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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]
        [-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]]
        [--target-help] [target-options]
        [--|files ...]

       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]
          [-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]
          [-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.

       --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.

       -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", "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, "no87", "mmx",
           "nommx", "sse", "sse2", "sse3", "ssse3", "sse4.1", "sse4.2", "sse4", "nosse", "avx",
           "avx2", "adx", "rdseed", "prfchw", "smap", "mpx", "sha", "prefetchwt1", "clflushopt",
           "se1", "clwb", "pcommit", "avx512f", "avx512cd", "avx512er", "avx512pf", "avx512vl",
           "avx512bw", "avx512dq", "avx512ifma", "avx512vbmi", "noavx", "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.

       -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.

       -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.

       -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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