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NAME

       AS - the portable GNU assembler.

SYNOPSIS

       as [-a[cdghilns][=file]]
        [--alternate]
        [--compress-debug-sections] [--nocompress-debug-sections]
        [-D]
        [--dump-config]
        [--debug-prefix-map old=new]
        [--defsym sym=val]
        [--elf-stt-common=[no|yes]]
        [--emulation=name]
        [-f]
        [-g] [--gstabs] [--gstabs+]
        [--gdwarf-<N>] [--gdwarf-sections]
        [--gdwarf-cie-version=VERSION]
        [--generate-missing-build-notes=[no|yes]]
        [--gsframe]
        [--hash-size=N]
        [--help] [--target-help]
        [-I dir]
        [-J]
        [-K]
        [--keep-locals]
        [-L]
        [--listing-lhs-width=NUM]
        [--listing-lhs-width2=NUM]
        [--listing-rhs-width=NUM]
        [--listing-cont-lines=NUM]
        [--multibyte-handling=[allow|warn|warn-sym-only]]
        [--no-pad-sections]
        [-o objfile] [-R]
        [--scfi=experimental]
        [--sectname-subst]
        [--size-check=[error|warning]]
        [--statistics]
        [-v] [-version] [--version]
        [-W] [--warn] [--fatal-warnings] [-w] [-x]
        [-Z] [@FILE]
        [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 BPF options:
          [-EL] [-EB]

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

       Target C-SKY options:
          [-march=arch] [-mcpu=cpu]
          [-EL] [-mlittle-endian] [-EB] [-mbig-endian]
          [-fpic] [-pic]
          [-mljump] [-mno-ljump]
          [-force2bsr] [-mforce2bsr] [-no-force2bsr] [-mno-force2bsr]
          [-jsri2bsr] [-mjsri2bsr] [-no-jsri2bsr ] [-mno-jsri2bsr]
          [-mnolrw ] [-mno-lrw]
          [-melrw] [-mno-elrw]
          [-mlaf ] [-mliterals-after-func]
          [-mno-laf] [-mno-literals-after-func]
          [-mlabr] [-mliterals-after-br]
          [-mno-labr] [-mnoliterals-after-br]
          [-mistack] [-mno-istack]
          [-mhard-float] [-mmp] [-mcp] [-mcache]
          [-msecurity] [-mtrust]
          [-mdsp] [-medsp] [-mvdsp]

       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 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:
          [-mlittle-endian] [-mbig-endian]

       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]
          [-mignore-branch-isa] [-mno-ignore-branch-isa]
          [-mnan=encoding]
          [-trap] [-no-break] [-break] [-no-trap]
          [-mips16] [-no-mips16]
          [-mmips16e2] [-mno-mips16e2]
          [-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]
          [-mcrc] [-mno-crc]
          [-mginv] [-mno-ginv]
          [-mloongson-mmi] [-mno-loongson-mmi]
          [-mloongson-cam] [-mno-loongson-cam]
          [-mloongson-ext] [-mno-loongson-ext]
          [-mloongson-ext2] [-mno-loongson-ext2]
          [-minsn32] [-mno-insn32]
          [-mfix7000] [-mno-fix7000]
          [-mfix-rm7000] [-mno-fix-rm7000]
          [-mfix-vr4120] [-mno-fix-vr4120]
          [-mfix-vr4130] [-mno-fix-vr4130]
          [-mfix-r5900] [-mno-fix-r5900]
          [-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|-mgekko|
           -mbroadway|-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|-mspe2|-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 PRU options:
          [-link-relax]
          [-mnolink-relax]
          [-mno-warn-regname-label]

       Target RISC-V options:
          [-fpic|-fPIC|-fno-pic]
          [-march=ISA]
          [-mabi=ABI]
          [-mlittle-endian|-mbig-endian]

       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|-Aleon|-Asparclet|-Asparclite
           -Av8plus|-Av8plusa|-Av8plusb|-Av8plusc|-Av8plusd
           -Av8plusv|-Av8plusm|-Av9|-Av9a|-Av9b|-Av9c
           -Av9d|-Av9e|-Av9v|-Av9m|-Asparc|-Asparcvis
           -Asparcvis2|-Asparcfmaf|-Asparcima|-Asparcvis3
           -Asparcvisr|-Asparc5]
          [-xarch=v8plus|-xarch=v8plusa]|-xarch=v8plusb|-xarch=v8plusc
           -xarch=v8plusd|-xarch=v8plusv|-xarch=v8plusm|-xarch=v9
           -xarch=v9a|-xarch=v9b|-xarch=v9c|-xarch=v9d|-xarch=v9e
           -xarch=v9v|-xarch=v9m|-xarch=sparc|-xarch=sparcvis
           -xarch=sparcvis2|-xarch=sparcfmaf|-xarch=sparcima
           -xarch=sparcvis3|-xarch=sparcvisr|-xarch=sparc5
           -bump]
          [-32|-64]
          [--enforce-aligned-data][--dcti-couples-detect]

       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]
        [--abi-windowed|--abi-call0]

       Target Z80 options:
         [-march=CPU[-EXT][+EXT]]
         [-local-prefix=PREFIX]
         [-colonless]
         [-sdcc]
         [-fp-s=FORMAT]
         [-fp-d=FORMAT]

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[cdghilmns]
           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

           -ali
               include assembly with ginsn

           -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
       --compress-debug-sections=zstd
           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  the  obsoleted  zlib-gnu
           format.   The  debug  sections  are  renamed  to  begin with .zdebug.  --compress-debug-sections=zstd
           compresses DWARF debug sections using zstd.  Note - if compression  would  actually  make  a  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  Enable debugging in target specific backends, if supported.  Otherwise  ignored.   Even  if  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.

       --dump-config
           Displays how the assembler is configured and then exits.

       --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.

       --emulation=name
           If the assembler is configured to support multiple different target configurations then  this  option
           can be used to select the desired form.

       -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.  When the debug  format
           is  DWARF  then  a  ".debug_info"  and  ".debug_line"  section is only emitted when the assembly file
           doesn't generate one itself.

       --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-3
           This option is the same as the --gdwarf-2 option, except that it allows for the  possibility  of  the
           generation  of  extra debug information as per version 3 of the DWARF specification.  Note - enabling
           this option does not guarantee the generation of any extra information, the choice to do so is  on  a
           per target basis.

       --gdwarf-4
           This  option  is  the same as the --gdwarf-2 option, except that it allows for the possibility of the
           generation of extra debug information as per version 4 of the DWARF specification.  Note  -  enabling
           this  option  does not guarantee the generation of any extra information, the choice to do so is on a
           per target basis.

       --gdwarf-5
           This option is the same as the --gdwarf-2 option, except that it allows for the  possibility  of  the
           generation  of  extra debug information as per version 5 of the DWARF specification.  Note - enabling
           this option does not guarantee the generation of any extra information, the choice to do so is  on  a
           per target basis.

       --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.

       --gdwarf-cie-version=version
           Control which version of DWARF Common Information Entries (CIEs) are produced.  When this flag is not
           specified  the  default  is  version  1, though some targets can modify this default.  Other possible
           values for version are 3 or 4.

       --generate-missing-build-notes=yes
       --generate-missing-build-notes=no
           These options control whether the ELF assembler should generate GNU Build attribute notes if none are
           present in the input sources.  The default can be  controlled  by  the  --enable-generate-build-notes
           configure option.

       --gsframe
       --gsframe
           Create .sframe section from CFI directives.

       --hash-size N
           Ignored.  Supported for command line compatibility with other assemblers.

       --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.

       --multibyte-handling=allow
       --multibyte-handling=warn
       --multibyte-handling=warn-sym-only
       --multibyte-handling=warn_sym_only
           Controls  how  the  assembler  handles  multibyte characters in the input.  The default (which can be
           restored by using the allow argument) is to allow such characters without complaint.  Using the  warn
           argument  will  make  the  assembler  generate  a warning message whenever any multibyte character is
           encountered.  Using the warn-sym-only argument will only cause a  warning  to  be  generated  when  a
           symbol  is  defined with a name that contains multibyte characters.  (References to undefined symbols
           will not generate a warning).

       --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.

       --reduce-memory-overheads
           Ignored.  Supported for compatibility with tools that apss the same option to both the assembler  and
           the linker.

       --scfi=experimental
           This  option  controls  whether  the  assembler should synthesize CFI for hand-written input.  If the
           input already contains some synthesizable CFI directives, the assembler  ignores  them  and  emits  a
           warning.   Note  that  "--scfi=experimental"  is not intended to be used for compiler-generated code,
           including inline assembly.  This experimental support is work in progress.  Only System V  AMD64  ABI
           is supported.

           Each  input  function in assembly must begin with the ".type" directive, and should ideally be closed
           off using a ".size" directive.  When using SCFI, each ".type" directive prompts GAS to  start  a  new
           FDE  (a.k.a.,  Function Descriptor Entry).  This implies that with each ".type" directive, a previous
           block of instructions, if any, is finalised as a distinct FDE.

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

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

       --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-a34", "cortex-a35", "cortex-a53", "cortex-a55", "cortex-a57",
           "cortex-a65", "cortex-a65ae", "cortex-a72", "cortex-a73", "cortex-a75", "cortex-a76", "cortex-a76ae",
           "cortex-a77",   "cortex-a78",   "cortex-a78ae",    "cortex-a78c",    "cortex-a510",    "cortex-a520",
           "cortex-a710",   "cortex-a720",   "ares",   "exynos-m1",   "falkor",   "neoverse-n1",  "neoverse-n2",
           "neoverse-e1",  "neoverse-v1",  "qdf24xx",  "saphira",  "thunderx",  "vulcan",   "xgene1"   "xgene2",
           "cortex-r82",  "cortex-x1", "cortex-x2", "cortex-x3", and "cortex-x4".  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",  "armv8.2-a",  "armv8.3-a",
           "armv8.4-a"  "armv8.5-a",  "armv8.6-a",  "armv8.7-a", "armv8.8-a", "armv8.9-a", "armv8-r", "armv9-a",
           "armv9.1-a", "armv9.2-a", "armv9.3-a" and "armv9.4-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 extension 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.

       The following options are available when as is configured for the Linux kernel BPF processor family.

       @chapter BPF Dependent Features

   BPF Options
       -EB This option specifies that the assembler should emit big-endian eBPF.

       -EL This option specifies that the assembler should emit little-endian eBPF.

       -mdialect=dialect
           This option specifies the assembly language dialect to recognize  while  assembling.   The  assembler
           supports normal and pseudoc.

       -misa-spec=spec
           This  option  specifies  the  version of the BPF instruction set to use when assembling.  The BPF ISA
           versions supported are v1 v2, v3 and v4.

           The value xbpf can be specified to recognize extra instructions that are  used  by  GCC  for  testing
           purposes.  But beware this is not valid BPF.

       -mno-relax
           This option tells the assembler to not relax instructions.

       Note that if no endianness option is specified in the command line, the host endianness is used.  See the
       info pages for documentation of the CRIS-specific options.

       The following options are available when as is configured for the C-SKY processor family.

       -march=archname
           Assemble for architecture archname.  The --help option lists valid values for archname.

       -mcpu=cpuname
           Assemble for architecture cpuname.  The --help option lists valid values for cpuname.

       -EL
       -mlittle-endian
           Generate little-endian output.

       -EB
       -mbig-endian
           Generate big-endian output.

       -fpic
       -pic
           Generate position-independent code.

       -mljump
       -mno-ljump
           Enable/disable  transformation  of  the  short branch instructions "jbf", "jbt", and "jbr" to "jmpi".
           This option is for V2 processors only.  It is ignored on  CK801  and  CK802  targets,  which  do  not
           support the "jmpi" instruction, and is enabled by default for other processors.

       -mbranch-stub
       -mno-branch-stub
           Pass through "R_CKCORE_PCREL_IMM26BY2" relocations for "bsr" instructions to the linker.

           This  option  is  only available for bare-metal C-SKY V2 ELF targets, where it is enabled by default.
           It cannot be used in code that will be dynamically linked against shared libraries.

       -force2bsr
       -mforce2bsr
       -no-force2bsr
       -mno-force2bsr
           Enable/disable transformation of "jbsr" instructions to "bsr".  This option is  always  enabled  (and
           -mno-force2bsr  is ignored) for CK801/CK802 targets.  It is also always enabled when -mbranch-stub is
           in effect.

       -jsri2bsr
       -mjsri2bsr
       -no-jsri2bsr
       -mno-jsri2bsr
           Enable/disable transformation of "jsri" instructions to "bsr".  This option is enabled by default.

       -mnolrw
       -mno-lrw
           Enable/disable transformation of "lrw" instructions into a "movih"/"ori" pair.

       -melrw
       -mno-elrw
           Enable/disable extended "lrw" instructions.  This option  is  enabled  by  default  for  CK800-series
           processors.

       -mlaf
       -mliterals-after-func
       -mno-laf
       -mno-literals-after-func
           Enable/disable placement of literal pools after each function.

       -mlabr
       -mliterals-after-br
       -mno-labr
       -mnoliterals-after-br
           Enable/disable  placement  of  literal pools after unconditional branches.  This option is enabled by
           default.

       -mistack
       -mno-istack
           Enable/disable interrupt stack instructions.  This option is enabled by default on CK801, CK802,  and
           CK802 processors.

       The  following  options explicitly enable certain optional instructions.  These features are also enabled
       implicitly by using "-mcpu=" to specify a processor that supports it.

       -mhard-float
           Enable hard float instructions.

       -mmp
           Enable multiprocessor instructions.

       -mcp
           Enable coprocessor instructions.

       -mcache
           Enable cache prefetch instruction.

       -msecurity
           Enable C-SKY security instructions.

       -mtrust
           Enable C-SKY trust instructions.

       -mdsp
           Enable DSP instructions.

       -medsp
           Enable enhanced DSP instructions.

       -mvdsp
           Enable vector DSP instructions.

       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 if  a
           single byte nop (0x90) is explicitly specified as the fill byte for alignment.

       --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",
           "iamcu", "k6", "k6_2", "athlon", "opteron", "k8", "amdfam10", "bdver1", "bdver2", "bdver3", "bdver4",
           "znver1", "znver2", "znver3", "znver4", "znver5", "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,  "cmov",  "fxsr",  "mmx",  "sse",  "sse2",
           "sse3",  "sse4a",  "ssse3", "sse4.1", "sse4.2", "sse4", "avx", "avx2", "lahf_sahf", "monitor", "adx",
           "rdseed", "prfchw", "smap", "mpx", "sha", "rdpid", "ptwrite", "cet",  "gfni",  "vaes",  "vpclmulqdq",
           "prefetchwt1",   "clflushopt",   "se1",   "clwb",   "movdiri",  "movdir64b",  "enqcmd",  "serialize",
           "tsxldtrk", "kl", "widekl", "hreset",  "avx512f",  "avx512cd",  "avx512er",  "avx512pf",  "avx512vl",
           "avx512bw",     "avx512dq",    "avx512ifma",    "avx512vbmi",    "avx512_4fmaps",    "avx512_4vnniw",
           "avx512_vpopcntdq", "avx512_vbmi2",  "avx512_vnni",  "avx512_bitalg",  "avx512_vp2intersect",  "tdx",
           "avx512_bf16",  "avx_vnni",  "avx512_fp16",  "prefetchi",  "avx_ifma",  "avx_vnni_int8", "cmpccxadd",
           "wrmsrns", "msrlist", "avx_ne_convert", "rao_int", "fred", "lkgs", "avx_vnni_int16", "sha512", "sm3",
           "sm4",  "pbndkb",  "avx10.1",  "avx10.1/512",  "avx10.1/256",  "avx10.1/128",  "user_msr",   "apx_f",
           "amx_int8",  "amx_bf16",  "amx_fp16",  "amx_complex",  "amx_tile",  "vmx",  "vmfunc", "smx", "xsave",
           "xsaveopt", "xsavec", "xsaves", "aes", "pclmul", "fsgsbase", "rdrnd", "f16c", "bmi2", "fma", "movbe",
           "ept", "lzcnt", "popcnt", "hle", "rtm", "tsx", "invpcid", "clflush", "mwaitx", "clzero",  "wbnoinvd",
           "pconfig",  "waitpkg",  "uintr",  "cldemote",  "rdpru",  "mcommit",  "sev_es",  "lwp", "fma4", "xop",
           "cx16", "syscall", "rdtscp", "3dnow", "3dnowa", "sse4a", "sse5", "snp", "invlpgb", "tlbsync",  "svme"
           and  "padlock".   Note  that  these  extension  mnemonics  can  be  prefixed  with "no" to revoke the
           respective  (and  any  dependent)  functionality.   Note  further  that  the  suffixes  permitted  on
           "-march=avx10.<N>" enforce a vector length restriction, i.e. despite these otherwise being "enabling"
           options, using these suffixes will disable all insns with wider vector or mask register operands.

           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.

       -muse-unaligned-vector-move
           This option specifies that the assembler should encode aligned vector move as unaligned vector move.

       -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.

           WARNING:  Don't  use  this for production code - due to CPU errata the resulting code may not work on
           certain models.

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

           WARNING: Don't use this for production code - due to CPU errata the resulting code may  not  work  on
           certain models.

       -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 option 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  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 16.   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.

       -mlfence-after-load=no
       -mlfence-after-load=yes
           These  options  control  whether  the  assembler  should  generate  lfence  after  load instructions.
           -mlfence-after-load=yes will generate lfence.  -mlfence-after-load=no will not generate lfence, which
           is the default.

       -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=none
       -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=all
       -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=register
       -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=memory
           These options control whether the assembler  should  generate  lfence  before  indirect  near  branch
           instructions.   -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=all  will generate lfence before indirect near branch
           via register and issue a warning before indirect near branch via memory.   It  also  implicitly  sets
           -mlfence-before-ret=shl        when       there's       no       explicit       -mlfence-before-ret=.
           -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=register  will  generate  lfence  before  indirect  near  branch  via
           register.   -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=memory  will  issue a warning before indirect near branch
           via memory.  -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=none will not generate lfence nor issue  warning,  which
           is  the  default.   Note that lfence won't be generated before indirect near branch via register with
           -mlfence-after-load=yes since lfence will be generated after loading branch target register.

       -mlfence-before-ret=none
       -mlfence-before-ret=shl
       -mlfence-before-ret=or
       -mlfence-before-ret=yes
       -mlfence-before-ret=not
           These   options   control   whether   the   assembler   should   generate    lfence    before    ret.
           -mlfence-before-ret=or     will     generate     generate     or     instruction     with     lfence.
           -mlfence-before-ret=shl/yes will generate shl instruction with lfence.  -mlfence-before-ret=not  will
           generate not instruction with lfence. -mlfence-before-ret=none will not generate lfence, which is the
           default.

       -mx86-used-note=no
       -mx86-used-note=yes
           These   options  control  whether  the  assembler  should  generate  GNU_PROPERTY_X86_ISA_1_USED  and
           GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_2_USED  GNU  property  notes.   The  default  can  be  controlled   by   the
           --enable-x86-used-note configure option.

       -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 common, Intel64 only and AMD64 ISAs.

       -O0 | -O | -O1 | -O2 | -Os
           Optimize  instruction encoding with smaller instruction size.  -O and -O1 encode 64-bit register load
           instructions with 64-bit immediate as 32-bit  register  load  instructions  with  31-bit  or  32-bits
           immediates,  encode 64-bit register clearing instructions with 32-bit register clearing instructions,
           encode 256-bit/512-bit VEX/EVEX  vector  register  clearing  instructions  with  128-bit  VEX  vector
           register  clearing  instructions, encode 128-bit/256-bit EVEX vector register load/store instructions
           with VEX vector register load/store instructions, and  encode  128-bit/256-bit  EVEX  packed  integer
           logical instructions with 128-bit/256-bit VEX packed integer logical.

           -O2 includes -O1 optimization plus encodes 256-bit/512-bit EVEX vector register clearing instructions
           with  128-bit  EVEX  vector  register clearing instructions.  In 64-bit mode VEX encoded instructions
           with commutative source operands will also have their source operands swapped if  this  allows  using
           the  2-byte  VEX  prefix form instead of the 3-byte one.  Certain forms of AND as well as OR with the
           same (register) operand specified twice will also be changed to TEST.

           -Os includes -O2 optimization plus encodes 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit register tests with immediate as
           8-bit register test with immediate.  -O0 turns off this optimization.

       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 PRU processor.

       -mlink-relax
           Assume  that LD would optimize LDI32 instructions by checking the upper 16 bits of the expression. If
           they are all zeros, then LD would shorten the LDI32 instruction to a single LDI. In  such  case  "as"
           will output DIFF relocations for diff expressions.

       -mno-link-relax
           Assume  that LD would not optimize LDI32 instructions. As a consequence, DIFF relocations will not be
           emitted.

       -mno-warn-regname-label
           Do not warn if a label name matches a register name. Usually assembler  programmers  will  want  this
           warning to be emitted. C compilers may want to turn this off.

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

       -G num
           This  option  sets  the  largest  size  of  an object that can be referenced implicitly with the "gp"
           register.  It is only accepted for targets that use  ECOFF  format,  such  as  a  DECstation  running
           Ultrix.  The default value is 8.

       -EB Generate "big endian" format output.

       -EL Generate "little endian" format output.

       -mips1
       -mips2
       -mips3
       -mips4
       -mips5
       -mips32
       -mips32r2
       -mips32r3
       -mips32r5
       -mips32r6
       -mips64
       -mips64r2
       -mips64r3
       -mips64r5
       -mips64r6
           Generate  code  for  a  particular  MIPS  Instruction Set Architecture level.  -mips1 is an alias for
           -march=r3000, -mips2 is an alias for -march=r6000, -mips3 is an alias for -march=r4000 and -mips4  is
           an  alias  for  -march=r8000.   -mips5, -mips32, -mips32r2, -mips32r3, -mips32r5, -mips32r6, -mips64,
           -mips64r2, -mips64r3, -mips64r5, and -mips64r6 correspond to generic MIPS V, MIPS32,  MIPS32  Release
           2,  MIPS32 Release 3, MIPS32 Release 5, MIPS32 Release 6, MIPS64, MIPS64 Release 2, MIPS64 Release 3,
           MIPS64 Release 5, and MIPS64 Release 6 ISA processors, respectively.

       -march=cpu
           Generate code for a particular MIPS CPU.

       -mtune=cpu
           Schedule and tune for a particular MIPS CPU.

       -mfix7000
       -mno-fix7000
           Cause nops to be inserted if the read of the destination register of  an  mfhi  or  mflo  instruction
           occurs in the following two instructions.

       -mfix-rm7000
       -mno-fix-rm7000
           Cause nops to be inserted if a dmult or dmultu instruction is followed by a load instruction.

       -mfix-r5900
       -mno-fix-r5900
           Do  not  attempt  to  schedule  the preceding instruction into the delay slot of a branch instruction
           placed at the end of a short  loop  of  six  instructions  or  fewer  and  always  schedule  a  "nop"
           instruction  there instead.  The short loop bug under certain conditions causes loops to execute only
           once or twice, due to a hardware bug in the R5900 chip.

       -mdebug
       -no-mdebug
           Cause stabs-style debugging output to go into an ECOFF-style .mdebug section instead of the  standard
           ELF .stabs sections.

       -mpdr
       -mno-pdr
           Control generation of ".pdr" sections.

       -mgp32
       -mfp32
           The  register sizes are normally inferred from the ISA and ABI, but these flags force a certain group
           of registers to be treated as 32 bits wide at all times.  -mgp32 controls the size of general-purpose
           registers and -mfp32 controls the size of floating-point registers.

       -mgp64
       -mfp64
           The register sizes are normally inferred from the ISA and ABI, but these flags force a certain  group
           of registers to be treated as 64 bits wide at all times.  -mgp64 controls the size of general-purpose
           registers and -mfp64 controls the size of floating-point registers.

       -mfpxx
           The  register  sizes  are  normally inferred from the ISA and ABI, but using this flag in combination
           with -mabi=32 enables an ABI variant which will operate correctly with floating-point registers which
           are 32 or 64 bits wide.

       -modd-spreg
       -mno-odd-spreg
           Enable use of floating-point operations on odd-numbered single-precision registers when supported  by
           the ISA.  -mfpxx implies -mno-odd-spreg, otherwise the default is -modd-spreg.

       -mips16
       -no-mips16
           Generate code for the MIPS 16 processor.  This is equivalent to putting ".module mips16" at the start
           of the assembly file.  -no-mips16 turns off this option.

       -mmips16e2
       -mno-mips16e2
           Enable  the  use  of  MIPS16e2  instructions  in MIPS16 mode.  This is equivalent to putting ".module
           mips16e2" at the start of the assembly file.  -mno-mips16e2 turns off this option.

       -mmicromips
       -mno-micromips
           Generate code for the microMIPS processor.  This is equivalent to putting ".module micromips" at  the
           start  of  the  assembly  file.  -mno-micromips turns off this option.  This is equivalent to putting
           ".module nomicromips" at the start of the assembly file.

       -msmartmips
       -mno-smartmips
           Enables the SmartMIPS extension to the  MIPS32  instruction  set.   This  is  equivalent  to  putting
           ".module smartmips" at the start of the assembly file.  -mno-smartmips turns off this option.

       -mips3d
       -no-mips3d
           Generate  code  for  the  MIPS-3D Application Specific Extension.  This tells the assembler to accept
           MIPS-3D instructions.  -no-mips3d turns off this option.

       -mdmx
       -no-mdmx
           Generate code for the MDMX Application Specific Extension.  This tells the assembler to  accept  MDMX
           instructions.  -no-mdmx turns off this option.

       -mdsp
       -mno-dsp
           Generate  code  for  the  DSP  Release 1 Application Specific Extension.  This tells the assembler to
           accept DSP Release 1 instructions.  -mno-dsp turns off this option.

       -mdspr2
       -mno-dspr2
           Generate code for the DSP Release 2 Application Specific Extension.  This option implies -mdsp.  This
           tells the assembler to accept DSP Release 2 instructions.  -mno-dspr2 turns off this option.

       -mdspr3
       -mno-dspr3
           Generate code for the DSP Release 3 Application Specific Extension.  This option  implies  -mdsp  and
           -mdspr2.   This  tells the assembler to accept DSP Release 3 instructions.  -mno-dspr3 turns off this
           option.

       -mmsa
       -mno-msa
           Generate code for the MIPS SIMD Architecture Extension.  This  tells  the  assembler  to  accept  MSA
           instructions.  -mno-msa turns off this option.

       -mxpa
       -mno-xpa
           Generate  code  for  the MIPS eXtended Physical Address (XPA) Extension.  This tells the assembler to
           accept XPA instructions.  -mno-xpa turns off this option.

       -mmt
       -mno-mt
           Generate code for the MT Application Specific Extension.  This  tells  the  assembler  to  accept  MT
           instructions.  -mno-mt turns off this option.

       -mmcu
       -mno-mcu
           Generate  code  for  the  MCU Application Specific Extension.  This tells the assembler to accept MCU
           instructions.  -mno-mcu turns off this option.

       -mcrc
       -mno-crc
           Generate code for the MIPS cyclic redundancy check (CRC) Application Specific Extension.  This  tells
           the assembler to accept CRC instructions.  -mno-crc turns off this option.

       -mginv
       -mno-ginv
           Generate  code  for  the  Global  INValidate  (GINV)  Application Specific Extension.  This tells the
           assembler to accept GINV instructions.  -mno-ginv turns off this option.

       -mloongson-mmi
       -mno-loongson-mmi
           Generate code  for  the  Loongson  MultiMedia  extensions  Instructions  (MMI)  Application  Specific
           Extension.   This  tells  the assembler to accept MMI instructions.  -mno-loongson-mmi turns off this
           option.

       -mloongson-cam
       -mno-loongson-cam
           Generate code for the Loongson Content Address Memory (CAM) instructions.  This tells  the  assembler
           to accept Loongson CAM instructions.  -mno-loongson-cam turns off this option.

       -mloongson-ext
       -mno-loongson-ext
           Generate  code  for  the  Loongson EXTensions (EXT) instructions.  This tells the assembler to accept
           Loongson EXT instructions.  -mno-loongson-ext turns off this option.

       -mloongson-ext2
       -mno-loongson-ext2
           Generate  code  for  the  Loongson  EXTensions  R2  (EXT2)   instructions.    This   option   implies
           -mloongson-ext.   This  tells the assembler to accept Loongson EXT2 instructions.  -mno-loongson-ext2
           turns off this option.

       -minsn32
       -mno-insn32
           Only use 32-bit instruction encodings when generating code for the microMIPS processor.  This  option
           inhibits  the  use  of  any  16-bit instructions.  This is equivalent to putting ".set insn32" at the
           start of the assembly file.  -mno-insn32 turns off this option.  This is equivalent to putting  ".set
           noinsn32"  at  the  start  of  the  assembly  file.  By default -mno-insn32 is selected, allowing all
           instructions to be used.

       --construct-floats
       --no-construct-floats
           The --no-construct-floats option disables the construction of double width floating  point  constants
           by  loading  the two halves of the value into the two single width floating point registers that make
           up the double width register.  By default --construct-floats is selected,  allowing  construction  of
           these floating point constants.

       --relax-branch
       --no-relax-branch
           The   --relax-branch   option   enables   the   relaxation  of  out-of-range  branches.   By  default
           --no-relax-branch is selected, causing any out-of-range branches to produce an error.

       -mignore-branch-isa
       -mno-ignore-branch-isa
           Ignore branch checks for invalid transitions between ISA modes.  The semantics of branches  does  not
           provide for an ISA mode switch, so in most cases the ISA mode a branch has been encoded for has to be
           the  same  as  the  ISA mode of the branch's target label.  Therefore GAS has checks implemented that
           verify in branch assembly that the two ISA modes match.  -mignore-branch-isa disables  these  checks.
           By  default  -mno-ignore-branch-isa  is  selected,  causing any invalid branch requiring a transition
           between ISA modes to produce an error.

       -mnan=encoding
           Select between the IEEE 754-2008 (-mnan=2008) or the legacy (-mnan=legacy) NaN encoding format.   The
           latter is the default.

       --emulation=name
           This  option  was  formerly  used  to switch between ELF and ECOFF output on targets like IRIX 5 that
           supported both.  MIPS ECOFF support was removed in GAS 2.24, so the option now serves little purpose.
           It is retained for backwards compatibility.

           The available configuration names are: mipself, mipslelf and mipsbelf.  Choosing mipself now  has  no
           effect,  since  the output is always ELF.  mipslelf and mipsbelf select little- and big-endian output
           respectively, but -EL and -EB are now the preferred options instead.

       -nocpp
           as ignores this option.  It is accepted for compatibility with the native tools.

       --trap
       --no-trap
       --break
       --no-break
           Control how to deal with multiplication overflow and division by zero.  --trap or  --no-break  (which
           are  synonyms)  take  a  trap  exception  (and only work for Instruction Set Architecture level 2 and
           higher); --break or --no-trap (also synonyms, and the default) take a break exception.

       -n  When this option is used, as will issue a warning every time it generates a nop  instruction  from  a
           macro.

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

       -fpic
       -fPIC
           Generate position-independent code

       -fno-pic
           Don't generate position-independent code (default)

       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, -mgekko, -mbroadway
           Generate code for PowerPC 750CL/Gekko/Broadway.

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

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

       -me200z2, -me200z4
           Generate code for e200 variants, e200z2 with LSP, e200z4 with SPE.

       -me300
           Generate code for PowerPC e300 family.

       -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.

       -mlsp
           Enable LSP instructions.  (Disables SPE and SPE2.)

       -mspe
           Generate code for Motorola SPE instructions.  (Disables LSP.)

       -mspe2
           Generate code for Freescale SPE2 instructions.  (Disables LSP.)

       -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.

       -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.

       -mpower10, -mpwr10
           Generate code for Power10 architecture.

       -mpower11, -mpwr11
           Generate code for Power11 architecture.

       -mfuture
           Generate code for 'future' 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.

       The following options are available when as is configured for a RISC-V processor.

       -fpic
       -fPIC
           Generate position-independent code

       -fno-pic
           Don't generate position-independent code (default)

       -march=ISA
           Select the base isa, as specified by ISA.  For  example  -march=rv32ima.   If  this  option  and  the
           architecture  attributes  aren't  set,  then  assembler  will  check  the  default  configure setting
           --with-arch=ISA.

       -misa-spec=ISAspec
           Select the default isa spec version.  If the version of ISA isn't set by -march, then assembler helps
           to set the version according to the default chosen spec.  If this option isn't  set,  then  assembler
           will check the default configure setting --with-isa-spec=ISAspec.

       -mpriv-spec=PRIVspec
           Select  the  privileged spec version.  We can decide whether the CSR is valid or not according to the
           chosen spec.  If this option and the privilege attributes aren't set, then assembler will  check  the
           default configure setting --with-priv-spec=PRIVspec.

       -mabi=ABI
           Selects  the  ABI,  which  is  either  "ilp32"  or "lp64", optionally followed by "f", "d", or "q" to
           indicate single-precision, double-precision, or quad-precision floating-point calling convention,  or
           none or "e" to indicate the soft-float calling convention ("e" indicates a soft-float RVE ABI).

       -mrelax
           Take  advantage  of  linker  relaxations to reduce the number of instructions required to materialize
           symbol addresses. (default)

       -mno-relax
           Don't do linker relaxations.

       -march-attr
           Generate the default contents for the riscv elf attribute section if the  .attribute  directives  are
           not  set.   This  section  is used to record the information that a linker or runtime loader needs to
           check compatibility.  This information includes ISA string, stack  alignment  requirement,  unaligned
           memory accesses, and the major, minor and revision version of privileged specification.

       -mno-arch-attr
           Don't generate the default riscv elf attribute section if the .attribute directives are not set.

       -mcsr-check
           Enable  the  CSR checking for the ISA-dependent CRS and the read-only CSR.  The ISA-dependent CSR are
           only valid when the specific ISA  is  set.   The  read-only  CSR  can  not  be  written  by  the  CSR
           instructions.

       -mno-csr-check
           Don't do CSR checking.

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

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

       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, g5 (or arch3), g6,  z900  (or  arch5),  z990  (or
           arch6),  z9-109,  z9-ec  (or  arch7),  z10  (or  arch8),  z196 (or arch9), zEC12 (or arch10), z13 (or
           arch11), z14 (or arch12), z15 (or arch13), or z16 (or arch14).

       -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.

       --abi-windowed | --abi-call0
           Choose ABI tag written to the ".xtensa.info" section.  ABI tag indicates ABI of the assembly code.  A
           warning  is  issued  by  the  linker  on  an attempt to link object files with inconsistent ABI tags.
           Default ABI is chosen by the Xtensa core configuration.

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

       @chapter Z80 Dependent Features

   Command-line Options
       -march=CPU[-EXT...][+EXT...]
           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: "z80", "z180", "ez80", "gbz80", "z80n", "r800".  In addition  to  the
           basic  instruction  set,  the  assembler can be told to accept some extension mnemonics. For example,
           "-march=z180+sli+infc" extends z180 with SLI instructions and IN F,(C). The following extensions  are
           currently  supported:  "full"  (all  known instructions), "adl" (ADL CPU mode by default, eZ80 only),
           "sli" (instruction known as SLI, SLL or SL1), "xyhl" (instructions with halves  of  index  registers:
           IXL,  IXH,  IYL,  IYH),  "xdcb"  (instructions  like  RotOp  (II+d),R  and  BitOp n,(II+d),R), "infc"
           (instruction IN F,(C) or IN (C)), "outc0" (instruction OUT (C),0).  Note that rather than extending a
           basic instruction set, the extension mnemonics starting with "-" revoke the respective functionality:
           "-march=z80-full+xyhl" first removes all default extensions and  adds  support  for  index  registers
           halves only.

           If this option is not specified then "-march=z80+xyhl+infc" is assumed.

       -local-prefix=prefix
           Mark all labels with specified prefix as local. But such label can be marked global explicitly in the
           code. This option do not change default local label prefix ".L", it is just adds new one.

       -colonless
           Accept colonless labels. All symbols at line begin are treated as labels.

       -sdcc
           Accept assembler code produced by SDCC.

       -fp-s=FORMAT
           Single precision floating point numbers format. Default: ieee754 (32 bit).

       -fp-d=FORMAT
           Double precision floating point numbers format. Default: ieee754 (64 bit).

SEE ALSO

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

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