
7736 be one of `absolute', `code' (ELF only, not SOM), `data', `entry',
7737 `data', `entry', `millicode', `plabel', `pri_prog', or `sec_prog'.
7739 PARAM, if present, provides either relocation information for the
7740 procedure arguments and result, or a privilege level. PARAM may be
7741 `argwN' (where N ranges from `0' to `3', and indicates one of four
7742 one-word arguments); `rtnval' (the procedure's result); or
7743 `priv_lev' (privilege level). For arguments or the result, R
7744 specifies how to relocate, and must be one of `no' (not
7745 relocatable), `gr' (argument is in general register), `fr' (in
7746 floating point register), or `fu' (upper half of float register).
7747 For `priv_lev', R is an integer.
7750 Define a two-byte integer constant N; synonym for the portable
7751 `as' directive `.short'.
7753 `.import NAME [ ,TYP ]'
7754 Converse of `.export'; make a procedure available to call. The
7755 arguments use the same conventions as the first two arguments for
7759 Define NAME as a label for the current assembly location.
7762 Not yet supported; the assembler rejects programs containing this
7766 Advance location counter to LC. Synonym for the `as' portable
7769 `.param NAME [ ,TYP ] [ ,PARAM=R ]'
7770 Similar to `.export', but used for static procedures.
7773 Use preceding the first statement of a procedure.
7776 Use following the last statement of a procedure.
7779 Synonym for `.equ'; define LABEL with the absolute expression EXPR
7782 `.space SECNAME [ ,PARAMS ]'
7783 Switch to section SECNAME, creating a new section by that name if
7784 necessary. You may only use PARAMS when creating a new section,
7785 not when switching to an existing one. SECNAME may identify a
7786 section by number rather than by name.
7788 If specified, the list PARAMS declares attributes of the section,
7789 identified by keywords. The keywords recognized are `spnum=EXP'
7790 (identify this section by the number EXP, an absolute expression),
7791 `sort=EXP' (order sections according to this sort key when linking;
7792 EXP is an absolute expression), `unloadable' (section contains no
7793 loadable data), `notdefined' (this section defined elsewhere), and
7794 `private' (data in this section not available to other programs).
7797 Allocate four bytes of storage, and initialize them with the
7798 section number of the section named SECNAM. (You can define the
7799 section number with the HPPA `.space' directive.)
7802 Copy the characters in the string STR to the object file. *Note
7803 Strings: Strings, for information on escape sequences you can use
7806 _Warning!_ The HPPA version of `.string' differs from the usual
7807 `as' definition: it does _not_ write a zero byte after copying STR.
7810 Like `.string', but appends a zero byte after copying STR to object
7813 `.subspa NAME [ ,PARAMS ]'
7814 `.nsubspa NAME [ ,PARAMS ]'
7815 Similar to `.space', but selects a subsection NAME within the
7816 current section. You may only specify PARAMS when you create a
7817 subsection (in the first instance of `.subspa' for this NAME).
7819 If specified, the list PARAMS declares attributes of the
7820 subsection, identified by keywords. The keywords recognized are
7821 `quad=EXPR' ("quadrant" for this subsection), `align=EXPR'
7822 (alignment for beginning of this subsection; a power of two),
7823 `access=EXPR' (value for "access rights" field), `sort=EXPR'
7824 (sorting order for this subspace in link), `code_only' (subsection
7825 contains only code), `unloadable' (subsection cannot be loaded
7826 into memory), `comdat' (subsection is comdat), `common'
7827 (subsection is common block), `dup_comm' (subsection may have
7828 duplicate names), or `zero' (subsection is all zeros, do not write
7831 `.nsubspa' always creates a new subspace with the given name, even
7832 if one with the same name already exists.
7834 `comdat', `common' and `dup_comm' can be used to implement various
7835 flavors of one-only support when using the SOM linker. The SOM
7836 linker only supports specific combinations of these flags. The
7837 details are not documented. A brief description is provided here.
7839 `comdat' provides a form of linkonce support. It is useful for
7840 both code and data subspaces. A `comdat' subspace has a key symbol
7841 marked by the `is_comdat' flag or `ST_COMDAT'. Only the first
7842 subspace for any given key is selected. The key symbol becomes
7843 universal in shared links. This is similar to the behavior of
7844 `secondary_def' symbols.
7846 `common' provides Fortran named common support. It is only useful
7847 for data subspaces. Symbols with the flag `is_common' retain this
7848 flag in shared links. Referencing a `is_common' symbol in a shared
7849 library from outside the library doesn't work. Thus, `is_common'
7850 symbols must be output whenever they are needed.
7852 `common' and `dup_comm' together provide Cobol common support.
7853 The subspaces in this case must all be the same length.
7854 Otherwise, this support is similar to the Fortran common support.
7856 `dup_comm' by itself provides a type of one-only support for code.
7857 Only the first `dup_comm' subspace is selected. There is a rather
7858 complex algorithm to compare subspaces. Code symbols marked with
7859 the `dup_common' flag are hidden. This support was intended for
7860 "C++ duplicate inlines".
7862 A simplified technique is used to mark the flags of symbols based
7863 on the flags of their subspace. A symbol with the scope
7864 SS_UNIVERSAL and type ST_ENTRY, ST_CODE or ST_DATA is marked with
7865 the corresponding settings of `comdat', `common' and `dup_comm'
7866 from the subspace, respectively. This avoids having to introduce
7867 additional directives to mark these symbols. The HP assembler
7868 sets `is_common' from `common'. However, it doesn't set the
7869 `dup_common' from `dup_comm'. It doesn't have `comdat' support.
7872 Write STR as version identifier in object code.
7875 File: as.info, Node: HPPA Opcodes, Prev: HPPA Directives, Up: HPPA-Dependent
7880 For detailed information on the HPPA machine instruction set, see
7881 `PA-RISC Architecture and Instruction Set Reference Manual' (HP
7885 File: as.info, Node: ESA/390-Dependent, Next: i386-Dependent, Prev: HPPA-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
7887 8.10 ESA/390 Dependent Features
7888 ===============================
7892 * ESA/390 Notes:: Notes
7893 * ESA/390 Options:: Options
7894 * ESA/390 Syntax:: Syntax
7895 * ESA/390 Floating Point:: Floating Point
7896 * ESA/390 Directives:: ESA/390 Machine Directives
7897 * ESA/390 Opcodes:: Opcodes
7900 File: as.info, Node: ESA/390 Notes, Next: ESA/390 Options, Up: ESA/390-Dependent
7905 The ESA/390 `as' port is currently intended to be a back-end for the
7906 GNU CC compiler. It is not HLASM compatible, although it does support
7907 a subset of some of the HLASM directives. The only supported binary
7908 file format is ELF; none of the usual MVS/VM/OE/USS object file
7909 formats, such as ESD or XSD, are supported.
7911 When used with the GNU CC compiler, the ESA/390 `as' will produce
7912 correct, fully relocated, functional binaries, and has been used to
7913 compile and execute large projects. However, many aspects should still
7914 be considered experimental; these include shared library support,
7915 dynamically loadable objects, and any relocation other than the 31-bit
7919 File: as.info, Node: ESA/390 Options, Next: ESA/390 Syntax, Prev: ESA/390 Notes, Up: ESA/390-Dependent
7924 `as' has no machine-dependent command-line options for the ESA/390.
7927 File: as.info, Node: ESA/390 Syntax, Next: ESA/390 Floating Point, Prev: ESA/390 Options, Up: ESA/390-Dependent
7932 The opcode/operand syntax follows the ESA/390 Principles of Operation
7933 manual; assembler directives and general syntax are loosely based on the
7934 prevailing AT&T/SVR4/ELF/Solaris style notation. HLASM-style directives
7935 are _not_ supported for the most part, with the exception of those
7938 A leading dot in front of directives is optional, and the case of
7939 directives is ignored; thus for example, .using and USING have the same
7942 A colon may immediately follow a label definition. This is simply
7943 for compatibility with how most assembly language programmers write
7946 `#' is the line comment character.
7948 `;' can be used instead of a newline to separate statements.
7950 Since `$' has no special meaning, you may use it in symbol names.
7952 Registers can be given the symbolic names r0..r15, fp0, fp2, fp4,
7953 fp6. By using thesse symbolic names, `as' can detect simple syntax
7954 errors. The name rarg or r.arg is a synonym for r11, rtca or r.tca for
7955 r12, sp, r.sp, dsa r.dsa for r13, lr or r.lr for r14, rbase or r.base
7956 for r3 and rpgt or r.pgt for r4.
7958 `*' is the current location counter. Unlike `.' it is always
7959 relative to the last USING directive. Note that this means that
7960 expressions cannot use multiplication, as any occurrence of `*' will be
7961 interpreted as a location counter.
7963 All labels are relative to the last USING. Thus, branches to a label
7964 always imply the use of base+displacement.
7966 Many of the usual forms of address constants / address literals are
7969 L r15,=A(some_routine)
7970 LM r6,r7,=V(some_longlong_extern)
7974 MD r6,=D'3.14159265358979'
7977 should all behave as expected: that is, an entry in the literal pool
7978 will be created (or reused if it already exists), and the instruction
7979 operands will be the displacement into the literal pool using the
7980 current base register (as last declared with the `.using' directive).
7983 File: as.info, Node: ESA/390 Floating Point, Next: ESA/390 Directives, Prev: ESA/390 Syntax, Up: ESA/390-Dependent
7985 8.10.4 Floating Point
7986 ---------------------
7988 The assembler generates only IEEE floating-point numbers. The older
7989 floating point formats are not supported.
7992 File: as.info, Node: ESA/390 Directives, Next: ESA/390 Opcodes, Prev: ESA/390 Floating Point, Up: ESA/390-Dependent
7994 8.10.5 ESA/390 Assembler Directives
7995 -----------------------------------
7997 `as' for the ESA/390 supports all of the standard ELF/SVR4 assembler
7998 directives that are documented in the main part of this documentation.
7999 Several additional directives are supported in order to implement the
8000 ESA/390 addressing model. The most important of these are `.using' and
8003 These are the additional directives in `as' for the ESA/390:
8006 A small subset of the usual DC directive is supported.
8009 Stop using REGNO as the base register. The REGNO must have been
8010 previously declared with a `.using' directive in the same section
8011 as the current section.
8014 Emit the EBCDIC equivalent of the indicated string. The emitted
8015 string will be null terminated. Note that the directives
8016 `.string' etc. emit ascii strings by default.
8019 The standard HLASM-style EQU directive is not supported; however,
8020 the standard `as' directive .equ can be used to the same effect.
8023 Dump the literal pool accumulated so far; begin a new literal pool.
8024 The literal pool will be written in the current section; in order
8025 to generate correct assembly, a `.using' must have been previously
8026 specified in the same section.
8029 Use REGNO as the base register for all subsequent RX, RS, and SS
8030 form instructions. The EXPR will be evaluated to obtain the base
8031 address; usually, EXPR will merely be `*'.
8033 This assembler allows two `.using' directives to be simultaneously
8034 outstanding, one in the `.text' section, and one in another section
8035 (typically, the `.data' section). This feature allows dynamically
8036 loaded objects to be implemented in a relatively straightforward
8037 way. A `.using' directive must always be specified in the `.text'
8038 section; this will specify the base register that will be used for
8039 branches in the `.text' section. A second `.using' may be
8040 specified in another section; this will specify the base register
8041 that is used for non-label address literals. When a second
8042 `.using' is specified, then the subsequent `.ltorg' must be put in
8043 the same section; otherwise an error will result.
8045 Thus, for example, the following code uses `r3' to address branch
8046 targets and `r4' to address the literal pool, which has been
8047 written to the `.data' section. The is, the constants
8048 `=A(some_routine)', `=H'42'' and `=E'3.1416'' will all appear in
8049 the `.data' section.
8060 L r15,=A(some_routine)
8070 Note that this dual-`.using' directive semantics extends and is
8071 not compatible with HLASM semantics. Note that this assembler
8072 directive does not support the full range of HLASM semantics.
8076 File: as.info, Node: ESA/390 Opcodes, Prev: ESA/390 Directives, Up: ESA/390-Dependent
8081 For detailed information on the ESA/390 machine instruction set, see
8082 `ESA/390 Principles of Operation' (IBM Publication Number DZ9AR004).
8085 File: as.info, Node: i386-Dependent, Next: i860-Dependent, Prev: ESA/390-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
8087 8.11 80386 Dependent Features
8088 =============================
8090 The i386 version `as' supports both the original Intel 386
8091 architecture in both 16 and 32-bit mode as well as AMD x86-64
8092 architecture extending the Intel architecture to 64-bits.
8096 * i386-Options:: Options
8097 * i386-Syntax:: AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax
8098 * i386-Mnemonics:: Instruction Naming
8099 * i386-Regs:: Register Naming
8100 * i386-Prefixes:: Instruction Prefixes
8101 * i386-Memory:: Memory References
8102 * i386-Jumps:: Handling of Jump Instructions
8103 * i386-Float:: Floating Point
8104 * i386-SIMD:: Intel's MMX and AMD's 3DNow! SIMD Operations
8105 * i386-16bit:: Writing 16-bit Code
8106 * i386-Arch:: Specifying an x86 CPU architecture
8107 * i386-Bugs:: AT&T Syntax bugs
8108 * i386-Notes:: Notes
8111 File: as.info, Node: i386-Options, Next: i386-Syntax, Up: i386-Dependent
8116 The i386 version of `as' has a few machine dependent options:
8119 Select the word size, either 32 bits or 64 bits. Selecting 32-bit
8120 implies Intel i386 architecture, while 64-bit implies AMD x86-64
8123 These options are only available with the ELF object file format,
8124 and require that the necessary BFD support has been included (on a
8125 32-bit platform you have to add -enable-64-bit-bfd to configure
8126 enable 64-bit usage and use x86-64 as target platform).
8129 By default, x86 GAS replaces multiple nop instructions used for
8130 alignment within code sections with multi-byte nop instructions
8131 such as leal 0(%esi,1),%esi. This switch disables the
8135 On SVR4-derived platforms, the character `/' is treated as a
8136 comment character, which means that it cannot be used in
8137 expressions. The `--divide' option turns `/' into a normal
8138 character. This does not disable `/' at the beginning of a line
8139 starting a comment, or affect using `#' for starting a comment.
8143 File: as.info, Node: i386-Syntax, Next: i386-Mnemonics, Prev: i386-Options, Up: i386-Dependent
8145 8.11.2 AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax
8146 --------------------------------------
8148 `as' now supports assembly using Intel assembler syntax.
8149 `.intel_syntax' selects Intel mode, and `.att_syntax' switches back to
8150 the usual AT&T mode for compatibility with the output of `gcc'. Either
8151 of these directives may have an optional argument, `prefix', or
8152 `noprefix' specifying whether registers require a `%' prefix. AT&T
8153 System V/386 assembler syntax is quite different from Intel syntax. We
8154 mention these differences because almost all 80386 documents use Intel
8155 syntax. Notable differences between the two syntaxes are:
8157 * AT&T immediate operands are preceded by `$'; Intel immediate
8158 operands are undelimited (Intel `push 4' is AT&T `pushl $4').
8159 AT&T register operands are preceded by `%'; Intel register operands
8160 are undelimited. AT&T absolute (as opposed to PC relative)
8161 jump/call operands are prefixed by `*'; they are undelimited in
8164 * AT&T and Intel syntax use the opposite order for source and
8165 destination operands. Intel `add eax, 4' is `addl $4, %eax'. The
8166 `source, dest' convention is maintained for compatibility with
8167 previous Unix assemblers. Note that instructions with more than
8168 one source operand, such as the `enter' instruction, do _not_ have
8169 reversed order. *Note i386-Bugs::.
8171 * In AT&T syntax the size of memory operands is determined from the
8172 last character of the instruction mnemonic. Mnemonic suffixes of
8173 `b', `w', `l' and `q' specify byte (8-bit), word (16-bit), long
8174 (32-bit) and quadruple word (64-bit) memory references. Intel
8175 syntax accomplishes this by prefixing memory operands (_not_ the
8176 instruction mnemonics) with `byte ptr', `word ptr', `dword ptr'
8177 and `qword ptr'. Thus, Intel `mov al, byte ptr FOO' is `movb FOO,
8178 %al' in AT&T syntax.
8180 * Immediate form long jumps and calls are `lcall/ljmp $SECTION,
8181 $OFFSET' in AT&T syntax; the Intel syntax is `call/jmp far
8182 SECTION:OFFSET'. Also, the far return instruction is `lret
8183 $STACK-ADJUST' in AT&T syntax; Intel syntax is `ret far
8186 * The AT&T assembler does not provide support for multiple section
8187 programs. Unix style systems expect all programs to be single
8191 File: as.info, Node: i386-Mnemonics, Next: i386-Regs, Prev: i386-Syntax, Up: i386-Dependent
8193 8.11.3 Instruction Naming
8194 -------------------------
8196 Instruction mnemonics are suffixed with one character modifiers which
8197 specify the size of operands. The letters `b', `w', `l' and `q'
8198 specify byte, word, long and quadruple word operands. If no suffix is
8199 specified by an instruction then `as' tries to fill in the missing
8200 suffix based on the destination register operand (the last one by
8201 convention). Thus, `mov %ax, %bx' is equivalent to `movw %ax, %bx';
8202 also, `mov $1, %bx' is equivalent to `movw $1, bx'. Note that this is
8203 incompatible with the AT&T Unix assembler which assumes that a missing
8204 mnemonic suffix implies long operand size. (This incompatibility does
8205 not affect compiler output since compilers always explicitly specify
8206 the mnemonic suffix.)
8208 Almost all instructions have the same names in AT&T and Intel format.
8209 There are a few exceptions. The sign extend and zero extend
8210 instructions need two sizes to specify them. They need a size to
8211 sign/zero extend _from_ and a size to zero extend _to_. This is
8212 accomplished by using two instruction mnemonic suffixes in AT&T syntax.
8213 Base names for sign extend and zero extend are `movs...' and `movz...'
8214 in AT&T syntax (`movsx' and `movzx' in Intel syntax). The instruction
8215 mnemonic suffixes are tacked on to this base name, the _from_ suffix
8216 before the _to_ suffix. Thus, `movsbl %al, %edx' is AT&T syntax for
8217 "move sign extend _from_ %al _to_ %edx." Possible suffixes, thus, are
8218 `bl' (from byte to long), `bw' (from byte to word), `wl' (from word to
8219 long), `bq' (from byte to quadruple word), `wq' (from word to quadruple
8220 word), and `lq' (from long to quadruple word).
8222 The Intel-syntax conversion instructions
8224 * `cbw' -- sign-extend byte in `%al' to word in `%ax',
8226 * `cwde' -- sign-extend word in `%ax' to long in `%eax',
8228 * `cwd' -- sign-extend word in `%ax' to long in `%dx:%ax',
8230 * `cdq' -- sign-extend dword in `%eax' to quad in `%edx:%eax',
8232 * `cdqe' -- sign-extend dword in `%eax' to quad in `%rax' (x86-64
8235 * `cqo' -- sign-extend quad in `%rax' to octuple in `%rdx:%rax'
8238 are called `cbtw', `cwtl', `cwtd', `cltd', `cltq', and `cqto' in AT&T
8239 naming. `as' accepts either naming for these instructions.
8241 Far call/jump instructions are `lcall' and `ljmp' in AT&T syntax,
8242 but are `call far' and `jump far' in Intel convention.
8245 File: as.info, Node: i386-Regs, Next: i386-Prefixes, Prev: i386-Mnemonics, Up: i386-Dependent
8247 8.11.4 Register Naming
8248 ----------------------
8250 Register operands are always prefixed with `%'. The 80386 registers
8253 * the 8 32-bit registers `%eax' (the accumulator), `%ebx', `%ecx',
8254 `%edx', `%edi', `%esi', `%ebp' (the frame pointer), and `%esp'
8255 (the stack pointer).
8257 * the 8 16-bit low-ends of these: `%ax', `%bx', `%cx', `%dx', `%di',
8258 `%si', `%bp', and `%sp'.
8260 * the 8 8-bit registers: `%ah', `%al', `%bh', `%bl', `%ch', `%cl',
8261 `%dh', and `%dl' (These are the high-bytes and low-bytes of `%ax',
8262 `%bx', `%cx', and `%dx')
8264 * the 6 section registers `%cs' (code section), `%ds' (data
8265 section), `%ss' (stack section), `%es', `%fs', and `%gs'.
8267 * the 3 processor control registers `%cr0', `%cr2', and `%cr3'.
8269 * the 6 debug registers `%db0', `%db1', `%db2', `%db3', `%db6', and
8272 * the 2 test registers `%tr6' and `%tr7'.
8274 * the 8 floating point register stack `%st' or equivalently
8275 `%st(0)', `%st(1)', `%st(2)', `%st(3)', `%st(4)', `%st(5)',
8276 `%st(6)', and `%st(7)'. These registers are overloaded by 8 MMX
8277 registers `%mm0', `%mm1', `%mm2', `%mm3', `%mm4', `%mm5', `%mm6'
8280 * the 8 SSE registers registers `%xmm0', `%xmm1', `%xmm2', `%xmm3',
8281 `%xmm4', `%xmm5', `%xmm6' and `%xmm7'.
8283 The AMD x86-64 architecture extends the register set by:
8285 * enhancing the 8 32-bit registers to 64-bit: `%rax' (the
8286 accumulator), `%rbx', `%rcx', `%rdx', `%rdi', `%rsi', `%rbp' (the
8287 frame pointer), `%rsp' (the stack pointer)
8289 * the 8 extended registers `%r8'-`%r15'.
8291 * the 8 32-bit low ends of the extended registers: `%r8d'-`%r15d'
8293 * the 8 16-bit low ends of the extended registers: `%r8w'-`%r15w'
8295 * the 8 8-bit low ends of the extended registers: `%r8b'-`%r15b'
8297 * the 4 8-bit registers: `%sil', `%dil', `%bpl', `%spl'.
8299 * the 8 debug registers: `%db8'-`%db15'.
8301 * the 8 SSE registers: `%xmm8'-`%xmm15'.
8304 File: as.info, Node: i386-Prefixes, Next: i386-Memory, Prev: i386-Regs, Up: i386-Dependent
8306 8.11.5 Instruction Prefixes
8307 ---------------------------
8309 Instruction prefixes are used to modify the following instruction. They
8310 are used to repeat string instructions, to provide section overrides, to
8311 perform bus lock operations, and to change operand and address sizes.
8312 (Most instructions that normally operate on 32-bit operands will use
8313 16-bit operands if the instruction has an "operand size" prefix.)
8314 Instruction prefixes are best written on the same line as the
8315 instruction they act upon. For example, the `scas' (scan string)
8316 instruction is repeated with:
8318 repne scas %es:(%edi),%al
8320 You may also place prefixes on the lines immediately preceding the
8321 instruction, but this circumvents checks that `as' does with prefixes,
8322 and will not work with all prefixes.
8324 Here is a list of instruction prefixes:
8326 * Section override prefixes `cs', `ds', `ss', `es', `fs', `gs'.
8327 These are automatically added by specifying using the
8328 SECTION:MEMORY-OPERAND form for memory references.
8330 * Operand/Address size prefixes `data16' and `addr16' change 32-bit
8331 operands/addresses into 16-bit operands/addresses, while `data32'
8332 and `addr32' change 16-bit ones (in a `.code16' section) into
8333 32-bit operands/addresses. These prefixes _must_ appear on the
8334 same line of code as the instruction they modify. For example, in
8335 a 16-bit `.code16' section, you might write:
8339 * The bus lock prefix `lock' inhibits interrupts during execution of
8340 the instruction it precedes. (This is only valid with certain
8341 instructions; see a 80386 manual for details).
8343 * The wait for coprocessor prefix `wait' waits for the coprocessor to
8344 complete the current instruction. This should never be needed for
8345 the 80386/80387 combination.
8347 * The `rep', `repe', and `repne' prefixes are added to string
8348 instructions to make them repeat `%ecx' times (`%cx' times if the
8349 current address size is 16-bits).
8351 * The `rex' family of prefixes is used by x86-64 to encode
8352 extensions to i386 instruction set. The `rex' prefix has four
8353 bits -- an operand size overwrite (`64') used to change operand
8354 size from 32-bit to 64-bit and X, Y and Z extensions bits used to
8355 extend the register set.
8357 You may write the `rex' prefixes directly. The `rex64xyz'
8358 instruction emits `rex' prefix with all the bits set. By omitting
8359 the `64', `x', `y' or `z' you may write other prefixes as well.
8360 Normally, there is no need to write the prefixes explicitly, since
8361 gas will automatically generate them based on the instruction
8365 File: as.info, Node: i386-Memory, Next: i386-Jumps, Prev: i386-Prefixes, Up: i386-Dependent
8367 8.11.6 Memory References
8368 ------------------------
8370 An Intel syntax indirect memory reference of the form
8372 SECTION:[BASE + INDEX*SCALE + DISP]
8374 is translated into the AT&T syntax
8376 SECTION:DISP(BASE, INDEX, SCALE)
8378 where BASE and INDEX are the optional 32-bit base and index registers,
8379 DISP is the optional displacement, and SCALE, taking the values 1, 2,
8380 4, and 8, multiplies INDEX to calculate the address of the operand. If
8381 no SCALE is specified, SCALE is taken to be 1. SECTION specifies the
8382 optional section register for the memory operand, and may override the
8383 default section register (see a 80386 manual for section register
8384 defaults). Note that section overrides in AT&T syntax _must_ be
8385 preceded by a `%'. If you specify a section override which coincides
8386 with the default section register, `as' does _not_ output any section
8387 register override prefixes to assemble the given instruction. Thus,
8388 section overrides can be specified to emphasize which section register
8389 is used for a given memory operand.
8391 Here are some examples of Intel and AT&T style memory references:
8393 AT&T: `-4(%ebp)', Intel: `[ebp - 4]'
8394 BASE is `%ebp'; DISP is `-4'. SECTION is missing, and the default
8395 section is used (`%ss' for addressing with `%ebp' as the base
8396 register). INDEX, SCALE are both missing.
8398 AT&T: `foo(,%eax,4)', Intel: `[foo + eax*4]'
8399 INDEX is `%eax' (scaled by a SCALE 4); DISP is `foo'. All other
8400 fields are missing. The section register here defaults to `%ds'.
8402 AT&T: `foo(,1)'; Intel `[foo]'
8403 This uses the value pointed to by `foo' as a memory operand. Note
8404 that BASE and INDEX are both missing, but there is only _one_ `,'.
8405 This is a syntactic exception.
8407 AT&T: `%gs:foo'; Intel `gs:foo'
8408 This selects the contents of the variable `foo' with section
8409 register SECTION being `%gs'.
8411 Absolute (as opposed to PC relative) call and jump operands must be
8412 prefixed with `*'. If no `*' is specified, `as' always chooses PC
8413 relative addressing for jump/call labels.
8415 Any instruction that has a memory operand, but no register operand,
8416 _must_ specify its size (byte, word, long, or quadruple) with an
8417 instruction mnemonic suffix (`b', `w', `l' or `q', respectively).
8419 The x86-64 architecture adds an RIP (instruction pointer relative)
8420 addressing. This addressing mode is specified by using `rip' as a base
8421 register. Only constant offsets are valid. For example:
8423 AT&T: `1234(%rip)', Intel: `[rip + 1234]'
8424 Points to the address 1234 bytes past the end of the current
8427 AT&T: `symbol(%rip)', Intel: `[rip + symbol]'
8428 Points to the `symbol' in RIP relative way, this is shorter than
8429 the default absolute addressing.
8431 Other addressing modes remain unchanged in x86-64 architecture,
8432 except registers used are 64-bit instead of 32-bit.
8435 File: as.info, Node: i386-Jumps, Next: i386-Float, Prev: i386-Memory, Up: i386-Dependent
8437 8.11.7 Handling of Jump Instructions
8438 ------------------------------------
8440 Jump instructions are always optimized to use the smallest possible
8441 displacements. This is accomplished by using byte (8-bit) displacement
8442 jumps whenever the target is sufficiently close. If a byte displacement
8443 is insufficient a long displacement is used. We do not support word
8444 (16-bit) displacement jumps in 32-bit mode (i.e. prefixing the jump
8445 instruction with the `data16' instruction prefix), since the 80386
8446 insists upon masking `%eip' to 16 bits after the word displacement is
8447 added. (See also *note i386-Arch::)
8449 Note that the `jcxz', `jecxz', `loop', `loopz', `loope', `loopnz'
8450 and `loopne' instructions only come in byte displacements, so that if
8451 you use these instructions (`gcc' does not use them) you may get an
8452 error message (and incorrect code). The AT&T 80386 assembler tries to
8453 get around this problem by expanding `jcxz foo' to
8461 File: as.info, Node: i386-Float, Next: i386-SIMD, Prev: i386-Jumps, Up: i386-Dependent
8463 8.11.8 Floating Point
8464 ---------------------
8466 All 80387 floating point types except packed BCD are supported. (BCD
8467 support may be added without much difficulty). These data types are
8468 16-, 32-, and 64- bit integers, and single (32-bit), double (64-bit),
8469 and extended (80-bit) precision floating point. Each supported type
8470 has an instruction mnemonic suffix and a constructor associated with
8471 it. Instruction mnemonic suffixes specify the operand's data type.
8472 Constructors build these data types into memory.
8474 * Floating point constructors are `.float' or `.single', `.double',
8475 and `.tfloat' for 32-, 64-, and 80-bit formats. These correspond
8476 to instruction mnemonic suffixes `s', `l', and `t'. `t' stands for
8477 80-bit (ten byte) real. The 80387 only supports this format via
8478 the `fldt' (load 80-bit real to stack top) and `fstpt' (store
8479 80-bit real and pop stack) instructions.
8481 * Integer constructors are `.word', `.long' or `.int', and `.quad'
8482 for the 16-, 32-, and 64-bit integer formats. The corresponding
8483 instruction mnemonic suffixes are `s' (single), `l' (long), and
8484 `q' (quad). As with the 80-bit real format, the 64-bit `q' format
8485 is only present in the `fildq' (load quad integer to stack top)
8486 and `fistpq' (store quad integer and pop stack) instructions.
8488 Register to register operations should not use instruction mnemonic
8489 suffixes. `fstl %st, %st(1)' will give a warning, and be assembled as
8490 if you wrote `fst %st, %st(1)', since all register to register
8491 operations use 80-bit floating point operands. (Contrast this with
8492 `fstl %st, mem', which converts `%st' from 80-bit to 64-bit floating
8493 point format, then stores the result in the 4 byte location `mem')
8496 File: as.info, Node: i386-SIMD, Next: i386-16bit, Prev: i386-Float, Up: i386-Dependent
8498 8.11.9 Intel's MMX and AMD's 3DNow! SIMD Operations
8499 ---------------------------------------------------
8501 `as' supports Intel's MMX instruction set (SIMD instructions for
8502 integer data), available on Intel's Pentium MMX processors and Pentium
8503 II processors, AMD's K6 and K6-2 processors, Cyrix' M2 processor, and
8504 probably others. It also supports AMD's 3DNow! instruction set (SIMD
8505 instructions for 32-bit floating point data) available on AMD's K6-2
8506 processor and possibly others in the future.
8508 Currently, `as' does not support Intel's floating point SIMD, Katmai
8511 The eight 64-bit MMX operands, also used by 3DNow!, are called
8512 `%mm0', `%mm1', ... `%mm7'. They contain eight 8-bit integers, four
8513 16-bit integers, two 32-bit integers, one 64-bit integer, or two 32-bit
8514 floating point values. The MMX registers cannot be used at the same
8515 time as the floating point stack.
8517 See Intel and AMD documentation, keeping in mind that the operand
8518 order in instructions is reversed from the Intel syntax.
8521 File: as.info, Node: i386-16bit, Next: i386-Arch, Prev: i386-SIMD, Up: i386-Dependent
8523 8.11.10 Writing 16-bit Code
8524 ---------------------------
8526 While `as' normally writes only "pure" 32-bit i386 code or 64-bit
8527 x86-64 code depending on the default configuration, it also supports
8528 writing code to run in real mode or in 16-bit protected mode code
8529 segments. To do this, put a `.code16' or `.code16gcc' directive before
8530 the assembly language instructions to be run in 16-bit mode. You can
8531 switch `as' back to writing normal 32-bit code with the `.code32'
8534 `.code16gcc' provides experimental support for generating 16-bit
8535 code from gcc, and differs from `.code16' in that `call', `ret',
8536 `enter', `leave', `push', `pop', `pusha', `popa', `pushf', and `popf'
8537 instructions default to 32-bit size. This is so that the stack pointer
8538 is manipulated in the same way over function calls, allowing access to
8539 function parameters at the same stack offsets as in 32-bit mode.
8540 `.code16gcc' also automatically adds address size prefixes where
8541 necessary to use the 32-bit addressing modes that gcc generates.
8543 The code which `as' generates in 16-bit mode will not necessarily
8544 run on a 16-bit pre-80386 processor. To write code that runs on such a
8545 processor, you must refrain from using _any_ 32-bit constructs which
8546 require `as' to output address or operand size prefixes.
8548 Note that writing 16-bit code instructions by explicitly specifying a
8549 prefix or an instruction mnemonic suffix within a 32-bit code section
8550 generates different machine instructions than those generated for a
8551 16-bit code segment. In a 32-bit code section, the following code
8552 generates the machine opcode bytes `66 6a 04', which pushes the value
8553 `4' onto the stack, decrementing `%esp' by 2.
8557 The same code in a 16-bit code section would generate the machine
8558 opcode bytes `6a 04' (ie. without the operand size prefix), which is
8559 correct since the processor default operand size is assumed to be 16
8560 bits in a 16-bit code section.
8563 File: as.info, Node: i386-Bugs, Next: i386-Notes, Prev: i386-Arch, Up: i386-Dependent
8565 8.11.11 AT&T Syntax bugs
8566 ------------------------
8568 The UnixWare assembler, and probably other AT&T derived ix86 Unix
8569 assemblers, generate floating point instructions with reversed source
8570 and destination registers in certain cases. Unfortunately, gcc and
8571 possibly many other programs use this reversed syntax, so we're stuck
8577 results in `%st(3)' being updated to `%st - %st(3)' rather than the
8578 expected `%st(3) - %st'. This happens with all the non-commutative
8579 arithmetic floating point operations with two register operands where
8580 the source register is `%st' and the destination register is `%st(i)'.
8583 File: as.info, Node: i386-Arch, Next: i386-Bugs, Prev: i386-16bit, Up: i386-Dependent
8585 8.11.12 Specifying CPU Architecture
8586 -----------------------------------
8588 `as' may be told to assemble for a particular CPU (sub-)architecture
8589 with the `.arch CPU_TYPE' directive. This directive enables a warning
8590 when gas detects an instruction that is not supported on the CPU
8591 specified. The choices for CPU_TYPE are:
8593 `i8086' `i186' `i286' `i386'
8594 `i486' `i586' `i686' `pentium'
8595 `pentiumpro' `pentiumii' `pentiumiii' `pentium4'
8603 Apart from the warning, there are only two other effects on `as'
8604 operation; Firstly, if you specify a CPU other than `i486', then shift
8605 by one instructions such as `sarl $1, %eax' will automatically use a
8606 two byte opcode sequence. The larger three byte opcode sequence is
8607 used on the 486 (and when no architecture is specified) because it
8608 executes faster on the 486. Note that you can explicitly request the
8609 two byte opcode by writing `sarl %eax'. Secondly, if you specify
8610 `i8086', `i186', or `i286', _and_ `.code16' or `.code16gcc' then byte
8611 offset conditional jumps will be promoted when necessary to a two
8612 instruction sequence consisting of a conditional jump of the opposite
8613 sense around an unconditional jump to the target.
8615 Following the CPU architecture (but not a sub-architecture, which
8616 are those starting with a dot), you may specify `jumps' or `nojumps' to
8617 control automatic promotion of conditional jumps. `jumps' is the
8618 default, and enables jump promotion; All external jumps will be of the
8619 long variety, and file-local jumps will be promoted as necessary.
8620 (*note i386-Jumps::) `nojumps' leaves external conditional jumps as
8621 byte offset jumps, and warns about file-local conditional jumps that
8622 `as' promotes. Unconditional jumps are treated as for `jumps'.
8629 File: as.info, Node: i386-Notes, Prev: i386-Bugs, Up: i386-Dependent
8634 There is some trickery concerning the `mul' and `imul' instructions
8635 that deserves mention. The 16-, 32-, 64- and 128-bit expanding
8636 multiplies (base opcode `0xf6'; extension 4 for `mul' and 5 for `imul')
8637 can be output only in the one operand form. Thus, `imul %ebx, %eax'
8638 does _not_ select the expanding multiply; the expanding multiply would
8639 clobber the `%edx' register, and this would confuse `gcc' output. Use
8640 `imul %ebx' to get the 64-bit product in `%edx:%eax'.
8642 We have added a two operand form of `imul' when the first operand is
8643 an immediate mode expression and the second operand is a register.
8644 This is just a shorthand, so that, multiplying `%eax' by 69, for
8645 example, can be done with `imul $69, %eax' rather than `imul $69, %eax,
8649 File: as.info, Node: i860-Dependent, Next: i960-Dependent, Prev: i386-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
8651 8.12 Intel i860 Dependent Features
8652 ==================================
8656 * Notes-i860:: i860 Notes
8657 * Options-i860:: i860 Command-line Options
8658 * Directives-i860:: i860 Machine Directives
8659 * Opcodes for i860:: i860 Opcodes
8662 File: as.info, Node: Notes-i860, Next: Options-i860, Up: i860-Dependent
8667 This is a fairly complete i860 assembler which is compatible with the
8668 UNIX System V/860 Release 4 assembler. However, it does not currently
8669 support SVR4 PIC (i.e., `@GOT, @GOTOFF, @PLT').
8671 Like the SVR4/860 assembler, the output object format is ELF32.
8672 Currently, this is the only supported object format. If there is
8673 sufficient interest, other formats such as COFF may be implemented.
8675 Both the Intel and AT&T/SVR4 syntaxes are supported, with the latter
8676 being the default. One difference is that AT&T syntax requires the '%'
8677 prefix on register names while Intel syntax does not. Another
8678 difference is in the specification of relocatable expressions. The
8679 Intel syntax is `ha%expression' whereas the SVR4 syntax is
8680 `[expression]@ha' (and similarly for the "l" and "h" selectors).
8683 File: as.info, Node: Options-i860, Next: Directives-i860, Prev: Notes-i860, Up: i860-Dependent
8685 8.12.2 i860 Command-line Options
8686 --------------------------------
8688 8.12.2.1 SVR4 compatibility options
8689 ...................................
8692 Print assembler version.
8700 8.12.2.2 Other options
8701 ......................
8704 Select little endian output (this is the default).
8707 Select big endian output. Note that the i860 always reads
8708 instructions as little endian data, so this option only effects
8709 data and not instructions.
8712 Emit a warning message if any pseudo-instruction expansions
8713 occurred. For example, a `or' instruction with an immediate
8714 larger than 16-bits will be expanded into two instructions. This
8715 is a very undesirable feature to rely on, so this flag can help
8716 detect any code where it happens. One use of it, for instance, has
8717 been to find and eliminate any place where `gcc' may emit these
8718 pseudo-instructions.
8721 Enable support for the i860XP instructions and control registers.
8722 By default, this option is disabled so that only the base
8723 instruction set (i.e., i860XR) is supported.
8726 The i860 assembler defaults to AT&T/SVR4 syntax. This option
8727 enables the Intel syntax.
8730 File: as.info, Node: Directives-i860, Next: Opcodes for i860, Prev: Options-i860, Up: i860-Dependent
8732 8.12.3 i860 Machine Directives
8733 ------------------------------
8736 Enter dual instruction mode. While this directive is supported, the
8737 preferred way to use dual instruction mode is to explicitly code
8738 the dual bit with the `d.' prefix.
8741 Exit dual instruction mode. While this directive is supported, the
8742 preferred way to use dual instruction mode is to explicitly code
8743 the dual bit with the `d.' prefix.
8746 Change the temporary register used when expanding pseudo
8747 operations. The default register is `r31'.
8749 The `.dual', `.enddual', and `.atmp' directives are available only
8750 in the Intel syntax mode.
8752 Both syntaxes allow for the standard `.align' directive. However,
8753 the Intel syntax additionally allows keywords for the alignment
8754 parameter: "`.align type'", where `type' is one of `.short', `.long',
8755 `.quad', `.single', `.double' representing alignments of 2, 4, 16, 4,
8756 and 8, respectively.
8759 File: as.info, Node: Opcodes for i860, Prev: Directives-i860, Up: i860-Dependent
8764 All of the Intel i860XR and i860XP machine instructions are supported.
8765 Please see either _i860 Microprocessor Programmer's Reference Manual_
8766 or _i860 Microprocessor Architecture_ for more information.
8768 8.12.4.1 Other instruction support (pseudo-instructions)
8769 ........................................................
8771 For compatibility with some other i860 assemblers, a number of
8772 pseudo-instructions are supported. While these are supported, they are
8773 a very undesirable feature that should be avoided - in particular, when
8774 they result in an expansion to multiple actual i860 instructions. Below
8775 are the pseudo-instructions that result in expansions.
8776 * Load large immediate into general register:
8778 The pseudo-instruction `mov imm,%rn' (where the immediate does not
8779 fit within a signed 16-bit field) will be expanded into:
8780 orh large_imm@h,%r0,%rn
8781 or large_imm@l,%rn,%rn
8783 * Load/store with relocatable address expression:
8785 For example, the pseudo-instruction `ld.b addr_exp(%rx),%rn' will
8787 orh addr_exp@ha,%rx,%r31
8788 ld.l addr_exp@l(%r31),%rn
8790 The analogous expansions apply to `ld.x, st.x, fld.x, pfld.x,
8791 fst.x', and `pst.x' as well.
8793 * Signed large immediate with add/subtract:
8795 If any of the arithmetic operations `adds, addu, subs, subu' are
8796 used with an immediate larger than 16-bits (signed), then they
8797 will be expanded. For instance, the pseudo-instruction `adds
8798 large_imm,%rx,%rn' expands to:
8799 orh large_imm@h,%r0,%r31
8800 or large_imm@l,%r31,%r31
8803 * Unsigned large immediate with logical operations:
8805 Logical operations (`or, andnot, or, xor') also result in
8806 expansions. The pseudo-instruction `or large_imm,%rx,%rn' results
8808 orh large_imm@h,%rx,%r31
8809 or large_imm@l,%r31,%rn
8811 Similarly for the others, except for `and' which expands to:
8812 andnot (-1 - large_imm)@h,%rx,%r31
8813 andnot (-1 - large_imm)@l,%r31,%rn
8816 File: as.info, Node: i960-Dependent, Next: IA-64-Dependent, Prev: i860-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
8818 8.13 Intel 80960 Dependent Features
8819 ===================================
8823 * Options-i960:: i960 Command-line Options
8824 * Floating Point-i960:: Floating Point
8825 * Directives-i960:: i960 Machine Directives
8826 * Opcodes for i960:: i960 Opcodes
8829 File: as.info, Node: Options-i960, Next: Floating Point-i960, Up: i960-Dependent
8831 8.13.1 i960 Command-line Options
8832 --------------------------------
8834 `-ACA | -ACA_A | -ACB | -ACC | -AKA | -AKB | -AKC | -AMC'
8835 Select the 80960 architecture. Instructions or features not
8836 supported by the selected architecture cause fatal errors.
8838 `-ACA' is equivalent to `-ACA_A'; `-AKC' is equivalent to `-AMC'.
8839 Synonyms are provided for compatibility with other tools.
8841 If you do not specify any of these options, `as' generates code
8842 for any instruction or feature that is supported by _some_ version
8843 of the 960 (even if this means mixing architectures!). In
8844 principle, `as' attempts to deduce the minimal sufficient
8845 processor type if none is specified; depending on the object code
8846 format, the processor type may be recorded in the object file. If
8847 it is critical that the `as' output match a specific architecture,
8848 specify that architecture explicitly.
8851 Add code to collect information about conditional branches taken,
8852 for later optimization using branch prediction bits. (The
8853 conditional branch instructions have branch prediction bits in the
8854 CA, CB, and CC architectures.) If BR represents a conditional
8855 branch instruction, the following represents the code generated by
8856 the assembler when `-b' is specified:
8858 call INCREMENT ROUTINE
8859 .word 0 # pre-counter
8861 call INCREMENT ROUTINE
8862 .word 0 # post-counter
8864 The counter following a branch records the number of times that
8865 branch was _not_ taken; the differenc between the two counters is
8866 the number of times the branch _was_ taken.
8868 A table of every such `Label' is also generated, so that the
8869 external postprocessor `gbr960' (supplied by Intel) can locate all
8870 the counters. This table is always labeled `__BRANCH_TABLE__';
8871 this is a local symbol to permit collecting statistics for many
8872 separate object files. The table is word aligned, and begins with
8873 a two-word header. The first word, initialized to 0, is used in
8874 maintaining linked lists of branch tables. The second word is a
8875 count of the number of entries in the table, which follow
8876 immediately: each is a word, pointing to one of the labels
8879 +------------+------------+------------+ ... +------------+
8881 | *NEXT | COUNT: N | *BRLAB 1 | | *BRLAB N |
8883 +------------+------------+------------+ ... +------------+
8885 __BRANCH_TABLE__ layout
8887 The first word of the header is used to locate multiple branch
8888 tables, since each object file may contain one. Normally the links
8889 are maintained with a call to an initialization routine, placed at
8890 the beginning of each function in the file. The GNU C compiler
8891 generates these calls automatically when you give it a `-b' option.
8892 For further details, see the documentation of `gbr960'.
8895 Normally, Compare-and-Branch instructions with targets that require
8896 displacements greater than 13 bits (or that have external targets)
8897 are replaced with the corresponding compare (or `chkbit') and
8898 branch instructions. You can use the `-no-relax' option to
8899 specify that `as' should generate errors instead, if the target
8900 displacement is larger than 13 bits.
8902 This option does not affect the Compare-and-Jump instructions; the
8903 code emitted for them is _always_ adjusted when necessary
8904 (depending on displacement size), regardless of whether you use
8908 File: as.info, Node: Floating Point-i960, Next: Directives-i960, Prev: Options-i960, Up: i960-Dependent
8910 8.13.2 Floating Point
8911 ---------------------
8913 `as' generates IEEE floating-point numbers for the directives `.float',
8914 `.double', `.extended', and `.single'.
8917 File: as.info, Node: Directives-i960, Next: Opcodes for i960, Prev: Floating Point-i960, Up: i960-Dependent
8919 8.13.3 i960 Machine Directives
8920 ------------------------------
8922 `.bss SYMBOL, LENGTH, ALIGN'
8923 Reserve LENGTH bytes in the bss section for a local SYMBOL,
8924 aligned to the power of two specified by ALIGN. LENGTH and ALIGN
8925 must be positive absolute expressions. This directive differs
8926 from `.lcomm' only in that it permits you to specify an alignment.
8927 *Note `.lcomm': Lcomm.
8930 `.extended' expects zero or more flonums, separated by commas; for
8931 each flonum, `.extended' emits an IEEE extended-format (80-bit)
8932 floating-point number.
8934 `.leafproc CALL-LAB, BAL-LAB'
8935 You can use the `.leafproc' directive in conjunction with the
8936 optimized `callj' instruction to enable faster calls of leaf
8937 procedures. If a procedure is known to call no other procedures,
8938 you may define an entry point that skips procedure prolog code
8939 (and that does not depend on system-supplied saved context), and
8940 declare it as the BAL-LAB using `.leafproc'. If the procedure
8941 also has an entry point that goes through the normal prolog, you
8942 can specify that entry point as CALL-LAB.
8944 A `.leafproc' declaration is meant for use in conjunction with the
8945 optimized call instruction `callj'; the directive records the data
8946 needed later to choose between converting the `callj' into a `bal'
8949 CALL-LAB is optional; if only one argument is present, or if the
8950 two arguments are identical, the single argument is assumed to be
8951 the `bal' entry point.
8953 `.sysproc NAME, INDEX'
8954 The `.sysproc' directive defines a name for a system procedure.
8955 After you define it using `.sysproc', you can use NAME to refer to
8956 the system procedure identified by INDEX when calling procedures
8957 with the optimized call instruction `callj'.
8959 Both arguments are required; INDEX must be between 0 and 31
8963 File: as.info, Node: Opcodes for i960, Prev: Directives-i960, Up: i960-Dependent
8968 All Intel 960 machine instructions are supported; *note i960
8969 Command-line Options: Options-i960. for a discussion of selecting the
8970 instruction subset for a particular 960 architecture.
8972 Some opcodes are processed beyond simply emitting a single
8973 corresponding instruction: `callj', and Compare-and-Branch or
8974 Compare-and-Jump instructions with target displacements larger than 13
8979 * callj-i960:: `callj'
8980 * Compare-and-branch-i960:: Compare-and-Branch
8983 File: as.info, Node: callj-i960, Next: Compare-and-branch-i960, Up: Opcodes for i960
8988 You can write `callj' to have the assembler or the linker determine the
8989 most appropriate form of subroutine call: `call', `bal', or `calls'.
8990 If the assembly source contains enough information--a `.leafproc' or
8991 `.sysproc' directive defining the operand--then `as' translates the
8992 `callj'; if not, it simply emits the `callj', leaving it for the linker
8996 File: as.info, Node: Compare-and-branch-i960, Prev: callj-i960, Up: Opcodes for i960
8998 8.13.4.2 Compare-and-Branch
8999 ...........................
9001 The 960 architectures provide combined Compare-and-Branch instructions
9002 that permit you to store the branch target in the lower 13 bits of the
9003 instruction word itself. However, if you specify a branch target far
9004 enough away that its address won't fit in 13 bits, the assembler can
9005 either issue an error, or convert your Compare-and-Branch instruction
9006 into separate instructions to do the compare and the branch.
9008 Whether `as' gives an error or expands the instruction depends on
9009 two choices you can make: whether you use the `-no-relax' option, and
9010 whether you use a "Compare and Branch" instruction or a "Compare and
9011 Jump" instruction. The "Jump" instructions are _always_ expanded if
9012 necessary; the "Branch" instructions are expanded when necessary
9013 _unless_ you specify `-no-relax'--in which case `as' gives an error
9016 These are the Compare-and-Branch instructions, their "Jump" variants,
9017 and the instruction pairs they may expand into:
9020 Branch Jump Expanded to
9021 ------ ------ ------------
9024 cmpibe cmpije cmpi; be
9025 cmpibg cmpijg cmpi; bg
9026 cmpibge cmpijge cmpi; bge
9027 cmpibl cmpijl cmpi; bl
9028 cmpible cmpijle cmpi; ble
9029 cmpibno cmpijno cmpi; bno
9030 cmpibne cmpijne cmpi; bne
9031 cmpibo cmpijo cmpi; bo
9032 cmpobe cmpoje cmpo; be
9033 cmpobg cmpojg cmpo; bg
9034 cmpobge cmpojge cmpo; bge
9035 cmpobl cmpojl cmpo; bl
9036 cmpoble cmpojle cmpo; ble
9037 cmpobne cmpojne cmpo; bne
9040 File: as.info, Node: IA-64-Dependent, Next: IP2K-Dependent, Prev: i960-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
9042 8.14 IA-64 Dependent Features
9043 =============================
9047 * IA-64 Options:: Options
9048 * IA-64 Syntax:: Syntax
9049 * IA-64 Opcodes:: Opcodes
9052 File: as.info, Node: IA-64 Options, Next: IA-64 Syntax, Up: IA-64-Dependent
9058 This option instructs the assembler to mark the resulting object
9059 file as using the "constant GP" model. With this model, it is
9060 assumed that the entire program uses a single global pointer (GP)
9061 value. Note that this option does not in any fashion affect the
9062 machine code emitted by the assembler. All it does is turn on the
9063 EF_IA_64_CONS_GP flag in the ELF file header.
9066 This option instructs the assembler to mark the resulting object
9067 file as using the "constant GP without function descriptor" data
9068 model. This model is like the "constant GP" model, except that it
9069 additionally does away with function descriptors. What this means
9070 is that the address of a function refers directly to the
9071 function's code entry-point. Normally, such an address would
9072 refer to a function descriptor, which contains both the code
9073 entry-point and the GP-value needed by the function. Note that
9074 this option does not in any fashion affect the machine code
9075 emitted by the assembler. All it does is turn on the
9076 EF_IA_64_NOFUNCDESC_CONS_GP flag in the ELF file header.
9085 These options select the data model. The assembler defaults to
9086 `-mlp64' (LP64 data model).
9091 These options select the byte order. The `-mle' option selects
9092 little-endian byte order (default) and `-mbe' selects big-endian
9093 byte order. Note that IA-64 machine code always uses
9094 little-endian byte order.
9099 Tune for a particular IA-64 CPU, ITANIUM1 or ITANIUM2. The default
9102 `-munwind-check=warning'
9104 `-munwind-check=error'
9105 These options control what the assembler will do when performing
9106 consistency checks on unwind directives. `-munwind-check=warning'
9107 will make the assembler issue a warning when an unwind directive
9108 check fails. This is the default. `-munwind-check=error' will
9109 make the assembler issue an error when an unwind directive check
9117 These options control what the assembler will do when the `hint.b'
9118 instruction is used. `-mhint.b=ok' will make the assembler accept
9119 `hint.b'. `-mint.b=warning' will make the assembler issue a
9120 warning when `hint.b' is used. `-mhint.b=error' will make the
9121 assembler treat `hint.b' as an error, which is the default.
9126 These options turn on dependency violation checking.
9129 This option instructs the assembler to automatically insert stop
9130 bits where necessary to remove dependency violations. This is the
9134 This option turns off dependency violation checking.
9137 This turns on debug output intended to help tracking down bugs in
9138 the dependency violation checker.
9141 This is a shortcut for -xnone -xdebug.
9144 This is a shortcut for -xexplicit -xdebug.
9148 File: as.info, Node: IA-64 Syntax, Next: IA-64 Opcodes, Prev: IA-64 Options, Up: IA-64-Dependent
9153 The assembler syntax closely follows the IA-64 Assembly Language
9158 * IA-64-Chars:: Special Characters
9159 * IA-64-Regs:: Register Names
9160 * IA-64-Bits:: Bit Names
9163 File: as.info, Node: IA-64-Chars, Next: IA-64-Regs, Up: IA-64 Syntax
9165 8.14.2.1 Special Characters
9166 ...........................
9168 `//' is the line comment token.
9170 `;' can be used instead of a newline to separate statements.
9173 File: as.info, Node: IA-64-Regs, Next: IA-64-Bits, Prev: IA-64-Chars, Up: IA-64 Syntax
9175 8.14.2.2 Register Names
9176 .......................
9178 The 128 integer registers are referred to as `rN'. The 128
9179 floating-point registers are referred to as `fN'. The 128 application
9180 registers are referred to as `arN'. The 128 control registers are
9181 referred to as `crN'. The 64 one-bit predicate registers are referred
9182 to as `pN'. The 8 branch registers are referred to as `bN'. In
9183 addition, the assembler defines a number of aliases: `gp' (`r1'), `sp'
9184 (`r12'), `rp' (`b0'), `ret0' (`r8'), `ret1' (`r9'), `ret2' (`r10'),
9185 `ret3' (`r9'), `fargN' (`f8+N'), and `fretN' (`f8+N').
9187 For convenience, the assembler also defines aliases for all named
9188 application and control registers. For example, `ar.bsp' refers to the
9189 register backing store pointer (`ar17'). Similarly, `cr.eoi' refers to
9190 the end-of-interrupt register (`cr67').
9193 File: as.info, Node: IA-64-Bits, Prev: IA-64-Regs, Up: IA-64 Syntax
9195 8.14.2.3 IA-64 Processor-Status-Register (PSR) Bit Names
9196 ........................................................
9198 The assembler defines bit masks for each of the bits in the IA-64
9199 processor status register. For example, `psr.ic' corresponds to a
9200 value of 0x2000. These masks are primarily intended for use with the
9201 `ssm'/`sum' and `rsm'/`rum' instructions, but they can be used anywhere
9202 else where an integer constant is expected.
9205 File: as.info, Node: IA-64 Opcodes, Prev: IA-64 Syntax, Up: IA-64-Dependent
9210 For detailed information on the IA-64 machine instruction set, see the
9211 IA-64 Architecture Handbook
9212 (http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium/arch_spec.htm).
9215 File: as.info, Node: IP2K-Dependent, Next: M32C-Dependent, Prev: IA-64-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
9217 8.15 IP2K Dependent Features
9218 ============================
9222 * IP2K-Opts:: IP2K Options
9225 File: as.info, Node: IP2K-Opts, Up: IP2K-Dependent
9230 The Ubicom IP2K version of `as' has a few machine dependent options:
9233 `as' can assemble the extended IP2022 instructions, but it will
9234 only do so if this is specifically allowed via this command line
9238 This option restores the assembler's default behaviour of not
9239 permitting the extended IP2022 instructions to be assembled.
9243 File: as.info, Node: M32C-Dependent, Next: M32R-Dependent, Prev: IP2K-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
9245 8.16 M32C Dependent Features
9246 ============================
9248 `as' can assemble code for several different members of the Renesas
9249 M32C family. Normally the default is to assemble code for the M16C
9250 microprocessor. The `-m32c' option may be used to change the default
9251 to the M32C microprocessor.
9255 * M32C-Opts:: M32C Options
9256 * M32C-Modifiers:: Symbolic Operand Modifiers
9259 File: as.info, Node: M32C-Opts, Next: M32C-Modifiers, Up: M32C-Dependent
9264 The Renesas M32C version of `as' has two machine-dependent options:
9267 Assemble M32C instructions.
9270 Assemble M16C instructions (default).
9274 File: as.info, Node: M32C-Modifiers, Prev: M32C-Opts, Up: M32C-Dependent
9276 8.16.2 Symbolic Operand Modifiers
9277 ---------------------------------
9279 The assembler supports several modifiers when using symbol addresses in
9280 M32C instruction operands. The general syntax is the following:
9286 These modifiers override the assembler's assumptions about how big
9287 a symbol's address is. Normally, when it sees an operand like
9288 `sym[a0]' it assumes `sym' may require the widest displacement
9289 field (16 bits for `-m16c', 24 bits for `-m32c'). These modifiers
9290 tell it to assume the address will fit in an 8 or 16 bit
9291 (respectively) unsigned displacement. Note that, of course, if it
9292 doesn't actually fit you will get linker errors. Example:
9294 mov.w %dsp8(sym)[a0],r1
9295 mov.b #0,%dsp8(sym)[a0]
9298 This modifier allows you to load bits 16 through 23 of a 24 bit
9299 address into an 8 bit register. This is useful with, for example,
9300 the M16C `smovf' instruction, which expects a 20 bit address in
9301 `r1h' and `a0'. Example:
9303 mov.b #%hi8(sym),r1h
9304 mov.w #%lo16(sym),a0
9308 Likewise, this modifier allows you to load bits 0 through 15 of a
9309 24 bit address into a 16 bit register.
9312 This modifier allows you to load bits 16 through 31 of a 32 bit
9313 address into a 16 bit register. While the M32C family only has 24
9314 bits of address space, it does support addresses in pairs of 16 bit
9315 registers (like `a1a0' for the `lde' instruction). This modifier
9316 is for loading the upper half in such cases. Example:
9318 mov.w #%hi16(sym),a1
9319 mov.w #%lo16(sym),a0
9325 File: as.info, Node: M32R-Dependent, Next: M68K-Dependent, Prev: M32C-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
9327 8.17 M32R Dependent Features
9328 ============================
9332 * M32R-Opts:: M32R Options
9333 * M32R-Directives:: M32R Directives
9334 * M32R-Warnings:: M32R Warnings
9337 File: as.info, Node: M32R-Opts, Next: M32R-Directives, Up: M32R-Dependent
9342 The Renease M32R version of `as' has a few machine dependent options:
9345 `as' can assemble code for several different members of the
9346 Renesas M32R family. Normally the default is to assemble code for
9347 the M32R microprocessor. This option may be used to change the
9348 default to the M32RX microprocessor, which adds some more
9349 instructions to the basic M32R instruction set, and some
9350 additional parameters to some of the original instructions.
9353 This option changes the target processor to the the M32R2
9357 This option can be used to restore the assembler's default
9358 behaviour of assembling for the M32R microprocessor. This can be
9359 useful if the default has been changed by a previous command line
9363 This option tells the assembler to produce little-endian code and
9364 data. The default is dependent upon how the toolchain was
9368 This is a synonum for _-little_.
9371 This option tells the assembler to produce big-endian code and
9375 This is a synonum for _-big_.
9378 This option specifies that the output of the assembler should be
9379 marked as position-independent code (PIC).
9382 This option tells the assembler to attempts to combine two
9383 sequential instructions into a single, parallel instruction, where
9384 it is legal to do so.
9387 This option disables a previously enabled _-parallel_ option.
9390 This option disables the support for the extended bit-field
9391 instructions provided by the M32R2. If this support needs to be
9392 re-enabled the _-bitinst_ switch can be used to restore it.
9395 This option tells the assembler to attempt to optimize the
9396 instructions that it produces. This includes filling delay slots
9397 and converting sequential instructions into parallel ones. This
9398 option implies _-parallel_.
9400 `-warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts'
9401 Instructs `as' to produce warning messages when questionable
9402 parallel instructions are encountered. This option is enabled by
9403 default, but `gcc' disables it when it invokes `as' directly.
9404 Questionable instructions are those whoes behaviour would be
9405 different if they were executed sequentially. For example the
9406 code fragment `mv r1, r2 || mv r3, r1' produces a different result
9407 from `mv r1, r2 \n mv r3, r1' since the former moves r1 into r3
9408 and then r2 into r1, whereas the later moves r2 into r1 and r3.
9411 This is a shorter synonym for the
9412 _-warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts_ option.
9414 `-no-warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts'
9415 Instructs `as' not to produce warning messages when questionable
9416 parallel instructions are encountered.
9419 This is a shorter synonym for the
9420 _-no-warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts_ option.
9422 `-ignore-parallel-conflicts'
9423 This option tells the assembler's to stop checking parallel
9424 instructions for contraint violations. This ability is provided
9425 for hardware vendors testing chip designs and should not be used
9426 under normal circumstances.
9428 `-no-ignore-parallel-conflicts'
9429 This option restores the assembler's default behaviour of checking
9430 parallel instructions to detect constraint violations.
9433 This is a shorter synonym for the _-ignore-parallel-conflicts_
9437 This is a shorter synonym for the _-no-ignore-parallel-conflicts_
9440 `-warn-unmatched-high'
9441 This option tells the assembler to produce a warning message if a
9442 `.high' pseudo op is encountered without a mathcing `.low' pseudo
9443 op. The presence of such an unmatches pseudo op usually indicates
9444 a programming error.
9446 `-no-warn-unmatched-high'
9447 Disables a previously enabled _-warn-unmatched-high_ option.
9450 This is a shorter synonym for the _-warn-unmatched-high_ option.
9453 This is a shorter synonym for the _-no-warn-unmatched-high_ option.
9457 File: as.info, Node: M32R-Directives, Next: M32R-Warnings, Prev: M32R-Opts, Up: M32R-Dependent
9459 8.17.2 M32R Directives
9460 ----------------------
9462 The Renease M32R version of `as' has a few architecture specific
9466 The `low' directive computes the value of its expression and
9467 places the lower 16-bits of the result into the immediate-field of
9468 the instruction. For example:
9470 or3 r0, r0, #low(0x12345678) ; compute r0 = r0 | 0x5678
9471 add3, r0, r0, #low(fred) ; compute r0 = r0 + low 16-bits of address of fred
9474 The `high' directive computes the value of its expression and
9475 places the upper 16-bits of the result into the immediate-field of
9476 the instruction. For example:
9478 seth r0, #high(0x12345678) ; compute r0 = 0x12340000
9479 seth, r0, #high(fred) ; compute r0 = upper 16-bits of address of fred
9482 The `shigh' directive is very similar to the `high' directive. It
9483 also computes the value of its expression and places the upper
9484 16-bits of the result into the immediate-field of the instruction.
9485 The difference is that `shigh' also checks to see if the lower
9486 16-bits could be interpreted as a signed number, and if so it
9487 assumes that a borrow will occur from the upper-16 bits. To
9488 compensate for this the `shigh' directive pre-biases the upper 16
9489 bit value by adding one to it. For example:
9493 seth r0, #shigh(0x12345678) ; compute r0 = 0x12340000
9494 seth r0, #shigh(0x00008000) ; compute r0 = 0x00010000
9496 In the second example the lower 16-bits are 0x8000. If these are
9497 treated as a signed value and sign extended to 32-bits then the
9498 value becomes 0xffff8000. If this value is then added to
9499 0x00010000 then the result is 0x00008000.
9501 This behaviour is to allow for the different semantics of the
9502 `or3' and `add3' instructions. The `or3' instruction treats its
9503 16-bit immediate argument as unsigned whereas the `add3' treats
9504 its 16-bit immediate as a signed value. So for example:
9506 seth r0, #shigh(0x00008000)
9507 add3 r0, r0, #low(0x00008000)
9509 Produces the correct result in r0, whereas:
9511 seth r0, #shigh(0x00008000)
9512 or3 r0, r0, #low(0x00008000)
9514 Stores 0xffff8000 into r0.
9516 Note - the `shigh' directive does not know where in the assembly
9517 source code the lower 16-bits of the value are going set, so it
9518 cannot check to make sure that an `or3' instruction is being used
9519 rather than an `add3' instruction. It is up to the programmer to
9520 make sure that correct directives are used.
9523 The directive performs a similar thing as the _-m32r_ command line
9524 option. It tells the assembler to only accept M32R instructions
9525 from now on. An instructions from later M32R architectures are
9529 The directive performs a similar thing as the _-m32rx_ command
9530 line option. It tells the assembler to start accepting the extra
9531 instructions in the M32RX ISA as well as the ordinary M32R ISA.
9534 The directive performs a similar thing as the _-m32r2_ command
9535 line option. It tells the assembler to start accepting the extra
9536 instructions in the M32R2 ISA as well as the ordinary M32R ISA.
9539 The directive performs a similar thing as the _-little_ command
9540 line option. It tells the assembler to start producing
9541 little-endian code and data. This option should be used with care
9542 as producing mixed-endian binary files is frought with danger.
9545 The directive performs a similar thing as the _-big_ command line
9546 option. It tells the assembler to start producing big-endian code
9547 and data. This option should be used with care as producing
9548 mixed-endian binary files is frought with danger.
9552 File: as.info, Node: M32R-Warnings, Prev: M32R-Directives, Up: M32R-Dependent
9554 8.17.3 M32R Warnings
9555 --------------------
9557 There are several warning and error messages that can be produced by
9558 `as' which are specific to the M32R:
9560 `output of 1st instruction is the same as an input to 2nd instruction - is this intentional ?'
9561 This message is only produced if warnings for explicit parallel
9562 conflicts have been enabled. It indicates that the assembler has
9563 encountered a parallel instruction in which the destination
9564 register of the left hand instruction is used as an input register
9565 in the right hand instruction. For example in this code fragment
9566 `mv r1, r2 || neg r3, r1' register r1 is the destination of the
9567 move instruction and the input to the neg instruction.
9569 `output of 2nd instruction is the same as an input to 1st instruction - is this intentional ?'
9570 This message is only produced if warnings for explicit parallel
9571 conflicts have been enabled. It indicates that the assembler has
9572 encountered a parallel instruction in which the destination
9573 register of the right hand instruction is used as an input
9574 register in the left hand instruction. For example in this code
9575 fragment `mv r1, r2 || neg r2, r3' register r2 is the destination
9576 of the neg instruction and the input to the move instruction.
9578 `instruction `...' is for the M32RX only'
9579 This message is produced when the assembler encounters an
9580 instruction which is only supported by the M32Rx processor, and
9581 the `-m32rx' command line flag has not been specified to allow
9582 assembly of such instructions.
9584 `unknown instruction `...''
9585 This message is produced when the assembler encounters an
9586 instruction which it does not recognise.
9588 `only the NOP instruction can be issued in parallel on the m32r'
9589 This message is produced when the assembler encounters a parallel
9590 instruction which does not involve a NOP instruction and the
9591 `-m32rx' command line flag has not been specified. Only the M32Rx
9592 processor is able to execute two instructions in parallel.
9594 `instruction `...' cannot be executed in parallel.'
9595 This message is produced when the assembler encounters a parallel
9596 instruction which is made up of one or two instructions which
9597 cannot be executed in parallel.
9599 `Instructions share the same execution pipeline'
9600 This message is produced when the assembler encounters a parallel
9601 instruction whoes components both use the same execution pipeline.
9603 `Instructions write to the same destination register.'
9604 This message is produced when the assembler encounters a parallel
9605 instruction where both components attempt to modify the same
9606 register. For example these code fragments will produce this
9607 message: `mv r1, r2 || neg r1, r3' `jl r0 || mv r14, r1' `st r2,
9608 @-r1 || mv r1, r3' `mv r1, r2 || ld r0, @r1+' `cmp r1, r2 || addx
9609 r3, r4' (Both write to the condition bit)
9613 File: as.info, Node: M68K-Dependent, Next: M68HC11-Dependent, Prev: M32R-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
9615 8.18 M680x0 Dependent Features
9616 ==============================
9620 * M68K-Opts:: M680x0 Options
9621 * M68K-Syntax:: Syntax
9622 * M68K-Moto-Syntax:: Motorola Syntax
9623 * M68K-Float:: Floating Point
9624 * M68K-Directives:: 680x0 Machine Directives
9625 * M68K-opcodes:: Opcodes
9628 File: as.info, Node: M68K-Opts, Next: M68K-Syntax, Up: M68K-Dependent
9630 8.18.1 M680x0 Options
9631 ---------------------
9633 The Motorola 680x0 version of `as' has a few machine dependent options:
9635 `-march=ARCHITECTURE'
9636 This option specifies a target architecture. The following
9637 architectures are recognized: `68000', `68010', `68020', `68030',
9638 `68040', `68060', `cpu32', `isaa', `isaaplus', `isab' and `cfv4e'.
9641 This option specifies a target cpu. When used in conjunction with
9642 the `-march' option, the cpu must be within the specified
9643 architecture. Also, the generic features of the architecture are
9644 used for instruction generation, rather than those of the specific
9660 Enable or disable various architecture specific features. If a
9661 chip or architecture by default supports an option (for instance
9662 `-march=isaaplus' includes the `-mdiv' option), explicitly
9663 disabling the option will override the default.
9666 You can use the `-l' option to shorten the size of references to
9667 undefined symbols. If you do not use the `-l' option, references
9668 to undefined symbols are wide enough for a full `long' (32 bits).
9669 (Since `as' cannot know where these symbols end up, `as' can only
9670 allocate space for the linker to fill in later. Since `as' does
9671 not know how far away these symbols are, it allocates as much
9672 space as it can.) If you use this option, the references are only
9673 one word wide (16 bits). This may be useful if you want the
9674 object file to be as small as possible, and you know that the
9675 relevant symbols are always less than 17 bits away.
9677 `--register-prefix-optional'
9678 For some configurations, especially those where the compiler
9679 normally does not prepend an underscore to the names of user
9680 variables, the assembler requires a `%' before any use of a
9681 register name. This is intended to let the assembler distinguish
9682 between C variables and functions named `a0' through `a7', and so
9683 on. The `%' is always accepted, but is not required for certain
9684 configurations, notably `sun3'. The `--register-prefix-optional'
9685 option may be used to permit omitting the `%' even for
9686 configurations for which it is normally required. If this is
9687 done, it will generally be impossible to refer to C variables and
9688 functions with the same names as register names.
9691 Normally the character `|' is treated as a comment character, which
9692 means that it can not be used in expressions. The `--bitwise-or'
9693 option turns `|' into a normal character. In this mode, you must
9694 either use C style comments, or start comments with a `#' character
9695 at the beginning of a line.
9697 `--base-size-default-16 --base-size-default-32'
9698 If you use an addressing mode with a base register without
9699 specifying the size, `as' will normally use the full 32 bit value.
9700 For example, the addressing mode `%a0@(%d0)' is equivalent to
9701 `%a0@(%d0:l)'. You may use the `--base-size-default-16' option to
9702 tell `as' to default to using the 16 bit value. In this case,
9703 `%a0@(%d0)' is equivalent to `%a0@(%d0:w)'. You may use the
9704 `--base-size-default-32' option to restore the default behaviour.
9706 `--disp-size-default-16 --disp-size-default-32'
9707 If you use an addressing mode with a displacement, and the value
9708 of the displacement is not known, `as' will normally assume that
9709 the value is 32 bits. For example, if the symbol `disp' has not
9710 been defined, `as' will assemble the addressing mode
9711 `%a0@(disp,%d0)' as though `disp' is a 32 bit value. You may use
9712 the `--disp-size-default-16' option to tell `as' to instead assume
9713 that the displacement is 16 bits. In this case, `as' will
9714 assemble `%a0@(disp,%d0)' as though `disp' is a 16 bit value. You
9715 may use the `--disp-size-default-32' option to restore the default
9719 Always keep branches PC-relative. In the M680x0 architecture all
9720 branches are defined as PC-relative. However, on some processors
9721 they are limited to word displacements maximum. When `as' needs a
9722 long branch that is not available, it normally emits an absolute
9723 jump instead. This option disables this substitution. When this
9724 option is given and no long branches are available, only word
9725 branches will be emitted. An error message will be generated if a
9726 word branch cannot reach its target. This option has no effect on
9727 68020 and other processors that have long branches. *note Branch
9728 Improvement: M68K-Branch.
9731 `as' can assemble code for several different members of the
9732 Motorola 680x0 family. The default depends upon how `as' was
9733 configured when it was built; normally, the default is to assemble
9734 code for the 68020 microprocessor. The following options may be
9735 used to change the default. These options control which
9736 instructions and addressing modes are permitted. The members of
9737 the 680x0 family are very similar. For detailed information about
9738 the differences, see the Motorola manuals.
9750 Assemble for the 68000. `-m68008', `-m68302', and so on are
9751 synonyms for `-m68000', since the chips are the same from the
9752 point of view of the assembler.
9755 Assemble for the 68010.
9759 Assemble for the 68020. This is normally the default.
9763 Assemble for the 68030.
9767 Assemble for the 68040.
9771 Assemble for the 68060.
9784 Assemble for the CPU32 family of chips.
9813 Assemble for the ColdFire family of chips.
9817 Assemble 68881 floating point instructions. This is the
9818 default for the 68020, 68030, and the CPU32. The 68040 and
9819 68060 always support floating point instructions.
9822 Do not assemble 68881 floating point instructions. This is
9823 the default for 68000 and the 68010. The 68040 and 68060
9824 always support floating point instructions, even if this
9828 Assemble 68851 MMU instructions. This is the default for the
9829 68020, 68030, and 68060. The 68040 accepts a somewhat
9830 different set of MMU instructions; `-m68851' and `-m68040'
9831 should not be used together.
9834 Do not assemble 68851 MMU instructions. This is the default
9835 for the 68000, 68010, and the CPU32. The 68040 accepts a
9836 somewhat different set of MMU instructions.
9839 File: as.info, Node: M68K-Syntax, Next: M68K-Moto-Syntax, Prev: M68K-Opts, Up: M68K-Dependent
9844 This syntax for the Motorola 680x0 was developed at MIT.
9846 The 680x0 version of `as' uses instructions names and syntax
9847 compatible with the Sun assembler. Intervening periods are ignored;
9848 for example, `movl' is equivalent to `mov.l'.
9850 In the following table APC stands for any of the address registers
9851 (`%a0' through `%a7'), the program counter (`%pc'), the zero-address
9852 relative to the program counter (`%zpc'), a suppressed address register
9853 (`%za0' through `%za7'), or it may be omitted entirely. The use of
9854 SIZE means one of `w' or `l', and it may be omitted, along with the
9855 leading colon, unless a scale is also specified. The use of SCALE
9856 means one of `1', `2', `4', or `8', and it may always be omitted along
9857 with the leading colon.
9859 The following addressing modes are understood:
9868 `%a7' is also known as `%sp', i.e. the Stack Pointer. `%a6' is
9869 also known as `%fp', the Frame Pointer.
9871 "Address Register Indirect"
9872 `%a0@' through `%a7@'
9874 "Address Register Postincrement"
9875 `%a0@+' through `%a7@+'
9877 "Address Register Predecrement"
9878 `%a0@-' through `%a7@-'
9880 "Indirect Plus Offset"
9884 `APC@(NUMBER,REGISTER:SIZE:SCALE)'
9886 The NUMBER may be omitted.
9889 `APC@(NUMBER)@(ONUMBER,REGISTER:SIZE:SCALE)'
9891 The ONUMBER or the REGISTER, but not both, may be omitted.
9894 `APC@(NUMBER,REGISTER:SIZE:SCALE)@(ONUMBER)'
9896 The NUMBER may be omitted. Omitting the REGISTER produces the
9897 Postindex addressing mode.
9900 `SYMBOL', or `DIGITS', optionally followed by `:b', `:w', or `:l'.
9903 File: as.info, Node: M68K-Moto-Syntax, Next: M68K-Float, Prev: M68K-Syntax, Up: M68K-Dependent
9905 8.18.3 Motorola Syntax
9906 ----------------------
9908 The standard Motorola syntax for this chip differs from the syntax
9909 already discussed (*note Syntax: M68K-Syntax.). `as' can accept
9910 Motorola syntax for operands, even if MIT syntax is used for other
9911 operands in the same instruction. The two kinds of syntax are fully
9914 In the following table APC stands for any of the address registers
9915 (`%a0' through `%a7'), the program counter (`%pc'), the zero-address
9916 relative to the program counter (`%zpc'), or a suppressed address
9917 register (`%za0' through `%za7'). The use of SIZE means one of `w' or
9918 `l', and it may always be omitted along with the leading dot. The use
9919 of SCALE means one of `1', `2', `4', or `8', and it may always be
9920 omitted along with the leading asterisk.
9922 The following additional addressing modes are understood:
9924 "Address Register Indirect"
9925 `(%a0)' through `(%a7)'
9926 `%a7' is also known as `%sp', i.e. the Stack Pointer. `%a6' is
9927 also known as `%fp', the Frame Pointer.
9929 "Address Register Postincrement"
9930 `(%a0)+' through `(%a7)+'
9932 "Address Register Predecrement"
9933 `-(%a0)' through `-(%a7)'
9935 "Indirect Plus Offset"
9936 `NUMBER(%A0)' through `NUMBER(%A7)', or `NUMBER(%PC)'.
9938 The NUMBER may also appear within the parentheses, as in
9939 `(NUMBER,%A0)'. When used with the PC, the NUMBER may be omitted
9940 (with an address register, omitting the NUMBER produces Address
9941 Register Indirect mode).
9944 `NUMBER(APC,REGISTER.SIZE*SCALE)'
9946 The NUMBER may be omitted, or it may appear within the
9947 parentheses. The APC may be omitted. The REGISTER and the APC
9948 may appear in either order. If both APC and REGISTER are address
9949 registers, and the SIZE and SCALE are omitted, then the first
9950 register is taken as the base register, and the second as the
9954 `([NUMBER,APC],REGISTER.SIZE*SCALE,ONUMBER)'
9956 The ONUMBER, or the REGISTER, or both, may be omitted. Either the
9957 NUMBER or the APC may be omitted, but not both.
9960 `([NUMBER,APC,REGISTER.SIZE*SCALE],ONUMBER)'
9962 The NUMBER, or the APC, or the REGISTER, or any two of them, may
9963 be omitted. The ONUMBER may be omitted. The REGISTER and the APC
9964 may appear in either order. If both APC and REGISTER are address
9965 registers, and the SIZE and SCALE are omitted, then the first
9966 register is taken as the base register, and the second as the
9970 File: as.info, Node: M68K-Float, Next: M68K-Directives, Prev: M68K-Moto-Syntax, Up: M68K-Dependent
9972 8.18.4 Floating Point
9973 ---------------------
9975 Packed decimal (P) format floating literals are not supported. Feel
9976 free to add the code!
9978 The floating point formats generated by directives are these.
9981 `Single' precision floating point constants.
9984 `Double' precision floating point constants.
9988 `Extended' precision (`long double') floating point constants.
9991 File: as.info, Node: M68K-Directives, Next: M68K-opcodes, Prev: M68K-Float, Up: M68K-Dependent
9993 8.18.5 680x0 Machine Directives
9994 -------------------------------
9996 In order to be compatible with the Sun assembler the 680x0 assembler
9997 understands the following directives.
10000 This directive is identical to a `.data 1' directive.
10003 This directive is identical to a `.data 2' directive.
10006 This directive is a special case of the `.align' directive; it
10007 aligns the output to an even byte boundary.
10010 This directive is identical to a `.space' directive.
10013 Select the target architecture and extension features. Valid
10014 valuse for NAME are the same as for the `-march' command line
10015 option. This directive cannot be specified after any instructions
10016 have been assembled. If it is given multiple times, or in
10017 conjuction with the `-march' option, all uses must be for the same
10018 architecture and extension set.
10021 Select the target cpu. Valid valuse for NAME are the same as for
10022 the `-mcpu' command line option. This directive cannot be
10023 specified after any instructions have been assembled. If it is
10024 given multiple times, or in conjuction with the `-mopt' option,
10025 all uses must be for the same cpu.
10029 File: as.info, Node: M68K-opcodes, Prev: M68K-Directives, Up: M68K-Dependent
10036 * M68K-Branch:: Branch Improvement
10037 * M68K-Chars:: Special Characters
10040 File: as.info, Node: M68K-Branch, Next: M68K-Chars, Up: M68K-opcodes
10042 8.18.6.1 Branch Improvement
10043 ...........................
10045 Certain pseudo opcodes are permitted for branch instructions. They
10046 expand to the shortest branch instruction that reach the target.
10047 Generally these mnemonics are made by substituting `j' for `b' at the
10048 start of a Motorola mnemonic.
10050 The following table summarizes the pseudo-operations. A `*' flags
10051 cases that are more fully described after the table:
10054 +------------------------------------------------------------
10055 | 68020 68000/10, not PC-relative OK
10056 Pseudo-Op |BYTE WORD LONG ABSOLUTE LONG JUMP **
10057 +------------------------------------------------------------
10058 jbsr |bsrs bsrw bsrl jsr
10059 jra |bras braw bral jmp
10060 * jXX |bXXs bXXw bXXl bNXs;jmp
10061 * dbXX | N/A dbXXw dbXX;bras;bral dbXX;bras;jmp
10062 fjXX | N/A fbXXw fbXXl N/A
10065 NX: negative of condition XX
10066 `*'--see full description below
10067 `**'--this expansion mode is disallowed by `--pcrel'
10071 These are the simplest jump pseudo-operations; they always map to
10072 one particular machine instruction, depending on the displacement
10073 to the branch target. This instruction will be a byte or word
10074 branch is that is sufficient. Otherwise, a long branch will be
10075 emitted if available. If no long branches are available and the
10076 `--pcrel' option is not given, an absolute long jump will be
10077 emitted instead. If no long branches are available, the `--pcrel'
10078 option is given, and a word branch cannot reach the target, an
10079 error message is generated.
10081 In addition to standard branch operands, `as' allows these
10082 pseudo-operations to have all operands that are allowed for jsr
10083 and jmp, substituting these instructions if the operand given is
10084 not valid for a branch instruction.
10087 Here, `jXX' stands for an entire family of pseudo-operations,
10088 where XX is a conditional branch or condition-code test. The full
10089 list of pseudo-ops in this family is:
10090 jhi jls jcc jcs jne jeq jvc
10091 jvs jpl jmi jge jlt jgt jle
10093 Usually, each of these pseudo-operations expands to a single branch
10094 instruction. However, if a word branch is not sufficient, no long
10095 branches are available, and the `--pcrel' option is not given, `as'
10096 issues a longer code fragment in terms of NX, the opposite
10097 condition to XX. For example, under these conditions:
10105 The full family of pseudo-operations covered here is
10106 dbhi dbls dbcc dbcs dbne dbeq dbvc
10107 dbvs dbpl dbmi dbge dblt dbgt dble
10110 Motorola `dbXX' instructions allow word displacements only. When
10111 a word displacement is sufficient, each of these pseudo-operations
10112 expands to the corresponding Motorola instruction. When a word
10113 displacement is not sufficient and long branches are available,
10114 when the source reads `dbXX foo', `as' emits
10120 If, however, long branches are not available and the `--pcrel'
10121 option is not given, `as' emits
10128 This family includes
10129 fjne fjeq fjge fjlt fjgt fjle fjf
10130 fjt fjgl fjgle fjnge fjngl fjngle fjngt
10131 fjnle fjnlt fjoge fjogl fjogt fjole fjolt
10132 fjor fjseq fjsf fjsne fjst fjueq fjuge
10133 fjugt fjule fjult fjun
10135 Each of these pseudo-operations always expands to a single Motorola
10136 coprocessor branch instruction, word or long. All Motorola
10137 coprocessor branch instructions allow both word and long
10142 File: as.info, Node: M68K-Chars, Prev: M68K-Branch, Up: M68K-opcodes
10144 8.18.6.2 Special Characters
10145 ...........................
10147 The immediate character is `#' for Sun compatibility. The line-comment
10148 character is `|' (unless the `--bitwise-or' option is used). If a `#'
10149 appears at the beginning of a line, it is treated as a comment unless
10150 it looks like `# line file', in which case it is treated normally.
10153 File: as.info, Node: M68HC11-Dependent, Next: MIPS-Dependent, Prev: M68K-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
10155 8.19 M68HC11 and M68HC12 Dependent Features
10156 ===========================================
10160 * M68HC11-Opts:: M68HC11 and M68HC12 Options
10161 * M68HC11-Syntax:: Syntax
10162 * M68HC11-Modifiers:: Symbolic Operand Modifiers
10163 * M68HC11-Directives:: Assembler Directives
10164 * M68HC11-Float:: Floating Point
10165 * M68HC11-opcodes:: Opcodes
10168 File: as.info, Node: M68HC11-Opts, Next: M68HC11-Syntax, Up: M68HC11-Dependent
10170 8.19.1 M68HC11 and M68HC12 Options
10171 ----------------------------------
10173 The Motorola 68HC11 and 68HC12 version of `as' have a few machine
10177 This option switches the assembler in the M68HC11 mode. In this
10178 mode, the assembler only accepts 68HC11 operands and mnemonics. It
10179 produces code for the 68HC11.
10182 This option switches the assembler in the M68HC12 mode. In this
10183 mode, the assembler also accepts 68HC12 operands and mnemonics. It
10184 produces code for the 68HC12. A few 68HC11 instructions are
10185 replaced by some 68HC12 instructions as recommended by Motorola
10189 This option switches the assembler in the M68HCS12 mode. This
10190 mode is similar to `-m68hc12' but specifies to assemble for the
10191 68HCS12 series. The only difference is on the assembling of the
10192 `movb' and `movw' instruction when a PC-relative operand is used.
10195 This option controls the ABI and indicates to use a 16-bit integer
10196 ABI. It has no effect on the assembled instructions. This is the
10200 This option controls the ABI and indicates to use a 32-bit integer
10204 This option controls the ABI and indicates to use a 32-bit float
10205 ABI. This is the default.
10208 This option controls the ABI and indicates to use a 64-bit float
10211 `--strict-direct-mode'
10212 You can use the `--strict-direct-mode' option to disable the
10213 automatic translation of direct page mode addressing into extended
10214 mode when the instruction does not support direct mode. For
10215 example, the `clr' instruction does not support direct page mode
10216 addressing. When it is used with the direct page mode, `as' will
10217 ignore it and generate an absolute addressing. This option
10218 prevents `as' from doing this, and the wrong usage of the direct
10219 page mode will raise an error.
10222 The `--short-branchs' option turns off the translation of relative
10223 branches into absolute branches when the branch offset is out of
10224 range. By default `as' transforms the relative branch (`bsr',
10225 `bgt', `bge', `beq', `bne', `ble', `blt', `bhi', `bcc', `bls',
10226 `bcs', `bmi', `bvs', `bvs', `bra') into an absolute branch when
10227 the offset is out of the -128 .. 127 range. In that case, the
10228 `bsr' instruction is translated into a `jsr', the `bra'
10229 instruction is translated into a `jmp' and the conditional branchs
10230 instructions are inverted and followed by a `jmp'. This option
10231 disables these translations and `as' will generate an error if a
10232 relative branch is out of range. This option does not affect the
10233 optimization associated to the `jbra', `jbsr' and `jbXX' pseudo
10236 `--force-long-branchs'
10237 The `--force-long-branchs' option forces the translation of
10238 relative branches into absolute branches. This option does not
10239 affect the optimization associated to the `jbra', `jbsr' and
10240 `jbXX' pseudo opcodes.
10242 `--print-insn-syntax'
10243 You can use the `--print-insn-syntax' option to obtain the syntax
10244 description of the instruction when an error is detected.
10247 The `--print-opcodes' option prints the list of all the
10248 instructions with their syntax. The first item of each line
10249 represents the instruction name and the rest of the line indicates
10250 the possible operands for that instruction. The list is printed in
10251 alphabetical order. Once the list is printed `as' exits.
10253 `--generate-example'
10254 The `--generate-example' option is similar to `--print-opcodes'
10255 but it generates an example for each instruction instead.
10258 File: as.info, Node: M68HC11-Syntax, Next: M68HC11-Modifiers, Prev: M68HC11-Opts, Up: M68HC11-Dependent
10263 In the M68HC11 syntax, the instruction name comes first and it may be
10264 followed by one or several operands (up to three). Operands are
10265 separated by comma (`,'). In the normal mode, `as' will complain if too
10266 many operands are specified for a given instruction. In the MRI mode
10267 (turned on with `-M' option), it will treat them as comments. Example:
10274 The following addressing modes are understood for 68HC11 and 68HC12:
10279 `NUMBER,X', `NUMBER,Y'
10281 The NUMBER may be omitted in which case 0 is assumed.
10283 "Direct Addressing mode"
10284 `*SYMBOL', or `*DIGITS'
10287 `SYMBOL', or `DIGITS'
10289 The M68HC12 has other more complex addressing modes. All of them are
10290 supported and they are represented below:
10292 "Constant Offset Indexed Addressing Mode"
10295 The NUMBER may be omitted in which case 0 is assumed. The
10296 register can be either `X', `Y', `SP' or `PC'. The assembler will
10297 use the smaller post-byte definition according to the constant
10298 value (5-bit constant offset, 9-bit constant offset or 16-bit
10299 constant offset). If the constant is not known by the assembler
10300 it will use the 16-bit constant offset post-byte and the value
10301 will be resolved at link time.
10303 "Offset Indexed Indirect"
10306 The register can be either `X', `Y', `SP' or `PC'.
10308 "Auto Pre-Increment/Pre-Decrement/Post-Increment/Post-Decrement"
10309 `NUMBER,-REG' `NUMBER,+REG' `NUMBER,REG-' `NUMBER,REG+'
10311 The number must be in the range `-8'..`+8' and must not be 0. The
10312 register can be either `X', `Y', `SP' or `PC'.
10314 "Accumulator Offset"
10317 The accumulator register can be either `A', `B' or `D'. The
10318 register can be either `X', `Y', `SP' or `PC'.
10320 "Accumulator D offset indexed-indirect"
10323 The register can be either `X', `Y', `SP' or `PC'.
10336 File: as.info, Node: M68HC11-Modifiers, Next: M68HC11-Directives, Prev: M68HC11-Syntax, Up: M68HC11-Dependent
10338 8.19.3 Symbolic Operand Modifiers
10339 ---------------------------------
10341 The assembler supports several modifiers when using symbol addresses in
10342 68HC11 and 68HC12 instruction operands. The general syntax is the
10348 This modifier indicates to the assembler and linker to use the
10349 16-bit physical address corresponding to the symbol. This is
10350 intended to be used on memory window systems to map a symbol in
10351 the memory bank window. If the symbol is in a memory expansion
10352 part, the physical address corresponds to the symbol address
10353 within the memory bank window. If the symbol is not in a memory
10354 expansion part, this is the symbol address (using or not using the
10355 %addr modifier has no effect in that case).
10358 This modifier indicates to use the memory page number corresponding
10359 to the symbol. If the symbol is in a memory expansion part, its
10360 page number is computed by the linker as a number used to map the
10361 page containing the symbol in the memory bank window. If the
10362 symbol is not in a memory expansion part, the page number is 0.
10365 This modifier indicates to use the 8-bit high part of the physical
10366 address of the symbol.
10369 This modifier indicates to use the 8-bit low part of the physical
10370 address of the symbol.
10373 For example a 68HC12 call to a function `foo_example' stored in
10374 memory expansion part could be written as follows:
10376 call %addr(foo_example),%page(foo_example)
10378 and this is equivalent to
10382 And for 68HC11 it could be written as follows:
10384 ldab #%page(foo_example)
10386 jsr %addr(foo_example)
10389 File: as.info, Node: M68HC11-Directives, Next: M68HC11-Float, Prev: M68HC11-Modifiers, Up: M68HC11-Dependent
10391 8.19.4 Assembler Directives
10392 ---------------------------
10394 The 68HC11 and 68HC12 version of `as' have the following specific
10395 assembler directives:
10398 The relax directive is used by the `GNU Compiler' to emit a
10399 specific relocation to mark a group of instructions for linker
10400 relaxation. The sequence of instructions within the group must be
10401 known to the linker so that relaxation can be performed.
10403 `.mode [mshort|mlong|mshort-double|mlong-double]'
10404 This directive specifies the ABI. It overrides the `-mshort',
10405 `-mlong', `-mshort-double' and `-mlong-double' options.
10408 This directive marks the symbol as a `far' symbol meaning that it
10409 uses a `call/rtc' calling convention as opposed to `jsr/rts'.
10410 During a final link, the linker will identify references to the
10411 `far' symbol and will verify the proper calling convention.
10413 `.interrupt SYMBOL'
10414 This directive marks the symbol as an interrupt entry point. This
10415 information is then used by the debugger to correctly unwind the
10416 frame across interrupts.
10419 This directive is defined for compatibility with the
10420 `Specification for Motorola 8 and 16-Bit Assembly Language Input
10421 Standard' and is ignored.
10425 File: as.info, Node: M68HC11-Float, Next: M68HC11-opcodes, Prev: M68HC11-Directives, Up: M68HC11-Dependent
10427 8.19.5 Floating Point
10428 ---------------------
10430 Packed decimal (P) format floating literals are not supported. Feel
10431 free to add the code!
10433 The floating point formats generated by directives are these.
10436 `Single' precision floating point constants.
10439 `Double' precision floating point constants.
10443 `Extended' precision (`long double') floating point constants.
10446 File: as.info, Node: M68HC11-opcodes, Prev: M68HC11-Float, Up: M68HC11-Dependent
10453 * M68HC11-Branch:: Branch Improvement
10456 File: as.info, Node: M68HC11-Branch, Up: M68HC11-opcodes
10458 8.19.6.1 Branch Improvement
10459 ...........................
10461 Certain pseudo opcodes are permitted for branch instructions. They
10462 expand to the shortest branch instruction that reach the target.
10463 Generally these mnemonics are made by prepending `j' to the start of
10464 Motorola mnemonic. These pseudo opcodes are not affected by the
10465 `--short-branchs' or `--force-long-branchs' options.
10467 The following table summarizes the pseudo-operations.
10470 +-------------------------------------------------------------+
10472 | --short-branchs --force-long-branchs |
10473 +--------------------------+----------------------------------+
10474 Op |BYTE WORD | BYTE WORD |
10475 +--------------------------+----------------------------------+
10476 bsr | bsr <pc-rel> <error> | jsr <abs> |
10477 bra | bra <pc-rel> <error> | jmp <abs> |
10478 jbsr | bsr <pc-rel> jsr <abs> | bsr <pc-rel> jsr <abs> |
10479 jbra | bra <pc-rel> jmp <abs> | bra <pc-rel> jmp <abs> |
10480 bXX | bXX <pc-rel> <error> | bNX +3; jmp <abs> |
10481 jbXX | bXX <pc-rel> bNX +3; | bXX <pc-rel> bNX +3; jmp <abs> |
10483 +--------------------------+----------------------------------+
10485 NX: negative of condition XX
10489 These are the simplest jump pseudo-operations; they always map to
10490 one particular machine instruction, depending on the displacement
10491 to the branch target.
10494 Here, `jbXX' stands for an entire family of pseudo-operations,
10495 where XX is a conditional branch or condition-code test. The full
10496 list of pseudo-ops in this family is:
10497 jbcc jbeq jbge jbgt jbhi jbvs jbpl jblo
10498 jbcs jbne jblt jble jbls jbvc jbmi
10500 For the cases of non-PC relative displacements and long
10501 displacements, `as' issues a longer code fragment in terms of NX,
10502 the opposite condition to XX. For example, for the non-PC
10512 File: as.info, Node: MIPS-Dependent, Next: MMIX-Dependent, Prev: M68HC11-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
10514 8.20 MIPS Dependent Features
10515 ============================
10517 GNU `as' for MIPS architectures supports several different MIPS
10518 processors, and MIPS ISA levels I through V, MIPS32, and MIPS64. For
10519 information about the MIPS instruction set, see `MIPS RISC
10520 Architecture', by Kane and Heindrich (Prentice-Hall). For an overview
10521 of MIPS assembly conventions, see "Appendix D: Assembly Language
10522 Programming" in the same work.
10526 * MIPS Opts:: Assembler options
10527 * MIPS Object:: ECOFF object code
10528 * MIPS Stabs:: Directives for debugging information
10529 * MIPS ISA:: Directives to override the ISA level
10530 * MIPS symbol sizes:: Directives to override the size of symbols
10531 * MIPS autoextend:: Directives for extending MIPS 16 bit instructions
10532 * MIPS insn:: Directive to mark data as an instruction
10533 * MIPS option stack:: Directives to save and restore options
10534 * MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides:: Directives to control
10535 generation of MIPS ASE instructions
10538 File: as.info, Node: MIPS Opts, Next: MIPS Object, Up: MIPS-Dependent
10540 8.20.1 Assembler options
10541 ------------------------
10543 The MIPS configurations of GNU `as' support these special options:
10546 This option sets the largest size of an object that can be
10547 referenced implicitly with the `gp' register. It is only accepted
10548 for targets that use ECOFF format. The default value is 8.
10552 Any MIPS configuration of `as' can select big-endian or
10553 little-endian output at run time (unlike the other GNU development
10554 tools, which must be configured for one or the other). Use `-EB'
10555 to select big-endian output, and `-EL' for little-endian.
10566 Generate code for a particular MIPS Instruction Set Architecture
10567 level. `-mips1' corresponds to the R2000 and R3000 processors,
10568 `-mips2' to the R6000 processor, `-mips3' to the R4000 processor,
10569 and `-mips4' to the R8000 and R10000 processors. `-mips5',
10570 `-mips32', `-mips32r2', `-mips64', and `-mips64r2' correspond to
10571 generic MIPS V, MIPS32, MIPS32 RELEASE 2, MIPS64, and MIPS64
10572 RELEASE 2 ISA processors, respectively. You can also switch
10573 instruction sets during the assembly; see *Note Directives to
10574 override the ISA level: MIPS ISA.
10578 Some macros have different expansions for 32-bit and 64-bit
10579 registers. The register sizes are normally inferred from the ISA
10580 and ABI, but these flags force a certain group of registers to be
10581 treated as 32 bits wide at all times. `-mgp32' controls the size
10582 of general-purpose registers and `-mfp32' controls the size of
10583 floating-point registers.
10585 On some MIPS variants there is a 32-bit mode flag; when this flag
10586 is set, 64-bit instructions generate a trap. Also, some 32-bit
10587 OSes only save the 32-bit registers on a context switch, so it is
10588 essential never to use the 64-bit registers.
10591 Assume that 64-bit general purpose registers are available. This
10592 is provided in the interests of symmetry with -gp32.
10596 Generate code for the MIPS 16 processor. This is equivalent to
10597 putting `.set mips16' at the start of the assembly file.
10598 `-no-mips16' turns off this option.
10602 Generate code for the MIPS-3D Application Specific Extension.
10603 This tells the assembler to accept MIPS-3D instructions.
10604 `-no-mips3d' turns off this option.
10608 Generate code for the MDMX Application Specific Extension. This
10609 tells the assembler to accept MDMX instructions. `-no-mdmx' turns
10614 Generate code for the DSP Application Specific Extension. This
10615 tells the assembler to accept DSP instructions. `-mno-dsp' turns
10620 Generate code for the MT Application Specific Extension. This
10621 tells the assembler to accept MT instructions. `-mno-mt' turns
10626 Cause nops to be inserted if the read of the destination register
10627 of an mfhi or mflo instruction occurs in the following two
10632 Insert nops to work around certain VR4120 errata. This option is
10633 intended to be used on GCC-generated code: it is not designed to
10634 catch all problems in hand-written assembler code.
10638 Insert nops to work around the VR4130 `mflo'/`mfhi' errata.
10642 Generate code for the LSI R4010 chip. This tells the assembler to
10643 accept the R4010 specific instructions (`addciu', `ffc', etc.),
10644 and to not schedule `nop' instructions around accesses to the `HI'
10645 and `LO' registers. `-no-m4010' turns off this option.
10649 Generate code for the MIPS R4650 chip. This tells the assembler
10650 to accept the `mad' and `madu' instruction, and to not schedule
10651 `nop' instructions around accesses to the `HI' and `LO' registers.
10652 `-no-m4650' turns off this option.
10658 For each option `-mNNNN', generate code for the MIPS RNNNN chip.
10659 This tells the assembler to accept instructions specific to that
10660 chip, and to schedule for that chip's hazards.
10663 Generate code for a particular MIPS cpu. It is exactly equivalent
10664 to `-mCPU', except that there are more value of CPU understood.
10665 Valid CPU value are:
10667 2000, 3000, 3900, 4000, 4010, 4100, 4111, vr4120, vr4130,
10668 vr4181, 4300, 4400, 4600, 4650, 5000, rm5200, rm5230, rm5231,
10669 rm5261, rm5721, vr5400, vr5500, 6000, rm7000, 8000, rm9000,
10670 10000, 12000, mips32-4k, sb1
10673 Schedule and tune for a particular MIPS cpu. Valid CPU values are
10674 identical to `-march=CPU'.
10677 Record which ABI the source code uses. The recognized arguments
10678 are: `32', `n32', `o64', `64' and `eabi'.
10682 Equivalent to adding `.set sym32' or `.set nosym32' to the
10683 beginning of the assembler input. *Note MIPS symbol sizes::.
10686 This option is ignored. It is accepted for command-line
10687 compatibility with other assemblers, which use it to turn off C
10688 style preprocessing. With GNU `as', there is no need for
10689 `-nocpp', because the GNU assembler itself never runs the C
10692 `--construct-floats'
10693 `--no-construct-floats'
10694 The `--no-construct-floats' option disables the construction of
10695 double width floating point constants by loading the two halves of
10696 the value into the two single width floating point registers that
10697 make up the double width register. This feature is useful if the
10698 processor support the FR bit in its status register, and this bit
10699 is known (by the programmer) to be set. This bit prevents the
10700 aliasing of the double width register by the single width
10703 By default `--construct-floats' is selected, allowing construction
10704 of these floating point constants.
10708 `as' automatically macro expands certain division and
10709 multiplication instructions to check for overflow and division by
10710 zero. This option causes `as' to generate code to take a trap
10711 exception rather than a break exception when an error is detected.
10712 The trap instructions are only supported at Instruction Set
10713 Architecture level 2 and higher.
10717 Generate code to take a break exception rather than a trap
10718 exception when an error is detected. This is the default.
10722 Control generation of `.pdr' sections. Off by default on IRIX, on
10727 When generating code using the Unix calling conventions (selected
10728 by `-KPIC' or `-mcall_shared'), gas will normally generate code
10729 which can go into a shared library. The `-mno-shared' option
10730 tells gas to generate code which uses the calling convention, but
10731 can not go into a shared library. The resulting code is slightly
10732 more efficient. This option only affects the handling of the
10733 `.cpload' and `.cpsetup' pseudo-ops.
10736 File: as.info, Node: MIPS Object, Next: MIPS Stabs, Prev: MIPS Opts, Up: MIPS-Dependent
10738 8.20.2 MIPS ECOFF object code
10739 -----------------------------
10741 Assembling for a MIPS ECOFF target supports some additional sections
10742 besides the usual `.text', `.data' and `.bss'. The additional sections
10743 are `.rdata', used for read-only data, `.sdata', used for small data,
10744 and `.sbss', used for small common objects.
10746 When assembling for ECOFF, the assembler uses the `$gp' (`$28')
10747 register to form the address of a "small object". Any object in the
10748 `.sdata' or `.sbss' sections is considered "small" in this sense. For
10749 external objects, or for objects in the `.bss' section, you can use the
10750 `gcc' `-G' option to control the size of objects addressed via `$gp';
10751 the default value is 8, meaning that a reference to any object eight
10752 bytes or smaller uses `$gp'. Passing `-G 0' to `as' prevents it from
10753 using the `$gp' register on the basis of object size (but the assembler
10754 uses `$gp' for objects in `.sdata' or `sbss' in any case). The size of
10755 an object in the `.bss' section is set by the `.comm' or `.lcomm'
10756 directive that defines it. The size of an external object may be set
10757 with the `.extern' directive. For example, `.extern sym,4' declares
10758 that the object at `sym' is 4 bytes in length, whie leaving `sym'
10759 otherwise undefined.
10761 Using small ECOFF objects requires linker support, and assumes that
10762 the `$gp' register is correctly initialized (normally done
10763 automatically by the startup code). MIPS ECOFF assembly code must not
10764 modify the `$gp' register.
10767 File: as.info, Node: MIPS Stabs, Next: MIPS ISA, Prev: MIPS Object, Up: MIPS-Dependent
10769 8.20.3 Directives for debugging information
10770 -------------------------------------------
10772 MIPS ECOFF `as' supports several directives used for generating
10773 debugging information which are not support by traditional MIPS
10774 assemblers. These are `.def', `.endef', `.dim', `.file', `.scl',
10775 `.size', `.tag', `.type', `.val', `.stabd', `.stabn', and `.stabs'.
10776 The debugging information generated by the three `.stab' directives can
10777 only be read by GDB, not by traditional MIPS debuggers (this
10778 enhancement is required to fully support C++ debugging). These
10779 directives are primarily used by compilers, not assembly language
10783 File: as.info, Node: MIPS symbol sizes, Next: MIPS autoextend, Prev: MIPS ISA, Up: MIPS-Dependent
10785 8.20.4 Directives to override the size of symbols
10786 -------------------------------------------------
10788 The n64 ABI allows symbols to have any 64-bit value. Although this
10789 provides a great deal of flexibility, it means that some macros have
10790 much longer expansions than their 32-bit counterparts. For example,
10791 the non-PIC expansion of `dla $4,sym' is usually:
10793 lui $4,%highest(sym)
10795 daddiu $4,$4,%higher(sym)
10796 daddiu $1,$1,%lo(sym)
10800 whereas the 32-bit expansion is simply:
10803 daddiu $4,$4,%lo(sym)
10805 n64 code is sometimes constructed in such a way that all symbolic
10806 constants are known to have 32-bit values, and in such cases, it's
10807 preferable to use the 32-bit expansion instead of the 64-bit expansion.
10809 You can use the `.set sym32' directive to tell the assembler that,
10810 from this point on, all expressions of the form `SYMBOL' or `SYMBOL +
10811 OFFSET' have 32-bit values. For example:
10816 sw $4,sym+0x8000($4)
10818 will cause the assembler to treat `sym', `sym+16' and `sym+0x8000'
10819 as 32-bit values. The handling of non-symbolic addresses is not
10822 The directive `.set nosym32' ends a `.set sym32' block and reverts
10823 to the normal behavior. It is also possible to change the symbol size
10824 using the command-line options `-msym32' and `-mno-sym32'.
10826 These options and directives are always accepted, but at present,
10827 they have no effect for anything other than n64.
10830 File: as.info, Node: MIPS ISA, Next: MIPS symbol sizes, Prev: MIPS Stabs, Up: MIPS-Dependent
10832 8.20.5 Directives to override the ISA level
10833 -------------------------------------------
10835 GNU `as' supports an additional directive to change the MIPS
10836 Instruction Set Architecture level on the fly: `.set mipsN'. N should
10837 be a number from 0 to 5, or 32, 32r2, 64 or 64r2. The values other
10838 than 0 make the assembler accept instructions for the corresponding ISA
10839 level, from that point on in the assembly. `.set mipsN' affects not
10840 only which instructions are permitted, but also how certain macros are
10841 expanded. `.set mips0' restores the ISA level to its original level:
10842 either the level you selected with command line options, or the default
10843 for your configuration. You can use this feature to permit specific
10844 R4000 instructions while assembling in 32 bit mode. Use this directive
10847 The directive `.set mips16' puts the assembler into MIPS 16 mode, in
10848 which it will assemble instructions for the MIPS 16 processor. Use
10849 `.set nomips16' to return to normal 32 bit mode.
10851 Traditional MIPS assemblers do not support this directive.
10854 File: as.info, Node: MIPS autoextend, Next: MIPS insn, Prev: MIPS symbol sizes, Up: MIPS-Dependent
10856 8.20.6 Directives for extending MIPS 16 bit instructions
10857 --------------------------------------------------------
10859 By default, MIPS 16 instructions are automatically extended to 32 bits
10860 when necessary. The directive `.set noautoextend' will turn this off.
10861 When `.set noautoextend' is in effect, any 32 bit instruction must be
10862 explicitly extended with the `.e' modifier (e.g., `li.e $4,1000'). The
10863 directive `.set autoextend' may be used to once again automatically
10864 extend instructions when necessary.
10866 This directive is only meaningful when in MIPS 16 mode. Traditional
10867 MIPS assemblers do not support this directive.
10870 File: as.info, Node: MIPS insn, Next: MIPS option stack, Prev: MIPS autoextend, Up: MIPS-Dependent
10872 8.20.7 Directive to mark data as an instruction
10873 -----------------------------------------------
10875 The `.insn' directive tells `as' that the following data is actually
10876 instructions. This makes a difference in MIPS 16 mode: when loading
10877 the address of a label which precedes instructions, `as' automatically
10878 adds 1 to the value, so that jumping to the loaded address will do the
10882 File: as.info, Node: MIPS option stack, Next: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides, Prev: MIPS insn, Up: MIPS-Dependent
10884 8.20.8 Directives to save and restore options
10885 ---------------------------------------------
10887 The directives `.set push' and `.set pop' may be used to save and
10888 restore the current settings for all the options which are controlled
10889 by `.set'. The `.set push' directive saves the current settings on a
10890 stack. The `.set pop' directive pops the stack and restores the
10893 These directives can be useful inside an macro which must change an
10894 option such as the ISA level or instruction reordering but does not want
10895 to change the state of the code which invoked the macro.
10897 Traditional MIPS assemblers do not support these directives.
10900 File: as.info, Node: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides, Prev: MIPS option stack, Up: MIPS-Dependent
10902 8.20.9 Directives to control generation of MIPS ASE instructions
10903 ----------------------------------------------------------------
10905 The directive `.set mips3d' makes the assembler accept instructions
10906 from the MIPS-3D Application Specific Extension from that point on in
10907 the assembly. The `.set nomips3d' directive prevents MIPS-3D
10908 instructions from being accepted.
10910 The directive `.set mdmx' makes the assembler accept instructions
10911 from the MDMX Application Specific Extension from that point on in the
10912 assembly. The `.set nomdmx' directive prevents MDMX instructions from
10915 The directive `.set dsp' makes the assembler accept instructions
10916 from the DSP Application Specific Extension from that point on in the
10917 assembly. The `.set nodsp' directive prevents DSP instructions from
10920 The directive `.set mt' makes the assembler accept instructions from
10921 the MT Application Specific Extension from that point on in the
10922 assembly. The `.set nomt' directive prevents MT instructions from
10925 Traditional MIPS assemblers do not support these directives.
10928 File: as.info, Node: MMIX-Dependent, Next: MSP430-Dependent, Prev: MIPS-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
10930 8.21 MMIX Dependent Features
10931 ============================
10935 * MMIX-Opts:: Command-line Options
10936 * MMIX-Expand:: Instruction expansion
10937 * MMIX-Syntax:: Syntax
10938 * MMIX-mmixal:: Differences to `mmixal' syntax and semantics
10941 File: as.info, Node: MMIX-Opts, Next: MMIX-Expand, Up: MMIX-Dependent
10943 8.21.1 Command-line Options
10944 ---------------------------
10946 The MMIX version of `as' has some machine-dependent options.
10948 When `--fixed-special-register-names' is specified, only the register
10949 names specified in *Note MMIX-Regs:: are recognized in the instructions
10952 You can use the `--globalize-symbols' to make all symbols global.
10953 This option is useful when splitting up a `mmixal' program into several
10956 The `--gnu-syntax' turns off most syntax compatibility with
10957 `mmixal'. Its usability is currently doubtful.
10959 The `--relax' option is not fully supported, but will eventually make
10960 the object file prepared for linker relaxation.
10962 If you want to avoid inadvertently calling a predefined symbol and
10963 would rather get an error, for example when using `as' with a compiler
10964 or other machine-generated code, specify `--no-predefined-syms'. This
10965 turns off built-in predefined definitions of all such symbols,
10966 including rounding-mode symbols, segment symbols, `BIT' symbols, and
10967 `TRAP' symbols used in `mmix' "system calls". It also turns off
10968 predefined special-register names, except when used in `PUT' and `GET'
10971 By default, some instructions are expanded to fit the size of the
10972 operand or an external symbol (*note MMIX-Expand::). By passing
10973 `--no-expand', no such expansion will be done, instead causing errors
10974 at link time if the operand does not fit.
10976 The `mmixal' documentation (*note mmixsite::) specifies that global
10977 registers allocated with the `GREG' directive (*note MMIX-greg::) and
10978 initialized to the same non-zero value, will refer to the same global
10979 register. This isn't strictly enforceable in `as' since the final
10980 addresses aren't known until link-time, but it will do an effort unless
10981 the `--no-merge-gregs' option is specified. (Register merging isn't
10982 yet implemented in `ld'.)
10984 `as' will warn every time it expands an instruction to fit an
10985 operand unless the option `-x' is specified. It is believed that this
10986 behaviour is more useful than just mimicking `mmixal''s behaviour, in
10987 which instructions are only expanded if the `-x' option is specified,
10988 and assembly fails otherwise, when an instruction needs to be expanded.
10989 It needs to be kept in mind that `mmixal' is both an assembler and
10990 linker, while `as' will expand instructions that at link stage can be
10991 contracted. (Though linker relaxation isn't yet implemented in `ld'.)
10992 The option `-x' also imples `--linker-allocated-gregs'.
10994 If instruction expansion is enabled, `as' can expand a `PUSHJ'
10995 instruction into a series of instructions. The shortest expansion is
10996 to not expand it, but just mark the call as redirectable to a stub,
10997 which `ld' creates at link-time, but only if the original `PUSHJ'
10998 instruction is found not to reach the target. The stub consists of the
10999 necessary instructions to form a jump to the target. This happens if
11000 `as' can assert that the `PUSHJ' instruction can reach such a stub.
11001 The option `--no-pushj-stubs' disables this shorter expansion, and the
11002 longer series of instructions is then created at assembly-time. The
11003 option `--no-stubs' is a synonym, intended for compatibility with
11004 future releases, where generation of stubs for other instructions may
11007 Usually a two-operand-expression (*note GREG-base::) without a
11008 matching `GREG' directive is treated as an error by `as'. When the
11009 option `--linker-allocated-gregs' is in effect, they are instead passed
11010 through to the linker, which will allocate as many global registers as
11014 File: as.info, Node: MMIX-Expand, Next: MMIX-Syntax, Prev: MMIX-Opts, Up: MMIX-Dependent
11016 8.21.2 Instruction expansion
11017 ----------------------------
11019 When `as' encounters an instruction with an operand that is either not
11020 known or does not fit the operand size of the instruction, `as' (and
11021 `ld') will expand the instruction into a sequence of instructions
11022 semantically equivalent to the operand fitting the instruction.
11023 Expansion will take place for the following instructions:
11026 Expands to a sequence of four instructions: `SETL', `INCML',
11027 `INCMH' and `INCH'. The operand must be a multiple of four.
11029 Conditional branches
11030 A branch instruction is turned into a branch with the complemented
11031 condition and prediction bit over five instructions; four
11032 instructions setting `$255' to the operand value, which like with
11033 `GETA' must be a multiple of four, and a final `GO $255,$255,0'.
11036 Similar to expansion for conditional branches; four instructions
11037 set `$255' to the operand value, followed by a `PUSHGO
11041 Similar to conditional branches and `PUSHJ'. The final instruction
11042 is `GO $255,$255,0'.
11044 The linker `ld' is expected to shrink these expansions for code
11045 assembled with `--relax' (though not currently implemented).
11048 File: as.info, Node: MMIX-Syntax, Next: MMIX-mmixal, Prev: MMIX-Expand, Up: MMIX-Dependent
11053 The assembly syntax is supposed to be upward compatible with that
11054 described in Sections 1.3 and 1.4 of `The Art of Computer Programming,
11055 Volume 1'. Draft versions of those chapters as well as other MMIX
11056 information is located at
11057 `http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/mmix-news.html'. Most code
11058 examples from the mmixal package located there should work unmodified
11059 when assembled and linked as single files, with a few noteworthy
11060 exceptions (*note MMIX-mmixal::).
11062 Before an instruction is emitted, the current location is aligned to
11063 the next four-byte boundary. If a label is defined at the beginning of
11064 the line, its value will be the aligned value.
11066 In addition to the traditional hex-prefix `0x', a hexadecimal number
11067 can also be specified by the prefix character `#'.
11069 After all operands to an MMIX instruction or directive have been
11070 specified, the rest of the line is ignored, treated as a comment.
11074 * MMIX-Chars:: Special Characters
11075 * MMIX-Symbols:: Symbols
11076 * MMIX-Regs:: Register Names
11077 * MMIX-Pseudos:: Assembler Directives
11080 File: as.info, Node: MMIX-Chars, Next: MMIX-Symbols, Up: MMIX-Syntax
11082 8.21.3.1 Special Characters
11083 ...........................
11085 The characters `*' and `#' are line comment characters; each start a
11086 comment at the beginning of a line, but only at the beginning of a
11087 line. A `#' prefixes a hexadecimal number if found elsewhere on a line.
11089 Two other characters, `%' and `!', each start a comment anywhere on
11090 the line. Thus you can't use the `modulus' and `not' operators in
11091 expressions normally associated with these two characters.
11093 A `;' is a line separator, treated as a new-line, so separate
11094 instructions can be specified on a single line.
11097 File: as.info, Node: MMIX-Symbols, Next: MMIX-Regs, Prev: MMIX-Chars, Up: MMIX-Syntax
11102 The character `:' is permitted in identifiers. There are two
11103 exceptions to it being treated as any other symbol character: if a
11104 symbol begins with `:', it means that the symbol is in the global
11105 namespace and that the current prefix should not be prepended to that
11106 symbol (*note MMIX-prefix::). The `:' is then not considered part of
11107 the symbol. For a symbol in the label position (first on a line), a `:'
11108 at the end of a symbol is silently stripped off. A label is permitted,
11109 but not required, to be followed by a `:', as with many other assembly
11112 The character `@' in an expression, is a synonym for `.', the
11115 In addition to the common forward and backward local symbol formats
11116 (*note Symbol Names::), they can be specified with upper-case `B' and
11117 `F', as in `8B' and `9F'. A local label defined for the current
11118 position is written with a `H' appended to the number:
11120 This and traditional local-label formats cannot be mixed: a label
11121 must be defined and referred to using the same format.
11123 There's a minor caveat: just as for the ordinary local symbols, the
11124 local symbols are translated into ordinary symbols using control
11125 characters are to hide the ordinal number of the symbol.
11126 Unfortunately, these symbols are not translated back in error messages.
11127 Thus you may see confusing error messages when local symbols are used.
11128 Control characters `\003' (control-C) and `\004' (control-D) are used
11129 for the MMIX-specific local-symbol syntax.
11131 The symbol `Main' is handled specially; it is always global.
11133 By defining the symbols `__.MMIX.start..text' and
11134 `__.MMIX.start..data', the address of respectively the `.text' and
11135 `.data' segments of the final program can be defined, though when
11136 linking more than one object file, the code or data in the object file
11137 containing the symbol is not guaranteed to be start at that position;
11138 just the final executable. *Note MMIX-loc::.
11141 File: as.info, Node: MMIX-Regs, Next: MMIX-Pseudos, Prev: MMIX-Symbols, Up: MMIX-Syntax
11143 8.21.3.3 Register names
11144 .......................
11146 Local and global registers are specified as `$0' to `$255'. The
11147 recognized special register names are `rJ', `rA', `rB', `rC', `rD',
11148 `rE', `rF', `rG', `rH', `rI', `rK', `rL', `rM', `rN', `rO', `rP', `rQ',
11149 `rR', `rS', `rT', `rU', `rV', `rW', `rX', `rY', `rZ', `rBB', `rTT',
11150 `rWW', `rXX', `rYY' and `rZZ'. A leading `:' is optional for special
11153 Local and global symbols can be equated to register names and used in
11154 place of ordinary registers.
11156 Similarly for special registers, local and global symbols can be
11157 used. Also, symbols equated from numbers and constant expressions are
11158 allowed in place of a special register, except when either of the
11159 options `--no-predefined-syms' and `--fixed-special-register-names' are
11160 specified. Then only the special register names above are allowed for
11161 the instructions having a special register operand; `GET' and `PUT'.
11164 File: as.info, Node: MMIX-Pseudos, Prev: MMIX-Regs, Up: MMIX-Syntax
11166 8.21.3.4 Assembler Directives
11167 .............................
11170 The `LOC' directive sets the current location to the value of the
11171 operand field, which may include changing sections. If the
11172 operand is a constant, the section is set to either `.data' if the
11173 value is `0x2000000000000000' or larger, else it is set to `.text'.
11174 Within a section, the current location may only be changed to
11175 monotonically higher addresses. A LOC expression must be a
11176 previously defined symbol or a "pure" constant.
11178 An example, which sets the label PREV to the current location, and
11179 updates the current location to eight bytes forward:
11182 When a LOC has a constant as its operand, a symbol
11183 `__.MMIX.start..text' or `__.MMIX.start..data' is defined
11184 depending on the address as mentioned above. Each such symbol is
11185 interpreted as special by the linker, locating the section at that
11186 address. Note that if multiple files are linked, the first object
11187 file with that section will be mapped to that address (not
11188 necessarily the file with the LOC definition).
11192 LOCAL external_symbol
11196 This directive-operation generates a link-time assertion that the
11197 operand does not correspond to a global register. The operand is
11198 an expression that at link-time resolves to a register symbol or a
11199 number. A number is treated as the register having that number.
11200 There is one restriction on the use of this directive: the
11201 pseudo-directive must be placed in a section with contents, code
11205 The `IS' directive:
11206 asymbol IS an_expression
11207 sets the symbol `asymbol' to `an_expression'. A symbol may not be
11208 set more than once using this directive. Local labels may be set
11209 using this directive, for example:
11213 This directive reserves a global register, gives it an initial
11214 value and optionally gives it a symbolic name. Some examples:
11217 breg GREG data_value
11219 .greg creg, another_data_value
11221 The symbolic register name can be used in place of a (non-special)
11222 register. If a value isn't provided, it defaults to zero. Unless
11223 the option `--no-merge-gregs' is specified, non-zero registers
11224 allocated with this directive may be eliminated by `as'; another
11225 register with the same value used in its place. Any of the
11226 instructions `CSWAP', `GO', `LDA', `LDBU', `LDB', `LDHT', `LDOU',
11227 `LDO', `LDSF', `LDTU', `LDT', `LDUNC', `LDVTS', `LDWU', `LDW',
11228 `PREGO', `PRELD', `PREST', `PUSHGO', `STBU', `STB', `STCO', `STHT',
11229 `STOU', `STSF', `STTU', `STT', `STUNC', `SYNCD', `SYNCID', can
11230 have a value nearby an initial value in place of its second and
11231 third operands. Here, "nearby" is defined as within the range
11232 0...255 from the initial value of such an allocated register.
11234 buffer1 BYTE 0,0,0,0,0
11235 buffer2 BYTE 0,0,0,0,0
11239 In the example above, the `Y' field of the `LDOUI' instruction
11240 (LDOU with a constant Z) will be replaced with the global register
11241 allocated for `buffer1', and the `Z' field will have the value 5,
11242 the offset from `buffer1' to `buffer2'. The result is equivalent
11244 buffer1 BYTE 0,0,0,0,0
11245 buffer2 BYTE 0,0,0,0,0
11247 tmpreg GREG buffer1
11248 LDOU $42,tmpreg,(buffer2-buffer1)
11250 Global registers allocated with this directive are allocated in
11251 order higher-to-lower within a file. Other than that, the exact
11252 order of register allocation and elimination is undefined. For
11253 example, the order is undefined when more than one file with such
11254 directives are linked together. With the options `-x' and
11255 `--linker-allocated-gregs', `GREG' directives for two-operand
11256 cases like the one mentioned above can be omitted. Sufficient
11257 global registers will then be allocated by the linker.
11260 The `BYTE' directive takes a series of operands separated by a
11261 comma. If an operand is a string (*note Strings::), each
11262 character of that string is emitted as a byte. Other operands
11263 must be constant expressions without forward references, in the
11264 range 0...255. If you need operands having expressions with
11265 forward references, use `.byte' (*note Byte::). An operand can be
11266 omitted, defaulting to a zero value.
11271 The directives `WYDE', `TETRA' and `OCTA' emit constants of two,
11272 four and eight bytes size respectively. Before anything else
11273 happens for the directive, the current location is aligned to the
11274 respective constant-size boundary. If a label is defined at the
11275 beginning of the line, its value will be that after the alignment.
11276 A single operand can be omitted, defaulting to a zero value
11277 emitted for the directive. Operands can be expressed as strings
11278 (*note Strings::), in which case each character in the string is
11279 emitted as a separate constant of the size indicated by the
11283 The `PREFIX' directive sets a symbol name prefix to be prepended to
11284 all symbols (except local symbols, *note MMIX-Symbols::), that are
11285 not prefixed with `:', until the next `PREFIX' directive. Such
11286 prefixes accumulate. For example,
11290 defines a symbol `abc' with the value 0.
11294 A pair of `BSPEC' and `ESPEC' directives delimit a section of
11295 special contents (without specified semantics). Example:
11299 The single operand to `BSPEC' must be number in the range 0...255.
11300 The `BSPEC' number 80 is used by the GNU binutils implementation.
11303 File: as.info, Node: MMIX-mmixal, Prev: MMIX-Syntax, Up: MMIX-Dependent
11305 8.21.4 Differences to `mmixal'
11306 ------------------------------
11308 The binutils `as' and `ld' combination has a few differences in
11309 function compared to `mmixal' (*note mmixsite::).
11311 The replacement of a symbol with a GREG-allocated register (*note
11312 GREG-base::) is not handled the exactly same way in `as' as in
11313 `mmixal'. This is apparent in the `mmixal' example file `inout.mms',
11314 where different registers with different offsets, eventually yielding
11315 the same address, are used in the first instruction. This type of
11316 difference should however not affect the function of any program unless
11317 it has specific assumptions about the allocated register number.
11319 Line numbers (in the `mmo' object format) are currently not
11322 Expression operator precedence is not that of mmixal: operator
11323 precedence is that of the C programming language. It's recommended to
11324 use parentheses to explicitly specify wanted operator precedence
11325 whenever more than one type of operators are used.
11327 The serialize unary operator `&', the fractional division operator
11328 `//', the logical not operator `!' and the modulus operator `%' are not
11331 Symbols are not global by default, unless the option
11332 `--globalize-symbols' is passed. Use the `.global' directive to
11333 globalize symbols (*note Global::).
11335 Operand syntax is a bit stricter with `as' than `mmixal'. For
11336 example, you can't say `addu 1,2,3', instead you must write `addu
11339 You can't LOC to a lower address than those already visited (i.e.
11342 A LOC directive must come before any emitted code.
11344 Predefined symbols are visible as file-local symbols after use. (In
11345 the ELF file, that is--the linked mmo file has no notion of a file-local
11348 Some mapping of constant expressions to sections in LOC expressions
11349 is attempted, but that functionality is easily confused and should be
11350 avoided unless compatibility with `mmixal' is required. A LOC
11351 expression to `0x2000000000000000' or higher, maps to the `.data'
11352 section and lower addresses map to the `.text' section (*note
11355 The code and data areas are each contiguous. Sparse programs with
11356 far-away LOC directives will take up the same amount of space as a
11357 contiguous program with zeros filled in the gaps between the LOC
11358 directives. If you need sparse programs, you might try and get the
11359 wanted effect with a linker script and splitting up the code parts into
11360 sections (*note Section::). Assembly code for this, to be compatible
11361 with `mmixal', would look something like:
11363 LOC away_expression
11367 `as' will not execute the LOC directive and `mmixal' ignores the
11368 lines with `.'. This construct can be used generally to help
11371 Symbols can't be defined twice-not even to the same value.
11373 Instruction mnemonics are recognized case-insensitive, though the
11374 `IS' and `GREG' pseudo-operations must be specified in upper-case
11377 There's no unicode support.
11379 The following is a list of programs in `mmix.tar.gz', available at
11380 `http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/mmix-news.html', last
11381 checked with the version dated 2001-08-25 (md5sum
11382 c393470cfc86fac040487d22d2bf0172) that assemble with `mmixal' but do
11383 not assemble with `as':
11386 LOC to a previous address.
11389 Redefines symbol `Done'.
11392 Uses the serial operator `&'.
11395 File: as.info, Node: MSP430-Dependent, Next: SH-Dependent, Prev: MMIX-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
11397 8.22 MSP 430 Dependent Features
11398 ===============================
11402 * MSP430 Options:: Options
11403 * MSP430 Syntax:: Syntax
11404 * MSP430 Floating Point:: Floating Point
11405 * MSP430 Directives:: MSP 430 Machine Directives
11406 * MSP430 Opcodes:: Opcodes
11407 * MSP430 Profiling Capability:: Profiling Capability
11410 File: as.info, Node: MSP430 Options, Next: MSP430 Syntax, Up: MSP430-Dependent
11416 select the mpu arch. Currently has no effect.
11419 enables polymorph instructions handler.
11422 enables relaxation at assembly time. DANGEROUS!
11426 File: as.info, Node: MSP430 Syntax, Next: MSP430 Floating Point, Prev: MSP430 Options, Up: MSP430-Dependent
11433 * MSP430-Macros:: Macros
11434 * MSP430-Chars:: Special Characters
11435 * MSP430-Regs:: Register Names
11436 * MSP430-Ext:: Assembler Extensions
11439 File: as.info, Node: MSP430-Macros, Next: MSP430-Chars, Up: MSP430 Syntax
11444 The macro syntax used on the MSP 430 is like that described in the MSP
11445 430 Family Assembler Specification. Normal `as' macros should still
11448 Additional built-in macros are:
11451 Extracts least significant word from 32-bit expression 'exp'.
11454 Extracts most significant word from 32-bit expression 'exp'.
11457 Extracts 3rd word from 64-bit expression 'exp'.
11460 Extracts 4rd word from 64-bit expression 'exp'.
11463 They normally being used as an immediate source operand.
11464 mov #llo(1), r10 ; == mov #1, r10
11465 mov #lhi(1), r10 ; == mov #0, r10
11468 File: as.info, Node: MSP430-Chars, Next: MSP430-Regs, Prev: MSP430-Macros, Up: MSP430 Syntax
11470 8.22.2.2 Special Characters
11471 ...........................
11473 `;' is the line comment character.
11475 The character `$' in jump instructions indicates current location and
11476 implemented only for TI syntax compatibility.
11479 File: as.info, Node: MSP430-Regs, Next: MSP430-Ext, Prev: MSP430-Chars, Up: MSP430 Syntax
11481 8.22.2.3 Register Names
11482 .......................
11484 General-purpose registers are represented by predefined symbols of the
11485 form `rN' (for global registers), where N represents a number between
11486 `0' and `15'. The leading letters may be in either upper or lower
11487 case; for example, `r13' and `R7' are both valid register names.
11489 Register names `PC', `SP' and `SR' cannot be used as register names
11490 and will be treated as variables. Use `r0', `r1', and `r2' instead.
11493 File: as.info, Node: MSP430-Ext, Prev: MSP430-Regs, Up: MSP430 Syntax
11495 8.22.2.4 Assembler Extensions
11496 .............................
11499 As destination operand being treated as `0(rn)'
11502 As source operand being treated as `@rn'
11505 Skips next N bytes followed by jump instruction and equivalent to
11509 Also, there are some instructions, which cannot be found in other
11510 assemblers. These are branch instructions, which has different opcodes
11511 upon jump distance. They all got PC relative addressing mode.
11514 A polymorph instruction which is `jeq label' in case if jump
11515 distance within allowed range for cpu's jump instruction. If not,
11516 this unrolls into a sequence of
11521 A polymorph instruction which is `jne label' or `jeq +4; br label'
11524 A polymorph instruction which is `jl label' or `jge +4; br label'
11527 A polymorph instruction which is `jn label' or `jn +2; jmp +4; br
11531 A polymorph instruction which is `jlo label' or `jhs +2; br label'
11534 A polymorph instruction which is `jge label' or `jl +4; br label'
11537 A polymorph instruction which is `jhs label' or `jlo +4; br label'
11540 A polymorph instruction which is `jeq +2; jge label' or `jeq +6;
11544 A polymorph instruction which is `jeq +2; jhs label' or `jeq +6;
11548 A polymorph instruction which is `jeq label; jlo label' or `jeq
11549 +2; jhs +4; br label'
11552 A polymorph instruction which is `jeq label; jl label' or `jeq
11553 +2; jge +4; br label'
11556 A polymorph instruction which is `jmp label' or `br label'
11559 File: as.info, Node: MSP430 Floating Point, Next: MSP430 Directives, Prev: MSP430 Syntax, Up: MSP430-Dependent
11561 8.22.3 Floating Point
11562 ---------------------
11564 The MSP 430 family uses IEEE 32-bit floating-point numbers.
11567 File: as.info, Node: MSP430 Directives, Next: MSP430 Opcodes, Prev: MSP430 Floating Point, Up: MSP430-Dependent
11569 8.22.4 MSP 430 Machine Directives
11570 ---------------------------------
11573 This directive is ignored; it is accepted for compatibility with
11574 other MSP 430 assemblers.
11576 _Warning:_ in other versions of the GNU assembler, `.file' is
11577 used for the directive called `.app-file' in the MSP 430
11581 This directive is ignored; it is accepted for compatibility with
11582 other MSP 430 assemblers.
11585 Currently this directive is ignored; it is accepted for
11586 compatibility with other MSP 430 assemblers.
11589 This directive instructs assembler to add new profile entry to the
11594 File: as.info, Node: MSP430 Opcodes, Next: MSP430 Profiling Capability, Prev: MSP430 Directives, Up: MSP430-Dependent
11599 `as' implements all the standard MSP 430 opcodes. No additional
11600 pseudo-instructions are needed on this family.
11602 For information on the 430 machine instruction set, see `MSP430
11603 User's Manual, document slau049d', Texas Instrument, Inc.
11606 File: as.info, Node: MSP430 Profiling Capability, Prev: MSP430 Opcodes, Up: MSP430-Dependent
11608 8.22.6 Profiling Capability
11609 ---------------------------
11611 It is a performance hit to use gcc's profiling approach for this tiny
11612 target. Even more - jtag hardware facility does not perform any
11613 profiling functions. However we've got gdb's built-in simulator where
11614 we can do anything.
11616 We define new section `.profiler' which holds all profiling
11617 information. We define new pseudo operation `.profiler' which will
11618 instruct assembler to add new profile entry to the object file. Profile
11619 should take place at the present address.
11621 Pseudo operation format:
11623 `.profiler flags,function_to_profile [, cycle_corrector, extra]'
11627 `flags' is a combination of the following characters:
11636 function is in init section
11639 function is in fini section
11651 interrupt service routine
11666 long jump / sjlj unwind
11669 an arbitrary code fragment
11672 extra parameter saved (a constant value like frame size)
11674 `function_to_profile'
11678 a value which should be added to the cycle counter, zero if
11682 any extra parameter, zero if omitted.
11687 .type fxx,@function
11689 .LFrameOffset_fxx=0x08
11690 .profiler "scdP", fxx ; function entry.
11691 ; we also demand stack value to be saved
11696 .profiler "cdpt",fxx,0, .LFrameOffset_fxx ; check stack value at this point
11697 ; (this is a prologue end)
11698 ; note, that spare var filled with
11702 .profiler cdE,fxx ; check stack
11707 .profiler xcde,fxx,3 ; exit adds 3 to the cycle counter
11708 ret ; cause 'ret' insn takes 3 cycles
11711 File: as.info, Node: PDP-11-Dependent, Next: PJ-Dependent, Prev: SH64-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
11713 8.23 PDP-11 Dependent Features
11714 ==============================
11718 * PDP-11-Options:: Options
11719 * PDP-11-Pseudos:: Assembler Directives
11720 * PDP-11-Syntax:: DEC Syntax versus BSD Syntax
11721 * PDP-11-Mnemonics:: Instruction Naming
11722 * PDP-11-Synthetic:: Synthetic Instructions
11725 File: as.info, Node: PDP-11-Options, Next: PDP-11-Pseudos, Up: PDP-11-Dependent
11730 The PDP-11 version of `as' has a rich set of machine dependent options.
11732 8.23.1.1 Code Generation Options
11733 ................................
11736 Generate position-independent (or position-dependent) code.
11738 The default is to generate position-independent code.
11740 8.23.1.2 Instruction Set Extension Options
11741 ..........................................
11743 These options enables or disables the use of extensions over the base
11744 line instruction set as introduced by the first PDP-11 CPU: the KA11.
11745 Most options come in two variants: a `-m'EXTENSION that enables
11746 EXTENSION, and a `-mno-'EXTENSION that disables EXTENSION.
11748 The default is to enable all extensions.
11750 `-mall | -mall-extensions'
11751 Enable all instruction set extensions.
11754 Disable all instruction set extensions.
11757 Enable (or disable) the use of the commercial instruction set,
11758 which consists of these instructions: `ADDNI', `ADDN', `ADDPI',
11759 `ADDP', `ASHNI', `ASHN', `ASHPI', `ASHP', `CMPCI', `CMPC',
11760 `CMPNI', `CMPN', `CMPPI', `CMPP', `CVTLNI', `CVTLN', `CVTLPI',
11761 `CVTLP', `CVTNLI', `CVTNL', `CVTNPI', `CVTNP', `CVTPLI', `CVTPL',
11762 `CVTPNI', `CVTPN', `DIVPI', `DIVP', `L2DR', `L3DR', `LOCCI',
11763 `LOCC', `MATCI', `MATC', `MOVCI', `MOVC', `MOVRCI', `MOVRC',
11764 `MOVTCI', `MOVTC', `MULPI', `MULP', `SCANCI', `SCANC', `SKPCI',
11765 `SKPC', `SPANCI', `SPANC', `SUBNI', `SUBN', `SUBPI', and `SUBP'.
11768 Enable (or disable) the use of the `CSM' instruction.
11771 Enable (or disable) the use of the extended instruction set, which
11772 consists of these instructions: `ASHC', `ASH', `DIV', `MARK',
11773 `MUL', `RTT', `SOB' `SXT', and `XOR'.
11776 `-mno-fis | -mno-kev11'
11777 Enable (or disable) the use of the KEV11 floating-point
11778 instructions: `FADD', `FDIV', `FMUL', and `FSUB'.
11780 `-mfpp | -mfpu | -mfp-11'
11781 `-mno-fpp | -mno-fpu | -mno-fp-11'
11782 Enable (or disable) the use of FP-11 floating-point instructions:
11783 `ABSF', `ADDF', `CFCC', `CLRF', `CMPF', `DIVF', `LDCFF', `LDCIF',
11784 `LDEXP', `LDF', `LDFPS', `MODF', `MULF', `NEGF', `SETD', `SETF',
11785 `SETI', `SETL', `STCFF', `STCFI', `STEXP', `STF', `STFPS', `STST',
11786 `SUBF', and `TSTF'.
11788 `-mlimited-eis | -mno-limited-eis'
11789 Enable (or disable) the use of the limited extended instruction
11790 set: `MARK', `RTT', `SOB', `SXT', and `XOR'.
11792 The -mno-limited-eis options also implies -mno-eis.
11794 `-mmfpt | -mno-mfpt'
11795 Enable (or disable) the use of the `MFPT' instruction.
11797 `-mmultiproc | -mno-multiproc'
11798 Enable (or disable) the use of multiprocessor instructions:
11799 `TSTSET' and `WRTLCK'.
11801 `-mmxps | -mno-mxps'
11802 Enable (or disable) the use of the `MFPS' and `MTPS' instructions.
11805 Enable (or disable) the use of the `SPL' instruction.
11807 Enable (or disable) the use of the microcode instructions: `LDUB',
11810 8.23.1.3 CPU Model Options
11811 ..........................
11813 These options enable the instruction set extensions supported by a
11814 particular CPU, and disables all other extensions.
11817 KA11 CPU. Base line instruction set only.
11820 KB11 CPU. Enable extended instruction set and `SPL'.
11823 KD11-A CPU. Enable limited extended instruction set.
11826 KD11-B CPU. Base line instruction set only.
11829 KD11-D CPU. Base line instruction set only.
11832 KD11-E CPU. Enable extended instruction set, `MFPS', and `MTPS'.
11834 `-mkd11f | -mkd11h | -mkd11q'
11835 KD11-F, KD11-H, or KD11-Q CPU. Enable limited extended
11836 instruction set, `MFPS', and `MTPS'.
11839 KD11-K CPU. Enable extended instruction set, `LDUB', `MED',
11840 `MFPS', `MFPT', `MTPS', and `XFC'.
11843 KD11-Z CPU. Enable extended instruction set, `CSM', `MFPS',
11844 `MFPT', `MTPS', and `SPL'.
11847 F11 CPU. Enable extended instruction set, `MFPS', `MFPT', and
11851 J11 CPU. Enable extended instruction set, `CSM', `MFPS', `MFPT',
11852 `MTPS', `SPL', `TSTSET', and `WRTLCK'.
11855 T11 CPU. Enable limited extended instruction set, `MFPS', and
11858 8.23.1.4 Machine Model Options
11859 ..............................
11861 These options enable the instruction set extensions supported by a
11862 particular machine model, and disables all other extensions.
11870 `-m11/05 | -m11/10'
11873 `-m11/15 | -m11/20'
11879 `-m11/23 | -m11/24'
11886 Ame as `-mkd11e' `-mfpp'.
11888 `-m11/35 | -m11/40'
11894 `-m11/45 | -m11/50 | -m11/55 | -m11/70'
11897 `-m11/53 | -m11/73 | -m11/83 | -m11/84 | -m11/93 | -m11/94'
11904 File: as.info, Node: PDP-11-Pseudos, Next: PDP-11-Syntax, Prev: PDP-11-Options, Up: PDP-11-Dependent
11906 8.23.2 Assembler Directives
11907 ---------------------------
11909 The PDP-11 version of `as' has a few machine dependent assembler
11913 Switch to the `bss' section.
11916 Align the location counter to an even number.
11919 File: as.info, Node: PDP-11-Syntax, Next: PDP-11-Mnemonics, Prev: PDP-11-Pseudos, Up: PDP-11-Dependent
11921 8.23.3 PDP-11 Assembly Language Syntax
11922 --------------------------------------
11924 `as' supports both DEC syntax and BSD syntax. The only difference is
11925 that in DEC syntax, a `#' character is used to denote an immediate
11926 constants, while in BSD syntax the character for this purpose is `$'.
11928 eneral-purpose registers are named `r0' through `r7'. Mnemonic
11929 alternatives for `r6' and `r7' are `sp' and `pc', respectively.
11931 Floating-point registers are named `ac0' through `ac3', or
11932 alternatively `fr0' through `fr3'.
11934 Comments are started with a `#' or a `/' character, and extend to
11935 the end of the line. (FIXME: clash with immediates?)
11938 File: as.info, Node: PDP-11-Mnemonics, Next: PDP-11-Synthetic, Prev: PDP-11-Syntax, Up: PDP-11-Dependent
11940 8.23.4 Instruction Naming
11941 -------------------------
11943 Some instructions have alternative names.
11961 File: as.info, Node: PDP-11-Synthetic, Prev: PDP-11-Mnemonics, Up: PDP-11-Dependent
11963 8.23.5 Synthetic Instructions
11964 -----------------------------
11966 The `JBR' and `J'CC synthetic instructions are not supported yet.
11969 File: as.info, Node: PJ-Dependent, Next: PPC-Dependent, Prev: PDP-11-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
11971 8.24 picoJava Dependent Features
11972 ================================
11976 * PJ Options:: Options
11979 File: as.info, Node: PJ Options, Up: PJ-Dependent
11984 `as' has two additional command-line options for the picoJava
11987 This option selects little endian data output.
11990 This option selects big endian data output.
11993 File: as.info, Node: PPC-Dependent, Next: Sparc-Dependent, Prev: PJ-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
11995 8.25 PowerPC Dependent Features
11996 ===============================
12000 * PowerPC-Opts:: Options
12001 * PowerPC-Pseudo:: PowerPC Assembler Directives
12004 File: as.info, Node: PowerPC-Opts, Next: PowerPC-Pseudo, Up: PPC-Dependent
12009 The PowerPC chip family includes several successive levels, using the
12010 same core instruction set, but including a few additional instructions
12011 at each level. There are exceptions to this however. For details on
12012 what instructions each variant supports, please see the chip's
12013 architecture reference manual.
12015 The following table lists all available PowerPC options.
12018 Generate code for POWER/2 (RIOS2).
12021 Generate code for POWER (RIOS1)
12024 Generate code for PowerPC 601.
12026 `-mppc, -mppc32, -m603, -m604'
12027 Generate code for PowerPC 603/604.
12030 Generate code for PowerPC 403/405.
12033 Generate code for PowerPC 440. BookE and some 405 instructions.
12035 `-m7400, -m7410, -m7450, -m7455'
12036 Generate code for PowerPC 7400/7410/7450/7455.
12039 Generate code for PowerPC 620/625/630.
12042 Generate code for PowerPC 64, including bridge insns.
12045 Generate code for 64-bit BookE.
12047 `-mbooke, mbooke32'
12048 Generate code for 32-bit BookE.
12051 Generate code for PowerPC e300 family.
12054 Generate code for processors with AltiVec instructions.
12057 Generate code for Power4 architecture.
12060 Generate code for Power5 architecture.
12063 Generate code Power/PowerPC common instructions.
12066 Generate code for any architecture (PWR/PWRX/PPC).
12069 Allow symbolic names for registers.
12072 Do not allow symbolic names for registers.
12075 Support for GCC's -mrelocatble option.
12077 `-mrelocatable-lib'
12078 Support for GCC's -mrelocatble-lib option.
12081 Set PPC_EMB bit in ELF flags.
12083 `-mlittle, -mlittle-endian'
12084 Generate code for a little endian machine.
12086 `-mbig, -mbig-endian'
12087 Generate code for a big endian machine.
12090 Generate code for Solaris.
12093 Do not generate code for Solaris.
12096 File: as.info, Node: PowerPC-Pseudo, Prev: PowerPC-Opts, Up: PPC-Dependent
12098 8.25.2 PowerPC Assembler Directives
12099 -----------------------------------
12101 A number of assembler directives are available for PowerPC. The
12102 following table is far from complete.
12104 `.machine "string"'
12105 This directive allows you to change the machine for which code is
12106 generated. `"string"' may be any of the -m cpu selection options
12107 (without the -m) enclosed in double quotes, `"push"', or `"pop"'.
12108 `.machine "push"' saves the currently selected cpu, which may be
12109 restored with `.machine "pop"'.
12112 File: as.info, Node: SH-Dependent, Next: SH64-Dependent, Prev: MSP430-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
12114 8.26 Renesas / SuperH SH Dependent Features
12115 ===========================================
12119 * SH Options:: Options
12120 * SH Syntax:: Syntax
12121 * SH Floating Point:: Floating Point
12122 * SH Directives:: SH Machine Directives
12123 * SH Opcodes:: Opcodes
12126 File: as.info, Node: SH Options, Next: SH Syntax, Up: SH-Dependent
12131 `as' has following command-line options for the Renesas (formerly
12132 Hitachi) / SuperH SH family.
12135 Generate little endian code.
12138 Generate big endian code.
12141 Alter jump instructions for long displacements.
12144 Align sections to 4 byte boundaries, not 16.
12147 Enable sh-dsp insns, and disable sh3e / sh4 insns.
12150 Disable optimization with section symbol for compatibility with
12153 `--allow-reg-prefix'
12154 Allow '$' as a register name prefix.
12157 Specify the sh4 or sh4a instruction set.
12160 Enable sh-dsp insns, and disable sh3e / sh4 insns.
12163 Enable sh2e, sh3e, sh4, and sh4a insn sets.
12166 Enable sh1, sh2, sh2e, sh3, sh3e, sh4, sh4a, and sh-dsp insn sets.
12170 File: as.info, Node: SH Syntax, Next: SH Floating Point, Prev: SH Options, Up: SH-Dependent
12177 * SH-Chars:: Special Characters
12178 * SH-Regs:: Register Names
12179 * SH-Addressing:: Addressing Modes
12182 File: as.info, Node: SH-Chars, Next: SH-Regs, Up: SH Syntax
12184 8.26.2.1 Special Characters
12185 ...........................
12187 `!' is the line comment character.
12189 You can use `;' instead of a newline to separate statements.
12191 Since `$' has no special meaning, you may use it in symbol names.
12194 File: as.info, Node: SH-Regs, Next: SH-Addressing, Prev: SH-Chars, Up: SH Syntax
12196 8.26.2.2 Register Names
12197 .......................
12199 You can use the predefined symbols `r0', `r1', `r2', `r3', `r4', `r5',
12200 `r6', `r7', `r8', `r9', `r10', `r11', `r12', `r13', `r14', and `r15' to
12201 refer to the SH registers.
12203 The SH also has these control registers:
12206 procedure register (holds return address)
12213 high and low multiply accumulator registers
12219 global base register
12222 vector base register (for interrupt vectors)
12225 File: as.info, Node: SH-Addressing, Prev: SH-Regs, Up: SH Syntax
12227 8.26.2.3 Addressing Modes
12228 .........................
12230 `as' understands the following addressing modes for the SH. `RN' in
12231 the following refers to any of the numbered registers, but _not_ the
12241 Register indirect with pre-decrement
12244 Register indirect with post-increment
12247 Register indirect with displacement
12260 PC relative address (for branch or for addressing memory). The
12261 `as' implementation allows you to use the simpler form ADDR
12262 anywhere a PC relative address is called for; the alternate form
12263 is supported for compatibility with other assemblers.
12269 File: as.info, Node: SH Floating Point, Next: SH Directives, Prev: SH Syntax, Up: SH-Dependent
12271 8.26.3 Floating Point
12272 ---------------------
12274 SH2E, SH3E and SH4 groups have on-chip floating-point unit (FPU). Other
12275 SH groups can use `.float' directive to generate IEEE floating-point
12278 SH2E and SH3E support single-precision floating point calculations as
12279 well as entirely PCAPI compatible emulation of double-precision
12280 floating point calculations. SH2E and SH3E instructions are a subset of
12281 the floating point calculations conforming to the IEEE754 standard.
12283 In addition to single-precision and double-precision floating-point
12284 operation capability, the on-chip FPU of SH4 has a 128-bit graphic
12285 engine that enables 32-bit floating-point data to be processed 128 bits
12286 at a time. It also supports 4 * 4 array operations and inner product
12287 operations. Also, a superscalar architecture is employed that enables
12288 simultaneous execution of two instructions (including FPU
12289 instructions), providing performance of up to twice that of
12290 conventional architectures at the same frequency.
12293 File: as.info, Node: SH Directives, Next: SH Opcodes, Prev: SH Floating Point, Up: SH-Dependent
12295 8.26.4 SH Machine Directives
12296 ----------------------------
12300 `as' will issue a warning when a misaligned `.word' or `.long'
12301 directive is used. You may use `.uaword' or `.ualong' to indicate
12302 that the value is intentionally misaligned.
12305 File: as.info, Node: SH Opcodes, Prev: SH Directives, Up: SH-Dependent
12310 For detailed information on the SH machine instruction set, see
12311 `SH-Microcomputer User's Manual' (Renesas) or `SH-4 32-bit CPU Core
12312 Architecture' (SuperH) and `SuperH (SH) 64-Bit RISC Series' (SuperH).
12314 `as' implements all the standard SH opcodes. No additional
12315 pseudo-instructions are needed on this family. Note, however, that
12316 because `as' supports a simpler form of PC-relative addressing, you may
12317 simply write (for example)
12321 where other assemblers might require an explicit displacement to `bar'
12322 from the program counter:
12326 Here is a summary of SH opcodes:
12329 Rn a numbered register
12330 Rm another numbered register
12331 #imm immediate data
12333 disp8 8-bit displacement
12334 disp12 12-bit displacement
12336 add #imm,Rn lds.l @Rn+,PR
12337 add Rm,Rn mac.w @Rm+,@Rn+
12338 addc Rm,Rn mov #imm,Rn
12339 addv Rm,Rn mov Rm,Rn
12340 and #imm,R0 mov.b Rm,@(R0,Rn)
12341 and Rm,Rn mov.b Rm,@-Rn
12342 and.b #imm,@(R0,GBR) mov.b Rm,@Rn
12343 bf disp8 mov.b @(disp,Rm),R0
12344 bra disp12 mov.b @(disp,GBR),R0
12345 bsr disp12 mov.b @(R0,Rm),Rn
12346 bt disp8 mov.b @Rm+,Rn
12347 clrmac mov.b @Rm,Rn
12348 clrt mov.b R0,@(disp,Rm)
12349 cmp/eq #imm,R0 mov.b R0,@(disp,GBR)
12350 cmp/eq Rm,Rn mov.l Rm,@(disp,Rn)
12351 cmp/ge Rm,Rn mov.l Rm,@(R0,Rn)
12352 cmp/gt Rm,Rn mov.l Rm,@-Rn
12353 cmp/hi Rm,Rn mov.l Rm,@Rn
12354 cmp/hs Rm,Rn mov.l @(disp,Rn),Rm
12355 cmp/pl Rn mov.l @(disp,GBR),R0
12356 cmp/pz Rn mov.l @(disp,PC),Rn
12357 cmp/str Rm,Rn mov.l @(R0,Rm),Rn
12358 div0s Rm,Rn mov.l @Rm+,Rn
12360 div1 Rm,Rn mov.l R0,@(disp,GBR)
12361 exts.b Rm,Rn mov.w Rm,@(R0,Rn)
12362 exts.w Rm,Rn mov.w Rm,@-Rn
12363 extu.b Rm,Rn mov.w Rm,@Rn
12364 extu.w Rm,Rn mov.w @(disp,Rm),R0
12365 jmp @Rn mov.w @(disp,GBR),R0
12366 jsr @Rn mov.w @(disp,PC),Rn
12367 ldc Rn,GBR mov.w @(R0,Rm),Rn
12368 ldc Rn,SR mov.w @Rm+,Rn
12369 ldc Rn,VBR mov.w @Rm,Rn
12370 ldc.l @Rn+,GBR mov.w R0,@(disp,Rm)
12371 ldc.l @Rn+,SR mov.w R0,@(disp,GBR)
12372 ldc.l @Rn+,VBR mova @(disp,PC),R0
12373 lds Rn,MACH movt Rn
12374 lds Rn,MACL muls Rm,Rn
12375 lds Rn,PR mulu Rm,Rn
12376 lds.l @Rn+,MACH neg Rm,Rn
12377 lds.l @Rn+,MACL negc Rm,Rn
12380 not Rm,Rn stc.l GBR,@-Rn
12381 or #imm,R0 stc.l SR,@-Rn
12382 or Rm,Rn stc.l VBR,@-Rn
12383 or.b #imm,@(R0,GBR) sts MACH,Rn
12384 rotcl Rn sts MACL,Rn
12386 rotl Rn sts.l MACH,@-Rn
12387 rotr Rn sts.l MACL,@-Rn
12392 shar Rn swap.b Rm,Rn
12393 shll Rn swap.w Rm,Rn
12394 shll16 Rn tas.b @Rn
12395 shll2 Rn trapa #imm
12396 shll8 Rn tst #imm,R0
12398 shlr16 Rn tst.b #imm,@(R0,GBR)
12399 shlr2 Rn xor #imm,R0
12401 sleep xor.b #imm,@(R0,GBR)
12402 stc GBR,Rn xtrct Rm,Rn
12406 File: as.info, Node: SH64-Dependent, Next: PDP-11-Dependent, Prev: SH-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
12408 8.27 SuperH SH64 Dependent Features
12409 ===================================
12413 * SH64 Options:: Options
12414 * SH64 Syntax:: Syntax
12415 * SH64 Directives:: SH64 Machine Directives
12416 * SH64 Opcodes:: Opcodes
12419 File: as.info, Node: SH64 Options, Next: SH64 Syntax, Up: SH64-Dependent
12425 Specify the sh4 or sh4a instruction set.
12428 Enable sh-dsp insns, and disable sh3e / sh4 insns.
12431 Enable sh2e, sh3e, sh4, and sh4a insn sets.
12434 Enable sh1, sh2, sh2e, sh3, sh3e, sh4, sh4a, and sh-dsp insn sets.
12436 `-isa=shmedia | -isa=shcompact'
12437 Specify the default instruction set. `SHmedia' specifies the
12438 32-bit opcodes, and `SHcompact' specifies the 16-bit opcodes
12439 compatible with previous SH families. The default depends on the
12440 ABI selected; the default for the 64-bit ABI is SHmedia, and the
12441 default for the 32-bit ABI is SHcompact. If neither the ABI nor
12442 the ISA is specified, the default is 32-bit SHcompact.
12444 Note that the `.mode' pseudo-op is not permitted if the ISA is not
12445 specified on the command line.
12447 `-abi=32 | -abi=64'
12448 Specify the default ABI. If the ISA is specified and the ABI is
12449 not, the default ABI depends on the ISA, with SHmedia defaulting
12450 to 64-bit and SHcompact defaulting to 32-bit.
12452 Note that the `.abi' pseudo-op is not permitted if the ABI is not
12453 specified on the command line. When the ABI is specified on the
12454 command line, any `.abi' pseudo-ops in the source must match it.
12456 `-shcompact-const-crange'
12457 Emit code-range descriptors for constants in SHcompact code
12461 Disallow SHmedia code in the same section as constants and
12465 Do not expand MOVI, PT, PTA or PTB instructions.
12468 With -abi=64, expand PT, PTA and PTB instructions to 32 bits only.
12472 File: as.info, Node: SH64 Syntax, Next: SH64 Directives, Prev: SH64 Options, Up: SH64-Dependent
12479 * SH64-Chars:: Special Characters
12480 * SH64-Regs:: Register Names
12481 * SH64-Addressing:: Addressing Modes
12484 File: as.info, Node: SH64-Chars, Next: SH64-Regs, Up: SH64 Syntax
12486 8.27.2.1 Special Characters
12487 ...........................
12489 `!' is the line comment character.
12491 You can use `;' instead of a newline to separate statements.
12493 Since `$' has no special meaning, you may use it in symbol names.
12496 File: as.info, Node: SH64-Regs, Next: SH64-Addressing, Prev: SH64-Chars, Up: SH64 Syntax
12498 8.27.2.2 Register Names
12499 .......................
12501 You can use the predefined symbols `r0' through `r63' to refer to the
12502 SH64 general registers, `cr0' through `cr63' for control registers,
12503 `tr0' through `tr7' for target address registers, `fr0' through `fr63'
12504 for single-precision floating point registers, `dr0' through `dr62'
12505 (even numbered registers only) for double-precision floating point
12506 registers, `fv0' through `fv60' (multiples of four only) for
12507 single-precision floating point vectors, `fp0' through `fp62' (even
12508 numbered registers only) for single-precision floating point pairs,
12509 `mtrx0' through `mtrx48' (multiples of 16 only) for 4x4 matrices of
12510 single-precision floating point registers, `pc' for the program
12511 counter, and `fpscr' for the floating point status and control register.
12513 You can also refer to the control registers by the mnemonics `sr',
12514 `ssr', `pssr', `intevt', `expevt', `pexpevt', `tra', `spc', `pspc',
12515 `resvec', `vbr', `tea', `dcr', `kcr0', `kcr1', `ctc', and `usr'.
12518 File: as.info, Node: SH64-Addressing, Prev: SH64-Regs, Up: SH64 Syntax
12520 8.27.2.3 Addressing Modes
12521 .........................
12523 SH64 operands consist of either a register or immediate value. The
12524 immediate value can be a constant or label reference (or portion of a
12525 label reference), as in this example:
12529 movi (function >> 16) & 65535,r0
12530 shori function & 65535, r0
12533 Instruction label references can reference labels in either SHmedia
12534 or SHcompact. To differentiate between the two, labels in SHmedia
12535 sections will always have the least significant bit set (i.e. they will
12536 be odd), which SHcompact labels will have the least significant bit
12537 reset (i.e. they will be even). If you need to reference the actual
12538 address of a label, you can use the `datalabel' modifier, as in this
12542 .long datalabel function
12544 In that example, the first longword may or may not have the least
12545 significant bit set depending on whether the label is an SHmedia label
12546 or an SHcompact label. The second longword will be the actual address
12547 of the label, regardless of what type of label it is.
12550 File: as.info, Node: SH64 Directives, Next: SH64 Opcodes, Prev: SH64 Syntax, Up: SH64-Dependent
12552 8.27.3 SH64 Machine Directives
12553 ------------------------------
12555 In addition to the SH directives, the SH64 provides the following
12558 `.mode [shmedia|shcompact]'
12559 `.isa [shmedia|shcompact]'
12560 Specify the ISA for the following instructions (the two directives
12561 are equivalent). Note that programs such as `objdump' rely on
12562 symbolic labels to determine when such mode switches occur (by
12563 checking the least significant bit of the label's address), so
12564 such mode/isa changes should always be followed by a label (in
12565 practice, this is true anyway). Note that you cannot use these
12566 directives if you didn't specify an ISA on the command line.
12569 Specify the ABI for the following instructions. Note that you
12570 cannot use this directive unless you specified an ABI on the
12571 command line, and the ABIs specified must match.
12574 Like .uaword and .ualong, this allows you to specify an
12575 intentionally unaligned quadword (64 bit word).
12579 File: as.info, Node: SH64 Opcodes, Prev: SH64 Directives, Up: SH64-Dependent
12584 For detailed information on the SH64 machine instruction set, see
12585 `SuperH 64 bit RISC Series Architecture Manual' (SuperH, Inc.).
12587 `as' implements all the standard SH64 opcodes. In addition, the
12588 following pseudo-opcodes may be expanded into one or more alternate
12592 If the value doesn't fit into a standard `movi' opcode, `as' will
12593 replace the `movi' with a sequence of `movi' and `shori' opcodes.
12596 This expands to a sequence of `movi' and `shori' opcode, followed
12597 by a `ptrel' opcode, or to a `pta' or `ptb' opcode, depending on
12598 the label referenced.
12602 File: as.info, Node: Sparc-Dependent, Next: TIC54X-Dependent, Prev: PPC-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
12604 8.28 SPARC Dependent Features
12605 =============================
12609 * Sparc-Opts:: Options
12610 * Sparc-Aligned-Data:: Option to enforce aligned data
12611 * Sparc-Float:: Floating Point
12612 * Sparc-Directives:: Sparc Machine Directives
12615 File: as.info, Node: Sparc-Opts, Next: Sparc-Aligned-Data, Up: Sparc-Dependent
12620 The SPARC chip family includes several successive levels, using the same
12621 core instruction set, but including a few additional instructions at
12622 each level. There are exceptions to this however. For details on what
12623 instructions each variant supports, please see the chip's architecture
12626 By default, `as' assumes the core instruction set (SPARC v6), but
12627 "bumps" the architecture level as needed: it switches to successively
12628 higher architectures as it encounters instructions that only exist in
12631 If not configured for SPARC v9 (`sparc64-*-*') GAS will not bump
12632 passed sparclite by default, an option must be passed to enable the v9
12635 GAS treats sparclite as being compatible with v8, unless an
12636 architecture is explicitly requested. SPARC v9 is always incompatible
12639 `-Av6 | -Av7 | -Av8 | -Asparclet | -Asparclite'
12640 `-Av8plus | -Av8plusa | -Av9 | -Av9a'
12641 Use one of the `-A' options to select one of the SPARC
12642 architectures explicitly. If you select an architecture
12643 explicitly, `as' reports a fatal error if it encounters an
12644 instruction or feature requiring an incompatible or higher level.
12646 `-Av8plus' and `-Av8plusa' select a 32 bit environment.
12648 `-Av9' and `-Av9a' select a 64 bit environment and are not
12649 available unless GAS is explicitly configured with 64 bit
12650 environment support.
12652 `-Av8plusa' and `-Av9a' enable the SPARC V9 instruction set with
12653 UltraSPARC extensions.
12655 `-xarch=v8plus | -xarch=v8plusa'
12656 For compatibility with the Solaris v9 assembler. These options are
12657 equivalent to -Av8plus and -Av8plusa, respectively.
12660 Warn whenever it is necessary to switch to another level. If an
12661 architecture level is explicitly requested, GAS will not issue
12662 warnings until that level is reached, and will then bump the level
12663 as required (except between incompatible levels).
12666 Select the word size, either 32 bits or 64 bits. These options
12667 are only available with the ELF object file format, and require
12668 that the necessary BFD support has been included.
12671 File: as.info, Node: Sparc-Aligned-Data, Next: Sparc-Float, Prev: Sparc-Opts, Up: Sparc-Dependent
12673 8.28.2 Enforcing aligned data
12674 -----------------------------
12676 SPARC GAS normally permits data to be misaligned. For example, it
12677 permits the `.long' pseudo-op to be used on a byte boundary. However,
12678 the native SunOS and Solaris assemblers issue an error when they see
12681 You can use the `--enforce-aligned-data' option to make SPARC GAS
12682 also issue an error about misaligned data, just as the SunOS and Solaris
12685 The `--enforce-aligned-data' option is not the default because gcc
12686 issues misaligned data pseudo-ops when it initializes certain packed
12687 data structures (structures defined using the `packed' attribute). You
12688 may have to assemble with GAS in order to initialize packed data
12689 structures in your own code.
12692 File: as.info, Node: Sparc-Float, Next: Sparc-Directives, Prev: Sparc-Aligned-Data, Up: Sparc-Dependent
12694 8.28.3 Floating Point
12695 ---------------------
12697 The Sparc uses IEEE floating-point numbers.
12700 File: as.info, Node: Sparc-Directives, Prev: Sparc-Float, Up: Sparc-Dependent
12702 8.28.4 Sparc Machine Directives
12703 -------------------------------
12705 The Sparc version of `as' supports the following additional machine
12709 This must be followed by the desired alignment in bytes.
12712 This must be followed by a symbol name, a positive number, and
12713 `"bss"'. This behaves somewhat like `.comm', but the syntax is
12717 This is functionally identical to `.short'.
12720 On the Sparc, the `.nword' directive produces native word sized
12721 value, ie. if assembling with -32 it is equivalent to `.word', if
12722 assembling with -64 it is equivalent to `.xword'.
12725 This directive is ignored. Any text following it on the same line
12729 This directive declares use of a global application or system
12730 register. It must be followed by a register name %g2, %g3, %g6 or
12731 %g7, comma and the symbol name for that register. If symbol name
12732 is `#scratch', it is a scratch register, if it is `#ignore', it
12733 just suppresses any errors about using undeclared global register,
12734 but does not emit any information about it into the object file.
12735 This can be useful e.g. if you save the register before use and
12739 This must be followed by a symbol name, a positive number, and
12740 `"bss"'. This behaves somewhat like `.lcomm', but the syntax is
12744 This must be followed by `"text"', `"data"', or `"data1"'. It
12745 behaves like `.text', `.data', or `.data 1'.
12748 This is functionally identical to the `.space' directive.
12751 On the Sparc, the `.word' directive produces 32 bit values,
12752 instead of the 16 bit values it produces on many other machines.
12755 On the Sparc V9 processor, the `.xword' directive produces 64 bit
12759 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-Dependent, Next: V850-Dependent, Prev: Sparc-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
12761 8.29 TIC54X Dependent Features
12762 ==============================
12766 * TIC54X-Opts:: Command-line Options
12767 * TIC54X-Block:: Blocking
12768 * TIC54X-Env:: Environment Settings
12769 * TIC54X-Constants:: Constants Syntax
12770 * TIC54X-Subsyms:: String Substitution
12771 * TIC54X-Locals:: Local Label Syntax
12772 * TIC54X-Builtins:: Builtin Assembler Math Functions
12773 * TIC54X-Ext:: Extended Addressing Support
12774 * TIC54X-Directives:: Directives
12775 * TIC54X-Macros:: Macro Features
12776 * TIC54X-MMRegs:: Memory-mapped Registers
12779 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-Opts, Next: TIC54X-Block, Up: TIC54X-Dependent
12784 The TMS320C54x version of `as' has a few machine-dependent options.
12786 You can use the `-mfar-mode' option to enable extended addressing
12787 mode. All addresses will be assumed to be > 16 bits, and the
12788 appropriate relocation types will be used. This option is equivalent
12789 to using the `.far_mode' directive in the assembly code. If you do not
12790 use the `-mfar-mode' option, all references will be assumed to be 16
12791 bits. This option may be abbreviated to `-mf'.
12793 You can use the `-mcpu' option to specify a particular CPU. This
12794 option is equivalent to using the `.version' directive in the assembly
12795 code. For recognized CPU codes, see *Note `.version':
12796 TIC54X-Directives. The default CPU version is `542'.
12798 You can use the `-merrors-to-file' option to redirect error output
12799 to a file (this provided for those deficient environments which don't
12800 provide adequate output redirection). This option may be abbreviated to
12804 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-Block, Next: TIC54X-Env, Prev: TIC54X-Opts, Up: TIC54X-Dependent
12809 A blocked section or memory block is guaranteed not to cross the
12810 blocking boundary (usually a page, or 128 words) if it is smaller than
12811 the blocking size, or to start on a page boundary if it is larger than
12815 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-Env, Next: TIC54X-Constants, Prev: TIC54X-Block, Up: TIC54X-Dependent
12817 8.29.3 Environment Settings
12818 ---------------------------
12820 `C54XDSP_DIR' and `A_DIR' are semicolon-separated paths which are added
12821 to the list of directories normally searched for source and include
12822 files. `C54XDSP_DIR' will override `A_DIR'.
12825 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-Constants, Next: TIC54X-Subsyms, Prev: TIC54X-Env, Up: TIC54X-Dependent
12827 8.29.4 Constants Syntax
12828 -----------------------
12830 The TIC54X version of `as' allows the following additional constant
12831 formats, using a suffix to indicate the radix:
12833 Binary `000000B, 011000b'
12835 Hexadecimal `45h, 0FH'
12838 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-Subsyms, Next: TIC54X-Locals, Prev: TIC54X-Constants, Up: TIC54X-Dependent
12840 8.29.5 String Substitution
12841 --------------------------
12843 A subset of allowable symbols (which we'll call subsyms) may be assigned
12844 arbitrary string values. This is roughly equivalent to C preprocessor
12845 #define macros. When `as' encounters one of these symbols, the symbol
12846 is replaced in the input stream by its string value. Subsym names
12847 *must* begin with a letter.
12849 Subsyms may be defined using the `.asg' and `.eval' directives
12850 (*Note `.asg': TIC54X-Directives, *Note `.eval': TIC54X-Directives.
12852 Expansion is recursive until a previously encountered symbol is
12853 seen, at which point substitution stops.
12855 In this example, x is replaced with SYM2; SYM2 is replaced with
12856 SYM1, and SYM1 is replaced with x. At this point, x has already been
12857 encountered and the substitution stops.
12862 add x,a ; final code assembled is "add x, a"
12864 Macro parameters are converted to subsyms; a side effect of this is
12865 the normal `as' '\ARG' dereferencing syntax is unnecessary. Subsyms
12866 defined within a macro will have global scope, unless the `.var'
12867 directive is used to identify the subsym as a local macro variable
12868 *note `.var': TIC54X-Directives.
12870 Substitution may be forced in situations where replacement might be
12871 ambiguous by placing colons on either side of the subsym. The following
12877 When assembled becomes:
12881 Smaller parts of the string assigned to a subsym may be accessed with
12882 the following syntax:
12884 ``:SYMBOL(CHAR_INDEX):''
12885 Evaluates to a single-character string, the character at
12888 ``:SYMBOL(START,LENGTH):''
12889 Evaluates to a substring of SYMBOL beginning at START with length
12893 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-Locals, Next: TIC54X-Builtins, Prev: TIC54X-Subsyms, Up: TIC54X-Dependent
12895 8.29.6 Local Labels
12896 -------------------
12898 Local labels may be defined in two ways:
12900 * $N, where N is a decimal number between 0 and 9
12902 * LABEL?, where LABEL is any legal symbol name.
12904 Local labels thus defined may be redefined or automatically
12905 generated. The scope of a local label is based on when it may be
12906 undefined or reset. This happens when one of the following situations
12909 * .newblock directive *note `.newblock': TIC54X-Directives.
12911 * The current section is changed (.sect, .text, or .data)
12913 * Entering or leaving an included file
12915 * The macro scope where the label was defined is exited
12918 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-Builtins, Next: TIC54X-Ext, Prev: TIC54X-Locals, Up: TIC54X-Dependent
12920 8.29.7 Math Builtins
12921 --------------------
12923 The following built-in functions may be used to generate a
12924 floating-point value. All return a floating-point value except `$cvi',
12925 `$int', and `$sgn', which return an integer value.
12928 Returns the floating point arccosine of EXPR.
12931 Returns the floating point arcsine of EXPR.
12934 Returns the floating point arctangent of EXPR.
12936 ``$atan2(EXPR1,EXPR2)''
12937 Returns the floating point arctangent of EXPR1 / EXPR2.
12940 Returns the smallest integer not less than EXPR as floating point.
12943 Returns the floating point hyperbolic cosine of EXPR.
12946 Returns the floating point cosine of EXPR.
12949 Returns the integer value EXPR converted to floating-point.
12952 Returns the floating point value EXPR converted to integer.
12955 Returns the floating point value e ^ EXPR.
12958 Returns the floating point absolute value of EXPR.
12961 Returns the largest integer that is not greater than EXPR as
12964 ``$fmod(EXPR1,EXPR2)''
12965 Returns the floating point remainder of EXPR1 / EXPR2.
12968 Returns 1 if EXPR evaluates to an integer, zero otherwise.
12970 ``$ldexp(EXPR1,EXPR2)''
12971 Returns the floating point value EXPR1 * 2 ^ EXPR2.
12974 Returns the base 10 logarithm of EXPR.
12977 Returns the natural logarithm of EXPR.
12979 ``$max(EXPR1,EXPR2)''
12980 Returns the floating point maximum of EXPR1 and EXPR2.
12982 ``$min(EXPR1,EXPR2)''
12983 Returns the floating point minimum of EXPR1 and EXPR2.
12985 ``$pow(EXPR1,EXPR2)''
12986 Returns the floating point value EXPR1 ^ EXPR2.
12989 Returns the nearest integer to EXPR as a floating point number.
12992 Returns -1, 0, or 1 based on the sign of EXPR.
12995 Returns the floating point sine of EXPR.
12998 Returns the floating point hyperbolic sine of EXPR.
13001 Returns the floating point square root of EXPR.
13004 Returns the floating point tangent of EXPR.
13007 Returns the floating point hyperbolic tangent of EXPR.
13010 Returns the integer value of EXPR truncated towards zero as
13015 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-Ext, Next: TIC54X-Directives, Prev: TIC54X-Builtins, Up: TIC54X-Dependent
13017 8.29.8 Extended Addressing
13018 --------------------------
13020 The `LDX' pseudo-op is provided for loading the extended addressing bits
13021 of a label or address. For example, if an address `_label' resides in
13022 extended program memory, the value of `_label' may be loaded as follows:
13023 ldx #_label,16,a ; loads extended bits of _label
13024 or #_label,a ; loads lower 16 bits of _label
13025 bacc a ; full address is in accumulator A
13028 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-Directives, Next: TIC54X-Macros, Prev: TIC54X-Ext, Up: TIC54X-Dependent
13035 Align the section program counter on the next boundary, based on
13036 SIZE. SIZE may be any power of 2. `.even' is equivalent to
13037 `.align' with a SIZE of 2.
13039 Align SPC to word boundary
13042 Align SPC to longword boundary (same as .even)
13045 Align SPC to page boundary
13047 `.asg STRING, NAME'
13048 Assign NAME the string STRING. String replacement is performed on
13049 STRING before assignment.
13051 `.eval STRING, NAME'
13052 Evaluate the contents of string STRING and assign the result as a
13053 string to the subsym NAME. String replacement is performed on
13054 STRING before assignment.
13056 `.bss SYMBOL, SIZE [, [BLOCKING_FLAG] [,ALIGNMENT_FLAG]]'
13057 Reserve space for SYMBOL in the .bss section. SIZE is in words.
13058 If present, BLOCKING_FLAG indicates the allocated space should be
13059 aligned on a page boundary if it would otherwise cross a page
13060 boundary. If present, ALIGNMENT_FLAG causes the assembler to
13061 allocate SIZE on a long word boundary.
13063 `.byte VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13064 `.ubyte VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13065 `.char VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13066 `.uchar VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13067 Place one or more bytes into consecutive words of the current
13068 section. The upper 8 bits of each word is zero-filled. If a
13069 label is used, it points to the word allocated for the first byte
13072 `.clink ["SECTION_NAME"]'
13073 Set STYP_CLINK flag for this section, which indicates to the
13074 linker that if no symbols from this section are referenced, the
13075 section should not be included in the link. If SECTION_NAME is
13076 omitted, the current section is used.
13081 `.copy "FILENAME" | FILENAME'
13082 `.include "FILENAME" | FILENAME'
13083 Read source statements from FILENAME. The normal include search
13084 path is used. Normally .copy will cause statements from the
13085 included file to be printed in the assembly listing and .include
13086 will not, but this distinction is not currently implemented.
13089 Begin assembling code into the .data section.
13091 `.double VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13092 `.ldouble VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13093 `.float VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13094 `.xfloat VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13095 Place an IEEE single-precision floating-point representation of
13096 one or more floating-point values into the current section. All
13097 but `.xfloat' align the result on a longword boundary. Values are
13098 stored most-significant word first.
13102 Control printing of directives to the listing file. Ignored.
13107 Emit a user-defined error, message, or warning, respectively.
13110 Use extended addressing when assembling statements. This should
13111 appear only once per file, and is equivalent to the -mfar-mode
13112 option *note `-mfar-mode': TIC54X-Opts.
13116 Control printing of false conditional blocks to the listing file.
13118 `.field VALUE [,SIZE]'
13119 Initialize a bitfield of SIZE bits in the current section. If
13120 VALUE is relocatable, then SIZE must be 16. SIZE defaults to 16
13121 bits. If VALUE does not fit into SIZE bits, the value will be
13122 truncated. Successive `.field' directives will pack starting at
13123 the current word, filling the most significant bits first, and
13124 aligning to the start of the next word if the field size does not
13125 fit into the space remaining in the current word. A `.align'
13126 directive with an operand of 1 will force the next `.field'
13127 directive to begin packing into a new word. If a label is used, it
13128 points to the word that contains the specified field.
13130 `.global SYMBOL [,...,SYMBOL_N]'
13131 `.def SYMBOL [,...,SYMBOL_N]'
13132 `.ref SYMBOL [,...,SYMBOL_N]'
13133 `.def' nominally identifies a symbol defined in the current file
13134 and availalbe to other files. `.ref' identifies a symbol used in
13135 the current file but defined elsewhere. Both map to the standard
13136 `.global' directive.
13138 `.half VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13139 `.uhalf VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13140 `.short VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13141 `.ushort VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13142 `.int VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13143 `.uint VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13144 `.word VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13145 `.uword VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13146 Place one or more values into consecutive words of the current
13147 section. If a label is used, it points to the word allocated for
13148 the first value encountered.
13151 Define a special SYMBOL to refer to the load time address of the
13152 current section program counter.
13156 Set the page length and width of the output listing file. Ignored.
13160 Control whether the source listing is printed. Ignored.
13162 `.long VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13163 `.ulong VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13164 `.xlong VALUE [,...,VALUE_N]'
13165 Place one or more 32-bit values into consecutive words in the
13166 current section. The most significant word is stored first.
13167 `.long' and `.ulong' align the result on a longword boundary;
13171 `.break [CONDITION]'
13173 Repeatedly assemble a block of code. `.loop' begins the block, and
13174 `.endloop' marks its termination. COUNT defaults to 1024, and
13175 indicates the number of times the block should be repeated.
13176 `.break' terminates the loop so that assembly begins after the
13177 `.endloop' directive. The optional CONDITION will cause the loop
13178 to terminate only if it evaluates to zero.
13180 `MACRO_NAME .macro [PARAM1][,...PARAM_N]'
13183 See the section on macros for more explanation (*Note
13186 `.mlib "FILENAME" | FILENAME'
13187 Load the macro library FILENAME. FILENAME must be an archived
13188 library (BFD ar-compatible) of text files, expected to contain
13189 only macro definitions. The standard include search path is used.
13194 Control whether to include macro and loop block expansions in the
13195 listing output. Ignored.
13198 Define global symbolic names for the 'c54x registers. Supposedly
13199 equivalent to executing `.set' directives for each register with
13200 its memory-mapped value, but in reality is provided only for
13201 compatibility and does nothing.
13204 This directive resets any TIC54X local labels currently defined.
13205 Normal `as' local labels are unaffected.
13207 `.option OPTION_LIST'
13208 Set listing options. Ignored.
13210 `.sblock "SECTION_NAME" | SECTION_NAME [,"NAME_N" | NAME_N]'
13211 Designate SECTION_NAME for blocking. Blocking guarantees that a
13212 section will start on a page boundary (128 words) if it would
13213 otherwise cross a page boundary. Only initialized sections may be
13214 designated with this directive. See also *Note TIC54X-Block::.
13216 `.sect "SECTION_NAME"'
13217 Define a named initialized section and make it the current section.
13219 `SYMBOL .set "VALUE"'
13220 `SYMBOL .equ "VALUE"'
13221 Equate a constant VALUE to a SYMBOL, which is placed in the symbol
13222 table. SYMBOL may not be previously defined.
13224 `.space SIZE_IN_BITS'
13225 `.bes SIZE_IN_BITS'
13226 Reserve the given number of bits in the current section and
13227 zero-fill them. If a label is used with `.space', it points to the
13228 *first* word reserved. With `.bes', the label points to the
13229 *last* word reserved.
13233 Controls the inclusion of subsym replacement in the listing
13236 `.string "STRING" [,...,"STRING_N"]'
13237 `.pstring "STRING" [,...,"STRING_N"]'
13238 Place 8-bit characters from STRING into the current section.
13239 `.string' zero-fills the upper 8 bits of each word, while
13240 `.pstring' puts two characters into each word, filling the
13241 most-significant bits first. Unused space is zero-filled. If a
13242 label is used, it points to the first word initialized.
13244 `[STAG] .struct [OFFSET]'
13245 `[NAME_1] element [COUNT_1]'
13246 `[NAME_2] element [COUNT_2]'
13247 `[TNAME] .tag STAGX [TCOUNT]'
13249 `[NAME_N] element [COUNT_N]'
13250 `[SSIZE] .endstruct'
13251 `LABEL .tag [STAG]'
13252 Assign symbolic offsets to the elements of a structure. STAG
13253 defines a symbol to use to reference the structure. OFFSET
13254 indicates a starting value to use for the first element
13255 encountered; otherwise it defaults to zero. Each element can have
13256 a named offset, NAME, which is a symbol assigned the value of the
13257 element's offset into the structure. If STAG is missing, these
13258 become global symbols. COUNT adjusts the offset that many times,
13259 as if `element' were an array. `element' may be one of `.byte',
13260 `.word', `.long', `.float', or any equivalent of those, and the
13261 structure offset is adjusted accordingly. `.field' and `.string'
13262 are also allowed; the size of `.field' is one bit, and `.string'
13263 is considered to be one word in size. Only element descriptors,
13264 structure/union tags, `.align' and conditional assembly directives
13265 are allowed within `.struct'/`.endstruct'. `.align' aligns member
13266 offsets to word boundaries only. SSIZE, if provided, will always
13267 be assigned the size of the structure.
13269 The `.tag' directive, in addition to being used to define a
13270 structure/union element within a structure, may be used to apply a
13271 structure to a symbol. Once applied to LABEL, the individual
13272 structure elements may be applied to LABEL to produce the desired
13273 offsets using LABEL as the structure base.
13276 Set the tab size in the output listing. Ignored.
13279 `[NAME_1] element [COUNT_1]'
13280 `[NAME_2] element [COUNT_2]'
13281 `[TNAME] .tag UTAGX[,TCOUNT]'
13283 `[NAME_N] element [COUNT_N]'
13284 `[USIZE] .endstruct'
13285 `LABEL .tag [UTAG]'
13286 Similar to `.struct', but the offset after each element is reset to
13287 zero, and the USIZE is set to the maximum of all defined elements.
13288 Starting offset for the union is always zero.
13290 `[SYMBOL] .usect "SECTION_NAME", SIZE, [,[BLOCKING_FLAG] [,ALIGNMENT_FLAG]]'
13291 Reserve space for variables in a named, uninitialized section
13292 (similar to .bss). `.usect' allows definitions sections
13293 independent of .bss. SYMBOL points to the first location reserved
13294 by this allocation. The symbol may be used as a variable name.
13295 SIZE is the allocated size in words. BLOCKING_FLAG indicates
13296 whether to block this section on a page boundary (128 words)
13297 (*note TIC54X-Block::). ALIGNMENT FLAG indicates whether the
13298 section should be longword-aligned.
13300 `.var SYM[,..., SYM_N]'
13301 Define a subsym to be a local variable within a macro. See *Note
13305 Set which processor to build instructions for. Though the
13306 following values are accepted, the op is ignored.
13317 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-Macros, Next: TIC54X-MMRegs, Prev: TIC54X-Directives, Up: TIC54X-Dependent
13322 Macros do not require explicit dereferencing of arguments (i.e. \ARG).
13324 During macro expansion, the macro parameters are converted to
13325 subsyms. If the number of arguments passed the macro invocation
13326 exceeds the number of parameters defined, the last parameter is
13327 assigned the string equivalent of all remaining arguments. If fewer
13328 arguments are given than parameters, the missing parameters are
13329 assigned empty strings. To include a comma in an argument, you must
13330 enclose the argument in quotes.
13332 The following built-in subsym functions allow examination of the
13333 string value of subsyms (or ordinary strings). The arguments are
13334 strings unless otherwise indicated (subsyms passed as args will be
13335 replaced by the strings they represent).
13337 Returns the length of STR.
13339 ``$symcmp(STR1,STR2)''
13340 Returns 0 if STR1 == STR2, non-zero otherwise.
13342 ``$firstch(STR,CH)''
13343 Returns index of the first occurrence of character constant CH in
13346 ``$lastch(STR,CH)''
13347 Returns index of the last occurrence of character constant CH in
13350 ``$isdefed(SYMBOL)''
13351 Returns zero if the symbol SYMBOL is not in the symbol table,
13352 non-zero otherwise.
13354 ``$ismember(SYMBOL,LIST)''
13355 Assign the first member of comma-separated string LIST to SYMBOL;
13356 LIST is reassigned the remainder of the list. Returns zero if
13357 LIST is a null string. Both arguments must be subsyms.
13360 Returns 1 if string EXPR is binary, 2 if octal, 3 if hexadecimal,
13361 4 if a character, 5 if decimal, and zero if not an integer.
13364 Returns 1 if NAME is a valid symbol name, zero otherwise.
13367 Returns 1 if REG is a valid predefined register name (AR0-AR7
13370 ``$structsz(STAG)''
13371 Returns the size of the structure or union represented by STAG.
13373 ``$structacc(STAG)''
13374 Returns the reference point of the structure or union represented
13375 by STAG. Always returns zero.
13379 File: as.info, Node: TIC54X-MMRegs, Prev: TIC54X-Macros, Up: TIC54X-Dependent
13381 8.29.11 Memory-mapped Registers
13382 -------------------------------
13384 The following symbols are recognized as memory-mapped registers:
13388 File: as.info, Node: Z80-Dependent, Next: Z8000-Dependent, Prev: Xtensa-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
13390 8.30 Z80 Dependent Features
13391 ===========================
13395 * Z80 Options:: Options
13396 * Z80 Syntax:: Syntax
13397 * Z80 Floating Point:: Floating Point
13398 * Z80 Directives:: Z80 Machine Directives
13399 * Z80 Opcodes:: Opcodes
13402 File: as.info, Node: Z80 Options, Next: Z80 Syntax, Up: Z80-Dependent
13407 The Zilog Z80 and Ascii R800 version of `as' have a few machine
13410 Produce code for the Z80 processor. There are additional options to
13411 request warnings and error messages for undocumented instructions.
13413 `-ignore-undocumented-instructions'
13415 Silently assemble undocumented Z80-instructions that have been
13416 adopted as documented R800-instructions.
13418 `-ignore-unportable-instructions'
13420 Silently assemble all undocumented Z80-instructions.
13422 `-warn-undocumented-instructions'
13424 Issue warnings for undocumented Z80-instructions that work on
13425 R800, do not assemble other undocumented instructions without
13428 `-warn-unportable-instructions'
13430 Issue warnings for other undocumented Z80-instructions, do not
13431 treat any undocumented instructions as errors.
13433 `-forbid-undocumented-instructions'
13435 Treat all undocumented z80-instructions as errors.
13437 `-forbid-unportable-instructions'
13439 Treat undocumented z80-instructions that do not work on R800 as
13443 Produce code for the R800 processor. The assembler does not support
13444 undocumented instructions for the R800. In line with common
13445 practice, `as' uses Z80 instriction names for the R800 processor,
13446 as far as they exist.
13449 File: as.info, Node: Z80 Syntax, Next: Z80 Floating Point, Prev: Z80 Options, Up: Z80-Dependent
13454 The assembler syntax closely follows the 'Z80 family CPU User Manual' by
13455 Zilog. In expressions a single `=' may be used as "is equal to"
13456 comparison operator.
13458 Suffices can be used to indicate the radix of integer constants; `H'
13459 or `h' for hexadecimal, `D' or `d' for decimal, `Q', `O', `q' or `o'
13460 for octal, and `B' for binary.
13462 The suffix `b' denotes a backreference to local label.
13466 * Z80-Chars:: Special Characters
13467 * Z80-Regs:: Register Names
13468 * Z80-Case:: Case Sensitivity
13471 File: as.info, Node: Z80-Chars, Next: Z80-Regs, Up: Z80 Syntax
13473 8.30.2.1 Special Characters
13474 ...........................
13476 The semicolon `;' is the line comment character;
13478 The dollar sign `$' can be used as a prefix for hexadecimal numbers
13479 and as a symbol denoting the current location counter.
13481 A backslash `\' is an ordinary character for the Z80 assembler.
13483 The single quote `'' must be followed by a closing quote. If there
13484 is one character inbetween, it is a character constant, otherwise it is
13488 File: as.info, Node: Z80-Regs, Next: Z80-Case, Prev: Z80-Chars, Up: Z80 Syntax
13490 8.30.2.2 Register Names
13491 .......................
13493 The registers are referred to with the letters assigned to them by
13494 Zilog. In addition `as' recognises `ixl' and `ixh' as the least and
13495 most significant octet in `ix', and similarly `iyl' and `iyh' as parts
13499 File: as.info, Node: Z80-Case, Prev: Z80-Regs, Up: Z80 Syntax
13501 8.30.2.3 Case Sensitivity
13502 .........................
13504 Upper and lower case are equivalent in register names, opcodes,
13505 condition codes and assembler directives. The case of letters is
13506 significant in labels and symbol names. The case is also important to
13507 distinguish the suffix `b' for a backward reference to a local label
13508 from the suffix `B' for a number in binary notation.
13511 File: as.info, Node: Z80 Floating Point, Next: Z80 Directives, Prev: Z80 Syntax, Up: Z80-Dependent
13513 8.30.3 Floating Point
13514 ---------------------
13516 Floating-point numbers are not supported.
13519 File: as.info, Node: Z80 Directives, Next: Z80 Opcodes, Prev: Z80 Floating Point, Up: Z80-Dependent
13521 8.30.4 Z80 Assembler Directives
13522 -------------------------------
13524 `as' for the Z80 supports some additional directives for compatibility
13525 with other assemblers.
13527 These are the additional directives in `as' for the Z80:
13529 `db EXPRESSION|STRING[,EXPRESSION|STRING...]'
13530 `defb EXPRESSION|STRING[,EXPRESSION|STRING...]'
13531 For each STRING the characters are copied to the object file, for
13532 each other EXPRESSION the value is stored in one byte. A warning
13533 is issued in case of an overflow.
13535 `dw EXPRESSION[,EXPRESSION...]'
13536 `defw EXPRESSION[,EXPRESSION...]'
13537 For each EXPRESSION the value is stored in two bytes, ignoring
13540 `d24 EXPRESSION[,EXPRESSION...]'
13541 `def24 EXPRESSION[,EXPRESSION...]'
13542 For each EXPRESSION the value is stored in three bytes, ignoring
13545 `d32 EXPRESSION[,EXPRESSION...]'
13546 `def32 EXPRESSION[,EXPRESSION...]'
13547 For each EXPRESSION the value is stored in four bytes, ignoring
13550 `ds COUNT[, VALUE]'
13551 `defs COUNT[, VALUE]'
13552 Fill COUNT bytes in the object file with VALUE, if VALUE is
13553 omitted it defaults to zero.
13555 `SYMBOL equ EXPRESSION'
13556 `SYMBOL defl EXPRESSION'
13557 These directives set the value of SYMBOL to EXPRESSION. If `equ'
13558 is used, it is an error if SYMBOL is already defined. Symbols
13559 defined with `equ' are not protected from redefinition.
13562 This is a normal instruction on Z80, and not an assembler
13566 A synonym for *Note Section::, no second argument should be given.
13570 File: as.info, Node: Z80 Opcodes, Prev: Z80 Directives, Up: Z80-Dependent
13575 In line with commmon practice Z80 mnonics are used for both the Z80 and
13578 In many instructions it is possible to use one of the half index
13579 registers (`ixl',`ixh',`iyl',`iyh') in stead of an 8-bit general
13580 purpose register. This yields instructions that are documented on the
13581 R800 and undocumented on the Z80. Similarly `in f,(c)' is documented
13582 on the R800 and undocumented on the Z80.
13584 The assembler also supports the following undocumented
13585 Z80-instructions, that have not been adopted in the R800 instruction
13588 Sends zero to the port pointed to by register c.
13591 Equivalent to `M = (M<<1)+1', the operand M can be any operand
13592 that is valid for `sla'. One can use `sll' as a synonym for `sli'.
13595 This is equivalent to
13601 The operation `OPC' may be any of `res B,', `set B,', `rl', `rlc',
13602 `rr', `rrc', `sla', `sli', `sra' and `srl', and the register `R'
13603 may be any of `a', `b', `c', `d', `e', `h' and `l'.
13606 As above, but with `iy' instead of `ix'.
13608 The web site at `http://www.z80.info' is a good starting place to
13609 find more information on programming the Z80.
13612 File: as.info, Node: Z8000-Dependent, Next: Vax-Dependent, Prev: Z80-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
13614 8.31 Z8000 Dependent Features
13615 =============================
13617 The Z8000 as supports both members of the Z8000 family: the
13618 unsegmented Z8002, with 16 bit addresses, and the segmented Z8001 with
13621 When the assembler is in unsegmented mode (specified with the
13622 `unsegm' directive), an address takes up one word (16 bit) sized
13623 register. When the assembler is in segmented mode (specified with the
13624 `segm' directive), a 24-bit address takes up a long (32 bit) register.
13625 *Note Assembler Directives for the Z8000: Z8000 Directives, for a list
13626 of other Z8000 specific assembler directives.
13630 * Z8000 Options:: Command-line options for the Z8000
13631 * Z8000 Syntax:: Assembler syntax for the Z8000
13632 * Z8000 Directives:: Special directives for the Z8000
13633 * Z8000 Opcodes:: Opcodes
13636 File: as.info, Node: Z8000 Options, Next: Z8000 Syntax, Up: Z8000-Dependent
13642 Generate segmented code by default.
13645 Generate unsegmented code by default.
13648 File: as.info, Node: Z8000 Syntax, Next: Z8000 Directives, Prev: Z8000 Options, Up: Z8000-Dependent
13655 * Z8000-Chars:: Special Characters
13656 * Z8000-Regs:: Register Names
13657 * Z8000-Addressing:: Addressing Modes
13660 File: as.info, Node: Z8000-Chars, Next: Z8000-Regs, Up: Z8000 Syntax
13662 8.31.2.1 Special Characters
13663 ...........................
13665 `!' is the line comment character.
13667 You can use `;' instead of a newline to separate statements.
13670 File: as.info, Node: Z8000-Regs, Next: Z8000-Addressing, Prev: Z8000-Chars, Up: Z8000 Syntax
13672 8.31.2.2 Register Names
13673 .......................
13675 The Z8000 has sixteen 16 bit registers, numbered 0 to 15. You can refer
13676 to different sized groups of registers by register number, with the
13677 prefix `r' for 16 bit registers, `rr' for 32 bit registers and `rq' for
13678 64 bit registers. You can also refer to the contents of the first
13679 eight (of the sixteen 16 bit registers) by bytes. They are named `rlN'
13683 rl0 rh0 rl1 rh1 rl2 rh2 rl3 rh3
13684 rl4 rh4 rl5 rh5 rl6 rh6 rl7 rh7
13687 r0 r1 r2 r3 r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 r10 r11 r12 r13 r14 r15
13689 _long word registers_
13690 rr0 rr2 rr4 rr6 rr8 rr10 rr12 rr14
13692 _quad word registers_
13696 File: as.info, Node: Z8000-Addressing, Prev: Z8000-Regs, Up: Z8000 Syntax
13698 8.31.2.3 Addressing Modes
13699 .........................
13701 as understands the following addressing modes for the Z8000:
13708 Register direct: 8bit, 16bit, 32bit, and 64bit registers.
13712 Indirect register: @rrN in segmented mode, @rN in unsegmented
13716 Direct: the 16 bit or 24 bit address (depending on whether the
13717 assembler is in segmented or unsegmented mode) of the operand is
13718 in the instruction.
13721 Indexed: the 16 or 24 bit address is added to the 16 bit register
13722 to produce the final address in memory of the operand.
13726 Base Address: the 16 or 24 bit register is added to the 16 bit sign
13727 extended immediate displacement to produce the final address in
13728 memory of the operand.
13732 Base Index: the 16 or 24 bit register rN or rrN is added to the
13733 sign extended 16 bit index register rM to produce the final
13734 address in memory of the operand.
13740 File: as.info, Node: Z8000 Directives, Next: Z8000 Opcodes, Prev: Z8000 Syntax, Up: Z8000-Dependent
13742 8.31.3 Assembler Directives for the Z8000
13743 -----------------------------------------
13745 The Z8000 port of as includes additional assembler directives, for
13746 compatibility with other Z8000 assemblers. These do not begin with `.'
13747 (unlike the ordinary as directives).
13751 Generate code for the segmented Z8001.
13755 Generate code for the unsegmented Z8002.
13758 Synonym for `.file'
13761 Synonym for `.global'
13764 Synonym for `.word'
13767 Synonym for `.long'
13770 Synonym for `.byte'
13773 Assemble a string. `sval' expects one string literal, delimited by
13774 single quotes. It assembles each byte of the string into
13775 consecutive addresses. You can use the escape sequence `%XX'
13776 (where XX represents a two-digit hexadecimal number) to represent
13777 the character whose ASCII value is XX. Use this feature to
13778 describe single quote and other characters that may not appear in
13779 string literals as themselves. For example, the C statement
13780 `char *a = "he said \"it's 50% off\"";' is represented in Z8000
13781 assembly language (shown with the assembler output in hex at the
13784 68652073 sval 'he said %22it%27s 50%25 off%22%00'
13792 synonym for `.section'
13795 synonym for `.space'
13798 special case of `.align'; aligns output to even byte boundary.
13801 File: as.info, Node: Z8000 Opcodes, Prev: Z8000 Directives, Up: Z8000-Dependent
13806 For detailed information on the Z8000 machine instruction set, see
13807 `Z8000 Technical Manual'.
13809 The following table summarizes the opcodes and their arguments:
13811 rs 16 bit source register
13812 rd 16 bit destination register
13813 rbs 8 bit source register
13814 rbd 8 bit destination register
13815 rrs 32 bit source register
13816 rrd 32 bit destination register
13817 rqs 64 bit source register
13818 rqd 64 bit destination register
13819 addr 16/24 bit address
13822 adc rd,rs clrb addr cpsir @rd,@rs,rr,cc
13823 adcb rbd,rbs clrb addr(rd) cpsirb @rd,@rs,rr,cc
13824 add rd,@rs clrb rbd dab rbd
13825 add rd,addr com @rd dbjnz rbd,disp7
13826 add rd,addr(rs) com addr dec @rd,imm4m1
13827 add rd,imm16 com addr(rd) dec addr(rd),imm4m1
13828 add rd,rs com rd dec addr,imm4m1
13829 addb rbd,@rs comb @rd dec rd,imm4m1
13830 addb rbd,addr comb addr decb @rd,imm4m1
13831 addb rbd,addr(rs) comb addr(rd) decb addr(rd),imm4m1
13832 addb rbd,imm8 comb rbd decb addr,imm4m1
13833 addb rbd,rbs comflg flags decb rbd,imm4m1
13834 addl rrd,@rs cp @rd,imm16 di i2
13835 addl rrd,addr cp addr(rd),imm16 div rrd,@rs
13836 addl rrd,addr(rs) cp addr,imm16 div rrd,addr
13837 addl rrd,imm32 cp rd,@rs div rrd,addr(rs)
13838 addl rrd,rrs cp rd,addr div rrd,imm16
13839 and rd,@rs cp rd,addr(rs) div rrd,rs
13840 and rd,addr cp rd,imm16 divl rqd,@rs
13841 and rd,addr(rs) cp rd,rs divl rqd,addr
13842 and rd,imm16 cpb @rd,imm8 divl rqd,addr(rs)
13843 and rd,rs cpb addr(rd),imm8 divl rqd,imm32
13844 andb rbd,@rs cpb addr,imm8 divl rqd,rrs
13845 andb rbd,addr cpb rbd,@rs djnz rd,disp7
13846 andb rbd,addr(rs) cpb rbd,addr ei i2
13847 andb rbd,imm8 cpb rbd,addr(rs) ex rd,@rs
13848 andb rbd,rbs cpb rbd,imm8 ex rd,addr
13849 bit @rd,imm4 cpb rbd,rbs ex rd,addr(rs)
13850 bit addr(rd),imm4 cpd rd,@rs,rr,cc ex rd,rs
13851 bit addr,imm4 cpdb rbd,@rs,rr,cc exb rbd,@rs
13852 bit rd,imm4 cpdr rd,@rs,rr,cc exb rbd,addr
13853 bit rd,rs cpdrb rbd,@rs,rr,cc exb rbd,addr(rs)
13854 bitb @rd,imm4 cpi rd,@rs,rr,cc exb rbd,rbs
13855 bitb addr(rd),imm4 cpib rbd,@rs,rr,cc ext0e imm8
13856 bitb addr,imm4 cpir rd,@rs,rr,cc ext0f imm8
13857 bitb rbd,imm4 cpirb rbd,@rs,rr,cc ext8e imm8
13858 bitb rbd,rs cpl rrd,@rs ext8f imm8
13859 bpt cpl rrd,addr exts rrd
13860 call @rd cpl rrd,addr(rs) extsb rd
13861 call addr cpl rrd,imm32 extsl rqd
13862 call addr(rd) cpl rrd,rrs halt
13863 calr disp12 cpsd @rd,@rs,rr,cc in rd,@rs
13864 clr @rd cpsdb @rd,@rs,rr,cc in rd,imm16
13865 clr addr cpsdr @rd,@rs,rr,cc inb rbd,@rs
13866 clr addr(rd) cpsdrb @rd,@rs,rr,cc inb rbd,imm16
13867 clr rd cpsi @rd,@rs,rr,cc inc @rd,imm4m1
13868 clrb @rd cpsib @rd,@rs,rr,cc inc addr(rd),imm4m1
13869 inc addr,imm4m1 ldb rbd,rs(rx) mult rrd,addr(rs)
13870 inc rd,imm4m1 ldb rd(imm16),rbs mult rrd,imm16
13871 incb @rd,imm4m1 ldb rd(rx),rbs mult rrd,rs
13872 incb addr(rd),imm4m1 ldctl ctrl,rs multl rqd,@rs
13873 incb addr,imm4m1 ldctl rd,ctrl multl rqd,addr
13874 incb rbd,imm4m1 ldd @rs,@rd,rr multl rqd,addr(rs)
13875 ind @rd,@rs,ra lddb @rs,@rd,rr multl rqd,imm32
13876 indb @rd,@rs,rba lddr @rs,@rd,rr multl rqd,rrs
13877 inib @rd,@rs,ra lddrb @rs,@rd,rr neg @rd
13878 inibr @rd,@rs,ra ldi @rd,@rs,rr neg addr
13879 iret ldib @rd,@rs,rr neg addr(rd)
13880 jp cc,@rd ldir @rd,@rs,rr neg rd
13881 jp cc,addr ldirb @rd,@rs,rr negb @rd
13882 jp cc,addr(rd) ldk rd,imm4 negb addr
13883 jr cc,disp8 ldl @rd,rrs negb addr(rd)
13884 ld @rd,imm16 ldl addr(rd),rrs negb rbd
13885 ld @rd,rs ldl addr,rrs nop
13886 ld addr(rd),imm16 ldl rd(imm16),rrs or rd,@rs
13887 ld addr(rd),rs ldl rd(rx),rrs or rd,addr
13888 ld addr,imm16 ldl rrd,@rs or rd,addr(rs)
13889 ld addr,rs ldl rrd,addr or rd,imm16
13890 ld rd(imm16),rs ldl rrd,addr(rs) or rd,rs
13891 ld rd(rx),rs ldl rrd,imm32 orb rbd,@rs
13892 ld rd,@rs ldl rrd,rrs orb rbd,addr
13893 ld rd,addr ldl rrd,rs(imm16) orb rbd,addr(rs)
13894 ld rd,addr(rs) ldl rrd,rs(rx) orb rbd,imm8
13895 ld rd,imm16 ldm @rd,rs,n orb rbd,rbs
13896 ld rd,rs ldm addr(rd),rs,n out @rd,rs
13897 ld rd,rs(imm16) ldm addr,rs,n out imm16,rs
13898 ld rd,rs(rx) ldm rd,@rs,n outb @rd,rbs
13899 lda rd,addr ldm rd,addr(rs),n outb imm16,rbs
13900 lda rd,addr(rs) ldm rd,addr,n outd @rd,@rs,ra
13901 lda rd,rs(imm16) ldps @rs outdb @rd,@rs,rba
13902 lda rd,rs(rx) ldps addr outib @rd,@rs,ra
13903 ldar rd,disp16 ldps addr(rs) outibr @rd,@rs,ra
13904 ldb @rd,imm8 ldr disp16,rs pop @rd,@rs
13905 ldb @rd,rbs ldr rd,disp16 pop addr(rd),@rs
13906 ldb addr(rd),imm8 ldrb disp16,rbs pop addr,@rs
13907 ldb addr(rd),rbs ldrb rbd,disp16 pop rd,@rs
13908 ldb addr,imm8 ldrl disp16,rrs popl @rd,@rs
13909 ldb addr,rbs ldrl rrd,disp16 popl addr(rd),@rs
13910 ldb rbd,@rs mbit popl addr,@rs
13911 ldb rbd,addr mreq rd popl rrd,@rs
13912 ldb rbd,addr(rs) mres push @rd,@rs
13913 ldb rbd,imm8 mset push @rd,addr
13914 ldb rbd,rbs mult rrd,@rs push @rd,addr(rs)
13915 ldb rbd,rs(imm16) mult rrd,addr push @rd,imm16
13916 push @rd,rs set addr,imm4 subl rrd,imm32
13917 pushl @rd,@rs set rd,imm4 subl rrd,rrs
13918 pushl @rd,addr set rd,rs tcc cc,rd
13919 pushl @rd,addr(rs) setb @rd,imm4 tccb cc,rbd
13920 pushl @rd,rrs setb addr(rd),imm4 test @rd
13921 res @rd,imm4 setb addr,imm4 test addr
13922 res addr(rd),imm4 setb rbd,imm4 test addr(rd)
13923 res addr,imm4 setb rbd,rs test rd
13924 res rd,imm4 setflg imm4 testb @rd
13925 res rd,rs sinb rbd,imm16 testb addr
13926 resb @rd,imm4 sinb rd,imm16 testb addr(rd)
13927 resb addr(rd),imm4 sind @rd,@rs,ra testb rbd
13928 resb addr,imm4 sindb @rd,@rs,rba testl @rd
13929 resb rbd,imm4 sinib @rd,@rs,ra testl addr
13930 resb rbd,rs sinibr @rd,@rs,ra testl addr(rd)
13931 resflg imm4 sla rd,imm8 testl rrd
13932 ret cc slab rbd,imm8 trdb @rd,@rs,rba
13933 rl rd,imm1or2 slal rrd,imm8 trdrb @rd,@rs,rba
13934 rlb rbd,imm1or2 sll rd,imm8 trib @rd,@rs,rbr
13935 rlc rd,imm1or2 sllb rbd,imm8 trirb @rd,@rs,rbr
13936 rlcb rbd,imm1or2 slll rrd,imm8 trtdrb @ra,@rb,rbr
13937 rldb rbb,rba sout imm16,rs trtib @ra,@rb,rr
13938 rr rd,imm1or2 soutb imm16,rbs trtirb @ra,@rb,rbr
13939 rrb rbd,imm1or2 soutd @rd,@rs,ra trtrb @ra,@rb,rbr
13940 rrc rd,imm1or2 soutdb @rd,@rs,rba tset @rd
13941 rrcb rbd,imm1or2 soutib @rd,@rs,ra tset addr
13942 rrdb rbb,rba soutibr @rd,@rs,ra tset addr(rd)
13943 rsvd36 sra rd,imm8 tset rd
13944 rsvd38 srab rbd,imm8 tsetb @rd
13945 rsvd78 sral rrd,imm8 tsetb addr
13946 rsvd7e srl rd,imm8 tsetb addr(rd)
13947 rsvd9d srlb rbd,imm8 tsetb rbd
13948 rsvd9f srll rrd,imm8 xor rd,@rs
13949 rsvdb9 sub rd,@rs xor rd,addr
13950 rsvdbf sub rd,addr xor rd,addr(rs)
13951 sbc rd,rs sub rd,addr(rs) xor rd,imm16
13952 sbcb rbd,rbs sub rd,imm16 xor rd,rs
13953 sc imm8 sub rd,rs xorb rbd,@rs
13954 sda rd,rs subb rbd,@rs xorb rbd,addr
13955 sdab rbd,rs subb rbd,addr xorb rbd,addr(rs)
13956 sdal rrd,rs subb rbd,addr(rs) xorb rbd,imm8
13957 sdl rd,rs subb rbd,imm8 xorb rbd,rbs
13958 sdlb rbd,rs subb rbd,rbs xorb rbd,rbs
13959 sdll rrd,rs subl rrd,@rs
13960 set @rd,imm4 subl rrd,addr
13961 set addr(rd),imm4 subl rrd,addr(rs)
13964 File: as.info, Node: Vax-Dependent, Prev: Z8000-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
13966 8.32 VAX Dependent Features
13967 ===========================
13971 * VAX-Opts:: VAX Command-Line Options
13972 * VAX-float:: VAX Floating Point
13973 * VAX-directives:: Vax Machine Directives
13974 * VAX-opcodes:: VAX Opcodes
13975 * VAX-branch:: VAX Branch Improvement
13976 * VAX-operands:: VAX Operands
13977 * VAX-no:: Not Supported on VAX
13980 File: as.info, Node: VAX-Opts, Next: VAX-float, Up: Vax-Dependent
13982 8.32.1 VAX Command-Line Options
13983 -------------------------------
13985 The Vax version of `as' accepts any of the following options, gives a
13986 warning message that the option was ignored and proceeds. These
13987 options are for compatibility with scripts designed for other people's
13991 ``-S' (Symbol Table)'
13992 ``-T' (Token Trace)'
13993 These are obsolete options used to debug old assemblers.
13995 ``-d' (Displacement size for JUMPs)'
13996 This option expects a number following the `-d'. Like options
13997 that expect filenames, the number may immediately follow the `-d'
13998 (old standard) or constitute the whole of the command line
13999 argument that follows `-d' (GNU standard).
14001 ``-V' (Virtualize Interpass Temporary File)'
14002 Some other assemblers use a temporary file. This option commanded
14003 them to keep the information in active memory rather than in a
14004 disk file. `as' always does this, so this option is redundant.
14006 ``-J' (JUMPify Longer Branches)'
14007 Many 32-bit computers permit a variety of branch instructions to
14008 do the same job. Some of these instructions are short (and fast)
14009 but have a limited range; others are long (and slow) but can
14010 branch anywhere in virtual memory. Often there are 3 flavors of
14011 branch: short, medium and long. Some other assemblers would emit
14012 short and medium branches, unless told by this option to emit
14013 short and long branches.
14015 ``-t' (Temporary File Directory)'
14016 Some other assemblers may use a temporary file, and this option
14017 takes a filename being the directory to site the temporary file.
14018 Since `as' does not use a temporary disk file, this option makes
14019 no difference. `-t' needs exactly one filename.
14021 The Vax version of the assembler accepts additional options when
14025 External symbol or section (used for global variables) names are
14026 not case sensitive on VAX/VMS and always mapped to upper case.
14027 This is contrary to the C language definition which explicitly
14028 distinguishes upper and lower case. To implement a standard
14029 conforming C compiler, names must be changed (mapped) to preserve
14030 the case information. The default mapping is to convert all lower
14031 case characters to uppercase and adding an underscore followed by
14032 a 6 digit hex value, representing a 24 digit binary value. The
14033 one digits in the binary value represent which characters are
14034 uppercase in the original symbol name.
14036 The `-h N' option determines how we map names. This takes several
14037 values. No `-h' switch at all allows case hacking as described
14038 above. A value of zero (`-h0') implies names should be upper
14039 case, and inhibits the case hack. A value of 2 (`-h2') implies
14040 names should be all lower case, with no case hack. A value of 3
14041 (`-h3') implies that case should be preserved. The value 1 is
14042 unused. The `-H' option directs `as' to display every mapped
14043 symbol during assembly.
14045 Symbols whose names include a dollar sign `$' are exceptions to the
14046 general name mapping. These symbols are normally only used to
14047 reference VMS library names. Such symbols are always mapped to
14051 The `-+' option causes `as' to truncate any symbol name larger
14052 than 31 characters. The `-+' option also prevents some code
14053 following the `_main' symbol normally added to make the object
14054 file compatible with Vax-11 "C".
14057 This option is ignored for backward compatibility with `as'
14061 The `-H' option causes `as' to print every symbol which was
14062 changed by case mapping.
14065 File: as.info, Node: VAX-float, Next: VAX-directives, Prev: VAX-Opts, Up: Vax-Dependent
14067 8.32.2 VAX Floating Point
14068 -------------------------
14070 Conversion of flonums to floating point is correct, and compatible with
14071 previous assemblers. Rounding is towards zero if the remainder is
14072 exactly half the least significant bit.
14074 `D', `F', `G' and `H' floating point formats are understood.
14076 Immediate floating literals (_e.g._ `S`$6.9') are rendered
14077 correctly. Again, rounding is towards zero in the boundary case.
14079 The `.float' directive produces `f' format numbers. The `.double'
14080 directive produces `d' format numbers.
14083 File: as.info, Node: VAX-directives, Next: VAX-opcodes, Prev: VAX-float, Up: Vax-Dependent
14085 8.32.3 Vax Machine Directives
14086 -----------------------------
14088 The Vax version of the assembler supports four directives for
14089 generating Vax floating point constants. They are described in the
14093 This expects zero or more flonums, separated by commas, and
14094 assembles Vax `d' format 64-bit floating point constants.
14097 This expects zero or more flonums, separated by commas, and
14098 assembles Vax `f' format 32-bit floating point constants.
14101 This expects zero or more flonums, separated by commas, and
14102 assembles Vax `g' format 64-bit floating point constants.
14105 This expects zero or more flonums, separated by commas, and
14106 assembles Vax `h' format 128-bit floating point constants.
14110 File: as.info, Node: VAX-opcodes, Next: VAX-branch, Prev: VAX-directives, Up: Vax-Dependent
14115 All DEC mnemonics are supported. Beware that `case...' instructions
14116 have exactly 3 operands. The dispatch table that follows the `case...'
14117 instruction should be made with `.word' statements. This is compatible
14118 with all unix assemblers we know of.
14121 File: as.info, Node: VAX-branch, Next: VAX-operands, Prev: VAX-opcodes, Up: Vax-Dependent
14123 8.32.5 VAX Branch Improvement
14124 -----------------------------
14126 Certain pseudo opcodes are permitted. They are for branch
14127 instructions. They expand to the shortest branch instruction that
14128 reaches the target. Generally these mnemonics are made by substituting
14129 `j' for `b' at the start of a DEC mnemonic. This feature is included
14130 both for compatibility and to help compilers. If you do not need this
14131 feature, avoid these opcodes. Here are the mnemonics, and the code
14132 they can expand into.
14135 `Jsb' is already an instruction mnemonic, so we chose `jbsb'.
14136 (byte displacement)
14139 (word displacement)
14142 (long displacement)
14147 Unconditional branch.
14148 (byte displacement)
14151 (word displacement)
14154 (long displacement)
14158 COND may be any one of the conditional branches `neq', `nequ',
14159 `eql', `eqlu', `gtr', `geq', `lss', `gtru', `lequ', `vc', `vs',
14160 `gequ', `cc', `lssu', `cs'. COND may also be one of the bit tests
14161 `bs', `bc', `bss', `bcs', `bsc', `bcc', `bssi', `bcci', `lbs',
14162 `lbc'. NOTCOND is the opposite condition to COND.
14163 (byte displacement)
14166 (word displacement)
14167 `bNOTCOND foo ; brw ... ; foo:'
14169 (long displacement)
14170 `bNOTCOND foo ; jmp ... ; foo:'
14173 X may be one of `b d f g h l w'.
14174 (word displacement)
14177 (long displacement)
14184 YYY may be one of `lss leq'.
14187 ZZZ may be one of `geq gtr'.
14188 (byte displacement)
14191 (word displacement)
14194 foo: brw DESTINATION ;
14197 (long displacement)
14200 foo: jmp DESTINATION ;
14208 (byte displacement)
14211 (word displacement)
14214 foo: brw DESTINATION ;
14217 (long displacement)
14220 foo: jmp DESTINATION ;
14224 File: as.info, Node: VAX-operands, Next: VAX-no, Prev: VAX-branch, Up: Vax-Dependent
14226 8.32.6 VAX Operands
14227 -------------------
14229 The immediate character is `$' for Unix compatibility, not `#' as DEC
14232 The indirect character is `*' for Unix compatibility, not `@' as DEC
14235 The displacement sizing character is ``' (an accent grave) for Unix
14236 compatibility, not `^' as DEC writes it. The letter preceding ``' may
14237 have either case. `G' is not understood, but all other letters (`b i l
14238 s w') are understood.
14240 Register names understood are `r0 r1 r2 ... r15 ap fp sp pc'. Upper
14241 and lower case letters are equivalent.
14246 Any expression is permitted in an operand. Operands are comma
14250 File: as.info, Node: VAX-no, Prev: VAX-operands, Up: Vax-Dependent
14252 8.32.7 Not Supported on VAX
14253 ---------------------------
14255 Vax bit fields can not be assembled with `as'. Someone can add the
14256 required code if they really need it.
14259 File: as.info, Node: V850-Dependent, Next: Xtensa-Dependent, Prev: TIC54X-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
14261 8.33 v850 Dependent Features
14262 ============================
14266 * V850 Options:: Options
14267 * V850 Syntax:: Syntax
14268 * V850 Floating Point:: Floating Point
14269 * V850 Directives:: V850 Machine Directives
14270 * V850 Opcodes:: Opcodes
14273 File: as.info, Node: V850 Options, Next: V850 Syntax, Up: V850-Dependent
14278 `as' supports the following additional command-line options for the
14279 V850 processor family:
14281 `-wsigned_overflow'
14282 Causes warnings to be produced when signed immediate values
14283 overflow the space available for then within their opcodes. By
14284 default this option is disabled as it is possible to receive
14285 spurious warnings due to using exact bit patterns as immediate
14288 `-wunsigned_overflow'
14289 Causes warnings to be produced when unsigned immediate values
14290 overflow the space available for then within their opcodes. By
14291 default this option is disabled as it is possible to receive
14292 spurious warnings due to using exact bit patterns as immediate
14296 Specifies that the assembled code should be marked as being
14297 targeted at the V850 processor. This allows the linker to detect
14298 attempts to link such code with code assembled for other
14302 Specifies that the assembled code should be marked as being
14303 targeted at the V850E processor. This allows the linker to detect
14304 attempts to link such code with code assembled for other
14308 Specifies that the assembled code should be marked as being
14309 targeted at the V850E1 processor. This allows the linker to
14310 detect attempts to link such code with code assembled for other
14314 Specifies that the assembled code should be marked as being
14315 targeted at the V850 processor but support instructions that are
14316 specific to the extended variants of the process. This allows the
14317 production of binaries that contain target specific code, but
14318 which are also intended to be used in a generic fashion. For
14319 example libgcc.a contains generic routines used by the code
14320 produced by GCC for all versions of the v850 architecture,
14321 together with support routines only used by the V850E architecture.
14324 Enables relaxation. This allows the .longcall and .longjump pseudo
14325 ops to be used in the assembler source code. These ops label
14326 sections of code which are either a long function call or a long
14327 branch. The assembler will then flag these sections of code and
14328 the linker will attempt to relax them.
14332 File: as.info, Node: V850 Syntax, Next: V850 Floating Point, Prev: V850 Options, Up: V850-Dependent
14339 * V850-Chars:: Special Characters
14340 * V850-Regs:: Register Names
14343 File: as.info, Node: V850-Chars, Next: V850-Regs, Up: V850 Syntax
14345 8.33.2.1 Special Characters
14346 ...........................
14348 `#' is the line comment character.
14351 File: as.info, Node: V850-Regs, Prev: V850-Chars, Up: V850 Syntax
14353 8.33.2.2 Register Names
14354 .......................
14356 `as' supports the following names for registers:
14357 `general register 0'
14360 `general register 1'
14363 `general register 2'
14366 `general register 3'
14369 `general register 4'
14372 `general register 5'
14375 `general register 6'
14378 `general register 7'
14381 `general register 8'
14384 `general register 9'
14387 `general register 10'
14390 `general register 11'
14393 `general register 12'
14396 `general register 13'
14399 `general register 14'
14402 `general register 15'
14405 `general register 16'
14408 `general register 17'
14411 `general register 18'
14414 `general register 19'
14417 `general register 20'
14420 `general register 21'
14423 `general register 22'
14426 `general register 23'
14429 `general register 24'
14432 `general register 25'
14435 `general register 26'
14438 `general register 27'
14441 `general register 28'
14444 `general register 29'
14447 `general register 30'
14450 `general register 31'
14453 `system register 0'
14456 `system register 1'
14459 `system register 2'
14462 `system register 3'
14465 `system register 4'
14468 `system register 5'
14471 `system register 16'
14474 `system register 17'
14477 `system register 18'
14480 `system register 19'
14483 `system register 20'
14487 File: as.info, Node: V850 Floating Point, Next: V850 Directives, Prev: V850 Syntax, Up: V850-Dependent
14489 8.33.3 Floating Point
14490 ---------------------
14492 The V850 family uses IEEE floating-point numbers.
14495 File: as.info, Node: V850 Directives, Next: V850 Opcodes, Prev: V850 Floating Point, Up: V850-Dependent
14497 8.33.4 V850 Machine Directives
14498 ------------------------------
14500 `.offset <EXPRESSION>'
14501 Moves the offset into the current section to the specified amount.
14503 `.section "name", <type>'
14504 This is an extension to the standard .section directive. It sets
14505 the current section to be <type> and creates an alias for this
14506 section called "name".
14509 Specifies that the assembled code should be marked as being
14510 targeted at the V850 processor. This allows the linker to detect
14511 attempts to link such code with code assembled for other
14515 Specifies that the assembled code should be marked as being
14516 targeted at the V850E processor. This allows the linker to detect
14517 attempts to link such code with code assembled for other
14521 Specifies that the assembled code should be marked as being
14522 targeted at the V850E1 processor. This allows the linker to
14523 detect attempts to link such code with code assembled for other
14528 File: as.info, Node: V850 Opcodes, Prev: V850 Directives, Up: V850-Dependent
14533 `as' implements all the standard V850 opcodes.
14535 `as' also implements the following pseudo ops:
14538 Computes the higher 16 bits of the given expression and stores it
14539 into the immediate operand field of the given instruction. For
14542 `mulhi hi0(here - there), r5, r6'
14544 computes the difference between the address of labels 'here' and
14545 'there', takes the upper 16 bits of this difference, shifts it
14546 down 16 bits and then mutliplies it by the lower 16 bits in
14547 register 5, putting the result into register 6.
14550 Computes the lower 16 bits of the given expression and stores it
14551 into the immediate operand field of the given instruction. For
14554 `addi lo(here - there), r5, r6'
14556 computes the difference between the address of labels 'here' and
14557 'there', takes the lower 16 bits of this difference and adds it to
14558 register 5, putting the result into register 6.
14561 Computes the higher 16 bits of the given expression and then adds
14562 the value of the most significant bit of the lower 16 bits of the
14563 expression and stores the result into the immediate operand field
14564 of the given instruction. For example the following code can be
14565 used to compute the address of the label 'here' and store it into
14568 `movhi hi(here), r0, r6' `movea lo(here), r6, r6'
14570 The reason for this special behaviour is that movea performs a sign
14571 extension on its immediate operand. So for example if the address
14572 of 'here' was 0xFFFFFFFF then without the special behaviour of the
14573 hi() pseudo-op the movhi instruction would put 0xFFFF0000 into r6,
14574 then the movea instruction would takes its immediate operand,
14575 0xFFFF, sign extend it to 32 bits, 0xFFFFFFFF, and then add it
14576 into r6 giving 0xFFFEFFFF which is wrong (the fifth nibble is E).
14577 With the hi() pseudo op adding in the top bit of the lo() pseudo
14578 op, the movhi instruction actually stores 0 into r6 (0xFFFF + 1 =
14579 0x0000), so that the movea instruction stores 0xFFFFFFFF into r6 -
14583 Computes the 32 bit value of the given expression and stores it
14584 into the immediate operand field of the given instruction (which
14585 must be a mov instruction). For example:
14587 `mov hilo(here), r6'
14589 computes the absolute address of label 'here' and puts the result
14593 Computes the offset of the named variable from the start of the
14594 Small Data Area (whoes address is held in register 4, the GP
14595 register) and stores the result as a 16 bit signed value in the
14596 immediate operand field of the given instruction. For example:
14598 `ld.w sdaoff(_a_variable)[gp],r6'
14600 loads the contents of the location pointed to by the label
14601 '_a_variable' into register 6, provided that the label is located
14602 somewhere within +/- 32K of the address held in the GP register.
14603 [Note the linker assumes that the GP register contains a fixed
14604 address set to the address of the label called '__gp'. This can
14605 either be set up automatically by the linker, or specifically set
14606 by using the `--defsym __gp=<value>' command line option].
14609 Computes the offset of the named variable from the start of the
14610 Tiny Data Area (whoes address is held in register 30, the EP
14611 register) and stores the result as a 4,5, 7 or 8 bit unsigned
14612 value in the immediate operand field of the given instruction.
14615 `sld.w tdaoff(_a_variable)[ep],r6'
14617 loads the contents of the location pointed to by the label
14618 '_a_variable' into register 6, provided that the label is located
14619 somewhere within +256 bytes of the address held in the EP
14620 register. [Note the linker assumes that the EP register contains
14621 a fixed address set to the address of the label called '__ep'.
14622 This can either be set up automatically by the linker, or
14623 specifically set by using the `--defsym __ep=<value>' command line
14627 Computes the offset of the named variable from address 0 and
14628 stores the result as a 16 bit signed value in the immediate
14629 operand field of the given instruction. For example:
14631 `movea zdaoff(_a_variable),zero,r6'
14633 puts the address of the label '_a_variable' into register 6,
14634 assuming that the label is somewhere within the first 32K of
14635 memory. (Strictly speaking it also possible to access the last
14636 32K of memory as well, as the offsets are signed).
14639 Computes the offset of the named variable from the start of the
14640 Call Table Area (whoes address is helg in system register 20, the
14641 CTBP register) and stores the result a 6 or 16 bit unsigned value
14642 in the immediate field of then given instruction or piece of data.
14645 `callt ctoff(table_func1)'
14647 will put the call the function whoes address is held in the call
14648 table at the location labeled 'table_func1'.
14651 Indicates that the following sequence of instructions is a long
14652 call to function `name'. The linker will attempt to shorten this
14653 call sequence if `name' is within a 22bit offset of the call. Only
14654 valid if the `-mrelax' command line switch has been enabled.
14657 Indicates that the following sequence of instructions is a long
14658 jump to label `name'. The linker will attempt to shorten this code
14659 sequence if `name' is within a 22bit offset of the jump. Only
14660 valid if the `-mrelax' command line switch has been enabled.
14663 For information on the V850 instruction set, see `V850 Family
14664 32-/16-Bit single-Chip Microcontroller Architecture Manual' from NEC.
14668 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa-Dependent, Next: Z80-Dependent, Prev: V850-Dependent, Up: Machine Dependencies
14670 8.34 Xtensa Dependent Features
14671 ==============================
14673 This chapter covers features of the GNU assembler that are specific
14674 to the Xtensa architecture. For details about the Xtensa instruction
14675 set, please consult the `Xtensa Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)
14680 * Xtensa Options:: Command-line Options.
14681 * Xtensa Syntax:: Assembler Syntax for Xtensa Processors.
14682 * Xtensa Optimizations:: Assembler Optimizations.
14683 * Xtensa Relaxation:: Other Automatic Transformations.
14684 * Xtensa Directives:: Directives for Xtensa Processors.
14687 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa Options, Next: Xtensa Syntax, Up: Xtensa-Dependent
14689 8.34.1 Command Line Options
14690 ---------------------------
14692 The Xtensa version of the GNU assembler supports these special options:
14694 `--text-section-literals | --no-text-section-literals'
14695 Control the treatment of literal pools. The default is
14696 `--no-text-section-literals', which places literals in a separate
14697 section in the output file. This allows the literal pool to be
14698 placed in a data RAM/ROM. With `--text-section-literals', the
14699 literals are interspersed in the text section in order to keep
14700 them as close as possible to their references. This may be
14701 necessary for large assembly files, where the literals would
14702 otherwise be out of range of the `L32R' instructions in the text
14703 section. These options only affect literals referenced via
14704 PC-relative `L32R' instructions; literals for absolute mode `L32R'
14705 instructions are handled separately.
14707 `--absolute-literals | --no-absolute-literals'
14708 Indicate to the assembler whether `L32R' instructions use absolute
14709 or PC-relative addressing. If the processor includes the absolute
14710 addressing option, the default is to use absolute `L32R'
14711 relocations. Otherwise, only the PC-relative `L32R' relocations
14714 `--target-align | --no-target-align'
14715 Enable or disable automatic alignment to reduce branch penalties
14716 at some expense in code size. *Note Automatic Instruction
14717 Alignment: Xtensa Automatic Alignment. This optimization is
14718 enabled by default. Note that the assembler will always align
14719 instructions like `LOOP' that have fixed alignment requirements.
14721 `--longcalls | --no-longcalls'
14722 Enable or disable transformation of call instructions to allow
14723 calls across a greater range of addresses. *Note Function Call
14724 Relaxation: Xtensa Call Relaxation. This option should be used
14725 when call targets can potentially be out of range. It may degrade
14726 both code size and performance, but the linker can generally
14727 optimize away the unnecessary overhead when a call ends up within
14728 range. The default is `--no-longcalls'.
14730 `--transform | --no-transform'
14731 Enable or disable all assembler transformations of Xtensa
14732 instructions, including both relaxation and optimization. The
14733 default is `--transform'; `--no-transform' should only be used in
14734 the rare cases when the instructions must be exactly as specified
14735 in the assembly source. Using `--no-transform' causes out of range
14736 instruction operands to be errors.
14738 `--rename-section OLDNAME=NEWNAME'
14739 Rename the OLDNAME section to NEWNAME. This option can be used
14740 multiple times to rename multiple sections.
14743 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa Syntax, Next: Xtensa Optimizations, Prev: Xtensa Options, Up: Xtensa-Dependent
14745 8.34.2 Assembler Syntax
14746 -----------------------
14748 Block comments are delimited by `/*' and `*/'. End of line comments
14749 may be introduced with either `#' or `//'.
14751 Instructions consist of a leading opcode or macro name followed by
14752 whitespace and an optional comma-separated list of operands:
14754 OPCODE [OPERAND, ...]
14756 Instructions must be separated by a newline or semicolon.
14758 FLIX instructions, which bundle multiple opcodes together in a single
14759 instruction, are specified by enclosing the bundled opcodes inside
14770 The opcodes in a FLIX instruction are listed in the same order as the
14771 corresponding instruction slots in the TIE format declaration.
14772 Directives and labels are not allowed inside the braces of a FLIX
14773 instruction. A particular TIE format name can optionally be specified
14774 immediately after the opening brace, but this is usually unnecessary.
14775 The assembler will automatically search for a format that can encode the
14776 specified opcodes, so the format name need only be specified in rare
14777 cases where there is more than one applicable format and where it
14778 matters which of those formats is used. A FLIX instruction can also be
14779 specified on a single line by separating the opcodes with semicolons:
14781 { [FORMAT;] OPCODE0 [OPERANDS]; OPCODE1 [OPERANDS]; OPCODE2 [OPERANDS]; ... }
14783 The assembler can automatically bundle opcodes into FLIX
14784 instructions. It encodes the opcodes in order, one at a time, choosing
14785 the smallest format where each opcode can be encoded and filling unused
14786 instruction slots with no-ops.
14790 * Xtensa Opcodes:: Opcode Naming Conventions.
14791 * Xtensa Registers:: Register Naming.
14794 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa Opcodes, Next: Xtensa Registers, Up: Xtensa Syntax
14796 8.34.2.1 Opcode Names
14797 .....................
14799 See the `Xtensa Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) Reference Manual'
14800 for a complete list of opcodes and descriptions of their semantics.
14802 If an opcode name is prefixed with an underscore character (`_'),
14803 `as' will not transform that instruction in any way. The underscore
14804 prefix disables both optimization (*note Xtensa Optimizations: Xtensa
14805 Optimizations.) and relaxation (*note Xtensa Relaxation: Xtensa
14806 Relaxation.) for that particular instruction. Only use the underscore
14807 prefix when it is essential to select the exact opcode produced by the
14808 assembler. Using this feature unnecessarily makes the code less
14809 efficient by disabling assembler optimization and less flexible by
14810 disabling relaxation.
14812 Note that this special handling of underscore prefixes only applies
14813 to Xtensa opcodes, not to either built-in macros or user-defined macros.
14814 When an underscore prefix is used with a macro (e.g., `_MOV'), it
14815 refers to a different macro. The assembler generally provides built-in
14816 macros both with and without the underscore prefix, where the underscore
14817 versions behave as if the underscore carries through to the instructions
14818 in the macros. For example, `_MOV' may expand to `_MOV.N'.
14820 The underscore prefix only applies to individual instructions, not to
14821 series of instructions. For example, if a series of instructions have
14822 underscore prefixes, the assembler will not transform the individual
14823 instructions, but it may insert other instructions between them (e.g.,
14824 to align a `LOOP' instruction). To prevent the assembler from
14825 modifying a series of instructions as a whole, use the `no-transform'
14826 directive. *Note transform: Transform Directive.
14829 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa Registers, Prev: Xtensa Opcodes, Up: Xtensa Syntax
14831 8.34.2.2 Register Names
14832 .......................
14834 The assembly syntax for a register file entry is the "short" name for a
14835 TIE register file followed by the index into that register file. For
14836 example, the general-purpose `AR' register file has a short name of
14837 `a', so these registers are named `a0'...`a15'. As a special feature,
14838 `sp' is also supported as a synonym for `a1'. Additional registers may
14839 be added by processor configuration options and by designer-defined TIE
14840 extensions. An initial `$' character is optional in all register names.
14843 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa Optimizations, Next: Xtensa Relaxation, Prev: Xtensa Syntax, Up: Xtensa-Dependent
14845 8.34.3 Xtensa Optimizations
14846 ---------------------------
14848 The optimizations currently supported by `as' are generation of density
14849 instructions where appropriate and automatic branch target alignment.
14853 * Density Instructions:: Using Density Instructions.
14854 * Xtensa Automatic Alignment:: Automatic Instruction Alignment.
14857 File: as.info, Node: Density Instructions, Next: Xtensa Automatic Alignment, Up: Xtensa Optimizations
14859 8.34.3.1 Using Density Instructions
14860 ...................................
14862 The Xtensa instruction set has a code density option that provides
14863 16-bit versions of some of the most commonly used opcodes. Use of these
14864 opcodes can significantly reduce code size. When possible, the
14865 assembler automatically translates instructions from the core Xtensa
14866 instruction set into equivalent instructions from the Xtensa code
14867 density option. This translation can be disabled by using underscore
14868 prefixes (*note Opcode Names: Xtensa Opcodes.), by using the
14869 `--no-transform' command-line option (*note Command Line Options:
14870 Xtensa Options.), or by using the `no-transform' directive (*note
14871 transform: Transform Directive.).
14873 It is a good idea _not_ to use the density instructions directly.
14874 The assembler will automatically select dense instructions where
14875 possible. If you later need to use an Xtensa processor without the code
14876 density option, the same assembly code will then work without
14880 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa Automatic Alignment, Prev: Density Instructions, Up: Xtensa Optimizations
14882 8.34.3.2 Automatic Instruction Alignment
14883 ........................................
14885 The Xtensa assembler will automatically align certain instructions, both
14886 to optimize performance and to satisfy architectural requirements.
14888 As an optimization to improve performance, the assembler attempts to
14889 align branch targets so they do not cross instruction fetch boundaries.
14890 (Xtensa processors can be configured with either 32-bit or 64-bit
14891 instruction fetch widths.) An instruction immediately following a call
14892 is treated as a branch target in this context, because it will be the
14893 target of a return from the call. This alignment has the potential to
14894 reduce branch penalties at some expense in code size. The assembler
14895 will not attempt to align labels with the prefixes `.Ln' and `.LM',
14896 since these labels are used for debugging information and are not
14897 typically branch targets. This optimization is enabled by default.
14898 You can disable it with the `--no-target-align' command-line option
14899 (*note Command Line Options: Xtensa Options.).
14901 The target alignment optimization is done without adding instructions
14902 that could increase the execution time of the program. If there are
14903 density instructions in the code preceding a target, the assembler can
14904 change the target alignment by widening some of those instructions to
14905 the equivalent 24-bit instructions. Extra bytes of padding can be
14906 inserted immediately following unconditional jump and return
14907 instructions. This approach is usually successful in aligning many,
14908 but not all, branch targets.
14910 The `LOOP' family of instructions must be aligned such that the
14911 first instruction in the loop body does not cross an instruction fetch
14912 boundary (e.g., with a 32-bit fetch width, a `LOOP' instruction must be
14913 on either a 1 or 2 mod 4 byte boundary). The assembler knows about
14914 this restriction and inserts the minimal number of 2 or 3 byte no-op
14915 instructions to satisfy it. When no-op instructions are added, any
14916 label immediately preceding the original loop will be moved in order to
14917 refer to the loop instruction, not the newly generated no-op
14918 instruction. To preserve binary compatibility across processors with
14919 different fetch widths, the assembler conservatively assumes a 32-bit
14920 fetch width when aligning `LOOP' instructions (except if the first
14921 instruction in the loop is a 64-bit instruction).
14923 Similarly, the `ENTRY' instruction must be aligned on a 0 mod 4 byte
14924 boundary. The assembler satisfies this requirement by inserting zero
14925 bytes when required. In addition, labels immediately preceding the
14926 `ENTRY' instruction will be moved to the newly aligned instruction
14930 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa Relaxation, Next: Xtensa Directives, Prev: Xtensa Optimizations, Up: Xtensa-Dependent
14932 8.34.4 Xtensa Relaxation
14933 ------------------------
14935 When an instruction operand is outside the range allowed for that
14936 particular instruction field, `as' can transform the code to use a
14937 functionally-equivalent instruction or sequence of instructions. This
14938 process is known as "relaxation". This is typically done for branch
14939 instructions because the distance of the branch targets is not known
14940 until assembly-time. The Xtensa assembler offers branch relaxation and
14941 also extends this concept to function calls, `MOVI' instructions and
14942 other instructions with immediate fields.
14946 * Xtensa Branch Relaxation:: Relaxation of Branches.
14947 * Xtensa Call Relaxation:: Relaxation of Function Calls.
14948 * Xtensa Immediate Relaxation:: Relaxation of other Immediate Fields.
14951 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa Branch Relaxation, Next: Xtensa Call Relaxation, Up: Xtensa Relaxation
14953 8.34.4.1 Conditional Branch Relaxation
14954 ......................................
14956 When the target of a branch is too far away from the branch itself,
14957 i.e., when the offset from the branch to the target is too large to fit
14958 in the immediate field of the branch instruction, it may be necessary to
14959 replace the branch with a branch around a jump. For example,
14969 (The `BNEZ.N' instruction would be used in this example only if the
14970 density option is available. Otherwise, `BNEZ' would be used.)
14972 This relaxation works well because the unconditional jump instruction
14973 has a much larger offset range than the various conditional branches.
14974 However, an error will occur if a branch target is beyond the range of a
14975 jump instruction. `as' cannot relax unconditional jumps. Similarly,
14976 an error will occur if the original input contains an unconditional
14977 jump to a target that is out of range.
14979 Branch relaxation is enabled by default. It can be disabled by using
14980 underscore prefixes (*note Opcode Names: Xtensa Opcodes.), the
14981 `--no-transform' command-line option (*note Command Line Options:
14982 Xtensa Options.), or the `no-transform' directive (*note transform:
14983 Transform Directive.).
14986 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa Call Relaxation, Next: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation, Prev: Xtensa Branch Relaxation, Up: Xtensa Relaxation
14988 8.34.4.2 Function Call Relaxation
14989 .................................
14991 Function calls may require relaxation because the Xtensa immediate call
14992 instructions (`CALL0', `CALL4', `CALL8' and `CALL12') provide a
14993 PC-relative offset of only 512 Kbytes in either direction. For larger
14994 programs, it may be necessary to use indirect calls (`CALLX0',
14995 `CALLX4', `CALLX8' and `CALLX12') where the target address is specified
14996 in a register. The Xtensa assembler can automatically relax immediate
14997 call instructions into indirect call instructions. This relaxation is
14998 done by loading the address of the called function into the callee's
14999 return address register and then using a `CALLX' instruction. So, for
15004 might be relaxed to:
15010 Because the addresses of targets of function calls are not generally
15011 known until link-time, the assembler must assume the worst and relax all
15012 the calls to functions in other source files, not just those that really
15013 will be out of range. The linker can recognize calls that were
15014 unnecessarily relaxed, and it will remove the overhead introduced by the
15015 assembler for those cases where direct calls are sufficient.
15017 Call relaxation is disabled by default because it can have a negative
15018 effect on both code size and performance, although the linker can
15019 usually eliminate the unnecessary overhead. If a program is too large
15020 and some of the calls are out of range, function call relaxation can be
15021 enabled using the `--longcalls' command-line option or the `longcalls'
15022 directive (*note longcalls: Longcalls Directive.).
15025 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation, Prev: Xtensa Call Relaxation, Up: Xtensa Relaxation
15027 8.34.4.3 Other Immediate Field Relaxation
15028 .........................................
15030 The assembler normally performs the following other relaxations. They
15031 can be disabled by using underscore prefixes (*note Opcode Names:
15032 Xtensa Opcodes.), the `--no-transform' command-line option (*note
15033 Command Line Options: Xtensa Options.), or the `no-transform' directive
15034 (*note transform: Transform Directive.).
15036 The `MOVI' machine instruction can only materialize values in the
15037 range from -2048 to 2047. Values outside this range are best
15038 materialized with `L32R' instructions. Thus:
15042 is assembled into the following machine code:
15044 .literal .L1, 100000
15047 The `L8UI' machine instruction can only be used with immediate
15048 offsets in the range from 0 to 255. The `L16SI' and `L16UI' machine
15049 instructions can only be used with offsets from 0 to 510. The `L32I'
15050 machine instruction can only be used with offsets from 0 to 1020. A
15051 load offset outside these ranges can be materalized with an `L32R'
15052 instruction if the destination register of the load is different than
15053 the source address register. For example:
15064 If the load destination and source address register are the same, an
15065 out-of-range offset causes an error.
15067 The Xtensa `ADDI' instruction only allows immediate operands in the
15068 range from -128 to 127. There are a number of alternate instruction
15069 sequences for the `ADDI' operation. First, if the immediate is 0, the
15070 `ADDI' will be turned into a `MOV.N' instruction (or the equivalent
15071 `OR' instruction if the code density option is not available). If the
15072 `ADDI' immediate is outside of the range -128 to 127, but inside the
15073 range -32896 to 32639, an `ADDMI' instruction or `ADDMI'/`ADDI'
15074 sequence will be used. Finally, if the immediate is outside of this
15075 range and a free register is available, an `L32R'/`ADD' sequence will
15076 be used with a literal allocated from the literal pool.
15085 is assembled into the following:
15087 .literal .L1, 50000
15089 addmi a5, a6, 0x200
15090 addmi a5, a6, 0x200
15096 File: as.info, Node: Xtensa Directives, Prev: Xtensa Relaxation, Up: Xtensa-Dependent
15101 The Xtensa assember supports a region-based directive syntax:
15103 .begin DIRECTIVE [OPTIONS]
15107 All the Xtensa-specific directives that apply to a region of code use
15110 The directive applies to code between the `.begin' and the `.end'.
15111 The state of the option after the `.end' reverts to what it was before
15112 the `.begin'. A nested `.begin'/`.end' region can further change the
15113 state of the directive without having to be aware of its outer state.
15114 For example, consider:
15116 .begin no-transform
15124 The `ADD' opcodes at `L' and `N' in the outer `no-transform' region
15125 both result in `ADD' machine instructions, but the assembler selects an
15126 `ADD.N' instruction for the `ADD' at `M' in the inner `transform'
15129 The advantage of this style is that it works well inside macros
15130 which can preserve the context of their callers.
15132 The following directives are available:
15136 * Schedule Directive:: Enable instruction scheduling.
15137 * Longcalls Directive:: Use Indirect Calls for Greater Range.
15138 * Transform Directive:: Disable All Assembler Transformations.
15139 * Literal Directive:: Intermix Literals with Instructions.
15140 * Literal Position Directive:: Specify Inline Literal Pool Locations.
15141 * Literal Prefix Directive:: Specify Literal Section Name Prefix.
15142 * Absolute Literals Directive:: Control PC-Relative vs. Absolute Literals.
15145 File: as.info, Node: Schedule Directive, Next: Longcalls Directive, Up: Xtensa Directives
15150 The `schedule' directive is recognized only for compatibility with
15151 Tensilica's assembler.
15153 .begin [no-]schedule
15156 This directive is ignored and has no effect on `as'.
15159 File: as.info, Node: Longcalls Directive, Next: Transform Directive, Prev: Schedule Directive, Up: Xtensa Directives
15164 The `longcalls' directive enables or disables function call relaxation.
15165 *Note Function Call Relaxation: Xtensa Call Relaxation.
15167 .begin [no-]longcalls
15168 .end [no-]longcalls
15170 Call relaxation is disabled by default unless the `--longcalls'
15171 command-line option is specified. The `longcalls' directive overrides
15172 the default determined by the command-line options.
15175 File: as.info, Node: Transform Directive, Next: Literal Directive, Prev: Longcalls Directive, Up: Xtensa Directives
15180 This directive enables or disables all assembler transformation,
15181 including relaxation (*note Xtensa Relaxation: Xtensa Relaxation.) and
15182 optimization (*note Xtensa Optimizations: Xtensa Optimizations.).
15184 .begin [no-]transform
15185 .end [no-]transform
15187 Transformations are enabled by default unless the `--no-transform'
15188 option is used. The `transform' directive overrides the default
15189 determined by the command-line options. An underscore opcode prefix,
15190 disabling transformation of that opcode, always takes precedence over
15191 both directives and command-line flags.
15194 File: as.info, Node: Literal Directive, Next: Literal Position Directive, Prev: Transform Directive, Up: Xtensa Directives
15199 The `.literal' directive is used to define literal pool data, i.e.,
15200 read-only 32-bit data accessed via `L32R' instructions.
15202 .literal LABEL, VALUE[, VALUE...]
15204 This directive is similar to the standard `.word' directive, except
15205 that the actual location of the literal data is determined by the
15206 assembler and linker, not by the position of the `.literal' directive.
15207 Using this directive gives the assembler freedom to locate the literal
15208 data in the most appropriate place and possibly to combine identical
15209 literals. For example, the code:
15215 can be used to load a pointer to the symbol `sym' into register
15216 `a4'. The value of `sym' will not be placed between the `ENTRY' and
15217 `L32R' instructions; instead, the assembler puts the data in a literal
15220 Literal pools for absolute mode `L32R' instructions (*note Absolute
15221 Literals Directive::) are placed in a separate `.lit4' section. By
15222 default literal pools for PC-relative mode `L32R' instructions are
15223 placed in a separate `.literal' section; however, when using the
15224 `--text-section-literals' option (*note Command Line Options: Xtensa
15225 Options.), the literal pools are placed in the current section. These
15226 text section literal pools are created automatically before `ENTRY'
15227 instructions and manually after `.literal_position' directives (*note
15228 literal_position: Literal Position Directive.). If there are no
15229 preceding `ENTRY' instructions, explicit `.literal_position' directives
15230 must be used to place the text section literal pools; otherwise, `as'
15231 will report an error.
15234 File: as.info, Node: Literal Position Directive, Next: Literal Prefix Directive, Prev: Literal Directive, Up: Xtensa Directives
15236 8.34.5.5 literal_position
15237 .........................
15239 When using `--text-section-literals' to place literals inline in the
15240 section being assembled, the `.literal_position' directive can be used
15241 to mark a potential location for a literal pool.
15245 The `.literal_position' directive is ignored when the
15246 `--text-section-literals' option is not used or when `L32R'
15247 instructions use the absolute addressing mode.
15249 The assembler will automatically place text section literal pools
15250 before `ENTRY' instructions, so the `.literal_position' directive is
15251 only needed to specify some other location for a literal pool. You may
15252 need to add an explicit jump instruction to skip over an inline literal
15255 For example, an interrupt vector does not begin with an `ENTRY'
15256 instruction so the assembler will be unable to automatically find a good
15257 place to put a literal pool. Moreover, the code for the interrupt
15258 vector must be at a specific starting address, so the literal pool
15259 cannot come before the start of the code. The literal pool for the
15260 vector must be explicitly positioned in the middle of the vector (before
15261 any uses of the literals, due to the negative offsets used by
15262 PC-relative `L32R' instructions). The `.literal_position' directive
15263 can be used to do this. In the following code, the literal for `M'
15264 will automatically be aligned correctly and is placed after the
15265 unconditional jump.
15276 File: as.info, Node: Literal Prefix Directive, Next: Absolute Literals Directive, Prev: Literal Position Directive, Up: Xtensa Directives
15278 8.34.5.6 literal_prefix
15279 .......................
15281 The `literal_prefix' directive allows you to specify different sections
15282 to hold literals from different portions of an assembly file. With
15283 this directive, a single assembly file can be used to generate code
15284 into multiple sections, including literals generated by the assembler.
15286 .begin literal_prefix [NAME]
15287 .end literal_prefix
15289 By default the assembler places literal pools in sections separate
15290 from the instructions, using the default literal section names of
15291 `.literal' for PC-relative mode `L32R' instructions and `.lit4' for
15292 absolute mode `L32R' instructions (*note Absolute Literals
15293 Directive::). The `literal_prefix' directive causes different literal
15294 sections to be used for the code inside the delimited region. The new
15295 literal sections are determined by including NAME as a prefix to the
15296 default literal section names. If the NAME argument is omitted, the
15297 literal sections revert to the defaults. This directive has no effect
15298 when using the `--text-section-literals' option (*note Command Line
15299 Options: Xtensa Options.).
15301 Except for two special cases, the assembler determines the new
15302 literal sections by simply prepending NAME to the default section names,
15303 resulting in `NAME.literal' and `NAME.lit4' sections. The
15304 `literal_prefix' directive is often used with the name of the current
15305 text section as the prefix argument. To facilitate this usage, the
15306 assembler uses special case rules when it recognizes NAME as a text
15307 section name. First, if NAME ends with `.text', that suffix is not
15308 included in the literal section name. For example, if NAME is
15309 `.iram0.text', then the literal sections will be `.iram0.literal' and
15310 `.iram0.lit4'. Second, if NAME begins with `.gnu.linkonce.t.', then
15311 the literal section names are formed by replacing the `.t' substring
15312 with `.literal' and `.lit4'. For example, if NAME is
15313 `.gnu.linkonce.t.func', the literal sections will be
15314 `.gnu.linkonce.literal.func' and `.gnu.linkonce.lit4.func'.
15317 File: as.info, Node: Absolute Literals Directive, Prev: Literal Prefix Directive, Up: Xtensa Directives
15319 8.34.5.7 absolute-literals
15320 ..........................
15322 The `absolute-literals' and `no-absolute-literals' directives control
15323 the absolute vs. PC-relative mode for `L32R' instructions. These are
15324 relevant only for Xtensa configurations that include the absolute
15325 addressing option for `L32R' instructions.
15327 .begin [no-]absolute-literals
15328 .end [no-]absolute-literals
15330 These directives do not change the `L32R' mode--they only cause the
15331 assembler to emit the appropriate kind of relocation for `L32R'
15332 instructions and to place the literal values in the appropriate section.
15333 To change the `L32R' mode, the program must write the `LITBASE' special
15334 register. It is the programmer's responsibility to keep track of the
15335 mode and indicate to the assembler which mode is used in each region of
15338 If the Xtensa configuration includes the absolute `L32R' addressing
15339 option, the default is to assume absolute `L32R' addressing unless the
15340 `--no-absolute-literals' command-line option is specified. Otherwise,
15341 the default is to assume PC-relative `L32R' addressing. The
15342 `absolute-literals' directive can then be used to override the default
15343 determined by the command-line options.
15346 File: as.info, Node: Reporting Bugs, Next: Acknowledgements, Prev: Machine Dependencies, Up: Top
15351 Your bug reports play an essential role in making `as' reliable.
15353 Reporting a bug may help you by bringing a solution to your problem,
15354 or it may not. But in any case the principal function of a bug report
15355 is to help the entire community by making the next version of `as' work
15356 better. Bug reports are your contribution to the maintenance of `as'.
15358 In order for a bug report to serve its purpose, you must include the
15359 information that enables us to fix the bug.
15363 * Bug Criteria:: Have you found a bug?
15364 * Bug Reporting:: How to report bugs
15367 File: as.info, Node: Bug Criteria, Next: Bug Reporting, Up: Reporting Bugs
15369 9.1 Have You Found a Bug?
15370 =========================
15372 If you are not sure whether you have found a bug, here are some
15375 * If the assembler gets a fatal signal, for any input whatever, that
15376 is a `as' bug. Reliable assemblers never crash.
15378 * If `as' produces an error message for valid input, that is a bug.
15380 * If `as' does not produce an error message for invalid input, that
15381 is a bug. However, you should note that your idea of "invalid
15382 input" might be our idea of "an extension" or "support for
15383 traditional practice".
15385 * If you are an experienced user of assemblers, your suggestions for
15386 improvement of `as' are welcome in any case.
15389 File: as.info, Node: Bug Reporting, Prev: Bug Criteria, Up: Reporting Bugs
15391 9.2 How to Report Bugs
15392 ======================
15394 A number of companies and individuals offer support for GNU products.
15395 If you obtained `as' from a support organization, we recommend you
15396 contact that organization first.
15398 You can find contact information for many support companies and
15399 individuals in the file `etc/SERVICE' in the GNU Emacs distribution.
15401 In any event, we also recommend that you send bug reports for `as'
15402 to `bug-binutils@gnu.org'.
15404 The fundamental principle of reporting bugs usefully is this:
15405 *report all the facts*. If you are not sure whether to state a fact or
15406 leave it out, state it!
15408 Often people omit facts because they think they know what causes the
15409 problem and assume that some details do not matter. Thus, you might
15410 assume that the name of a symbol you use in an example does not matter.
15411 Well, probably it does not, but one cannot be sure. Perhaps the bug
15412 is a stray memory reference which happens to fetch from the location
15413 where that name is stored in memory; perhaps, if the name were
15414 different, the contents of that location would fool the assembler into
15415 doing the right thing despite the bug. Play it safe and give a
15416 specific, complete example. That is the easiest thing for you to do,
15417 and the most helpful.
15419 Keep in mind that the purpose of a bug report is to enable us to fix
15420 the bug if it is new to us. Therefore, always write your bug reports
15421 on the assumption that the bug has not been reported previously.
15423 Sometimes people give a few sketchy facts and ask, "Does this ring a
15424 bell?" This cannot help us fix a bug, so it is basically useless. We
15425 respond by asking for enough details to enable us to investigate. You
15426 might as well expedite matters by sending them to begin with.
15428 To enable us to fix the bug, you should include all these things:
15430 * The version of `as'. `as' announces it if you start it with the
15431 `--version' argument.
15433 Without this, we will not know whether there is any point in
15434 looking for the bug in the current version of `as'.
15436 * Any patches you may have applied to the `as' source.
15438 * The type of machine you are using, and the operating system name
15439 and version number.
15441 * What compiler (and its version) was used to compile `as'--e.g.
15444 * The command arguments you gave the assembler to assemble your
15445 example and observe the bug. To guarantee you will not omit
15446 something important, list them all. A copy of the Makefile (or
15447 the output from make) is sufficient.
15449 If we were to try to guess the arguments, we would probably guess
15450 wrong and then we might not encounter the bug.
15452 * A complete input file that will reproduce the bug. If the bug is
15453 observed when the assembler is invoked via a compiler, send the
15454 assembler source, not the high level language source. Most
15455 compilers will produce the assembler source when run with the `-S'
15456 option. If you are using `gcc', use the options `-v
15457 --save-temps'; this will save the assembler source in a file with
15458 an extension of `.s', and also show you exactly how `as' is being
15461 * A description of what behavior you observe that you believe is
15462 incorrect. For example, "It gets a fatal signal."
15464 Of course, if the bug is that `as' gets a fatal signal, then we
15465 will certainly notice it. But if the bug is incorrect output, we
15466 might not notice unless it is glaringly wrong. You might as well
15467 not give us a chance to make a mistake.
15469 Even if the problem you experience is a fatal signal, you should
15470 still say so explicitly. Suppose something strange is going on,
15471 such as, your copy of `as' is out of synch, or you have
15472 encountered a bug in the C library on your system. (This has
15473 happened!) Your copy might crash and ours would not. If you told
15474 us to expect a crash, then when ours fails to crash, we would know
15475 that the bug was not happening for us. If you had not told us to
15476 expect a crash, then we would not be able to draw any conclusion
15477 from our observations.
15479 * If you wish to suggest changes to the `as' source, send us context
15480 diffs, as generated by `diff' with the `-u', `-c', or `-p' option.
15481 Always send diffs from the old file to the new file. If you even
15482 discuss something in the `as' source, refer to it by context, not
15485 The line numbers in our development sources will not match those
15486 in your sources. Your line numbers would convey no useful
15489 Here are some things that are not necessary:
15491 * A description of the envelope of the bug.
15493 Often people who encounter a bug spend a lot of time investigating
15494 which changes to the input file will make the bug go away and which
15495 changes will not affect it.
15497 This is often time consuming and not very useful, because the way
15498 we will find the bug is by running a single example under the
15499 debugger with breakpoints, not by pure deduction from a series of
15500 examples. We recommend that you save your time for something else.
15502 Of course, if you can find a simpler example to report _instead_
15503 of the original one, that is a convenience for us. Errors in the
15504 output will be easier to spot, running under the debugger will take
15505 less time, and so on.
15507 However, simplification is not vital; if you do not want to do
15508 this, report the bug anyway and send us the entire test case you
15511 * A patch for the bug.
15513 A patch for the bug does help us if it is a good one. But do not
15514 omit the necessary information, such as the test case, on the
15515 assumption that a patch is all we need. We might see problems
15516 with your patch and decide to fix the problem another way, or we
15517 might not understand it at all.
15519 Sometimes with a program as complicated as `as' it is very hard to
15520 construct an example that will make the program follow a certain
15521 path through the code. If you do not send us the example, we will
15522 not be able to construct one, so we will not be able to verify
15523 that the bug is fixed.
15525 And if we cannot understand what bug you are trying to fix, or why
15526 your patch should be an improvement, we will not install it. A
15527 test case will help us to understand.
15529 * A guess about what the bug is or what it depends on.
15531 Such guesses are usually wrong. Even we cannot guess right about
15532 such things without first using the debugger to find the facts.
15535 File: as.info, Node: Acknowledgements, Next: GNU Free Documentation License, Prev: Reporting Bugs, Up: Top
15537 10 Acknowledgements
15538 *******************
15540 If you have contributed to GAS and your name isn't listed here, it is
15541 not meant as a slight. We just don't know about it. Send mail to the
15542 maintainer, and we'll correct the situation. Currently the maintainer
15543 is Ken Raeburn (email address `raeburn@cygnus.com').
15545 Dean Elsner wrote the original GNU assembler for the VAX.(1)
15547 Jay Fenlason maintained GAS for a while, adding support for
15548 GDB-specific debug information and the 68k series machines, most of the
15549 preprocessing pass, and extensive changes in `messages.c',
15550 `input-file.c', `write.c'.
15552 K. Richard Pixley maintained GAS for a while, adding various
15553 enhancements and many bug fixes, including merging support for several
15554 processors, breaking GAS up to handle multiple object file format back
15555 ends (including heavy rewrite, testing, an integration of the coff and
15556 b.out back ends), adding configuration including heavy testing and
15557 verification of cross assemblers and file splits and renaming,
15558 converted GAS to strictly ANSI C including full prototypes, added
15559 support for m680[34]0 and cpu32, did considerable work on i960
15560 including a COFF port (including considerable amounts of reverse
15561 engineering), a SPARC opcode file rewrite, DECstation, rs6000, and
15562 hp300hpux host ports, updated "know" assertions and made them work,
15563 much other reorganization, cleanup, and lint.
15565 Ken Raeburn wrote the high-level BFD interface code to replace most
15566 of the code in format-specific I/O modules.
15568 The original VMS support was contributed by David L. Kashtan. Eric
15569 Youngdale has done much work with it since.
15571 The Intel 80386 machine description was written by Eliot Dresselhaus.
15573 Minh Tran-Le at IntelliCorp contributed some AIX 386 support.
15575 The Motorola 88k machine description was contributed by Devon Bowen
15576 of Buffalo University and Torbjorn Granlund of the Swedish Institute of
15579 Keith Knowles at the Open Software Foundation wrote the original
15580 MIPS back end (`tc-mips.c', `tc-mips.h'), and contributed Rose format
15581 support (which hasn't been merged in yet). Ralph Campbell worked with
15582 the MIPS code to support a.out format.
15584 Support for the Zilog Z8k and Renesas H8/300 processors (tc-z8k,
15585 tc-h8300), and IEEE 695 object file format (obj-ieee), was written by
15586 Steve Chamberlain of Cygnus Support. Steve also modified the COFF back
15587 end to use BFD for some low-level operations, for use with the H8/300
15588 and AMD 29k targets.
15590 John Gilmore built the AMD 29000 support, added `.include' support,
15591 and simplified the configuration of which versions accept which
15592 directives. He updated the 68k machine description so that Motorola's
15593 opcodes always produced fixed-size instructions (e.g., `jsr'), while
15594 synthetic instructions remained shrinkable (`jbsr'). John fixed many
15595 bugs, including true tested cross-compilation support, and one bug in
15596 relaxation that took a week and required the proverbial one-bit fix.
15598 Ian Lance Taylor of Cygnus Support merged the Motorola and MIT
15599 syntax for the 68k, completed support for some COFF targets (68k, i386
15600 SVR3, and SCO Unix), added support for MIPS ECOFF and ELF targets,
15601 wrote the initial RS/6000 and PowerPC assembler, and made a few other
15604 Steve Chamberlain made GAS able to generate listings.
15606 Hewlett-Packard contributed support for the HP9000/300.
15608 Jeff Law wrote GAS and BFD support for the native HPPA object format
15609 (SOM) along with a fairly extensive HPPA testsuite (for both SOM and
15610 ELF object formats). This work was supported by both the Center for
15611 Software Science at the University of Utah and Cygnus Support.
15613 Support for ELF format files has been worked on by Mark Eichin of
15614 Cygnus Support (original, incomplete implementation for SPARC), Pete
15615 Hoogenboom and Jeff Law at the University of Utah (HPPA mainly),
15616 Michael Meissner of the Open Software Foundation (i386 mainly), and Ken
15617 Raeburn of Cygnus Support (sparc, and some initial 64-bit support).
15619 Linas Vepstas added GAS support for the ESA/390 "IBM 370"
15622 Richard Henderson rewrote the Alpha assembler. Klaus Kaempf wrote
15623 GAS and BFD support for openVMS/Alpha.
15625 Timothy Wall, Michael Hayes, and Greg Smart contributed to the
15626 various tic* flavors.
15628 David Heine, Sterling Augustine, Bob Wilson and John Ruttenberg from
15629 Tensilica, Inc. added support for Xtensa processors.
15631 Several engineers at Cygnus Support have also provided many small
15632 bug fixes and configuration enhancements.
15634 Many others have contributed large or small bugfixes and
15635 enhancements. If you have contributed significant work and are not
15636 mentioned on this list, and want to be, let us know. Some of the
15637 history has been lost; we are not intentionally leaving anyone out.
15639 ---------- Footnotes ----------
15641 (1) Any more details?
15644 File: as.info, Node: GNU Free Documentation License, Next: Index, Prev: Acknowledgements, Up: Top
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16027 * #: Comments. (line 38)
16028 * #APP: Preprocessing. (line 27)
16029 * #NO_APP: Preprocessing. (line 27)
16030 * $ in symbol names <1>: SH64-Chars. (line 10)
16031 * $ in symbol names <2>: SH-Chars. (line 10)
16032 * $ in symbol names <3>: D30V-Chars. (line 63)
16033 * $ in symbol names: D10V-Chars. (line 46)
16034 * $a: ARM Mapping Symbols. (line 9)
16035 * $acos math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 10)
16036 * $asin math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 13)
16037 * $atan math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 16)
16038 * $atan2 math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 19)
16039 * $ceil math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 22)
16040 * $cos math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 28)
16041 * $cosh math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 25)
16042 * $cvf math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 31)
16043 * $cvi math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 34)
16044 * $d: ARM Mapping Symbols. (line 15)
16045 * $exp math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 37)
16046 * $fabs math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 40)
16047 * $firstch subsym builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 26)
16048 * $floor math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 43)
16049 * $fmod math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 47)
16050 * $int math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 50)
16051 * $iscons subsym builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 43)
16052 * $isdefed subsym builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 34)
16053 * $ismember subsym builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 38)
16054 * $isname subsym builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 47)
16055 * $isreg subsym builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 50)
16056 * $lastch subsym builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 30)
16057 * $ldexp math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 53)
16058 * $log math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 59)
16059 * $log10 math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 56)
16060 * $max math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 62)
16061 * $min math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 65)
16062 * $pow math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 68)
16063 * $round math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 71)
16064 * $sgn math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 74)
16065 * $sin math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 77)
16066 * $sinh math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 80)
16067 * $sqrt math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 83)
16068 * $structacc subsym builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 57)
16069 * $structsz subsym builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 54)
16070 * $symcmp subsym builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 23)
16071 * $symlen subsym builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 20)
16072 * $t: ARM Mapping Symbols. (line 12)
16073 * $tan math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 86)
16074 * $tanh math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 89)
16075 * $trunc math builtin, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 92)
16076 * -+ option, VAX/VMS: VAX-Opts. (line 71)
16077 * --: Command Line. (line 10)
16078 * --32 option, i386: i386-Options. (line 8)
16079 * --32 option, x86-64: i386-Options. (line 8)
16080 * --64 option, i386: i386-Options. (line 8)
16081 * --64 option, x86-64: i386-Options. (line 8)
16082 * --absolute-literals: Xtensa Options. (line 22)
16083 * --allow-reg-prefix: SH Options. (line 9)
16084 * --alternate: alternate. (line 6)
16085 * --base-size-default-16: M68K-Opts. (line 70)
16086 * --base-size-default-32: M68K-Opts. (line 70)
16087 * --big: SH Options. (line 9)
16088 * --bitwise-or option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 63)
16089 * --disp-size-default-16: M68K-Opts. (line 79)
16090 * --disp-size-default-32: M68K-Opts. (line 79)
16091 * --divide option, i386: i386-Options. (line 24)
16092 * --dsp: SH Options. (line 9)
16093 * --emulation=crisaout command line option, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 9)
16094 * --emulation=criself command line option, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 9)
16095 * --enforce-aligned-data: Sparc-Aligned-Data. (line 11)
16096 * --fatal-warnings: W. (line 16)
16097 * --fixed-special-register-names command line option, MMIX: MMIX-Opts.
16099 * --force-long-branchs: M68HC11-Opts. (line 69)
16100 * --generate-example: M68HC11-Opts. (line 86)
16101 * --globalize-symbols command line option, MMIX: MMIX-Opts. (line 12)
16102 * --gnu-syntax command line option, MMIX: MMIX-Opts. (line 16)
16103 * --hash-size=NUMBER: Overview. (line 297)
16104 * --linker-allocated-gregs command line option, MMIX: MMIX-Opts.
16106 * --listing-cont-lines: listing. (line 33)
16107 * --listing-lhs-width: listing. (line 15)
16108 * --listing-lhs-width2: listing. (line 20)
16109 * --listing-rhs-width: listing. (line 27)
16110 * --little: SH Options. (line 9)
16111 * --longcalls: Xtensa Options. (line 36)
16112 * --march=ARCHITECTURE command line option, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 33)
16113 * --MD: MD. (line 6)
16114 * --mul-bug-abort command line option, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 61)
16115 * --no-absolute-literals: Xtensa Options. (line 22)
16116 * --no-expand command line option, MMIX: MMIX-Opts. (line 31)
16117 * --no-longcalls: Xtensa Options. (line 36)
16118 * --no-merge-gregs command line option, MMIX: MMIX-Opts. (line 36)
16119 * --no-mul-bug-abort command line option, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 61)
16120 * --no-predefined-syms command line option, MMIX: MMIX-Opts. (line 22)
16121 * --no-pushj-stubs command line option, MMIX: MMIX-Opts. (line 54)
16122 * --no-stubs command line option, MMIX: MMIX-Opts. (line 54)
16123 * --no-target-align: Xtensa Options. (line 29)
16124 * --no-text-section-literals: Xtensa Options. (line 9)
16125 * --no-transform: Xtensa Options. (line 45)
16126 * --no-underscore command line option, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 15)
16127 * --no-warn: W. (line 11)
16128 * --pcrel: M68K-Opts. (line 91)
16129 * --pic command line option, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 27)
16130 * --print-insn-syntax: M68HC11-Opts. (line 75)
16131 * --print-opcodes: M68HC11-Opts. (line 79)
16132 * --register-prefix-optional option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 50)
16133 * --relax: SH Options. (line 9)
16134 * --relax command line option, MMIX: MMIX-Opts. (line 19)
16135 * --rename-section: Xtensa Options. (line 53)
16136 * --renesas: SH Options. (line 9)
16137 * --short-branchs: M68HC11-Opts. (line 54)
16138 * --small: SH Options. (line 9)
16139 * --statistics: statistics. (line 6)
16140 * --strict-direct-mode: M68HC11-Opts. (line 44)
16141 * --target-align: Xtensa Options. (line 29)
16142 * --text-section-literals: Xtensa Options. (line 9)
16143 * --traditional-format: traditional-format. (line 6)
16144 * --transform: Xtensa Options. (line 45)
16145 * --underscore command line option, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 15)
16146 * --warn: W. (line 19)
16147 * -1 option, VAX/VMS: VAX-Opts. (line 77)
16148 * -32addr command line option, Alpha: Alpha Options. (line 50)
16150 * -A options, i960: Options-i960. (line 6)
16157 * -Asparclet: Sparc-Opts. (line 25)
16158 * -Asparclite: Sparc-Opts. (line 25)
16159 * -Av6: Sparc-Opts. (line 25)
16160 * -Av8: Sparc-Opts. (line 25)
16161 * -Av9: Sparc-Opts. (line 25)
16162 * -Av9a: Sparc-Opts. (line 25)
16163 * -b option, i960: Options-i960. (line 22)
16164 * -big option, M32R: M32R-Opts. (line 35)
16165 * -construct-floats: MIPS Opts. (line 157)
16167 * -D, ignored on VAX: VAX-Opts. (line 11)
16168 * -d, VAX option: VAX-Opts. (line 16)
16169 * -eabi= command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 107)
16170 * -EB command line option, ARC: ARC Options. (line 31)
16171 * -EB command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 112)
16172 * -EB option (MIPS): MIPS Opts. (line 13)
16173 * -EB option, M32R: M32R-Opts. (line 39)
16174 * -EL command line option, ARC: ARC Options. (line 35)
16175 * -EL command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 116)
16176 * -EL option (MIPS): MIPS Opts. (line 13)
16177 * -EL option, M32R: M32R-Opts. (line 32)
16179 * -F command line option, Alpha: Alpha Options. (line 50)
16180 * -G command line option, Alpha: Alpha Options. (line 46)
16181 * -g command line option, Alpha: Alpha Options. (line 40)
16182 * -G option (MIPS): MIPS Opts. (line 8)
16183 * -H option, VAX/VMS: VAX-Opts. (line 81)
16184 * -h option, VAX/VMS: VAX-Opts. (line 45)
16185 * -I PATH: I. (line 6)
16186 * -ignore-parallel-conflicts option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 87)
16187 * -Ip option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 97)
16188 * -J, ignored on VAX: VAX-Opts. (line 27)
16190 * -k command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 120)
16191 * -KPIC option, M32R: M32R-Opts. (line 42)
16193 * -l option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 38)
16194 * -little option, M32R: M32R-Opts. (line 27)
16196 * -m11/03: PDP-11-Options. (line 140)
16197 * -m11/04: PDP-11-Options. (line 143)
16198 * -m11/05: PDP-11-Options. (line 146)
16199 * -m11/10: PDP-11-Options. (line 146)
16200 * -m11/15: PDP-11-Options. (line 149)
16201 * -m11/20: PDP-11-Options. (line 149)
16202 * -m11/21: PDP-11-Options. (line 152)
16203 * -m11/23: PDP-11-Options. (line 155)
16204 * -m11/24: PDP-11-Options. (line 155)
16205 * -m11/34: PDP-11-Options. (line 158)
16206 * -m11/34a: PDP-11-Options. (line 161)
16207 * -m11/35: PDP-11-Options. (line 164)
16208 * -m11/40: PDP-11-Options. (line 164)
16209 * -m11/44: PDP-11-Options. (line 167)
16210 * -m11/45: PDP-11-Options. (line 170)
16211 * -m11/50: PDP-11-Options. (line 170)
16212 * -m11/53: PDP-11-Options. (line 173)
16213 * -m11/55: PDP-11-Options. (line 170)
16214 * -m11/60: PDP-11-Options. (line 176)
16215 * -m11/70: PDP-11-Options. (line 170)
16216 * -m11/73: PDP-11-Options. (line 173)
16217 * -m11/83: PDP-11-Options. (line 173)
16218 * -m11/84: PDP-11-Options. (line 173)
16219 * -m11/93: PDP-11-Options. (line 173)
16220 * -m11/94: PDP-11-Options. (line 173)
16221 * -m16c option, M16C: M32C-Opts. (line 12)
16222 * -m32c option, M32C: M32C-Opts. (line 9)
16223 * -m32r option, M32R: M32R-Opts. (line 21)
16224 * -m32rx option, M32R2: M32R-Opts. (line 17)
16225 * -m32rx option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 9)
16226 * -m68000 and related options: M68K-Opts. (line 103)
16227 * -m68hc11: M68HC11-Opts. (line 9)
16228 * -m68hc12: M68HC11-Opts. (line 14)
16229 * -m68hcs12: M68HC11-Opts. (line 21)
16230 * -m[no-]68851 command line option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 20)
16231 * -m[no-]68881 command line option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 20)
16232 * -m[no-]div command line option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 20)
16233 * -m[no-]emac command line option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 20)
16234 * -m[no-]float command line option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 20)
16235 * -m[no-]mac command line option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 20)
16236 * -m[no-]usp command line option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 20)
16237 * -mall: PDP-11-Options. (line 26)
16238 * -mall-extensions: PDP-11-Options. (line 26)
16239 * -mapcs command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 80)
16240 * -mapcs-float command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 93)
16241 * -mapcs-reentrant command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 98)
16242 * -marc[5|6|7|8] command line option, ARC: ARC Options. (line 6)
16243 * -march= command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 37)
16244 * -march= command line option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 8)
16245 * -matpcs command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 85)
16246 * -mcis: PDP-11-Options. (line 32)
16247 * -mconstant-gp command line option, IA-64: IA-64 Options. (line 6)
16248 * -mCPU command line option, Alpha: Alpha Options. (line 6)
16249 * -mcpu option, cpu: TIC54X-Opts. (line 15)
16250 * -mcpu= command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 6)
16251 * -mcpu= command line option, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 13)
16252 * -mcsm: PDP-11-Options. (line 43)
16253 * -mdebug command line option, Alpha: Alpha Options. (line 25)
16254 * -me option, stderr redirect: TIC54X-Opts. (line 20)
16255 * -meis: PDP-11-Options. (line 46)
16256 * -merrors-to-file option, stderr redirect: TIC54X-Opts. (line 20)
16257 * -mf option, far-mode: TIC54X-Opts. (line 8)
16258 * -mf11: PDP-11-Options. (line 122)
16259 * -mfar-mode option, far-mode: TIC54X-Opts. (line 8)
16260 * -mfis: PDP-11-Options. (line 51)
16261 * -mfloat-abi= command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 102)
16262 * -mfp-11: PDP-11-Options. (line 56)
16263 * -mfpp: PDP-11-Options. (line 56)
16264 * -mfpu: PDP-11-Options. (line 56)
16265 * -mfpu= command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 52)
16266 * -mip2022 option, IP2K: IP2K-Opts. (line 14)
16267 * -mip2022ext option, IP2022: IP2K-Opts. (line 9)
16268 * -mj11: PDP-11-Options. (line 126)
16269 * -mka11: PDP-11-Options. (line 92)
16270 * -mkb11: PDP-11-Options. (line 95)
16271 * -mkd11a: PDP-11-Options. (line 98)
16272 * -mkd11b: PDP-11-Options. (line 101)
16273 * -mkd11d: PDP-11-Options. (line 104)
16274 * -mkd11e: PDP-11-Options. (line 107)
16275 * -mkd11f: PDP-11-Options. (line 110)
16276 * -mkd11h: PDP-11-Options. (line 110)
16277 * -mkd11k: PDP-11-Options. (line 114)
16278 * -mkd11q: PDP-11-Options. (line 110)
16279 * -mkd11z: PDP-11-Options. (line 118)
16280 * -mkev11: PDP-11-Options. (line 51)
16281 * -mlimited-eis: PDP-11-Options. (line 64)
16282 * -mlong: M68HC11-Opts. (line 32)
16283 * -mlong-double: M68HC11-Opts. (line 40)
16284 * -mmfpt: PDP-11-Options. (line 70)
16285 * -mmicrocode: PDP-11-Options. (line 83)
16286 * -mmutiproc: PDP-11-Options. (line 73)
16287 * -mmxps: PDP-11-Options. (line 77)
16288 * -mno-cis: PDP-11-Options. (line 32)
16289 * -mno-csm: PDP-11-Options. (line 43)
16290 * -mno-eis: PDP-11-Options. (line 46)
16291 * -mno-extensions: PDP-11-Options. (line 29)
16292 * -mno-fis: PDP-11-Options. (line 51)
16293 * -mno-fp-11: PDP-11-Options. (line 56)
16294 * -mno-fpp: PDP-11-Options. (line 56)
16295 * -mno-fpu: PDP-11-Options. (line 56)
16296 * -mno-kev11: PDP-11-Options. (line 51)
16297 * -mno-limited-eis: PDP-11-Options. (line 64)
16298 * -mno-mfpt: PDP-11-Options. (line 70)
16299 * -mno-microcode: PDP-11-Options. (line 83)
16300 * -mno-mutiproc: PDP-11-Options. (line 73)
16301 * -mno-mxps: PDP-11-Options. (line 77)
16302 * -mno-pic: PDP-11-Options. (line 11)
16303 * -mno-spl: PDP-11-Options. (line 80)
16304 * -mno-sym32: MIPS Opts. (line 145)
16305 * -mpic: PDP-11-Options. (line 11)
16306 * -mrelax command line option, V850: V850 Options. (line 51)
16307 * -mshort: M68HC11-Opts. (line 27)
16308 * -mshort-double: M68HC11-Opts. (line 36)
16309 * -mspl: PDP-11-Options. (line 80)
16310 * -msym32: MIPS Opts. (line 145)
16311 * -mt11: PDP-11-Options. (line 130)
16312 * -mthumb command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 71)
16313 * -mthumb-interwork command line option, ARM: ARM Options. (line 76)
16314 * -mv850 command line option, V850: V850 Options. (line 23)
16315 * -mv850any command line option, V850: V850 Options. (line 41)
16316 * -mv850e command line option, V850: V850 Options. (line 29)
16317 * -mv850e1 command line option, V850: V850 Options. (line 35)
16318 * -N command line option, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 57)
16319 * -nIp option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 101)
16320 * -no-bitinst, M32R2: M32R-Opts. (line 54)
16321 * -no-construct-floats: MIPS Opts. (line 157)
16322 * -no-ignore-parallel-conflicts option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 93)
16323 * -no-mdebug command line option, Alpha: Alpha Options. (line 25)
16324 * -no-parallel option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 51)
16325 * -no-relax option, i960: Options-i960. (line 66)
16326 * -no-warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts option, M32RX: M32R-Opts.
16328 * -no-warn-unmatched-high option, M32R: M32R-Opts. (line 111)
16329 * -nocpp ignored (MIPS): MIPS Opts. (line 148)
16331 * -O option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 59)
16332 * -parallel option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 46)
16334 * -r800 command line option, Z80: Z80 Options. (line 41)
16335 * -relax command line option, Alpha: Alpha Options. (line 32)
16336 * -S, ignored on VAX: VAX-Opts. (line 11)
16337 * -t, ignored on VAX: VAX-Opts. (line 36)
16338 * -T, ignored on VAX: VAX-Opts. (line 11)
16340 * -V, redundant on VAX: VAX-Opts. (line 22)
16341 * -version: v. (line 6)
16343 * -warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 65)
16344 * -warn-unmatched-high option, M32R: M32R-Opts. (line 105)
16345 * -Wnp option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 83)
16346 * -Wnuh option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 117)
16347 * -Wp option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 75)
16348 * -wsigned_overflow command line option, V850: V850 Options. (line 9)
16349 * -Wuh option, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 114)
16350 * -wunsigned_overflow command line option, V850: V850 Options.
16352 * -x command line option, MMIX: MMIX-Opts. (line 44)
16353 * -z80 command line option, Z80: Z80 Options. (line 8)
16354 * -z8001 command line option, Z8000: Z8000 Options. (line 6)
16355 * -z8002 command line option, Z8000: Z8000 Options. (line 9)
16356 * . (symbol): Dot. (line 6)
16357 * .arch directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 164)
16358 * .big directive, M32RX: M32R-Directives. (line 88)
16359 * .cantunwind directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 87)
16360 * .cpu directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 160)
16361 * .eabi_attribute directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 172)
16362 * .fnend directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 78)
16363 * .fnstart directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 75)
16364 * .fpu directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 168)
16365 * .handlerdata directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 98)
16366 * .insn: MIPS insn. (line 6)
16367 * .little directive, M32RX: M32R-Directives. (line 82)
16368 * .ltorg directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 58)
16369 * .m32r directive, M32R: M32R-Directives. (line 66)
16370 * .m32r2 directive, M32R2: M32R-Directives. (line 77)
16371 * .m32rx directive, M32RX: M32R-Directives. (line 72)
16372 * .movsp directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 136)
16373 * .o: Object. (line 6)
16374 * .pad directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 131)
16375 * .param on HPPA: HPPA Directives. (line 19)
16376 * .personality directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 91)
16377 * .personalityindex directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 94)
16378 * .pool directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 72)
16379 * .save directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 107)
16380 * .set autoextend: MIPS autoextend. (line 6)
16381 * .set dsp: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
16383 * .set mdmx: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
16385 * .set mips3d: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
16387 * .set mipsN: MIPS ISA. (line 6)
16388 * .set mt: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
16390 * .set noautoextend: MIPS autoextend. (line 6)
16391 * .set nodsp: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
16393 * .set nomdmx: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
16395 * .set nomips3d: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
16397 * .set nomt: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
16399 * .set nosym32: MIPS symbol sizes. (line 6)
16400 * .set pop: MIPS option stack. (line 6)
16401 * .set push: MIPS option stack. (line 6)
16402 * .set sym32: MIPS symbol sizes. (line 6)
16403 * .setfp directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 139)
16404 * .unwind_raw directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 153)
16405 * .v850 directive, V850: V850 Directives. (line 14)
16406 * .v850e directive, V850: V850 Directives. (line 20)
16407 * .v850e1 directive, V850: V850 Directives. (line 26)
16408 * .z8001: Z8000 Directives. (line 11)
16409 * .z8002: Z8000 Directives. (line 15)
16410 * 16-bit code, i386: i386-16bit. (line 6)
16411 * 2byte directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 9)
16412 * 3byte directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 12)
16413 * 3DNow!, i386: i386-SIMD. (line 6)
16414 * 3DNow!, x86-64: i386-SIMD. (line 6)
16415 * 430 support: MSP430-Dependent. (line 6)
16416 * 4byte directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 15)
16417 * : (label): Statements. (line 30)
16418 * @word modifier, D10V: D10V-Word. (line 6)
16419 * \" (doublequote character): Strings. (line 43)
16420 * \\ (\ character): Strings. (line 40)
16421 * \b (backspace character): Strings. (line 15)
16422 * \DDD (octal character code): Strings. (line 30)
16423 * \f (formfeed character): Strings. (line 18)
16424 * \n (newline character): Strings. (line 21)
16425 * \r (carriage return character): Strings. (line 24)
16426 * \t (tab): Strings. (line 27)
16427 * \XD... (hex character code): Strings. (line 36)
16428 * _ opcode prefix: Xtensa Opcodes. (line 9)
16429 * a.out: Object. (line 6)
16430 * a.out symbol attributes: a.out Symbols. (line 6)
16431 * A_DIR environment variable, TIC54X: TIC54X-Env. (line 6)
16432 * ABI options, SH64: SH64 Options. (line 29)
16433 * ABORT directive: ABORT. (line 6)
16434 * abort directive: Abort. (line 6)
16435 * absolute section: Ld Sections. (line 29)
16436 * absolute-literals directive: Absolute Literals Directive.
16438 * ADDI instructions, relaxation: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
16440 * addition, permitted arguments: Infix Ops. (line 44)
16441 * addresses: Expressions. (line 6)
16442 * addresses, format of: Secs Background. (line 68)
16443 * addressing modes, D10V: D10V-Addressing. (line 6)
16444 * addressing modes, D30V: D30V-Addressing. (line 6)
16445 * addressing modes, H8/300: H8/300-Addressing. (line 6)
16446 * addressing modes, M680x0: M68K-Syntax. (line 21)
16447 * addressing modes, M68HC11: M68HC11-Syntax. (line 17)
16448 * addressing modes, SH: SH-Addressing. (line 6)
16449 * addressing modes, SH64: SH64-Addressing. (line 6)
16450 * addressing modes, Z8000: Z8000-Addressing. (line 6)
16451 * ADR reg,<label> pseudo op, ARM: ARM Opcodes. (line 25)
16452 * ADRL reg,<label> pseudo op, ARM: ARM Opcodes. (line 35)
16453 * advancing location counter: Org. (line 6)
16454 * align directive: Align. (line 6)
16455 * align directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 6)
16456 * align directive, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 9)
16457 * align directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 6)
16458 * alignment of branch targets: Xtensa Automatic Alignment.
16460 * alignment of ENTRY instructions: Xtensa Automatic Alignment.
16462 * alignment of LOOP instructions: Xtensa Automatic Alignment.
16464 * Alpha floating point (IEEE): Alpha Floating Point.
16466 * Alpha line comment character: Alpha-Chars. (line 6)
16467 * Alpha line separator: Alpha-Chars. (line 8)
16468 * Alpha notes: Alpha Notes. (line 6)
16469 * Alpha options: Alpha Options. (line 6)
16470 * Alpha registers: Alpha-Regs. (line 6)
16471 * Alpha relocations: Alpha-Relocs. (line 6)
16472 * Alpha support: Alpha-Dependent. (line 6)
16473 * Alpha Syntax: Alpha Options. (line 54)
16474 * Alpha-only directives: Alpha Directives. (line 10)
16475 * altered difference tables: Word. (line 12)
16476 * alternate syntax for the 680x0: M68K-Moto-Syntax. (line 6)
16477 * ARC floating point (IEEE): ARC Floating Point. (line 6)
16478 * ARC machine directives: ARC Directives. (line 6)
16479 * ARC opcodes: ARC Opcodes. (line 6)
16480 * ARC options (none): ARC Options. (line 6)
16481 * ARC register names: ARC-Regs. (line 6)
16482 * ARC special characters: ARC-Chars. (line 6)
16483 * ARC support: ARC-Dependent. (line 6)
16484 * arc5 arc5, ARC: ARC Options. (line 10)
16485 * arc6 arc6, ARC: ARC Options. (line 13)
16486 * arc7 arc7, ARC: ARC Options. (line 21)
16487 * arc8 arc8, ARC: ARC Options. (line 24)
16488 * arch directive, i386: i386-Arch. (line 6)
16489 * arch directive, M680x0: M68K-Directives. (line 22)
16490 * arch directive, x86-64: i386-Arch. (line 6)
16491 * architecture options, i960: Options-i960. (line 6)
16492 * architecture options, IP2022: IP2K-Opts. (line 9)
16493 * architecture options, IP2K: IP2K-Opts. (line 14)
16494 * architecture options, M16C: M32C-Opts. (line 12)
16495 * architecture options, M32C: M32C-Opts. (line 9)
16496 * architecture options, M32R: M32R-Opts. (line 21)
16497 * architecture options, M32R2: M32R-Opts. (line 17)
16498 * architecture options, M32RX: M32R-Opts. (line 9)
16499 * architecture options, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 103)
16500 * Architecture variant option, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 33)
16501 * architectures, PowerPC: PowerPC-Opts. (line 6)
16502 * architectures, SPARC: Sparc-Opts. (line 6)
16503 * arguments for addition: Infix Ops. (line 44)
16504 * arguments for subtraction: Infix Ops. (line 49)
16505 * arguments in expressions: Arguments. (line 6)
16506 * arithmetic functions: Operators. (line 6)
16507 * arithmetic operands: Arguments. (line 6)
16508 * arm directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 36)
16509 * ARM floating point (IEEE): ARM Floating Point. (line 6)
16510 * ARM identifiers: ARM-Chars. (line 15)
16511 * ARM immediate character: ARM-Chars. (line 13)
16512 * ARM line comment character: ARM-Chars. (line 6)
16513 * ARM line separator: ARM-Chars. (line 10)
16514 * ARM machine directives: ARM Directives. (line 6)
16515 * ARM opcodes: ARM Opcodes. (line 6)
16516 * ARM options (none): ARM Options. (line 6)
16517 * ARM register names: ARM-Regs. (line 6)
16518 * ARM support: ARM-Dependent. (line 6)
16519 * ascii directive: Ascii. (line 6)
16520 * asciz directive: Asciz. (line 6)
16521 * asg directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 20)
16522 * assembler bugs, reporting: Bug Reporting. (line 6)
16523 * assembler crash: Bug Criteria. (line 9)
16524 * assembler directive .arch, CRIS: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 45)
16525 * assembler directive .dword, CRIS: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 12)
16526 * assembler directive .far, M68HC11: M68HC11-Directives. (line 20)
16527 * assembler directive .interrupt, M68HC11: M68HC11-Directives.
16529 * assembler directive .mode, M68HC11: M68HC11-Directives. (line 16)
16530 * assembler directive .relax, M68HC11: M68HC11-Directives. (line 10)
16531 * assembler directive .syntax, CRIS: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 17)
16532 * assembler directive .xrefb, M68HC11: M68HC11-Directives. (line 31)
16533 * assembler directive BSPEC, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 131)
16534 * assembler directive BYTE, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 97)
16535 * assembler directive ESPEC, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 131)
16536 * assembler directive GREG, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 50)
16537 * assembler directive IS, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 42)
16538 * assembler directive LOC, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 7)
16539 * assembler directive LOCAL, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 28)
16540 * assembler directive OCTA, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
16541 * assembler directive PREFIX, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 120)
16542 * assembler directive TETRA, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
16543 * assembler directive WYDE, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
16544 * assembler directives, CRIS: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 6)
16545 * assembler directives, M68HC11: M68HC11-Directives. (line 6)
16546 * assembler directives, M68HC12: M68HC11-Directives. (line 6)
16547 * assembler directives, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 6)
16548 * assembler internal logic error: As Sections. (line 13)
16549 * assembler version: v. (line 6)
16550 * assembler, and linker: Secs Background. (line 10)
16551 * assembly listings, enabling: a. (line 6)
16552 * assigning values to symbols <1>: Equ. (line 6)
16553 * assigning values to symbols: Setting Symbols. (line 6)
16554 * atmp directive, i860: Directives-i860. (line 16)
16555 * att_syntax pseudo op, i386: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
16556 * att_syntax pseudo op, x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
16557 * attributes, symbol: Symbol Attributes. (line 6)
16558 * auxiliary attributes, COFF symbols: COFF Symbols. (line 19)
16559 * auxiliary symbol information, COFF: Dim. (line 6)
16560 * Av7: Sparc-Opts. (line 25)
16561 * backslash (\\): Strings. (line 40)
16562 * backspace (\b): Strings. (line 15)
16563 * balign directive: Balign. (line 6)
16564 * balignl directive: Balign. (line 27)
16565 * balignw directive: Balign. (line 27)
16566 * bes directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 197)
16567 * BFIN directives: BFIN Directives. (line 6)
16568 * BFIN syntax: BFIN Syntax. (line 6)
16569 * big endian output, MIPS: Overview. (line 606)
16570 * big endian output, PJ: Overview. (line 513)
16571 * big-endian output, MIPS: MIPS Opts. (line 13)
16572 * bignums: Bignums. (line 6)
16573 * binary constants, TIC54X: TIC54X-Constants. (line 8)
16574 * binary files, including: Incbin. (line 6)
16575 * binary integers: Integers. (line 6)
16576 * bit names, IA-64: IA-64-Bits. (line 6)
16577 * bitfields, not supported on VAX: VAX-no. (line 6)
16578 * Blackfin support: BFIN-Dependent. (line 6)
16579 * block: Z8000 Directives. (line 55)
16580 * branch improvement, M680x0: M68K-Branch. (line 6)
16581 * branch improvement, M68HC11: M68HC11-Branch. (line 6)
16582 * branch improvement, VAX: VAX-branch. (line 6)
16583 * branch instructions, relaxation: Xtensa Branch Relaxation.
16585 * branch recording, i960: Options-i960. (line 22)
16586 * branch statistics table, i960: Options-i960. (line 40)
16587 * branch target alignment: Xtensa Automatic Alignment.
16589 * break directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 143)
16590 * BSD syntax: PDP-11-Syntax. (line 6)
16591 * bss directive, i960: Directives-i960. (line 6)
16592 * bss directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 29)
16593 * bss section <1>: bss. (line 6)
16594 * bss section: Ld Sections. (line 20)
16595 * bug criteria: Bug Criteria. (line 6)
16596 * bug reports: Bug Reporting. (line 6)
16597 * bugs in assembler: Reporting Bugs. (line 6)
16598 * Built-in symbols, CRIS: CRIS-Symbols. (line 6)
16599 * builtin math functions, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 6)
16600 * builtin subsym functions, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 16)
16601 * bus lock prefixes, i386: i386-Prefixes. (line 36)
16602 * bval: Z8000 Directives. (line 30)
16603 * byte directive: Byte. (line 6)
16604 * byte directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 36)
16605 * C54XDSP_DIR environment variable, TIC54X: TIC54X-Env. (line 6)
16606 * c_mode directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 51)
16607 * call instructions, i386: i386-Mnemonics. (line 51)
16608 * call instructions, relaxation: Xtensa Call Relaxation.
16610 * call instructions, x86-64: i386-Mnemonics. (line 51)
16611 * callj, i960 pseudo-opcode: callj-i960. (line 6)
16612 * carriage return (\r): Strings. (line 24)
16613 * case sensitivity, Z80: Z80-Case. (line 6)
16614 * cfi_endproc directive: CFI directives. (line 14)
16615 * cfi_startproc directive: CFI directives. (line 6)
16616 * char directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 36)
16617 * character constant, Z80: Z80-Chars. (line 13)
16618 * character constants: Characters. (line 6)
16619 * character escape codes: Strings. (line 15)
16620 * character escapes, Z80: Z80-Chars. (line 11)
16621 * character, single: Chars. (line 6)
16622 * characters used in symbols: Symbol Intro. (line 6)
16623 * clink directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 45)
16624 * code directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 29)
16625 * code16 directive, i386: i386-16bit. (line 6)
16626 * code16gcc directive, i386: i386-16bit. (line 6)
16627 * code32 directive, i386: i386-16bit. (line 6)
16628 * code64 directive, i386: i386-16bit. (line 6)
16629 * code64 directive, x86-64: i386-16bit. (line 6)
16630 * COFF auxiliary symbol information: Dim. (line 6)
16631 * COFF structure debugging: Tag. (line 6)
16632 * COFF symbol attributes: COFF Symbols. (line 6)
16633 * COFF symbol descriptor: Desc. (line 6)
16634 * COFF symbol storage class: Scl. (line 6)
16635 * COFF symbol type: Type. (line 11)
16636 * COFF symbols, debugging: Def. (line 6)
16637 * COFF value attribute: Val. (line 6)
16638 * COMDAT: Linkonce. (line 6)
16639 * comm directive: Comm. (line 6)
16640 * command line conventions: Command Line. (line 6)
16641 * command line options, V850: V850 Options. (line 9)
16642 * command-line options ignored, VAX: VAX-Opts. (line 6)
16643 * comments: Comments. (line 6)
16644 * comments, M680x0: M68K-Chars. (line 6)
16645 * comments, removed by preprocessor: Preprocessing. (line 11)
16646 * common directive, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 12)
16647 * common sections: Linkonce. (line 6)
16648 * common variable storage: bss. (line 6)
16649 * compare and jump expansions, i960: Compare-and-branch-i960.
16651 * compare/branch instructions, i960: Compare-and-branch-i960.
16653 * comparison expressions: Infix Ops. (line 55)
16654 * conditional assembly: If. (line 6)
16655 * constant, single character: Chars. (line 6)
16656 * constants: Constants. (line 6)
16657 * constants, bignum: Bignums. (line 6)
16658 * constants, character: Characters. (line 6)
16659 * constants, converted by preprocessor: Preprocessing. (line 14)
16660 * constants, floating point: Flonums. (line 6)
16661 * constants, integer: Integers. (line 6)
16662 * constants, number: Numbers. (line 6)
16663 * constants, string: Strings. (line 6)
16664 * constants, TIC54X: TIC54X-Constants. (line 6)
16665 * conversion instructions, i386: i386-Mnemonics. (line 32)
16666 * conversion instructions, x86-64: i386-Mnemonics. (line 32)
16667 * coprocessor wait, i386: i386-Prefixes. (line 40)
16668 * copy directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 54)
16669 * cpu directive, M680x0: M68K-Directives. (line 30)
16670 * crash of assembler: Bug Criteria. (line 9)
16671 * CRIS --emulation=crisaout command line option: CRIS-Opts. (line 9)
16672 * CRIS --emulation=criself command line option: CRIS-Opts. (line 9)
16673 * CRIS --march=ARCHITECTURE command line option: CRIS-Opts. (line 33)
16674 * CRIS --mul-bug-abort command line option: CRIS-Opts. (line 61)
16675 * CRIS --no-mul-bug-abort command line option: CRIS-Opts. (line 61)
16676 * CRIS --no-underscore command line option: CRIS-Opts. (line 15)
16677 * CRIS --pic command line option: CRIS-Opts. (line 27)
16678 * CRIS --underscore command line option: CRIS-Opts. (line 15)
16679 * CRIS -N command line option: CRIS-Opts. (line 57)
16680 * CRIS architecture variant option: CRIS-Opts. (line 33)
16681 * CRIS assembler directive .arch: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 45)
16682 * CRIS assembler directive .dword: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 12)
16683 * CRIS assembler directive .syntax: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 17)
16684 * CRIS assembler directives: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 6)
16685 * CRIS built-in symbols: CRIS-Symbols. (line 6)
16686 * CRIS instruction expansion: CRIS-Expand. (line 6)
16687 * CRIS line comment characters: CRIS-Chars. (line 6)
16688 * CRIS options: CRIS-Opts. (line 6)
16689 * CRIS position-independent code: CRIS-Opts. (line 27)
16690 * CRIS pseudo-op .arch: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 45)
16691 * CRIS pseudo-op .dword: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 12)
16692 * CRIS pseudo-op .syntax: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 17)
16693 * CRIS pseudo-ops: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 6)
16694 * CRIS register names: CRIS-Regs. (line 6)
16695 * CRIS support: CRIS-Dependent. (line 6)
16696 * CRIS symbols in position-independent code: CRIS-Pic. (line 6)
16697 * ctbp register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 131)
16698 * ctoff pseudo-op, V850: V850 Opcodes. (line 111)
16699 * ctpc register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 119)
16700 * ctpsw register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 122)
16701 * current address: Dot. (line 6)
16702 * current address, advancing: Org. (line 6)
16703 * D10V @word modifier: D10V-Word. (line 6)
16704 * D10V addressing modes: D10V-Addressing. (line 6)
16705 * D10V floating point: D10V-Float. (line 6)
16706 * D10V line comment character: D10V-Chars. (line 6)
16707 * D10V opcode summary: D10V-Opcodes. (line 6)
16708 * D10V optimization: Overview. (line 391)
16709 * D10V options: D10V-Opts. (line 6)
16710 * D10V registers: D10V-Regs. (line 6)
16711 * D10V size modifiers: D10V-Size. (line 6)
16712 * D10V sub-instruction ordering: D10V-Chars. (line 6)
16713 * D10V sub-instructions: D10V-Subs. (line 6)
16714 * D10V support: D10V-Dependent. (line 6)
16715 * D10V syntax: D10V-Syntax. (line 6)
16716 * D30V addressing modes: D30V-Addressing. (line 6)
16717 * D30V floating point: D30V-Float. (line 6)
16718 * D30V Guarded Execution: D30V-Guarded. (line 6)
16719 * D30V line comment character: D30V-Chars. (line 6)
16720 * D30V nops: Overview. (line 399)
16721 * D30V nops after 32-bit multiply: Overview. (line 402)
16722 * D30V opcode summary: D30V-Opcodes. (line 6)
16723 * D30V optimization: Overview. (line 396)
16724 * D30V options: D30V-Opts. (line 6)
16725 * D30V registers: D30V-Regs. (line 6)
16726 * D30V size modifiers: D30V-Size. (line 6)
16727 * D30V sub-instruction ordering: D30V-Chars. (line 6)
16728 * D30V sub-instructions: D30V-Subs. (line 6)
16729 * D30V support: D30V-Dependent. (line 6)
16730 * D30V syntax: D30V-Syntax. (line 6)
16731 * data alignment on SPARC: Sparc-Aligned-Data. (line 6)
16732 * data and text sections, joining: R. (line 6)
16733 * data directive: Data. (line 6)
16734 * data directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 61)
16735 * data section: Ld Sections. (line 9)
16736 * data1 directive, M680x0: M68K-Directives. (line 9)
16737 * data2 directive, M680x0: M68K-Directives. (line 12)
16738 * datalabel, SH64: SH64-Addressing. (line 16)
16739 * dbpc register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 125)
16740 * dbpsw register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 128)
16741 * debuggers, and symbol order: Symbols. (line 10)
16742 * debugging COFF symbols: Def. (line 6)
16743 * DEC syntax: PDP-11-Syntax. (line 6)
16744 * decimal integers: Integers. (line 12)
16745 * def directive: Def. (line 6)
16746 * def directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 103)
16747 * density instructions: Density Instructions.
16749 * dependency tracking: MD. (line 6)
16750 * deprecated directives: Deprecated. (line 6)
16751 * desc directive: Desc. (line 6)
16752 * descriptor, of a.out symbol: Symbol Desc. (line 6)
16753 * dfloat directive, VAX: VAX-directives. (line 10)
16754 * difference tables altered: Word. (line 12)
16755 * difference tables, warning: K. (line 6)
16756 * differences, mmixal: MMIX-mmixal. (line 6)
16757 * dim directive: Dim. (line 6)
16758 * directives and instructions: Statements. (line 19)
16759 * directives for PowerPC: PowerPC-Pseudo. (line 6)
16760 * directives, BFIN: BFIN Directives. (line 6)
16761 * directives, M32R: M32R-Directives. (line 6)
16762 * directives, M680x0: M68K-Directives. (line 6)
16763 * directives, machine independent: Pseudo Ops. (line 6)
16764 * directives, Xtensa: Xtensa Directives. (line 6)
16765 * directives, Z8000: Z8000 Directives. (line 6)
16766 * displacement sizing character, VAX: VAX-operands. (line 12)
16767 * dollar local symbols: Symbol Names. (line 91)
16768 * dot (symbol): Dot. (line 6)
16769 * double directive: Double. (line 6)
16770 * double directive, i386: i386-Float. (line 14)
16771 * double directive, M680x0: M68K-Float. (line 14)
16772 * double directive, M68HC11: M68HC11-Float. (line 14)
16773 * double directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 64)
16774 * double directive, VAX: VAX-float. (line 15)
16775 * double directive, x86-64: i386-Float. (line 14)
16776 * doublequote (\"): Strings. (line 43)
16777 * drlist directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 73)
16778 * drnolist directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 73)
16779 * dual directive, i860: Directives-i860. (line 6)
16780 * ECOFF sections: MIPS Object. (line 6)
16781 * ecr register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 113)
16782 * eight-byte integer: Quad. (line 9)
16783 * eipc register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 101)
16784 * eipsw register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 104)
16785 * eject directive: Eject. (line 6)
16786 * ELF symbol type: Type. (line 22)
16787 * else directive: Else. (line 6)
16788 * elseif directive: Elseif. (line 6)
16789 * empty expressions: Empty Exprs. (line 6)
16790 * emsg directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 77)
16791 * emulation: Overview. (line 697)
16792 * end directive: End. (line 6)
16793 * enddual directive, i860: Directives-i860. (line 11)
16794 * endef directive: Endef. (line 6)
16795 * endfunc directive: Endfunc. (line 6)
16796 * endianness, MIPS: Overview. (line 606)
16797 * endianness, PJ: Overview. (line 513)
16798 * endif directive: Endif. (line 6)
16799 * endloop directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 143)
16800 * endm directive: Macro. (line 96)
16801 * endm directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 153)
16802 * endstruct directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 217)
16803 * endunion directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 251)
16804 * ENTRY instructions, alignment: Xtensa Automatic Alignment.
16806 * environment settings, TIC54X: TIC54X-Env. (line 6)
16807 * EOF, newline must precede: Statements. (line 13)
16808 * ep register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 95)
16809 * equ directive: Equ. (line 6)
16810 * equ directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 192)
16811 * equiv directive: Equiv. (line 6)
16812 * eqv directive: Eqv. (line 6)
16813 * err directive: Err. (line 6)
16814 * error directive: Error. (line 6)
16815 * error messages: Errors. (line 6)
16816 * error on valid input: Bug Criteria. (line 12)
16817 * errors, caused by warnings: W. (line 16)
16818 * errors, continuing after: Z. (line 6)
16819 * ESA/390 floating point (IEEE): ESA/390 Floating Point.
16821 * ESA/390 support: ESA/390-Dependent. (line 6)
16822 * ESA/390 Syntax: ESA/390 Options. (line 8)
16823 * ESA/390-only directives: ESA/390 Directives. (line 12)
16824 * escape codes, character: Strings. (line 15)
16825 * eval directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 24)
16826 * even: Z8000 Directives. (line 58)
16827 * even directive, M680x0: M68K-Directives. (line 15)
16828 * even directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 6)
16829 * exitm directive: Macro. (line 99)
16830 * expr (internal section): As Sections. (line 17)
16831 * expression arguments: Arguments. (line 6)
16832 * expressions: Expressions. (line 6)
16833 * expressions, comparison: Infix Ops. (line 55)
16834 * expressions, empty: Empty Exprs. (line 6)
16835 * expressions, integer: Integer Exprs. (line 6)
16836 * extAuxRegister directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 18)
16837 * extCondCode directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 41)
16838 * extCoreRegister directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 53)
16839 * extend directive M680x0: M68K-Float. (line 17)
16840 * extend directive M68HC11: M68HC11-Float. (line 17)
16841 * extended directive, i960: Directives-i960. (line 13)
16842 * extern directive: Extern. (line 6)
16843 * extInstruction directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 78)
16844 * fail directive: Fail. (line 6)
16845 * far_mode directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 82)
16846 * faster processing (-f): f. (line 6)
16847 * fatal signal: Bug Criteria. (line 9)
16848 * fclist directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 87)
16849 * fcnolist directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 87)
16850 * fepc register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 107)
16851 * fepsw register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 110)
16852 * ffloat directive, VAX: VAX-directives. (line 14)
16853 * field directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 91)
16854 * file directive <1>: File. (line 6)
16855 * file directive: LNS directives. (line 6)
16856 * file directive, MSP 430: MSP430 Directives. (line 6)
16857 * file name, logical: File. (line 6)
16858 * files, including: Include. (line 6)
16859 * files, input: Input Files. (line 6)
16860 * fill directive: Fill. (line 6)
16861 * filling memory <1>: Space. (line 6)
16862 * filling memory: Skip. (line 6)
16863 * FLIX syntax: Xtensa Syntax. (line 6)
16864 * float directive: Float. (line 6)
16865 * float directive, i386: i386-Float. (line 14)
16866 * float directive, M680x0: M68K-Float. (line 11)
16867 * float directive, M68HC11: M68HC11-Float. (line 11)
16868 * float directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 64)
16869 * float directive, VAX: VAX-float. (line 15)
16870 * float directive, x86-64: i386-Float. (line 14)
16871 * floating point numbers: Flonums. (line 6)
16872 * floating point numbers (double): Double. (line 6)
16873 * floating point numbers (single) <1>: Single. (line 6)
16874 * floating point numbers (single): Float. (line 6)
16875 * floating point, Alpha (IEEE): Alpha Floating Point.
16877 * floating point, ARC (IEEE): ARC Floating Point. (line 6)
16878 * floating point, ARM (IEEE): ARM Floating Point. (line 6)
16879 * floating point, D10V: D10V-Float. (line 6)
16880 * floating point, D30V: D30V-Float. (line 6)
16881 * floating point, ESA/390 (IEEE): ESA/390 Floating Point.
16883 * floating point, H8/300 (IEEE): H8/300 Floating Point.
16885 * floating point, HPPA (IEEE): HPPA Floating Point. (line 6)
16886 * floating point, i386: i386-Float. (line 6)
16887 * floating point, i960 (IEEE): Floating Point-i960. (line 6)
16888 * floating point, M680x0: M68K-Float. (line 6)
16889 * floating point, M68HC11: M68HC11-Float. (line 6)
16890 * floating point, MSP 430 (IEEE): MSP430 Floating Point.
16892 * floating point, SH (IEEE): SH Floating Point. (line 6)
16893 * floating point, SPARC (IEEE): Sparc-Float. (line 6)
16894 * floating point, V850 (IEEE): V850 Floating Point. (line 6)
16895 * floating point, VAX: VAX-float. (line 6)
16896 * floating point, x86-64: i386-Float. (line 6)
16897 * floating point, Z80: Z80 Floating Point. (line 6)
16898 * flonums: Flonums. (line 6)
16899 * force_thumb directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 39)
16900 * format of error messages: Errors. (line 24)
16901 * format of warning messages: Errors. (line 12)
16902 * formfeed (\f): Strings. (line 18)
16903 * func directive: Func. (line 6)
16904 * functions, in expressions: Operators. (line 6)
16905 * gbr960, i960 postprocessor: Options-i960. (line 40)
16906 * gfloat directive, VAX: VAX-directives. (line 18)
16907 * global: Z8000 Directives. (line 21)
16908 * global directive: Global. (line 6)
16909 * global directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 103)
16910 * gp register, MIPS: MIPS Object. (line 11)
16911 * gp register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 17)
16912 * grouping data: Sub-Sections. (line 6)
16913 * H8/300 addressing modes: H8/300-Addressing. (line 6)
16914 * H8/300 floating point (IEEE): H8/300 Floating Point.
16916 * H8/300 line comment character: H8/300-Chars. (line 6)
16917 * H8/300 line separator: H8/300-Chars. (line 8)
16918 * H8/300 machine directives (none): H8/300 Directives. (line 6)
16919 * H8/300 opcode summary: H8/300 Opcodes. (line 6)
16920 * H8/300 options (none): H8/300 Options. (line 6)
16921 * H8/300 registers: H8/300-Regs. (line 6)
16922 * H8/300 size suffixes: H8/300 Opcodes. (line 163)
16923 * H8/300 support: H8/300-Dependent. (line 6)
16924 * H8/300H, assembling for: H8/300 Directives. (line 8)
16925 * half directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 156)
16926 * half directive, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 17)
16927 * half directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 111)
16928 * hex character code (\XD...): Strings. (line 36)
16929 * hexadecimal integers: Integers. (line 15)
16930 * hexadecimal prefix, Z80: Z80-Chars. (line 8)
16931 * hfloat directive, VAX: VAX-directives. (line 22)
16932 * hi pseudo-op, V850: V850 Opcodes. (line 33)
16933 * hi0 pseudo-op, V850: V850 Opcodes. (line 10)
16934 * hidden directive: Hidden. (line 6)
16935 * high directive, M32R: M32R-Directives. (line 18)
16936 * hilo pseudo-op, V850: V850 Opcodes. (line 55)
16937 * HPPA directives not supported: HPPA Directives. (line 11)
16938 * HPPA floating point (IEEE): HPPA Floating Point. (line 6)
16939 * HPPA Syntax: HPPA Options. (line 8)
16940 * HPPA-only directives: HPPA Directives. (line 24)
16941 * hword directive: hword. (line 6)
16942 * i370 support: ESA/390-Dependent. (line 6)
16943 * i386 16-bit code: i386-16bit. (line 6)
16944 * i386 arch directive: i386-Arch. (line 6)
16945 * i386 att_syntax pseudo op: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
16946 * i386 conversion instructions: i386-Mnemonics. (line 32)
16947 * i386 floating point: i386-Float. (line 6)
16948 * i386 immediate operands: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
16949 * i386 instruction naming: i386-Mnemonics. (line 6)
16950 * i386 instruction prefixes: i386-Prefixes. (line 6)
16951 * i386 intel_syntax pseudo op: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
16952 * i386 jump optimization: i386-Jumps. (line 6)
16953 * i386 jump, call, return: i386-Syntax. (line 38)
16954 * i386 jump/call operands: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
16955 * i386 memory references: i386-Memory. (line 6)
16956 * i386 mul, imul instructions: i386-Notes. (line 6)
16957 * i386 options: i386-Options. (line 6)
16958 * i386 register operands: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
16959 * i386 registers: i386-Regs. (line 6)
16960 * i386 sections: i386-Syntax. (line 44)
16961 * i386 size suffixes: i386-Syntax. (line 29)
16962 * i386 source, destination operands: i386-Syntax. (line 22)
16963 * i386 support: i386-Dependent. (line 6)
16964 * i386 syntax compatibility: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
16965 * i80306 support: i386-Dependent. (line 6)
16966 * i860 machine directives: Directives-i860. (line 6)
16967 * i860 opcodes: Opcodes for i860. (line 6)
16968 * i860 support: i860-Dependent. (line 6)
16969 * i960 architecture options: Options-i960. (line 6)
16970 * i960 branch recording: Options-i960. (line 22)
16971 * i960 callj pseudo-opcode: callj-i960. (line 6)
16972 * i960 compare and jump expansions: Compare-and-branch-i960.
16974 * i960 compare/branch instructions: Compare-and-branch-i960.
16976 * i960 floating point (IEEE): Floating Point-i960. (line 6)
16977 * i960 machine directives: Directives-i960. (line 6)
16978 * i960 opcodes: Opcodes for i960. (line 6)
16979 * i960 options: Options-i960. (line 6)
16980 * i960 support: i960-Dependent. (line 6)
16981 * IA-64 line comment character: IA-64-Chars. (line 6)
16982 * IA-64 line separator: IA-64-Chars. (line 8)
16983 * IA-64 options: IA-64 Options. (line 6)
16984 * IA-64 Processor-status-Register bit names: IA-64-Bits. (line 6)
16985 * IA-64 registers: IA-64-Regs. (line 6)
16986 * IA-64 support: IA-64-Dependent. (line 6)
16987 * IA-64 Syntax: IA-64 Options. (line 96)
16988 * ident directive: Ident. (line 6)
16989 * identifiers, ARM: ARM-Chars. (line 15)
16990 * identifiers, MSP 430: MSP430-Chars. (line 8)
16991 * if directive: If. (line 6)
16992 * ifb directive: If. (line 21)
16993 * ifc directive: If. (line 25)
16994 * ifdef directive: If. (line 16)
16995 * ifeq directive: If. (line 33)
16996 * ifeqs directive: If. (line 36)
16997 * ifge directive: If. (line 40)
16998 * ifgt directive: If. (line 44)
16999 * ifle directive: If. (line 48)
17000 * iflt directive: If. (line 52)
17001 * ifnb directive: If. (line 56)
17002 * ifnc directive: If. (line 61)
17003 * ifndef directive: If. (line 65)
17004 * ifne directive: If. (line 72)
17005 * ifnes directive: If. (line 76)
17006 * ifnotdef directive: If. (line 65)
17007 * immediate character, ARM: ARM-Chars. (line 13)
17008 * immediate character, M680x0: M68K-Chars. (line 6)
17009 * immediate character, VAX: VAX-operands. (line 6)
17010 * immediate fields, relaxation: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17012 * immediate operands, i386: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
17013 * immediate operands, x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
17014 * imul instruction, i386: i386-Notes. (line 6)
17015 * imul instruction, x86-64: i386-Notes. (line 6)
17016 * incbin directive: Incbin. (line 6)
17017 * include directive: Include. (line 6)
17018 * include directive search path: I. (line 6)
17019 * indirect character, VAX: VAX-operands. (line 9)
17020 * infix operators: Infix Ops. (line 6)
17021 * inhibiting interrupts, i386: i386-Prefixes. (line 36)
17022 * input: Input Files. (line 6)
17023 * input file linenumbers: Input Files. (line 35)
17024 * instruction expansion, CRIS: CRIS-Expand. (line 6)
17025 * instruction expansion, MMIX: MMIX-Expand. (line 6)
17026 * instruction naming, i386: i386-Mnemonics. (line 6)
17027 * instruction naming, x86-64: i386-Mnemonics. (line 6)
17028 * instruction prefixes, i386: i386-Prefixes. (line 6)
17029 * instruction set, M680x0: M68K-opcodes. (line 6)
17030 * instruction set, M68HC11: M68HC11-opcodes. (line 6)
17031 * instruction summary, D10V: D10V-Opcodes. (line 6)
17032 * instruction summary, D30V: D30V-Opcodes. (line 6)
17033 * instruction summary, H8/300: H8/300 Opcodes. (line 6)
17034 * instruction summary, SH: SH Opcodes. (line 6)
17035 * instruction summary, SH64: SH64 Opcodes. (line 6)
17036 * instruction summary, Z8000: Z8000 Opcodes. (line 6)
17037 * instructions and directives: Statements. (line 19)
17038 * int directive: Int. (line 6)
17039 * int directive, H8/300: H8/300 Directives. (line 6)
17040 * int directive, i386: i386-Float. (line 21)
17041 * int directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 111)
17042 * int directive, x86-64: i386-Float. (line 21)
17043 * integer expressions: Integer Exprs. (line 6)
17044 * integer, 16-byte: Octa. (line 6)
17045 * integer, 8-byte: Quad. (line 9)
17046 * integers: Integers. (line 6)
17047 * integers, 16-bit: hword. (line 6)
17048 * integers, 32-bit: Int. (line 6)
17049 * integers, binary: Integers. (line 6)
17050 * integers, decimal: Integers. (line 12)
17051 * integers, hexadecimal: Integers. (line 15)
17052 * integers, octal: Integers. (line 9)
17053 * integers, one byte: Byte. (line 6)
17054 * intel_syntax pseudo op, i386: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
17055 * intel_syntax pseudo op, x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
17056 * internal assembler sections: As Sections. (line 6)
17057 * internal directive: Internal. (line 6)
17058 * invalid input: Bug Criteria. (line 14)
17059 * invocation summary: Overview. (line 6)
17060 * IP2K architecture options: IP2K-Opts. (line 9)
17061 * IP2K options: IP2K-Opts. (line 6)
17062 * IP2K support: IP2K-Dependent. (line 6)
17063 * irp directive: Irp. (line 6)
17064 * irpc directive: Irpc. (line 6)
17065 * ISA options, SH64: SH64 Options. (line 6)
17066 * joining text and data sections: R. (line 6)
17067 * jump instructions, i386: i386-Mnemonics. (line 51)
17068 * jump instructions, x86-64: i386-Mnemonics. (line 51)
17069 * jump optimization, i386: i386-Jumps. (line 6)
17070 * jump optimization, x86-64: i386-Jumps. (line 6)
17071 * jump/call operands, i386: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
17072 * jump/call operands, x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
17073 * L16SI instructions, relaxation: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17075 * L16UI instructions, relaxation: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17077 * L32I instructions, relaxation: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17079 * L8UI instructions, relaxation: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17081 * label (:): Statements. (line 30)
17082 * label directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 123)
17083 * labels: Labels. (line 6)
17084 * lcomm directive: Lcomm. (line 6)
17085 * ld: Object. (line 15)
17086 * ldouble directive M680x0: M68K-Float. (line 17)
17087 * ldouble directive M68HC11: M68HC11-Float. (line 17)
17088 * ldouble directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 64)
17089 * LDR reg,=<label> pseudo op, ARM: ARM Opcodes. (line 15)
17090 * leafproc directive, i960: Directives-i960. (line 18)
17091 * length directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 127)
17092 * length of symbols: Symbol Intro. (line 14)
17093 * lflags directive (ignored): Lflags. (line 6)
17094 * line comment character: Comments. (line 19)
17095 * line comment character, Alpha: Alpha-Chars. (line 6)
17096 * line comment character, ARM: ARM-Chars. (line 6)
17097 * line comment character, D10V: D10V-Chars. (line 6)
17098 * line comment character, D30V: D30V-Chars. (line 6)
17099 * line comment character, H8/300: H8/300-Chars. (line 6)
17100 * line comment character, IA-64: IA-64-Chars. (line 6)
17101 * line comment character, M680x0: M68K-Chars. (line 6)
17102 * line comment character, MSP 430: MSP430-Chars. (line 6)
17103 * line comment character, SH: SH-Chars. (line 6)
17104 * line comment character, SH64: SH64-Chars. (line 6)
17105 * line comment character, V850: V850-Chars. (line 6)
17106 * line comment character, Z80: Z80-Chars. (line 6)
17107 * line comment character, Z8000: Z8000-Chars. (line 6)
17108 * line comment characters, CRIS: CRIS-Chars. (line 6)
17109 * line comment characters, MMIX: MMIX-Chars. (line 6)
17110 * line directive: Line. (line 6)
17111 * line directive, MSP 430: MSP430 Directives. (line 14)
17112 * line numbers, in input files: Input Files. (line 35)
17113 * line numbers, in warnings/errors: Errors. (line 16)
17114 * line separator character: Statements. (line 6)
17115 * line separator, Alpha: Alpha-Chars. (line 8)
17116 * line separator, ARM: ARM-Chars. (line 10)
17117 * line separator, H8/300: H8/300-Chars. (line 8)
17118 * line separator, IA-64: IA-64-Chars. (line 8)
17119 * line separator, SH: SH-Chars. (line 8)
17120 * line separator, SH64: SH64-Chars. (line 8)
17121 * line separator, Z8000: Z8000-Chars. (line 8)
17122 * lines starting with #: Comments. (line 38)
17123 * linker: Object. (line 15)
17124 * linker, and assembler: Secs Background. (line 10)
17125 * linkonce directive: Linkonce. (line 6)
17126 * list directive: List. (line 6)
17127 * list directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 131)
17128 * listing control, turning off: Nolist. (line 6)
17129 * listing control, turning on: List. (line 6)
17130 * listing control: new page: Eject. (line 6)
17131 * listing control: paper size: Psize. (line 6)
17132 * listing control: subtitle: Sbttl. (line 6)
17133 * listing control: title line: Title. (line 6)
17134 * listings, enabling: a. (line 6)
17135 * literal directive: Literal Directive. (line 6)
17136 * literal_position directive: Literal Position Directive.
17138 * literal_prefix directive: Literal Prefix Directive.
17140 * little endian output, MIPS: Overview. (line 609)
17141 * little endian output, PJ: Overview. (line 516)
17142 * little-endian output, MIPS: MIPS Opts. (line 13)
17143 * ln directive: Ln. (line 6)
17144 * lo pseudo-op, V850: V850 Opcodes. (line 22)
17145 * loc directive: LNS directives. (line 19)
17146 * loc_mark_blocks directive: LNS directives. (line 50)
17147 * local common symbols: Lcomm. (line 6)
17148 * local labels, retaining in output: L. (line 6)
17149 * local symbol names: Symbol Names. (line 22)
17150 * location counter: Dot. (line 6)
17151 * location counter, advancing: Org. (line 6)
17152 * location counter, Z80: Z80-Chars. (line 8)
17153 * logical file name: File. (line 6)
17154 * logical line number: Line. (line 6)
17155 * logical line numbers: Comments. (line 38)
17156 * long directive: Long. (line 6)
17157 * long directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 159)
17158 * long directive, i386: i386-Float. (line 21)
17159 * long directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 135)
17160 * long directive, x86-64: i386-Float. (line 21)
17161 * longcall pseudo-op, V850: V850 Opcodes. (line 123)
17162 * longcalls directive: Longcalls Directive. (line 6)
17163 * longjump pseudo-op, V850: V850 Opcodes. (line 129)
17164 * loop directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 143)
17165 * LOOP instructions, alignment: Xtensa Automatic Alignment.
17167 * low directive, M32R: M32R-Directives. (line 9)
17168 * lp register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 98)
17169 * lval: Z8000 Directives. (line 27)
17170 * M16C architecture option: M32C-Opts. (line 12)
17171 * M32C architecture option: M32C-Opts. (line 9)
17172 * M32C modifiers: M32C-Modifiers. (line 6)
17173 * M32C options: M32C-Opts. (line 6)
17174 * M32C support: M32C-Dependent. (line 6)
17175 * M32R architecture options: M32R-Opts. (line 9)
17176 * M32R directives: M32R-Directives. (line 6)
17177 * M32R options: M32R-Opts. (line 6)
17178 * M32R support: M32R-Dependent. (line 6)
17179 * M32R warnings: M32R-Warnings. (line 6)
17180 * M680x0 addressing modes: M68K-Syntax. (line 21)
17181 * M680x0 architecture options: M68K-Opts. (line 103)
17182 * M680x0 branch improvement: M68K-Branch. (line 6)
17183 * M680x0 directives: M68K-Directives. (line 6)
17184 * M680x0 floating point: M68K-Float. (line 6)
17185 * M680x0 immediate character: M68K-Chars. (line 6)
17186 * M680x0 line comment character: M68K-Chars. (line 6)
17187 * M680x0 opcodes: M68K-opcodes. (line 6)
17188 * M680x0 options: M68K-Opts. (line 6)
17189 * M680x0 pseudo-opcodes: M68K-Branch. (line 6)
17190 * M680x0 size modifiers: M68K-Syntax. (line 8)
17191 * M680x0 support: M68K-Dependent. (line 6)
17192 * M680x0 syntax: M68K-Syntax. (line 8)
17193 * M68HC11 addressing modes: M68HC11-Syntax. (line 17)
17194 * M68HC11 and M68HC12 support: M68HC11-Dependent. (line 6)
17195 * M68HC11 assembler directive .far: M68HC11-Directives. (line 20)
17196 * M68HC11 assembler directive .interrupt: M68HC11-Directives. (line 26)
17197 * M68HC11 assembler directive .mode: M68HC11-Directives. (line 16)
17198 * M68HC11 assembler directive .relax: M68HC11-Directives. (line 10)
17199 * M68HC11 assembler directive .xrefb: M68HC11-Directives. (line 31)
17200 * M68HC11 assembler directives: M68HC11-Directives. (line 6)
17201 * M68HC11 branch improvement: M68HC11-Branch. (line 6)
17202 * M68HC11 floating point: M68HC11-Float. (line 6)
17203 * M68HC11 modifiers: M68HC11-Modifiers. (line 6)
17204 * M68HC11 opcodes: M68HC11-opcodes. (line 6)
17205 * M68HC11 options: M68HC11-Opts. (line 6)
17206 * M68HC11 pseudo-opcodes: M68HC11-Branch. (line 6)
17207 * M68HC11 syntax: M68HC11-Syntax. (line 6)
17208 * M68HC12 assembler directives: M68HC11-Directives. (line 6)
17209 * machine dependencies: Machine Dependencies.
17211 * machine directives, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 6)
17212 * machine directives, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 6)
17213 * machine directives, H8/300 (none): H8/300 Directives. (line 6)
17214 * machine directives, i860: Directives-i860. (line 6)
17215 * machine directives, i960: Directives-i960. (line 6)
17216 * machine directives, MSP 430: MSP430 Directives. (line 6)
17217 * machine directives, SH: SH Directives. (line 6)
17218 * machine directives, SH64: SH64 Directives. (line 9)
17219 * machine directives, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 6)
17220 * machine directives, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 6)
17221 * machine directives, V850: V850 Directives. (line 6)
17222 * machine directives, VAX: VAX-directives. (line 6)
17223 * machine independent directives: Pseudo Ops. (line 6)
17224 * machine instructions (not covered): Manual. (line 14)
17225 * machine-independent syntax: Syntax. (line 6)
17226 * macro directive: Macro. (line 28)
17227 * macro directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 153)
17228 * macros: Macro. (line 6)
17229 * macros, count executed: Macro. (line 101)
17230 * Macros, MSP 430: MSP430-Macros. (line 6)
17231 * macros, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 6)
17232 * make rules: MD. (line 6)
17233 * manual, structure and purpose: Manual. (line 6)
17234 * math builtins, TIC54X: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 6)
17235 * Maximum number of continuation lines: listing. (line 33)
17236 * memory references, i386: i386-Memory. (line 6)
17237 * memory references, x86-64: i386-Memory. (line 6)
17238 * memory-mapped registers, TIC54X: TIC54X-MMRegs. (line 6)
17239 * merging text and data sections: R. (line 6)
17240 * messages from assembler: Errors. (line 6)
17241 * minus, permitted arguments: Infix Ops. (line 49)
17242 * MIPS architecture options: MIPS Opts. (line 20)
17243 * MIPS big-endian output: MIPS Opts. (line 13)
17244 * MIPS debugging directives: MIPS Stabs. (line 6)
17245 * MIPS DSP instruction generation override: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
17247 * MIPS ECOFF sections: MIPS Object. (line 6)
17248 * MIPS endianness: Overview. (line 606)
17249 * MIPS ISA: Overview. (line 612)
17250 * MIPS ISA override: MIPS ISA. (line 6)
17251 * MIPS little-endian output: MIPS Opts. (line 13)
17252 * MIPS MDMX instruction generation override: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
17254 * MIPS MIPS-3D instruction generation override: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
17256 * MIPS MT instruction generation override: MIPS ASE instruction generation overrides.
17258 * MIPS option stack: MIPS option stack. (line 6)
17259 * MIPS processor: MIPS-Dependent. (line 6)
17260 * MIT: M68K-Syntax. (line 6)
17261 * mlib directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 159)
17262 * mlist directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 164)
17263 * MMIX assembler directive BSPEC: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 131)
17264 * MMIX assembler directive BYTE: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 97)
17265 * MMIX assembler directive ESPEC: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 131)
17266 * MMIX assembler directive GREG: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 50)
17267 * MMIX assembler directive IS: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 42)
17268 * MMIX assembler directive LOC: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 7)
17269 * MMIX assembler directive LOCAL: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 28)
17270 * MMIX assembler directive OCTA: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
17271 * MMIX assembler directive PREFIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 120)
17272 * MMIX assembler directive TETRA: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
17273 * MMIX assembler directive WYDE: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
17274 * MMIX assembler directives: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 6)
17275 * MMIX line comment characters: MMIX-Chars. (line 6)
17276 * MMIX options: MMIX-Opts. (line 6)
17277 * MMIX pseudo-op BSPEC: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 131)
17278 * MMIX pseudo-op BYTE: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 97)
17279 * MMIX pseudo-op ESPEC: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 131)
17280 * MMIX pseudo-op GREG: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 50)
17281 * MMIX pseudo-op IS: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 42)
17282 * MMIX pseudo-op LOC: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 7)
17283 * MMIX pseudo-op LOCAL: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 28)
17284 * MMIX pseudo-op OCTA: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
17285 * MMIX pseudo-op PREFIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 120)
17286 * MMIX pseudo-op TETRA: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
17287 * MMIX pseudo-op WYDE: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
17288 * MMIX pseudo-ops: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 6)
17289 * MMIX register names: MMIX-Regs. (line 6)
17290 * MMIX support: MMIX-Dependent. (line 6)
17291 * mmixal differences: MMIX-mmixal. (line 6)
17292 * mmregs directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 170)
17293 * mmsg directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 77)
17294 * MMX, i386: i386-SIMD. (line 6)
17295 * MMX, x86-64: i386-SIMD. (line 6)
17296 * mnemonic suffixes, i386: i386-Syntax. (line 29)
17297 * mnemonic suffixes, x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 29)
17298 * mnemonics for opcodes, VAX: VAX-opcodes. (line 6)
17299 * mnemonics, D10V: D10V-Opcodes. (line 6)
17300 * mnemonics, D30V: D30V-Opcodes. (line 6)
17301 * mnemonics, H8/300: H8/300 Opcodes. (line 6)
17302 * mnemonics, SH: SH Opcodes. (line 6)
17303 * mnemonics, SH64: SH64 Opcodes. (line 6)
17304 * mnemonics, Z8000: Z8000 Opcodes. (line 6)
17305 * mnolist directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 164)
17306 * Motorola syntax for the 680x0: M68K-Moto-Syntax. (line 6)
17307 * MOVI instructions, relaxation: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17309 * MRI compatibility mode: M. (line 6)
17310 * mri directive: MRI. (line 6)
17311 * MRI mode, temporarily: MRI. (line 6)
17312 * MSP 430 floating point (IEEE): MSP430 Floating Point.
17314 * MSP 430 identifiers: MSP430-Chars. (line 8)
17315 * MSP 430 line comment character: MSP430-Chars. (line 6)
17316 * MSP 430 machine directives: MSP430 Directives. (line 6)
17317 * MSP 430 macros: MSP430-Macros. (line 6)
17318 * MSP 430 opcodes: MSP430 Opcodes. (line 6)
17319 * MSP 430 options (none): MSP430 Options. (line 6)
17320 * MSP 430 profiling capability: MSP430 Profiling Capability.
17322 * MSP 430 register names: MSP430-Regs. (line 6)
17323 * MSP 430 support: MSP430-Dependent. (line 6)
17324 * MSP430 Assembler Extensions: MSP430-Ext. (line 6)
17325 * mul instruction, i386: i386-Notes. (line 6)
17326 * mul instruction, x86-64: i386-Notes. (line 6)
17327 * name: Z8000 Directives. (line 18)
17328 * named section: Section. (line 6)
17329 * named sections: Ld Sections. (line 8)
17330 * names, symbol: Symbol Names. (line 6)
17331 * naming object file: o. (line 6)
17332 * new page, in listings: Eject. (line 6)
17333 * newblock directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 176)
17334 * newline (\n): Strings. (line 21)
17335 * newline, required at file end: Statements. (line 13)
17336 * no-absolute-literals directive: Absolute Literals Directive.
17338 * no-longcalls directive: Longcalls Directive. (line 6)
17339 * no-schedule directive: Schedule Directive. (line 6)
17340 * no-transform directive: Transform Directive. (line 6)
17341 * nolist directive: Nolist. (line 6)
17342 * nolist directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 131)
17343 * NOP pseudo op, ARM: ARM Opcodes. (line 9)
17344 * notes for Alpha: Alpha Notes. (line 6)
17345 * null-terminated strings: Asciz. (line 6)
17346 * number constants: Numbers. (line 6)
17347 * number of macros executed: Macro. (line 101)
17348 * numbered subsections: Sub-Sections. (line 6)
17349 * numbers, 16-bit: hword. (line 6)
17350 * numeric values: Expressions. (line 6)
17351 * nword directive, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 20)
17352 * object file: Object. (line 6)
17353 * object file format: Object Formats. (line 6)
17354 * object file name: o. (line 6)
17355 * object file, after errors: Z. (line 6)
17356 * obsolescent directives: Deprecated. (line 6)
17357 * octa directive: Octa. (line 6)
17358 * octal character code (\DDD): Strings. (line 30)
17359 * octal integers: Integers. (line 9)
17360 * offset directive, V850: V850 Directives. (line 6)
17361 * opcode mnemonics, VAX: VAX-opcodes. (line 6)
17362 * opcode names, Xtensa: Xtensa Opcodes. (line 6)
17363 * opcode summary, D10V: D10V-Opcodes. (line 6)
17364 * opcode summary, D30V: D30V-Opcodes. (line 6)
17365 * opcode summary, H8/300: H8/300 Opcodes. (line 6)
17366 * opcode summary, SH: SH Opcodes. (line 6)
17367 * opcode summary, SH64: SH64 Opcodes. (line 6)
17368 * opcode summary, Z8000: Z8000 Opcodes. (line 6)
17369 * opcodes for ARC: ARC Opcodes. (line 6)
17370 * opcodes for ARM: ARM Opcodes. (line 6)
17371 * opcodes for MSP 430: MSP430 Opcodes. (line 6)
17372 * opcodes for V850: V850 Opcodes. (line 6)
17373 * opcodes, i860: Opcodes for i860. (line 6)
17374 * opcodes, i960: Opcodes for i960. (line 6)
17375 * opcodes, M680x0: M68K-opcodes. (line 6)
17376 * opcodes, M68HC11: M68HC11-opcodes. (line 6)
17377 * operand delimiters, i386: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
17378 * operand delimiters, x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
17379 * operand notation, VAX: VAX-operands. (line 6)
17380 * operands in expressions: Arguments. (line 6)
17381 * operator precedence: Infix Ops. (line 11)
17382 * operators, in expressions: Operators. (line 6)
17383 * operators, permitted arguments: Infix Ops. (line 6)
17384 * optimization, D10V: Overview. (line 391)
17385 * optimization, D30V: Overview. (line 396)
17386 * optimizations: Xtensa Optimizations.
17388 * option directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 162)
17389 * option directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 180)
17390 * option summary: Overview. (line 6)
17391 * options for Alpha: Alpha Options. (line 6)
17392 * options for ARC (none): ARC Options. (line 6)
17393 * options for ARM (none): ARM Options. (line 6)
17394 * options for i386: i386-Options. (line 6)
17395 * options for IA-64: IA-64 Options. (line 6)
17396 * options for MSP430 (none): MSP430 Options. (line 6)
17397 * options for PDP-11: PDP-11-Options. (line 6)
17398 * options for PowerPC: PowerPC-Opts. (line 6)
17399 * options for SPARC: Sparc-Opts. (line 6)
17400 * options for V850 (none): V850 Options. (line 6)
17401 * options for VAX/VMS: VAX-Opts. (line 42)
17402 * options for x86-64: i386-Options. (line 6)
17403 * options for Z80: Z80 Options. (line 6)
17404 * options, all versions of assembler: Invoking. (line 6)
17405 * options, command line: Command Line. (line 13)
17406 * options, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 6)
17407 * options, D10V: D10V-Opts. (line 6)
17408 * options, D30V: D30V-Opts. (line 6)
17409 * options, H8/300 (none): H8/300 Options. (line 6)
17410 * options, i960: Options-i960. (line 6)
17411 * options, IP2K: IP2K-Opts. (line 6)
17412 * options, M32C: M32C-Opts. (line 6)
17413 * options, M32R: M32R-Opts. (line 6)
17414 * options, M680x0: M68K-Opts. (line 6)
17415 * options, M68HC11: M68HC11-Opts. (line 6)
17416 * options, MMIX: MMIX-Opts. (line 6)
17417 * options, PJ: PJ Options. (line 6)
17418 * options, SH: SH Options. (line 6)
17419 * options, SH64: SH64 Options. (line 6)
17420 * options, TIC54X: TIC54X-Opts. (line 6)
17421 * options, Z8000: Z8000 Options. (line 6)
17422 * org directive: Org. (line 6)
17423 * other attribute, of a.out symbol: Symbol Other. (line 6)
17424 * output file: Object. (line 6)
17425 * p2align directive: P2align. (line 6)
17426 * p2alignl directive: P2align. (line 28)
17427 * p2alignw directive: P2align. (line 28)
17428 * padding the location counter: Align. (line 6)
17429 * padding the location counter given a power of two: P2align. (line 6)
17430 * padding the location counter given number of bytes: Balign. (line 6)
17431 * page, in listings: Eject. (line 6)
17432 * paper size, for listings: Psize. (line 6)
17433 * paths for .include: I. (line 6)
17434 * patterns, writing in memory: Fill. (line 6)
17435 * PDP-11 comments: PDP-11-Syntax. (line 16)
17436 * PDP-11 floating-point register syntax: PDP-11-Syntax. (line 13)
17437 * PDP-11 general-purpose register syntax: PDP-11-Syntax. (line 10)
17438 * PDP-11 instruction naming: PDP-11-Mnemonics. (line 6)
17439 * PDP-11 support: PDP-11-Dependent. (line 6)
17440 * PDP-11 syntax: PDP-11-Syntax. (line 6)
17441 * PIC code generation for ARM: ARM Options. (line 120)
17442 * PIC code generation for M32R: M32R-Opts. (line 42)
17443 * PJ endianness: Overview. (line 513)
17444 * PJ options: PJ Options. (line 6)
17445 * PJ support: PJ-Dependent. (line 6)
17446 * plus, permitted arguments: Infix Ops. (line 44)
17447 * popsection directive: PopSection. (line 6)
17448 * Position-independent code, CRIS: CRIS-Opts. (line 27)
17449 * Position-independent code, symbols in, CRIS: CRIS-Pic. (line 6)
17450 * PowerPC architectures: PowerPC-Opts. (line 6)
17451 * PowerPC directives: PowerPC-Pseudo. (line 6)
17452 * PowerPC options: PowerPC-Opts. (line 6)
17453 * PowerPC support: PPC-Dependent. (line 6)
17454 * precedence of operators: Infix Ops. (line 11)
17455 * precision, floating point: Flonums. (line 6)
17456 * prefix operators: Prefix Ops. (line 6)
17457 * prefixes, i386: i386-Prefixes. (line 6)
17458 * preprocessing: Preprocessing. (line 6)
17459 * preprocessing, turning on and off: Preprocessing. (line 27)
17460 * previous directive: Previous. (line 6)
17461 * primary attributes, COFF symbols: COFF Symbols. (line 13)
17462 * print directive: Print. (line 6)
17463 * proc directive, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 25)
17464 * profiler directive, MSP 430: MSP430 Directives. (line 22)
17465 * profiling capability for MSP 430: MSP430 Profiling Capability.
17467 * protected directive: Protected. (line 6)
17468 * pseudo-op .arch, CRIS: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 45)
17469 * pseudo-op .dword, CRIS: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 12)
17470 * pseudo-op .syntax, CRIS: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 17)
17471 * pseudo-op BSPEC, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 131)
17472 * pseudo-op BYTE, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 97)
17473 * pseudo-op ESPEC, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 131)
17474 * pseudo-op GREG, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 50)
17475 * pseudo-op IS, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 42)
17476 * pseudo-op LOC, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 7)
17477 * pseudo-op LOCAL, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 28)
17478 * pseudo-op OCTA, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
17479 * pseudo-op PREFIX, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 120)
17480 * pseudo-op TETRA, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
17481 * pseudo-op WYDE, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 108)
17482 * pseudo-opcodes, M680x0: M68K-Branch. (line 6)
17483 * pseudo-opcodes, M68HC11: M68HC11-Branch. (line 6)
17484 * pseudo-ops for branch, VAX: VAX-branch. (line 6)
17485 * pseudo-ops, CRIS: CRIS-Pseudos. (line 6)
17486 * pseudo-ops, machine independent: Pseudo Ops. (line 6)
17487 * pseudo-ops, MMIX: MMIX-Pseudos. (line 6)
17488 * psize directive: Psize. (line 6)
17489 * PSR bits: IA-64-Bits. (line 6)
17490 * pstring directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 209)
17491 * psw register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 116)
17492 * purgem directive: Purgem. (line 6)
17493 * purpose of GNU assembler: GNU Assembler. (line 12)
17494 * pushsection directive: PushSection. (line 6)
17495 * quad directive: Quad. (line 6)
17496 * quad directive, i386: i386-Float. (line 21)
17497 * quad directive, x86-64: i386-Float. (line 21)
17498 * real-mode code, i386: i386-16bit. (line 6)
17499 * ref directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 103)
17500 * register directive, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 29)
17501 * register names, Alpha: Alpha-Regs. (line 6)
17502 * register names, ARC: ARC-Regs. (line 6)
17503 * register names, ARM: ARM-Regs. (line 6)
17504 * register names, CRIS: CRIS-Regs. (line 6)
17505 * register names, H8/300: H8/300-Regs. (line 6)
17506 * register names, IA-64: IA-64-Regs. (line 6)
17507 * register names, MMIX: MMIX-Regs. (line 6)
17508 * register names, MSP 430: MSP430-Regs. (line 6)
17509 * register names, V850: V850-Regs. (line 6)
17510 * register names, VAX: VAX-operands. (line 17)
17511 * register names, Xtensa: Xtensa Registers. (line 6)
17512 * register names, Z80: Z80-Regs. (line 6)
17513 * register operands, i386: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
17514 * register operands, x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
17515 * registers, D10V: D10V-Regs. (line 6)
17516 * registers, D30V: D30V-Regs. (line 6)
17517 * registers, i386: i386-Regs. (line 6)
17518 * registers, SH: SH-Regs. (line 6)
17519 * registers, SH64: SH64-Regs. (line 6)
17520 * registers, TIC54X memory-mapped: TIC54X-MMRegs. (line 6)
17521 * registers, x86-64: i386-Regs. (line 6)
17522 * registers, Z8000: Z8000-Regs. (line 6)
17523 * relaxation: Xtensa Relaxation. (line 6)
17524 * relaxation of ADDI instructions: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17526 * relaxation of branch instructions: Xtensa Branch Relaxation.
17528 * relaxation of call instructions: Xtensa Call Relaxation.
17530 * relaxation of immediate fields: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17532 * relaxation of L16SI instructions: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17534 * relaxation of L16UI instructions: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17536 * relaxation of L32I instructions: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17538 * relaxation of L8UI instructions: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17540 * relaxation of MOVI instructions: Xtensa Immediate Relaxation.
17542 * relocation: Sections. (line 6)
17543 * relocation example: Ld Sections. (line 40)
17544 * relocations, Alpha: Alpha-Relocs. (line 6)
17545 * repeat prefixes, i386: i386-Prefixes. (line 44)
17546 * reporting bugs in assembler: Reporting Bugs. (line 6)
17547 * rept directive: Rept. (line 6)
17548 * req directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 13)
17549 * reserve directive, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 39)
17550 * return instructions, i386: i386-Syntax. (line 38)
17551 * return instructions, x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 38)
17552 * REX prefixes, i386: i386-Prefixes. (line 46)
17553 * rsect: Z8000 Directives. (line 52)
17554 * sblock directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 183)
17555 * sbttl directive: Sbttl. (line 6)
17556 * schedule directive: Schedule Directive. (line 6)
17557 * scl directive: Scl. (line 6)
17558 * sdaoff pseudo-op, V850: V850 Opcodes. (line 65)
17559 * search path for .include: I. (line 6)
17560 * sect directive, MSP 430: MSP430 Directives. (line 18)
17561 * sect directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 189)
17562 * section directive (COFF version): Section. (line 16)
17563 * section directive (ELF version): Section. (line 67)
17564 * section directive, V850: V850 Directives. (line 9)
17565 * section override prefixes, i386: i386-Prefixes. (line 23)
17566 * Section Stack <1>: SubSection. (line 6)
17567 * Section Stack <2>: Section. (line 62)
17568 * Section Stack <3>: PushSection. (line 6)
17569 * Section Stack <4>: PopSection. (line 6)
17570 * Section Stack: Previous. (line 6)
17571 * section-relative addressing: Secs Background. (line 68)
17572 * sections: Sections. (line 6)
17573 * sections in messages, internal: As Sections. (line 6)
17574 * sections, i386: i386-Syntax. (line 44)
17575 * sections, named: Ld Sections. (line 8)
17576 * sections, x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 44)
17577 * seg directive, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 44)
17578 * segm: Z8000 Directives. (line 10)
17579 * set directive: Set. (line 6)
17580 * set directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 192)
17581 * SH addressing modes: SH-Addressing. (line 6)
17582 * SH floating point (IEEE): SH Floating Point. (line 6)
17583 * SH line comment character: SH-Chars. (line 6)
17584 * SH line separator: SH-Chars. (line 8)
17585 * SH machine directives: SH Directives. (line 6)
17586 * SH opcode summary: SH Opcodes. (line 6)
17587 * SH options: SH Options. (line 6)
17588 * SH registers: SH-Regs. (line 6)
17589 * SH support: SH-Dependent. (line 6)
17590 * SH64 ABI options: SH64 Options. (line 29)
17591 * SH64 addressing modes: SH64-Addressing. (line 6)
17592 * SH64 ISA options: SH64 Options. (line 6)
17593 * SH64 line comment character: SH64-Chars. (line 6)
17594 * SH64 line separator: SH64-Chars. (line 8)
17595 * SH64 machine directives: SH64 Directives. (line 9)
17596 * SH64 opcode summary: SH64 Opcodes. (line 6)
17597 * SH64 options: SH64 Options. (line 6)
17598 * SH64 registers: SH64-Regs. (line 6)
17599 * SH64 support: SH64-Dependent. (line 6)
17600 * shigh directive, M32R: M32R-Directives. (line 26)
17601 * short directive: Short. (line 6)
17602 * short directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 171)
17603 * short directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 111)
17604 * SIMD, i386: i386-SIMD. (line 6)
17605 * SIMD, x86-64: i386-SIMD. (line 6)
17606 * single character constant: Chars. (line 6)
17607 * single directive: Single. (line 6)
17608 * single directive, i386: i386-Float. (line 14)
17609 * single directive, x86-64: i386-Float. (line 14)
17610 * single quote, Z80: Z80-Chars. (line 13)
17611 * sixteen bit integers: hword. (line 6)
17612 * sixteen byte integer: Octa. (line 6)
17613 * size directive (COFF version): Size. (line 11)
17614 * size directive (ELF version): Size. (line 19)
17615 * size modifiers, D10V: D10V-Size. (line 6)
17616 * size modifiers, D30V: D30V-Size. (line 6)
17617 * size modifiers, M680x0: M68K-Syntax. (line 8)
17618 * size prefixes, i386: i386-Prefixes. (line 27)
17619 * size suffixes, H8/300: H8/300 Opcodes. (line 163)
17620 * sizes operands, i386: i386-Syntax. (line 29)
17621 * sizes operands, x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 29)
17622 * skip directive: Skip. (line 6)
17623 * skip directive, M680x0: M68K-Directives. (line 19)
17624 * skip directive, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 48)
17625 * sleb128 directive: Sleb128. (line 6)
17626 * small objects, MIPS ECOFF: MIPS Object. (line 11)
17627 * SOM symbol attributes: SOM Symbols. (line 6)
17628 * source program: Input Files. (line 6)
17629 * source, destination operands; i386: i386-Syntax. (line 22)
17630 * source, destination operands; x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 22)
17631 * sp register: Xtensa Registers. (line 6)
17632 * sp register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 14)
17633 * space directive: Space. (line 6)
17634 * space directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 197)
17635 * space used, maximum for assembly: statistics. (line 6)
17636 * SPARC architectures: Sparc-Opts. (line 6)
17637 * SPARC data alignment: Sparc-Aligned-Data. (line 6)
17638 * SPARC floating point (IEEE): Sparc-Float. (line 6)
17639 * SPARC machine directives: Sparc-Directives. (line 6)
17640 * SPARC options: Sparc-Opts. (line 6)
17641 * SPARC support: Sparc-Dependent. (line 6)
17642 * special characters, ARC: ARC-Chars. (line 6)
17643 * special characters, M680x0: M68K-Chars. (line 6)
17644 * special purpose registers, MSP 430: MSP430-Regs. (line 11)
17645 * sslist directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 204)
17646 * ssnolist directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 204)
17647 * stabd directive: Stab. (line 38)
17648 * stabn directive: Stab. (line 48)
17649 * stabs directive: Stab. (line 51)
17650 * stabX directives: Stab. (line 6)
17651 * standard assembler sections: Secs Background. (line 27)
17652 * standard input, as input file: Command Line. (line 10)
17653 * statement separator character: Statements. (line 6)
17654 * statement separator, Alpha: Alpha-Chars. (line 8)
17655 * statement separator, ARM: ARM-Chars. (line 10)
17656 * statement separator, H8/300: H8/300-Chars. (line 8)
17657 * statement separator, IA-64: IA-64-Chars. (line 8)
17658 * statement separator, SH: SH-Chars. (line 8)
17659 * statement separator, SH64: SH64-Chars. (line 8)
17660 * statement separator, Z8000: Z8000-Chars. (line 8)
17661 * statements, structure of: Statements. (line 6)
17662 * statistics, about assembly: statistics. (line 6)
17663 * stopping the assembly: Abort. (line 6)
17664 * string constants: Strings. (line 6)
17665 * string directive: String. (line 6)
17666 * string directive on HPPA: HPPA Directives. (line 137)
17667 * string directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 209)
17668 * string literals: Ascii. (line 6)
17669 * string, copying to object file: String. (line 6)
17670 * struct directive: Struct. (line 6)
17671 * struct directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 217)
17672 * structure debugging, COFF: Tag. (line 6)
17673 * sub-instruction ordering, D10V: D10V-Chars. (line 6)
17674 * sub-instruction ordering, D30V: D30V-Chars. (line 6)
17675 * sub-instructions, D10V: D10V-Subs. (line 6)
17676 * sub-instructions, D30V: D30V-Subs. (line 6)
17677 * subexpressions: Arguments. (line 24)
17678 * subsection directive: SubSection. (line 6)
17679 * subsym builtins, TIC54X: TIC54X-Macros. (line 16)
17680 * subtitles for listings: Sbttl. (line 6)
17681 * subtraction, permitted arguments: Infix Ops. (line 49)
17682 * summary of options: Overview. (line 6)
17683 * support: HPPA-Dependent. (line 6)
17684 * supporting files, including: Include. (line 6)
17685 * suppressing warnings: W. (line 11)
17686 * sval: Z8000 Directives. (line 33)
17687 * symbol attributes: Symbol Attributes. (line 6)
17688 * symbol attributes, a.out: a.out Symbols. (line 6)
17689 * symbol attributes, COFF: COFF Symbols. (line 6)
17690 * symbol attributes, SOM: SOM Symbols. (line 6)
17691 * symbol descriptor, COFF: Desc. (line 6)
17692 * symbol modifiers <1>: M68HC11-Modifiers. (line 12)
17693 * symbol modifiers: M32C-Modifiers. (line 11)
17694 * symbol names: Symbol Names. (line 6)
17695 * symbol names, $ in <1>: SH64-Chars. (line 10)
17696 * symbol names, $ in <2>: SH-Chars. (line 10)
17697 * symbol names, $ in <3>: D30V-Chars. (line 63)
17698 * symbol names, $ in: D10V-Chars. (line 46)
17699 * symbol names, local: Symbol Names. (line 22)
17700 * symbol names, temporary: Symbol Names. (line 22)
17701 * symbol storage class (COFF): Scl. (line 6)
17702 * symbol type: Symbol Type. (line 6)
17703 * symbol type, COFF: Type. (line 11)
17704 * symbol type, ELF: Type. (line 22)
17705 * symbol value: Symbol Value. (line 6)
17706 * symbol value, setting: Set. (line 6)
17707 * symbol values, assigning: Setting Symbols. (line 6)
17708 * symbol versioning: Symver. (line 6)
17709 * symbol, common: Comm. (line 6)
17710 * symbol, making visible to linker: Global. (line 6)
17711 * symbolic debuggers, information for: Stab. (line 6)
17712 * symbols: Symbols. (line 6)
17713 * Symbols in position-independent code, CRIS: CRIS-Pic. (line 6)
17714 * symbols with uppercase, VAX/VMS: VAX-Opts. (line 42)
17715 * symbols, assigning values to: Equ. (line 6)
17716 * Symbols, built-in, CRIS: CRIS-Symbols. (line 6)
17717 * Symbols, CRIS, built-in: CRIS-Symbols. (line 6)
17718 * symbols, local common: Lcomm. (line 6)
17719 * symver directive: Symver. (line 6)
17720 * syntax compatibility, i386: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
17721 * syntax compatibility, x86-64: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
17722 * syntax, BFIN: BFIN Syntax. (line 6)
17723 * syntax, D10V: D10V-Syntax. (line 6)
17724 * syntax, D30V: D30V-Syntax. (line 6)
17725 * syntax, M32C: M32C-Modifiers. (line 6)
17726 * syntax, M680x0: M68K-Syntax. (line 8)
17727 * syntax, M68HC11 <1>: M68HC11-Modifiers. (line 6)
17728 * syntax, M68HC11: M68HC11-Syntax. (line 6)
17729 * syntax, machine-independent: Syntax. (line 6)
17730 * syntax, Xtensa assembler: Xtensa Syntax. (line 6)
17731 * sysproc directive, i960: Directives-i960. (line 37)
17732 * tab (\t): Strings. (line 27)
17733 * tab directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 248)
17734 * tag directive: Tag. (line 6)
17735 * tag directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 217)
17736 * tdaoff pseudo-op, V850: V850 Opcodes. (line 81)
17737 * temporary symbol names: Symbol Names. (line 22)
17738 * text and data sections, joining: R. (line 6)
17739 * text directive: Text. (line 6)
17740 * text section: Ld Sections. (line 9)
17741 * tfloat directive, i386: i386-Float. (line 14)
17742 * tfloat directive, x86-64: i386-Float. (line 14)
17743 * thumb directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 33)
17744 * Thumb support: ARM-Dependent. (line 6)
17745 * thumb_func directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 43)
17746 * thumb_set directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 51)
17747 * TIC54X builtin math functions: TIC54X-Builtins. (line 6)
17748 * TIC54X machine directives: TIC54X-Directives. (line 6)
17749 * TIC54X memory-mapped registers: TIC54X-MMRegs. (line 6)
17750 * TIC54X options: TIC54X-Opts. (line 6)
17751 * TIC54X subsym builtins: TIC54X-Macros. (line 16)
17752 * TIC54X support: TIC54X-Dependent. (line 6)
17753 * TIC54X-specific macros: TIC54X-Macros. (line 6)
17754 * time, total for assembly: statistics. (line 6)
17755 * title directive: Title. (line 6)
17756 * tp register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 20)
17757 * transform directive: Transform Directive. (line 6)
17758 * trusted compiler: f. (line 6)
17759 * turning preprocessing on and off: Preprocessing. (line 27)
17760 * type directive (COFF version): Type. (line 11)
17761 * type directive (ELF version): Type. (line 22)
17762 * type of a symbol: Symbol Type. (line 6)
17763 * ualong directive, SH: SH Directives. (line 6)
17764 * uaword directive, SH: SH Directives. (line 6)
17765 * ubyte directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 36)
17766 * uchar directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 36)
17767 * uhalf directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 111)
17768 * uint directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 111)
17769 * uleb128 directive: Uleb128. (line 6)
17770 * ulong directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 135)
17771 * undefined section: Ld Sections. (line 36)
17772 * union directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 251)
17773 * unreq directive, ARM: ARM Directives. (line 18)
17774 * unsegm: Z8000 Directives. (line 14)
17775 * usect directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 263)
17776 * ushort directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 111)
17777 * uword directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 111)
17778 * V850 command line options: V850 Options. (line 9)
17779 * V850 floating point (IEEE): V850 Floating Point. (line 6)
17780 * V850 line comment character: V850-Chars. (line 6)
17781 * V850 machine directives: V850 Directives. (line 6)
17782 * V850 opcodes: V850 Opcodes. (line 6)
17783 * V850 options (none): V850 Options. (line 6)
17784 * V850 register names: V850-Regs. (line 6)
17785 * V850 support: V850-Dependent. (line 6)
17786 * val directive: Val. (line 6)
17787 * value attribute, COFF: Val. (line 6)
17788 * value of a symbol: Symbol Value. (line 6)
17789 * var directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 273)
17790 * VAX bitfields not supported: VAX-no. (line 6)
17791 * VAX branch improvement: VAX-branch. (line 6)
17792 * VAX command-line options ignored: VAX-Opts. (line 6)
17793 * VAX displacement sizing character: VAX-operands. (line 12)
17794 * VAX floating point: VAX-float. (line 6)
17795 * VAX immediate character: VAX-operands. (line 6)
17796 * VAX indirect character: VAX-operands. (line 9)
17797 * VAX machine directives: VAX-directives. (line 6)
17798 * VAX opcode mnemonics: VAX-opcodes. (line 6)
17799 * VAX operand notation: VAX-operands. (line 6)
17800 * VAX register names: VAX-operands. (line 17)
17801 * VAX support: Vax-Dependent. (line 6)
17802 * Vax-11 C compatibility: VAX-Opts. (line 42)
17803 * VAX/VMS options: VAX-Opts. (line 42)
17804 * version directive: Version. (line 6)
17805 * version directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 277)
17806 * version of assembler: v. (line 6)
17807 * versions of symbols: Symver. (line 6)
17808 * visibility <1>: Protected. (line 6)
17809 * visibility <2>: Internal. (line 6)
17810 * visibility: Hidden. (line 6)
17811 * VMS (VAX) options: VAX-Opts. (line 42)
17812 * vtable_entry directive: VTableEntry. (line 6)
17813 * vtable_inherit directive: VTableInherit. (line 6)
17814 * warning directive: Warning. (line 6)
17815 * warning for altered difference tables: K. (line 6)
17816 * warning messages: Errors. (line 6)
17817 * warnings, causing error: W. (line 16)
17818 * warnings, M32R: M32R-Warnings. (line 6)
17819 * warnings, suppressing: W. (line 11)
17820 * warnings, switching on: W. (line 19)
17821 * weak directive: Weak. (line 6)
17822 * weakref directive: Weakref. (line 6)
17823 * whitespace: Whitespace. (line 6)
17824 * whitespace, removed by preprocessor: Preprocessing. (line 7)
17825 * wide floating point directives, VAX: VAX-directives. (line 10)
17826 * width directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 127)
17827 * Width of continuation lines of disassembly output: listing. (line 20)
17828 * Width of first line disassembly output: listing. (line 15)
17829 * Width of source line output: listing. (line 27)
17830 * wmsg directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 77)
17831 * word directive: Word. (line 6)
17832 * word directive, ARC: ARC Directives. (line 174)
17833 * word directive, H8/300: H8/300 Directives. (line 6)
17834 * word directive, i386: i386-Float. (line 21)
17835 * word directive, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 51)
17836 * word directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 111)
17837 * word directive, x86-64: i386-Float. (line 21)
17838 * writing patterns in memory: Fill. (line 6)
17839 * wval: Z8000 Directives. (line 24)
17840 * x86-64 arch directive: i386-Arch. (line 6)
17841 * x86-64 att_syntax pseudo op: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
17842 * x86-64 conversion instructions: i386-Mnemonics. (line 32)
17843 * x86-64 floating point: i386-Float. (line 6)
17844 * x86-64 immediate operands: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
17845 * x86-64 instruction naming: i386-Mnemonics. (line 6)
17846 * x86-64 intel_syntax pseudo op: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
17847 * x86-64 jump optimization: i386-Jumps. (line 6)
17848 * x86-64 jump, call, return: i386-Syntax. (line 38)
17849 * x86-64 jump/call operands: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
17850 * x86-64 memory references: i386-Memory. (line 6)
17851 * x86-64 options: i386-Options. (line 6)
17852 * x86-64 register operands: i386-Syntax. (line 15)
17853 * x86-64 registers: i386-Regs. (line 6)
17854 * x86-64 sections: i386-Syntax. (line 44)
17855 * x86-64 size suffixes: i386-Syntax. (line 29)
17856 * x86-64 source, destination operands: i386-Syntax. (line 22)
17857 * x86-64 support: i386-Dependent. (line 6)
17858 * x86-64 syntax compatibility: i386-Syntax. (line 6)
17859 * xfloat directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 64)
17860 * xlong directive, TIC54X: TIC54X-Directives. (line 135)
17861 * Xtensa architecture: Xtensa-Dependent. (line 6)
17862 * Xtensa assembler syntax: Xtensa Syntax. (line 6)
17863 * Xtensa directives: Xtensa Directives. (line 6)
17864 * Xtensa opcode names: Xtensa Opcodes. (line 6)
17865 * Xtensa register names: Xtensa Registers. (line 6)
17866 * xword directive, SPARC: Sparc-Directives. (line 55)
17867 * Z80 $: Z80-Chars. (line 8)
17868 * Z80 ': Z80-Chars. (line 13)
17869 * Z80 floating point: Z80 Floating Point. (line 6)
17870 * Z80 line comment character: Z80-Chars. (line 6)
17871 * Z80 options: Z80 Options. (line 6)
17872 * Z80 registers: Z80-Regs. (line 6)
17873 * Z80 support: Z80-Dependent. (line 6)
17874 * Z80 Syntax: Z80 Options. (line 47)
17875 * Z80, \: Z80-Chars. (line 11)
17876 * Z80, case sensitivity: Z80-Case. (line 6)
17877 * Z80-only directives: Z80 Directives. (line 9)
17878 * Z800 addressing modes: Z8000-Addressing. (line 6)
17879 * Z8000 directives: Z8000 Directives. (line 6)
17880 * Z8000 line comment character: Z8000-Chars. (line 6)
17881 * Z8000 line separator: Z8000-Chars. (line 8)
17882 * Z8000 opcode summary: Z8000 Opcodes. (line 6)
17883 * Z8000 options: Z8000 Options. (line 6)
17884 * Z8000 registers: Z8000-Regs. (line 6)
17885 * Z8000 support: Z8000-Dependent. (line 6)
17886 * zdaoff pseudo-op, V850: V850 Opcodes. (line 99)
17887 * zero register, V850: V850-Regs. (line 7)
17888 * zero-terminated strings: Asciz. (line 6)
17894 Node: Overview
\x7f1695
17895 Node: Manual
\x7f28187
17896 Node: GNU Assembler
\x7f29131
17897 Node: Object Formats
\x7f30302
17898 Node: Command Line
\x7f30754
17899 Node: Input Files
\x7f31841
17900 Node: Object
\x7f33822
17901 Node: Errors
\x7f34718
17902 Node: Invoking
\x7f35913
17904 Node: alternate
\x7f39634
17910 Node: listing
\x7f42231
17915 Node: statistics
\x7f50135
17916 Node: traditional-format
\x7f50542
17920 Node: Syntax
\x7f52719
17921 Node: Preprocessing
\x7f53310
17922 Node: Whitespace
\x7f54873
17923 Node: Comments
\x7f55269
17924 Node: Symbol Intro
\x7f57422
17925 Node: Statements
\x7f58112
17926 Node: Constants
\x7f60028
17927 Node: Characters
\x7f60659
17928 Node: Strings
\x7f61161
17929 Node: Chars
\x7f63327
17930 Node: Numbers
\x7f64081
17931 Node: Integers
\x7f64621
17932 Node: Bignums
\x7f65277
17933 Node: Flonums
\x7f65633
17934 Node: Sections
\x7f67380
17935 Node: Secs Background
\x7f67758
17936 Node: Ld Sections
\x7f72797
17937 Node: As Sections
\x7f75181
17938 Node: Sub-Sections
\x7f76091
17940 Node: Symbols
\x7f80188
17941 Node: Labels
\x7f80836
17942 Node: Setting Symbols
\x7f81567
17943 Node: Symbol Names
\x7f82063
17945 Node: Symbol Attributes
\x7f86875
17946 Node: Symbol Value
\x7f87612
17947 Node: Symbol Type
\x7f88657
17948 Node: a.out Symbols
\x7f89045
17949 Node: Symbol Desc
\x7f89307
17950 Node: Symbol Other
\x7f89602
17951 Node: COFF Symbols
\x7f89771
17952 Node: SOM Symbols
\x7f90444
17953 Node: Expressions
\x7f90886
17954 Node: Empty Exprs
\x7f91635
17955 Node: Integer Exprs
\x7f91982
17956 Node: Arguments
\x7f92377
17957 Node: Operators
\x7f93483
17958 Node: Prefix Ops
\x7f93818
17959 Node: Infix Ops
\x7f94146
17960 Node: Pseudo Ops
\x7f96536
17961 Node: Abort
\x7f101731
17962 Node: ABORT
\x7f102136
17963 Node: Align
\x7f102323
17964 Node: Ascii
\x7f104605
17965 Node: Asciz
\x7f104914
17966 Node: Balign
\x7f105159
17967 Node: Byte
\x7f107022
17968 Node: Comm
\x7f107260
17969 Node: CFI directives
\x7f108634
17970 Node: LNS directives
\x7f110986
17971 Node: Data
\x7f113063
17972 Node: Def
\x7f113390
17973 Node: Desc
\x7f113622
17974 Node: Dim
\x7f114122
17975 Node: Double
\x7f114379
17976 Node: Eject
\x7f114717
17977 Node: Else
\x7f114892
17978 Node: Elseif
\x7f115188
17979 Node: End
\x7f115478
17980 Node: Endef
\x7f115693
17981 Node: Endfunc
\x7f115870
17982 Node: Endif
\x7f116045
17983 Node: Equ
\x7f116306
17984 Node: Equiv
\x7f116815
17985 Node: Eqv
\x7f117371
17986 Node: Err
\x7f117735
17987 Node: Error
\x7f118046
17988 Node: Exitm
\x7f118491
17989 Node: Extern
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18349 Node: GNU Free Documentation License
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18350 Node: Index
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