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authorJustin Lebar <jlebar@google.com>2020-01-07 21:16:36 -0800
committerJustin Lebar <jlebar@google.com>2020-02-06 19:35:09 -0800
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Clarify how llvm-mca detects att vs intel syntax.
Reviewers: andreadb Subscribers: tschuett, gbedwell, llvm-commits Tags: #llvm Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D72385
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@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ Or for Intel syntax:
$ clang foo.c -O2 -target x86_64-unknown-unknown -mllvm -x86-asm-syntax=intel -S -o - | llvm-mca -mcpu=btver2
+(:program:`llvm-mca` detects Intel syntax by the presence of an `.intel_syntax`
+directive at the beginning of the input. By default its output syntax matches
+that of its input.)
+
Scheduling models are not just used to compute instruction latencies and
throughput, but also to understand what processor resources are available
and how to simulate them.