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AS(1)			     GNU Development Tools			 AS(1)



NAME
       AS - the portable GNU assembler.

SYNOPSIS
       as [-a[cdghlns][=file]] [--alternate] [-D]
	[--compress-debug-sections]  [--nocompress-debug-sections]
	[--debug-prefix-map old=new]
	[--defsym sym=val] [-f] [-g] [--gstabs]
	[--gstabs+] [--gdwarf-2] [--gdwarf-sections]
	[--help] [-I dir] [-J]
	[-K] [-L] [--listing-lhs-width=NUM]
	[--listing-lhs-width2=NUM] [--listing-rhs-width=NUM]
	[--listing-cont-lines=NUM] [--keep-locals]
	[--no-pad-sections]
	[-o objfile] [-R]
	[--hash-size=NUM] [--reduce-memory-overheads]
	[--statistics]
	[-v] [-version] [--version]
	[-W] [--warn] [--fatal-warnings] [-w] [-x]
	[-Z] [@FILE]
	[--sectname-subst] [--size-check=[error|warning]]
	[--elf-stt-common=[no|yes]]
	[--target-help] [target-options]
	[--|files ...]

TARGET
       Target AArch64 options:
	  [-EB|-EL]
	  [-mabi=ABI]

       Target Alpha options:
	  [-mcpu]
	  [-mdebug | -no-mdebug]
	  [-replace | -noreplace]
	  [-relax] [-g] [-Gsize]
	  [-F] [-32addr]

       Target ARC options:
	  [-mcpu=cpu]
	  [-mA6|-mARC600|-mARC601|-mA7|-mARC700|-mEM|-mHS]
	  [-mcode-density]
	  [-mrelax]
	  [-EB|-EL]

       Target ARM options:
	  [-mcpu=processor[+extension...]]
	  [-march=architecture[+extension...]]
	  [-mfpu=floating-point-format]
	  [-mfloat-abi=abi]
	  [-meabi=ver]
	  [-mthumb]
	  [-EB|-EL]
	  [-mapcs-32|-mapcs-26|-mapcs-float|
	   -mapcs-reentrant]
	  [-mthumb-interwork] [-k]

       Target Blackfin options:
	  [-mcpu=processor[-sirevision]]
	  [-mfdpic]
	  [-mno-fdpic]
	  [-mnopic]

       Target CRIS options:
	  [--underscore | --no-underscore]
	  [--pic] [-N]
	  [--emulation=criself | --emulation=crisaout]
	  [--march=v0_v10 | --march=v10 | --march=v32 |
       --march=common_v10_v32]

       Target D10V options:
	  [-O]

       Target D30V options:
	  [-O|-n|-N]

       Target EPIPHANY options:
	  [-mepiphany|-mepiphany16]

       Target H8/300 options:
	  [-h-tick-hex]

       Target i386 options:
	  [--32|--x32|--64] [-n]
	  [-march=CPU[+EXTENSION...]] [-mtune=CPU]

       Target i960 options:
	  [-ACA|-ACA_A|-ACB|-ACC|-AKA|-AKB|
	   -AKC|-AMC]
	  [-b] [-no-relax]

       Target IA-64 options:
	  [-mconstant-gp|-mauto-pic]
	  [-milp32|-milp64|-mlp64|-mp64]
	  [-mle|mbe]
	  [-mtune=itanium1|-mtune=itanium2]
	  [-munwind-check=warning|-munwind-check=error]
	  [-mhint.b=ok|-mhint.b=warning|-mhint.b=error]
	  [-x|-xexplicit] [-xauto] [-xdebug]

       Target IP2K options:
	  [-mip2022|-mip2022ext]

       Target M32C options:
	  [-m32c|-m16c] [-relax] [-h-tick-hex]

       Target M32R options:
	  [--m32rx|--[no-]warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts|
	  --W[n]p]

       Target M680X0 options:
	  [-l] [-m68000|-m68010|-m68020|...]

       Target M68HC11 options:
	  [-m68hc11|-m68hc12|-m68hcs12|-mm9s12x|-mm9s12xg]
	  [-mshort|-mlong]
	  [-mshort-double|-mlong-double]
	  [--force-long-branches] [--short-branches]
	  [--strict-direct-mode] [--print-insn-syntax]
	  [--print-opcodes] [--generate-example]

       Target MCORE options:
	  [-jsri2bsr] [-sifilter] [-relax]
	  [-mcpu=[210|340]]

       Target Meta options:
	  [-mcpu=cpu] [-mfpu=cpu] [-mdsp=cpu] Target MICROBLAZE options:

       Target MIPS options:
	  [-nocpp] [-EL] [-EB] [-O[optimization level]]
	  [-g[debug level]] [-G num] [-KPIC] [-call_shared]
	  [-non_shared] [-xgot [-mvxworks-pic]
	  [-mabi=ABI] [-32] [-n32] [-64] [-mfp32] [-mgp32]
	  [-mfp64] [-mgp64] [-mfpxx]
	  [-modd-spreg] [-mno-odd-spreg]
	  [-march=CPU] [-mtune=CPU] [-mips1] [-mips2]
	  [-mips3] [-mips4] [-mips5] [-mips32] [-mips32r2]
	  [-mips32r3] [-mips32r5] [-mips32r6] [-mips64] [-mips64r2]
	  [-mips64r3] [-mips64r5] [-mips64r6]
	  [-construct-floats] [-no-construct-floats]
	  [-mnan=encoding]
	  [-trap] [-no-break] [-break] [-no-trap]
	  [-mips16] [-no-mips16]
	  [-mmicromips] [-mno-micromips]
	  [-msmartmips] [-mno-smartmips]
	  [-mips3d] [-no-mips3d]
	  [-mdmx] [-no-mdmx]
	  [-mdsp] [-mno-dsp]
	  [-mdspr2] [-mno-dspr2]
	  [-mdspr3] [-mno-dspr3]
	  [-mmsa] [-mno-msa]
	  [-mxpa] [-mno-xpa]
	  [-mmt] [-mno-mt]
	  [-mmcu] [-mno-mcu]
	  [-minsn32] [-mno-insn32]
	  [-mfix7000] [-mno-fix7000]
	  [-mfix-rm7000] [-mno-fix-rm7000]
	  [-mfix-vr4120] [-mno-fix-vr4120]
	  [-mfix-vr4130] [-mno-fix-vr4130]
	  [-mdebug] [-no-mdebug]
	  [-mpdr] [-mno-pdr]

       Target MMIX options:
	  [--fixed-special-register-names] [--globalize-symbols]
	  [--gnu-syntax] [--relax] [--no-predefined-symbols]
	  [--no-expand] [--no-merge-gregs] [-x]
	  [--linker-allocated-gregs]

       Target Nios II options:
	  [-relax-all] [-relax-section] [-no-relax]
	  [-EB] [-EL]

       Target NDS32 options:
	   [-EL] [-EB] [-O] [-Os] [-mcpu=cpu]
	   [-misa=isa] [-mabi=abi] [-mall-ext]
	   [-m[no-]16-bit]  [-m[no-]perf-ext] [-m[no-]perf2-ext]
	   [-m[no-]string-ext] [-m[no-]dsp-ext] [-m[no-]mac] [-m[no-]div]
	   [-m[no-]audio-isa-ext] [-m[no-]fpu-sp-ext] [-m[no-]fpu-dp-ext]
	   [-m[no-]fpu-fma] [-mfpu-freg=FREG] [-mreduced-regs]
	   [-mfull-regs] [-m[no-]dx-regs] [-mpic] [-mno-relax]
	   [-mb2bb]

       Target PDP11 options:
	  [-mpic|-mno-pic] [-mall] [-mno-extensions]
	  [-mextension|-mno-extension]
	  [-mcpu] [-mmachine]

       Target picoJava options:
	  [-mb|-me]

       Target PowerPC options:
	  [-a32|-a64]
	  [-mpwrx|-mpwr2|-mpwr|-m601|-mppc|-mppc32|-m603|-m604|-m403|-m405|
	   -m440|-m464|-m476|-m7400|-m7410|-m7450|-m7455|-m750cl|-mppc64|
	   -m620|-me500|-e500x2|-me500mc|-me500mc64|-me5500|-me6500|-mppc64bridge|
	   -mbooke|-mpower4|-mpwr4|-mpower5|-mpwr5|-mpwr5x|-mpower6|-mpwr6|
	   -mpower7|-mpwr7|-mpower8|-mpwr8|-mpower9|-mpwr9-ma2|
	   -mcell|-mspe|-mtitan|-me300|-mcom]
	  [-many] [-maltivec|-mvsx|-mhtm|-mvle]
	  [-mregnames|-mno-regnames]
	  [-mrelocatable|-mrelocatable-lib|-K PIC] [-memb]
	  [-mlittle|-mlittle-endian|-le|-mbig|-mbig-endian|-be]
	  [-msolaris|-mno-solaris]
	  [-nops=count]

       Target RL78 options:
	  [-mg10]
	  [-m32bit-doubles|-m64bit-doubles]

       Target RX options:
	  [-mlittle-endian|-mbig-endian]
	  [-m32bit-doubles|-m64bit-doubles]
	  [-muse-conventional-section-names]
	  [-msmall-data-limit]
	  [-mpid]
	  [-mrelax]
	  [-mint-register=number]
	  [-mgcc-abi|-mrx-abi]

       Target s390 options:
	  [-m31|-m64] [-mesa|-mzarch] [-march=CPU]
	  [-mregnames|-mno-regnames]
	  [-mwarn-areg-zero]

       Target SCORE options:
	  [-EB][-EL][-FIXDD][-NWARN]
	  [-SCORE5][-SCORE5U][-SCORE7][-SCORE3]
	  [-march=score7][-march=score3]
	  [-USE_R1][-KPIC][-O0][-G num][-V]

       Target SPARC options:
	  [-Av6|-Av7|-Av8|-Asparclet|-Asparclite
	   -Av8plus|-Av8plusa|-Av9|-Av9a]
	  [-xarch=v8plus|-xarch=v8plusa] [-bump]
	  [-32|-64]

       Target TIC54X options:
	[-mcpu=54[123589]|-mcpu=54[56]lp] [-mfar-mode|-mf]
	[-merrors-to-file <filename>|-me <filename>]

       Target TIC6X options:
	  [-march=arch] [-mbig-endian|-mlittle-endian]
	  [-mdsbt|-mno-dsbt] [-mpid=no|-mpid=near|-mpid=far]
	  [-mpic|-mno-pic]

       Target TILE-Gx options:
	  [-m32|-m64][-EB][-EL]

       Target Visium options:
	  [-mtune=arch]

       Target Xtensa options:
	[--[no-]text-section-literals] [--[no-]auto-litpools]
	[--[no-]absolute-literals]
	[--[no-]target-align] [--[no-]longcalls]
	[--[no-]transform]
	[--rename-section oldname=newname]
	[--[no-]trampolines]

       Target Z80 options:
	 [-z80] [-r800]
	 [ -ignore-undocumented-instructions] [-Wnud]
	 [ -ignore-unportable-instructions] [-Wnup]
	 [ -warn-undocumented-instructions] [-Wud]
	 [ -warn-unportable-instructions] [-Wup]
	 [ -forbid-undocumented-instructions] [-Fud]
	 [ -forbid-unportable-instructions] [-Fup]

DESCRIPTION
       GNU as is really a family of assemblers.	 If you use (or have used) the
       GNU assembler on one architecture, you should find a fairly similar
       environment when you use it on another architecture.  Each version has
       much in common with the others, including object file formats, most
       assembler directives (often called pseudo-ops) and assembler syntax.

       as is primarily intended to assemble the output of the GNU C compiler
       "gcc" for use by the linker "ld".  Nevertheless, we've tried to make as
       assemble correctly everything that other assemblers for the same
       machine would assemble.	Any exceptions are documented explicitly.
       This doesn't mean as always uses the same syntax as another assembler
       for the same architecture; for example, we know of several incompatible
       versions of 680x0 assembly language syntax.

       Each time you run as it assembles exactly one source program.  The
       source program is made up of one or more files.	(The standard input is
       also a file.)

       You give as a command line that has zero or more input file names.  The
       input files are read (from left file name to right).  A command line
       argument (in any position) that has no special meaning is taken to be
       an input file name.

       If you give as no file names it attempts to read one input file from
       the as standard input, which is normally your terminal.	You may have
       to type ctl-D to tell as there is no more program to assemble.

       Use -- if you need to explicitly name the standard input file in your
       command line.

       If the source is empty, as produces a small, empty object file.

       as may write warnings and error messages to the standard error file
       (usually your terminal).	 This should not happen when  a compiler runs
       as automatically.  Warnings report an assumption made so that as could
       keep assembling a flawed program; errors report a grave problem that
       stops the assembly.

       If you are invoking as via the GNU C compiler, you can use the -Wa
       option to pass arguments through to the assembler.  The assembler
       arguments must be separated from each other (and the -Wa) by commas.
       For example:

	       gcc -c -g -O -Wa,-alh,-L file.c

       This passes two options to the assembler: -alh (emit a listing to
       standard output with high-level and assembly source) and -L (retain
       local symbols in the symbol table).

       Usually you do not need to use this -Wa mechanism, since many compiler
       command-line options are automatically passed to the assembler by the
       compiler.  (You can call the GNU compiler driver with the -v option to
       see precisely what options it passes to each compilation pass,
       including the assembler.)

OPTIONS
       @file
	   Read command-line options from file.	 The options read are inserted
	   in place of the original @file option.  If file does not exist, or
	   cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and not
	   removed.

	   Options in file are separated by whitespace.	 A whitespace
	   character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
	   option in either single or double quotes.  Any character (including
	   a backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be
	   included with a backslash.  The file may itself contain additional
	   @file options; any such options will be processed recursively.

       -a[cdghlmns]
	   Turn on listings, in any of a variety of ways:

	   -ac omit false conditionals

	   -ad omit debugging directives

	   -ag include general information, like as version and options passed

	   -ah include high-level source

	   -al include assembly

	   -am include macro expansions

	   -an omit forms processing

	   -as include symbols

	   =file
	       set the name of the listing file

	   You may combine these options; for example, use -aln for assembly
	   listing without forms processing.  The =file option, if used, must
	   be the last one.  By itself, -a defaults to -ahls.

       --alternate
	   Begin in alternate macro mode.

       --compress-debug-sections
	   Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib with SHF_COMPRESSED from
	   the ELF ABI.	 The resulting object file may not be compatible with
	   older linkers and object file utilities.  Note if compression would
	   make a given section larger then it is not compressed.

       --compress-debug-sections=none
       --compress-debug-sections=zlib
       --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu
       --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi
	   These options control how DWARF debug sections are compressed.
	   --compress-debug-sections=none is equivalent to
	   --nocompress-debug-sections.	 --compress-debug-sections=zlib and
	   --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi are equivalent to
	   --compress-debug-sections.  --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu
	   compresses DWARF debug sections using zlib.	The debug sections are
	   renamed to begin with .zdebug.  Note if compression would make a
	   given section larger then it is not compressed nor renamed.

       --nocompress-debug-sections
	   Do not compress DWARF debug sections.  This is usually the default
	   for all targets except the x86/x86_64, but a configure time option
	   can be used to override this.

       -D  Ignored.  This option is accepted for script compatibility with
	   calls to other assemblers.

       --debug-prefix-map old=new
	   When assembling files in directory old, record debugging
	   information describing them as in new instead.

       --defsym sym=value
	   Define the symbol sym to be value before assembling the input file.
	   value must be an integer constant.  As in C, a leading 0x indicates
	   a hexadecimal value, and a leading 0 indicates an octal value.  The
	   value of the symbol can be overridden inside a source file via the
	   use of a ".set" pseudo-op.

       -f  "fast"---skip whitespace and comment preprocessing (assume source
	   is compiler output).

       -g
       --gen-debug
	   Generate debugging information for each assembler source line using
	   whichever debug format is preferred by the target.  This currently
	   means either STABS, ECOFF or DWARF2.

       --gstabs
	   Generate stabs debugging information for each assembler line.  This
	   may help debugging assembler code, if the debugger can handle it.

       --gstabs+
	   Generate stabs debugging information for each assembler line, with
	   GNU extensions that probably only gdb can handle, and that could
	   make other debuggers crash or refuse to read your program.  This
	   may help debugging assembler code.  Currently the only GNU
	   extension is the location of the current working directory at
	   assembling time.

       --gdwarf-2
	   Generate DWARF2 debugging information for each assembler line.
	   This may help debugging assembler code, if the debugger can handle
	   it.	Note---this option is only supported by some targets, not all
	   of them.

       --gdwarf-sections
	   Instead of creating a .debug_line section, create a series of
	   .debug_line.foo sections where foo is the name of the corresponding
	   code section.  For example a code section called .text.func will
	   have its dwarf line number information placed into a section called
	   .debug_line.text.func.  If the code section is just called .text
	   then debug line section will still be called just .debug_line
	   without any suffix.

       --size-check=error
       --size-check=warning
	   Issue an error or warning for invalid ELF .size directive.

       --elf-stt-common=no
       --elf-stt-common=yes
	   These options control whether the ELF assembler should generate
	   common symbols with the "STT_COMMON" type.  The default can be
	   controlled by a configure option --enable-elf-stt-common.

       --help
	   Print a summary of the command line options and exit.

       --target-help
	   Print a summary of all target specific options and exit.

       -I dir
	   Add directory dir to the search list for ".include" directives.

       -J  Don't warn about signed overflow.

       -K  Issue warnings when difference tables altered for long
	   displacements.

       -L
       --keep-locals
	   Keep (in the symbol table) local symbols.  These symbols start with
	   system-specific local label prefixes, typically .L for ELF systems
	   or L for traditional a.out systems.

       --listing-lhs-width=number
	   Set the maximum width, in words, of the output data column for an
	   assembler listing to number.

       --listing-lhs-width2=number
	   Set the maximum width, in words, of the output data column for
	   continuation lines in an assembler listing to number.

       --listing-rhs-width=number
	   Set the maximum width of an input source line, as displayed in a
	   listing, to number bytes.

       --listing-cont-lines=number
	   Set the maximum number of lines printed in a listing for a single
	   line of input to number + 1.

       --no-pad-sections
	   Stop the assembler for padding the ends of output sections to the
	   alignment of that section.  The default is to pad the sections, but
	   this can waste space which might be needed on targets which have
	   tight memory constraints.

       -o objfile
	   Name the object-file output from as objfile.

       -R  Fold the data section into the text section.

       --hash-size=number
	   Set the default size of GAS's hash tables to a prime number close
	   to number.  Increasing this value can reduce the length of time it
	   takes the assembler to perform its tasks, at the expense of
	   increasing the assembler's memory requirements.  Similarly reducing
	   this value can reduce the memory requirements at the expense of
	   speed.

       --reduce-memory-overheads
	   This option reduces GAS's memory requirements, at the expense of
	   making the assembly processes slower.  Currently this switch is a
	   synonym for --hash-size=4051, but in the future it may have other
	   effects as well.

       --sectname-subst
	   Honor substitution sequences in section names.

       --statistics
	   Print the maximum space (in bytes) and total time (in seconds) used
	   by assembly.

       --strip-local-absolute
	   Remove local absolute symbols from the outgoing symbol table.

       -v
       -version
	   Print the as version.

       --version
	   Print the as version and exit.

       -W
       --no-warn
	   Suppress warning messages.

       --fatal-warnings
	   Treat warnings as errors.

       --warn
	   Don't suppress warning messages or treat them as errors.

       -w  Ignored.

       -x  Ignored.

       -Z  Generate an object file even after errors.

       -- | files ...
	   Standard input, or source files to assemble.

       The following options are available when as is configured for the
       64-bit mode of the ARM Architecture (AArch64).

       -EB This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
	   should be marked as being encoded for a big-endian processor.

       -EL This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler
	   should be marked as being encoded for a little-endian processor.

       -mabi=abi
	   Specify which ABI the source code uses.  The recognized arguments
	   are: "ilp32" and "lp64", which decides the generated object file in
	   ELF32 and ELF64 format respectively.	 The default is "lp64".

       -mcpu=processor[+extension...]
	   This option specifies the target processor.	The assembler will
	   issue an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an
	   instruction which will not execute on the target processor.	The
	   following processor names are recognized: "cortex-a35",
	   "cortex-a53", "cortex-a57", "cortex-a72", "cortex-a73",
	   "exynos-m1", "qdf24xx", "thunderx", "vulcan", "xgene1" and
	   "xgene2".  The special name "all" may be used to allow the
	   assembler to accept instructions valid for any supported processor,
	   including all optional extensions.

	   In addition to the basic instruction set, the assembler can be told
	   to accept, or restrict, various extension mnemonics that extend the
	   processor.

	   If some implementations of a particular processor can have an
	   extension, then then those extensions are automatically enabled.
	   Consequently, you will not normally have to specify any additional
	   extensions.

       -march=architecture[+extension...]
	   This option specifies the target architecture.  The assembler will
	   issue an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an
	   instruction which will not execute on the target architecture.  The
	   following architecture names are recognized: "armv8-a", "armv8.1-a"
	   and "armv8.2-a".

	   If both -mcpu and -march are specified, the assembler will use the
	   setting for -mcpu.  If neither are specified, the assembler will
	   default to -mcpu=all.

	   The architecture option can be extended with the same instruction
	   set extension options as the -mcpu option.  Unlike -mcpu,
	   extensions are not always enabled by default,

       -mverbose-error
	   This option enables verbose error messages for AArch64 gas.	This
	   option is enabled by default.

       -mno-verbose-error
	   This option disables verbose error messages in AArch64 gas.

       The following options are available when as is configured for an Alpha
       processor.

       -mcpu
	   This option specifies the target processor.	If an attempt is made
	   to assemble an instruction which will not execute on the target
	   processor, the assembler may either expand the instruction as a
	   macro or issue an error message.  This option is equivalent to the
	   ".arch" directive.

	   The following processor names are recognized: 21064, "21064a",
	   21066, 21068, 21164, "21164a", "21164pc", 21264, "21264a",
	   "21264b", "ev4", "ev5", "lca45", "ev5", "ev56", "pca56", "ev6",
	   "ev67", "ev68".  The special name "all" may be used to allow the
	   assembler to accept instructions valid for any Alpha processor.

	   In order to support existing practice in OSF/1 with respect to
	   ".arch", and existing practice within MILO (the Linux ARC
	   bootloader), the numbered processor names (e.g. 21064) enable the
	   processor-specific PALcode instructions, while the "electro-vlasic"
	   names (e.g. "ev4") do not.

       -mdebug
       -no-mdebug
	   Enables or disables the generation of ".mdebug" encapsulation for
	   stabs directives and procedure descriptors.	The default is to
	   automatically enable ".mdebug" when the first stabs directive is
	   seen.

       -relax
	   This option forces all relocations to be put into the object file,
	   instead of saving space and resolving some relocations at assembly
	   time.  Note that this option does not propagate all symbol
	   arithmetic into the object file, because not all symbol arithmetic
	   can be represented.	However, the option can still be useful in
	   specific applications.

       -replace
       -noreplace
	   Enables or disables the optimization of procedure calls, both at
	   assemblage and at link time.	 These options are only available for
	   VMS targets and "-replace" is the default.  See section 1.4.1 of
	   the OpenVMS Linker Utility Manual.

       -g  This option is used when the compiler generates debug information.
	   When gcc is using mips-tfile to generate debug information for
	   ECOFF, local labels must be passed through to the object file.
	   Otherwise this option has no effect.

       -Gsize
	   A local common symbol larger than size is placed in ".bss", while
	   smaller symbols are placed in ".sbss".

       -F
       -32addr
	   These options are ignored for backward compatibility.

       The following options are available when as is configured for an ARC
       processor.

       -mcpu=cpu
	   This option selects the core processor variant.

       -EB | -EL
	   Select either big-endian (-EB) or little-endian (-EL) output.

       -mcode-density
	   Enable Code Density extenssion instructions.

       The following options are available when as is configured for the ARM
       processor family.

       -mcpu=processor[+extension...]
	   Specify which ARM processor variant is the target.

       -march=architecture[+extension...]
	   Specify which ARM architecture variant is used by the target.

       -mfpu=floating-point-format
	   Select which Floating Point architecture is the target.

       -mfloat-abi=abi
	   Select which floating point ABI is in use.

       -mthumb
	   Enable Thumb only instruction decoding.

       -mapcs-32 | -mapcs-26 | -mapcs-float | -mapcs-reentrant
	   Select which procedure calling convention is in use.

       -EB | -EL
	   Select either big-endian (-EB) or little-endian (-EL) output.

       -mthumb-interwork
	   Specify that the code has been generated with interworking between
	   Thumb and ARM code in mind.

       -mccs
	   Turns on CodeComposer Studio assembly syntax compatibility mode.

       -k  Specify that PIC code has been generated.

       The following options are available when as is configured for the
       Blackfin processor family.

       -mcpu=processor[-sirevision]
	   This option specifies the target processor.	The optional
	   sirevision is not used in assembler.	 It's here such that GCC can
	   easily pass down its "-mcpu=" option.  The assembler will issue an
	   error message if an attempt is made to assemble an instruction
	   which will not execute on the target processor.  The following
	   processor names are recognized: "bf504", "bf506", "bf512", "bf514",
	   "bf516", "bf518", "bf522", "bf523", "bf524", "bf525", "bf526",
	   "bf527", "bf531", "bf532", "bf533", "bf534", "bf535" (not
	   implemented yet), "bf536", "bf537", "bf538", "bf539", "bf542",
	   "bf542m", "bf544", "bf544m", "bf547", "bf547m", "bf548", "bf548m",
	   "bf549", "bf549m", "bf561", and "bf592".

       -mfdpic
	   Assemble for the FDPIC ABI.

       -mno-fdpic
       -mnopic
	   Disable -mfdpic.

       See the info pages for documentation of the CRIS-specific options.

       The following options are available when as is configured for a D10V
       processor.

       -O  Optimize output by parallelizing instructions.

       The following options are available when as is configured for a D30V
       processor.

       -O  Optimize output by parallelizing instructions.

       -n  Warn when nops are generated.

       -N  Warn when a nop after a 32-bit multiply instruction is generated.

       The following options are available when as is configured for an
       Epiphany processor.

       -mepiphany
	   Specifies that the both 32 and 16 bit instructions are allowed.
	   This is the default behavior.

       -mepiphany16
	   Restricts the permitted instructions to just the 16 bit set.

       The following options are available when as is configured for an H8/300
       processor.  @chapter H8/300 Dependent Features

   Options
       The Renesas H8/300 version of "as" has one machine-dependent option:

       -h-tick-hex
	   Support H'00 style hex constants in addition to 0x00 style.

       -mach=name
	   Sets the H8300 machine variant.  The following machine names are
	   recognised: "h8300h", "h8300hn", "h8300s", "h8300sn", "h8300sx" and
	   "h8300sxn".

       The following options are available when as is configured for an i386
       processor.

       --32 | --x32 | --64
	   Select the word size, either 32 bits or 64 bits.  --32 implies
	   Intel i386 architecture, while --x32 and --64 imply AMD x86-64
	   architecture with 32-bit or 64-bit word-size respectively.

	   These options are only available with the ELF object file format,
	   and require that the necessary BFD support has been included (on a
	   32-bit platform you have to add --enable-64-bit-bfd to configure
	   enable 64-bit usage and use x86-64 as target platform).

       -n  By default, x86 GAS replaces multiple nop instructions used for
	   alignment within code sections with multi-byte nop instructions
	   such as leal 0(%esi,1),%esi.	 This switch disables the
	   optimization.

       --divide
	   On SVR4-derived platforms, the character / is treated as a comment
	   character, which means that it cannot be used in expressions.  The
	   --divide option turns / into a normal character.  This does not
	   disable / at the beginning of a line starting a comment, or affect
	   using # for starting a comment.

       -march=CPU[+EXTENSION...]
	   This option specifies the target processor.	The assembler will
	   issue an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an
	   instruction which will not execute on the target processor.	The
	   following processor names are recognized: "i8086", "i186", "i286",
	   "i386", "i486", "i586", "i686", "pentium", "pentiumpro",
	   "pentiumii", "pentiumiii", "pentium4", "prescott", "nocona",
	   "core", "core2", "corei7", "l1om", "k1om", "iamcu", "k6", "k6_2",
	   "athlon", "opteron", "k8", "amdfam10", "bdver1", "bdver2",
	   "bdver3", "bdver4", "znver1", "btver1", "btver2", "generic32" and
	   "generic64".

	   In addition to the basic instruction set, the assembler can be told
	   to accept various extension mnemonics.  For example,
	   "-march=i686+sse4+vmx" extends i686 with sse4 and vmx.  The
	   following extensions are currently supported: 8087, 287, 387, 687,
	   "no87", "no287", "no387", "no687", "mmx", "nommx", "sse", "sse2",
	   "sse3", "ssse3", "sse4.1", "sse4.2", "sse4", "nosse", "nosse2",
	   "nosse3", "nossse3", "nosse4.1", "nosse4.2", "nosse4", "avx",
	   "avx2", "noavx", "noavx2", "adx", "rdseed", "prfchw", "smap",
	   "mpx", "sha", "rdpid", "prefetchwt1", "clflushopt", "se1", "clwb",
	   "pcommit", "avx512f", "avx512cd", "avx512er", "avx512pf",
	   "avx512vl", "avx512bw", "avx512dq", "avx512ifma", "avx512vbmi",
	   "noavx512f", "noavx512cd", "noavx512er", "noavx512pf",
	   "noavx512vl", "noavx512bw", "noavx512dq", "noavx512ifma",
	   "noavx512vbmi", "vmx", "vmfunc", "smx", "xsave", "xsaveopt",
	   "xsavec", "xsaves", "aes", "pclmul", "fsgsbase", "rdrnd", "f16c",
	   "bmi2", "fma", "movbe", "ept", "lzcnt", "hle", "rtm", "invpcid",
	   "clflush", "mwaitx", "clzero", "lwp", "fma4", "xop", "cx16",
	   "syscall", "rdtscp", "3dnow", "3dnowa", "sse4a", "sse5", "svme",
	   "abm" and "padlock".	 Note that rather than extending a basic
	   instruction set, the extension mnemonics starting with "no" revoke
	   the respective functionality.

	   When the ".arch" directive is used with -march, the ".arch"
	   directive will take precedent.

       -mtune=CPU
	   This option specifies a processor to optimize for. When used in
	   conjunction with the -march option, only instructions of the
	   processor specified by the -march option will be generated.

	   Valid CPU values are identical to the processor list of -march=CPU.

       -msse2avx
	   This option specifies that the assembler should encode SSE
	   instructions with VEX prefix.

       -msse-check=none
       -msse-check=warning
       -msse-check=error
	   These options control if the assembler should check SSE
	   instructions.  -msse-check=none will make the assembler not to
	   check SSE instructions,  which is the default.  -msse-check=warning
	   will make the assembler issue a warning for any SSE instruction.
	   -msse-check=error will make the assembler issue an error for any
	   SSE instruction.

       -mavxscalar=128
       -mavxscalar=256
	   These options control how the assembler should encode scalar AVX
	   instructions.  -mavxscalar=128 will encode scalar AVX instructions
	   with 128bit vector length, which is the default.  -mavxscalar=256
	   will encode scalar AVX instructions with 256bit vector length.

       -mevexlig=128
       -mevexlig=256
       -mevexlig=512
	   These options control how the assembler should encode length-
	   ignored (LIG) EVEX instructions.  -mevexlig=128 will encode LIG
	   EVEX instructions with 128bit vector length, which is the default.
	   -mevexlig=256 and -mevexlig=512 will encode LIG EVEX instructions
	   with 256bit and 512bit vector length, respectively.

       -mevexwig=0
       -mevexwig=1
	   These options control how the assembler should encode w-ignored
	   (WIG) EVEX instructions.  -mevexwig=0 will encode WIG EVEX
	   instructions with evex.w = 0, which is the default.	-mevexwig=1
	   will encode WIG EVEX instructions with evex.w = 1.

       -mmnemonic=att
       -mmnemonic=intel
	   This option specifies instruction mnemonic for matching
	   instructions.  The ".att_mnemonic" and ".intel_mnemonic" directives
	   will take precedent.

       -msyntax=att
       -msyntax=intel
	   This option specifies instruction syntax when processing
	   instructions.  The ".att_syntax" and ".intel_syntax" directives
	   will take precedent.

       -mnaked-reg
	   This opetion specifies that registers don't require a % prefix.
	   The ".att_syntax" and ".intel_syntax" directives will take
	   precedent.

       -madd-bnd-prefix
	   This option forces the assembler to add BND prefix to all branches,
	   even if such prefix was not explicitly specified in the source
	   code.

       -mno-shared
	   On ELF target, the assembler normally optimizes out non-PLT
	   relocations against defined non-weak global branch targets with
	   default visibility.	The -mshared option tells the assembler to
	   generate code which may go into a shared library where all non-weak
	   global branch targets with default visibility can be preempted.
	   The resulting code is slightly bigger.  This option only affects
	   the handling of branch instructions.

       -mbig-obj
	   On x86-64 PE/COFF target this option forces the use of big object
	   file format, which allows more than 32768 sections.

       -momit-lock-prefix=no
       -momit-lock-prefix=yes
	   These options control how the assembler should encode lock prefix.
	   This option is intended as a workaround for processors, that fail
	   on lock prefix. This option can only be safely used with single-
	   core, single-thread computers -momit-lock-prefix=yes will omit all
	   lock prefixes.  -momit-lock-prefix=no will encode lock prefix as
	   usual, which is the default.

       -mfence-as-lock-add=no
       -mfence-as-lock-add=yes
	   These options control how the assembler should encode lfence,
	   mfence and sfence.  -mfence-as-lock-add=yes will encode lfence,
	   mfence and sfence as lock addl $0x0, (%rsp) in 64-bit mode and lock
	   addl $0x0, (%esp) in 32-bit mode.  -mfence-as-lock-add=no will
	   encode lfence, mfence and sfence as usual, which is the default.

       -mrelax-relocations=no
       -mrelax-relocations=yes
	   These options control whether the assembler should generate relax
	   relocations, R_386_GOT32X, in 32-bit mode, or R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX
	   and R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX, in 64-bit mode.
	   -mrelax-relocations=yes will generate relax relocations.
	   -mrelax-relocations=no will not generate relax relocations.	The
	   default can be controlled by a configure option
	   --enable-x86-relax-relocations.

       -malign-branch-boundary=NUM
	   This option controls how the assembler should align branches with
	   segment prefixes or NOP.  NUM must be a power of 2.	It should be 0
	   or no less than 32.	Branches will be aligned within NUM byte
	   boundary.  -malign-branch-boundary=0, which is the default, doesn't
	   align branches.

       -malign-branch=TYPE[+TYPE...]
	   This option specifies types of branches to align. TYPE is
	   combination of jcc, which aligns conditional jumps, fused, which
	   aligns fused conditional jumps, jmp, which aligns unconditional
	   jumps, call which aligns calls, ret, which aligns rets, indirect,
	   which aligns indirect jumps and calls.  The default is
	   -malign-branch=jcc+fused+jmp.

       -malign-branch-prefix-size=NUM
	   This option specifies the maximum number of prefixes on an
	   instruction to align branches.  NUM should be between 0 and 5.  The
	   default NUM is 5.

       -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries
	   This option aligns conditional jumps, fused conditional jumps and
	   unconditional jumps within 32 byte boundary with up to 5 segment
	   prefixes on an instruction.	It is equivalent to
	   -malign-branch-boundary=32 -malign-branch=jcc+fused+jmp
	   -malign-branch-prefix-size=5.  The default doesn't align branches.

       -mevexrcig=rne
       -mevexrcig=rd
       -mevexrcig=ru
       -mevexrcig=rz
	   These options control how the assembler should encode SAE-only EVEX
	   instructions.  -mevexrcig=rne will encode RC bits of EVEX
	   instruction with 00, which is the default.  -mevexrcig=rd,
	   -mevexrcig=ru and -mevexrcig=rz will encode SAE-only EVEX
	   instructions with 01, 10 and 11 RC bits, respectively.

       -mamd64
       -mintel64
	   This option specifies that the assembler should accept only AMD64
	   or Intel64 ISA in 64-bit mode.  The default is to accept both.

       The following options are available when as is configured for the Intel
       80960 processor.

       -ACA | -ACA_A | -ACB | -ACC | -AKA | -AKB | -AKC | -AMC
	   Specify which variant of the 960 architecture is the target.

       -b  Add code to collect statistics about branches taken.

       -no-relax
	   Do not alter compare-and-branch instructions for long
	   displacements; error if necessary.

       The following options are available when as is configured for the
       Ubicom IP2K series.

       -mip2022ext
	   Specifies that the extended IP2022 instructions are allowed.

       -mip2022
	   Restores the default behaviour, which restricts the permitted
	   instructions to just the basic IP2022 ones.

       The following options are available when as is configured for the
       Renesas M32C and M16C processors.

       -m32c
	   Assemble M32C instructions.

       -m16c
	   Assemble M16C instructions (the default).

       -relax
	   Enable support for link-time relaxations.

       -h-tick-hex
	   Support H'00 style hex constants in addition to 0x00 style.

       The following options are available when as is configured for the
       Renesas M32R (formerly Mitsubishi M32R) series.

       --m32rx
	   Specify which processor in the M32R family is the target.  The
	   default is normally the M32R, but this option changes it to the
	   M32RX.

       --warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts or --Wp
	   Produce warning messages when questionable parallel constructs are
	   encountered.

       --no-warn-explicit-parallel-conflicts or --Wnp
	   Do not produce warning messages when questionable parallel
	   constructs are encountered.

       The following options are available when as is configured for the
       Motorola 68000 series.

       -l  Shorten references to undefined symbols, to one word instead of
	   two.

       -m68000 | -m68008 | -m68010 | -m68020 | -m68030
       | -m68040 | -m68060 | -m68302 | -m68331 | -m68332
       | -m68333 | -m68340 | -mcpu32 | -m5200
	   Specify what processor in the 68000 family is the target.  The
	   default is normally the 68020, but this can be changed at
	   configuration time.

       -m68881 | -m68882 | -mno-68881 | -mno-68882
	   The target machine does (or does not) have a floating-point
	   coprocessor.	 The default is to assume a coprocessor for 68020,
	   68030, and cpu32.  Although the basic 68000 is not compatible with
	   the 68881, a combination of the two can be specified, since it's
	   possible to do emulation of the coprocessor instructions with the
	   main processor.

       -m68851 | -mno-68851
	   The target machine does (or does not) have a memory-management unit
	   coprocessor.	 The default is to assume an MMU for 68020 and up.

       The following options are available when as is configured for an Altera
       Nios II processor.

       -relax-section
	   Replace identified out-of-range branches with PC-relative "jmp"
	   sequences when possible.  The generated code sequences are suitable
	   for use in position-independent code, but there is a practical
	   limit on the extended branch range because of the length of the
	   sequences.  This option is the default.

       -relax-all
	   Replace branch instructions not determinable to be in range and all
	   call instructions with "jmp" and "callr" sequences (respectively).
	   This option generates absolute relocations against the target
	   symbols and is not appropriate for position-independent code.

       -no-relax
	   Do not replace any branches or calls.

       -EB Generate big-endian output.

       -EL Generate little-endian output.  This is the default.

       -march=architecture
	   This option specifies the target architecture.  The assembler
	   issues an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an
	   instruction which will not execute on the target architecture.  The
	   following architecture names are recognized: "r1", "r2".  The
	   default is "r1".

       The following options are available when as is configured for a Meta
       processor.

       "-mcpu=metac11"
	   Generate code for Meta 1.1.

       "-mcpu=metac12"
	   Generate code for Meta 1.2.

       "-mcpu=metac21"
	   Generate code for Meta 2.1.

       "-mfpu=metac21"
	   Allow code to use FPU hardware of Meta 2.1.

       See the info pages for documentation of the MMIX-specific options.

       The following options are available when as is configured for a NDS32
       processor.

       "-O1"
	   Optimize for performance.

       "-Os"
	   Optimize for space.

       "-EL"
	   Produce little endian data output.

       "-EB"
	   Produce little endian data output.

       "-mpic"
	   Generate PIC.

       "-mno-fp-as-gp-relax"
	   Suppress fp-as-gp relaxation for this file.

       "-mb2bb-relax"
	   Back-to-back branch optimization.

       "-mno-all-relax"
	   Suppress all relaxation for this file.

       "-march=<arch name>"
	   Assemble for architecture <arch name> which could be v3, v3j, v3m,
	   v3f, v3s, v2, v2j, v2f, v2s.

       "-mbaseline=<baseline>"
	   Assemble for baseline <baseline> which could be v2, v3, v3m.

       "-mfpu-freg=FREG"
	   Specify a FPU configuration.

	   "0	   8 SP /  4 DP registers"
	   "1	  16 SP /  8 DP registers"
	   "2	  32 SP / 16 DP registers"
	   "3	  32 SP / 32 DP registers"
       "-mabi=abi"
	   Specify a abi version <abi> could be v1, v2, v2fp, v2fpp.

       "-m[no-]mac"
	   Enable/Disable Multiply instructions support.

       "-m[no-]div"
	   Enable/Disable Divide instructions support.

       "-m[no-]16bit-ext"
	   Enable/Disable 16-bit extension

       "-m[no-]dx-regs"
	   Enable/Disable d0/d1 registers

       "-m[no-]perf-ext"
	   Enable/Disable Performance extension

       "-m[no-]perf2-ext"
	   Enable/Disable Performance extension 2

       "-m[no-]string-ext"
	   Enable/Disable String extension

       "-m[no-]reduced-regs"
	   Enable/Disable Reduced Register configuration (GPR16) option

       "-m[no-]audio-isa-ext"
	   Enable/Disable AUDIO ISA extension

       "-m[no-]fpu-sp-ext"
	   Enable/Disable FPU SP extension

       "-m[no-]fpu-dp-ext"
	   Enable/Disable FPU DP extension

       "-m[no-]fpu-fma"
	   Enable/Disable FPU fused-multiply-add instructions

       "-mall-ext"
	   Turn on all extensions and instructions support

       The following options are available when as is configured for a PowerPC
       processor.

       -a32
	   Generate ELF32 or XCOFF32.

       -a64
	   Generate ELF64 or XCOFF64.

       -K PIC
	   Set EF_PPC_RELOCATABLE_LIB in ELF flags.

       -mpwrx | -mpwr2
	   Generate code for POWER/2 (RIOS2).

       -mpwr
	   Generate code for POWER (RIOS1)

       -m601
	   Generate code for PowerPC 601.

       -mppc, -mppc32, -m603, -m604
	   Generate code for PowerPC 603/604.

       -m403, -m405
	   Generate code for PowerPC 403/405.

       -m440
	   Generate code for PowerPC 440.  BookE and some 405 instructions.

       -m464
	   Generate code for PowerPC 464.

       -m476
	   Generate code for PowerPC 476.

       -m7400, -m7410, -m7450, -m7455
	   Generate code for PowerPC 7400/7410/7450/7455.

       -m750cl
	   Generate code for PowerPC 750CL.

       -m821, -m850, -m860
	   Generate code for PowerPC 821/850/860.

       -mppc64, -m620
	   Generate code for PowerPC 620/625/630.

       -me500, -me500x2
	   Generate code for Motorola e500 core complex.

       -me500mc
	   Generate code for Freescale e500mc core complex.

       -me500mc64
	   Generate code for Freescale e500mc64 core complex.

       -me5500
	   Generate code for Freescale e5500 core complex.

       -me6500
	   Generate code for Freescale e6500 core complex.

       -mspe
	   Generate code for Motorola SPE instructions.

       -mtitan
	   Generate code for AppliedMicro Titan core complex.

       -mppc64bridge
	   Generate code for PowerPC 64, including bridge insns.

       -mbooke
	   Generate code for 32-bit BookE.

       -ma2
	   Generate code for A2 architecture.

       -me300
	   Generate code for PowerPC e300 family.

       -maltivec
	   Generate code for processors with AltiVec instructions.

       -mvle
	   Generate code for Freescale PowerPC VLE instructions.

       -mvsx
	   Generate code for processors with Vector-Scalar (VSX) instructions.

       -mhtm
	   Generate code for processors with Hardware Transactional Memory
	   instructions.

       -mpower4, -mpwr4
	   Generate code for Power4 architecture.

       -mpower5, -mpwr5, -mpwr5x
	   Generate code for Power5 architecture.

       -mpower6, -mpwr6
	   Generate code for Power6 architecture.

       -mpower7, -mpwr7
	   Generate code for Power7 architecture.

       -mpower8, -mpwr8
	   Generate code for Power8 architecture.

       -mpower9, -mpwr9
	   Generate code for Power9 architecture.

       -mcell
       -mcell
	   Generate code for Cell Broadband Engine architecture.

       -mcom
	   Generate code Power/PowerPC common instructions.

       -many
	   Generate code for any architecture (PWR/PWRX/PPC).

       -mregnames
	   Allow symbolic names for registers.

       -mno-regnames
	   Do not allow symbolic names for registers.

       -mrelocatable
	   Support for GCC's -mrelocatable option.

       -mrelocatable-lib
	   Support for GCC's -mrelocatable-lib option.

       -memb
	   Set PPC_EMB bit in ELF flags.

       -mlittle, -mlittle-endian, -le
	   Generate code for a little endian machine.

       -mbig, -mbig-endian, -be
	   Generate code for a big endian machine.

       -msolaris
	   Generate code for Solaris.

       -mno-solaris
	   Do not generate code for Solaris.

       -nops=count
	   If an alignment directive inserts more than count nops, put a
	   branch at the beginning to skip execution of the nops.

       See the info pages for documentation of the RX-specific options.

       The following options are available when as is configured for the s390
       processor family.

       -m31
       -m64
	   Select the word size, either 31/32 bits or 64 bits.

       -mesa
       -mzarch
	   Select the architecture mode, either the Enterprise System
	   Architecture (esa) or the z/Architecture mode (zarch).

       -march=processor
	   Specify which s390 processor variant is the target, g6, g6, z900,
	   z990, z9-109, z9-ec, z10, z196, zEC12, or z13 (or arch11), or
	   arch12.

       -mregnames
       -mno-regnames
	   Allow or disallow symbolic names for registers.

       -mwarn-areg-zero
	   Warn whenever the operand for a base or index register has been
	   specified but evaluates to zero.

       The following options are available when as is configured for a
       TMS320C6000 processor.

       -march=arch
	   Enable (only) instructions from architecture arch.  By default, all
	   instructions are permitted.

	   The following values of arch are accepted: "c62x", "c64x", "c64x+",
	   "c67x", "c67x+", "c674x".

       -mdsbt
       -mno-dsbt
	   The -mdsbt option causes the assembler to generate the
	   "Tag_ABI_DSBT" attribute with a value of 1, indicating that the
	   code is using DSBT addressing.  The -mno-dsbt option, the default,
	   causes the tag to have a value of 0, indicating that the code does
	   not use DSBT addressing.  The linker will emit a warning if objects
	   of different type (DSBT and non-DSBT) are linked together.

       -mpid=no
       -mpid=near
       -mpid=far
	   The -mpid= option causes the assembler to generate the
	   "Tag_ABI_PID" attribute with a value indicating the form of data
	   addressing used by the code.	 -mpid=no, the default, indicates
	   position-dependent data addressing, -mpid=near indicates position-
	   independent addressing with GOT accesses using near DP addressing,
	   and -mpid=far indicates position-independent addressing with GOT
	   accesses using far DP addressing.  The linker will emit a warning
	   if objects built with different settings of this option are linked
	   together.

       -mpic
       -mno-pic
	   The -mpic option causes the assembler to generate the "Tag_ABI_PIC"
	   attribute with a value of 1, indicating that the code is using
	   position-independent code addressing,  The "-mno-pic" option, the
	   default, causes the tag to have a value of 0, indicating position-
	   dependent code addressing.  The linker will emit a warning if
	   objects of different type (position-dependent and position-
	   independent) are linked together.

       -mbig-endian
       -mlittle-endian
	   Generate code for the specified endianness.	The default is little-
	   endian.

       The following options are available when as is configured for a TILE-Gx
       processor.

       -m32 | -m64
	   Select the word size, either 32 bits or 64 bits.

       -EB | -EL
	   Select the endianness, either big-endian (-EB) or little-endian
	   (-EL).

       The following option is available when as is configured for a Visium
       processor.

       -mtune=arch
	   This option specifies the target architecture.  If an attempt is
	   made to assemble an instruction that will not execute on the target
	   architecture, the assembler will issue an error message.

	   The following names are recognized: "mcm24" "mcm" "gr5" "gr6"

       The following options are available when as is configured for an Xtensa
       processor.

       --text-section-literals | --no-text-section-literals
	   Control the treatment of literal pools.  The default is
	   --no-text-section-literals, which places literals in separate
	   sections in the output file.	 This allows the literal pool to be
	   placed in a data RAM/ROM.  With --text-section-literals, the
	   literals are interspersed in the text section in order to keep them
	   as close as possible to their references.  This may be necessary
	   for large assembly files, where the literals would otherwise be out
	   of range of the "L32R" instructions in the text section.  Literals
	   are grouped into pools following ".literal_position" directives or
	   preceding "ENTRY" instructions.  These options only affect literals
	   referenced via PC-relative "L32R" instructions; literals for
	   absolute mode "L32R" instructions are handled separately.

       --auto-litpools | --no-auto-litpools
	   Control the treatment of literal pools.  The default is
	   --no-auto-litpools, which in the absence of --text-section-literals
	   places literals in separate sections in the output file.  This
	   allows the literal pool to be placed in a data RAM/ROM.  With
	   --auto-litpools, the literals are interspersed in the text section
	   in order to keep them as close as possible to their references,
	   explicit ".literal_position" directives are not required.  This may
	   be necessary for very large functions, where single literal pool at
	   the beginning of the function may not be reachable by "L32R"
	   instructions at the end.  These options only affect literals
	   referenced via PC-relative "L32R" instructions; literals for
	   absolute mode "L32R" instructions are handled separately.  When
	   used together with --text-section-literals, --auto-litpools takes
	   precedence.

       --absolute-literals | --no-absolute-literals
	   Indicate to the assembler whether "L32R" instructions use absolute
	   or PC-relative addressing.  If the processor includes the absolute
	   addressing option, the default is to use absolute "L32R"
	   relocations.	 Otherwise, only the PC-relative "L32R" relocations
	   can be used.

       --target-align | --no-target-align
	   Enable or disable automatic alignment to reduce branch penalties at
	   some expense in code size.	 This optimization is enabled by
	   default.  Note that the assembler will always align instructions
	   like "LOOP" that have fixed alignment requirements.

       --longcalls | --no-longcalls
	   Enable or disable transformation of call instructions to allow
	   calls across a greater range of addresses.	 This option should be
	   used when call targets can potentially be out of range.  It may
	   degrade both code size and performance, but the linker can
	   generally optimize away the unnecessary overhead when a call ends
	   up within range.  The default is --no-longcalls.

       --transform | --no-transform
	   Enable or disable all assembler transformations of Xtensa
	   instructions, including both relaxation and optimization.  The
	   default is --transform; --no-transform should only be used in the
	   rare cases when the instructions must be exactly as specified in
	   the assembly source.	 Using --no-transform causes out of range
	   instruction operands to be errors.

       --rename-section oldname=newname
	   Rename the oldname section to newname.  This option can be used
	   multiple times to rename multiple sections.

       --trampolines | --no-trampolines
	   Enable or disable transformation of jump instructions to allow
	   jumps across a greater range of addresses.	 This option should be
	   used when jump targets can potentially be out of range.  In the
	   absence of such jumps this option does not affect code size or
	   performance.	 The default is --trampolines.

       The following options are available when as is configured for a Z80
       family processor.

       -z80
	   Assemble for Z80 processor.

       -r800
	   Assemble for R800 processor.

       -ignore-undocumented-instructions
       -Wnud
	   Assemble undocumented Z80 instructions that also work on R800
	   without warning.

       -ignore-unportable-instructions
       -Wnup
	   Assemble all undocumented Z80 instructions without warning.

       -warn-undocumented-instructions
       -Wud
	   Issue a warning for undocumented Z80 instructions that also work on
	   R800.

       -warn-unportable-instructions
       -Wup
	   Issue a warning for undocumented Z80 instructions that do not work
	   on R800.

       -forbid-undocumented-instructions
       -Fud
	   Treat all undocumented instructions as errors.

       -forbid-unportable-instructions
       -Fup
	   Treat undocumented Z80 instructions that do not work on R800 as
	   errors.

SEE ALSO
       gcc(1), ld(1), and the Info entries for binutils and ld.

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