@c Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c This is part of the GAS manual. @c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo. @ifset GENERIC @page @node ARM-Dependent @chapter ARM Dependent Features @end ifset @ifclear GENERIC @node Machine Dependencies @chapter ARM Dependent Features @end ifclear @cindex ARM support @cindex Thumb support @menu * ARM Options:: Options * ARM Syntax:: Syntax * ARM Floating Point:: Floating Point * ARM Directives:: ARM Machine Directives * ARM Opcodes:: Opcodes * ARM Mapping Symbols:: Mapping Symbols @end menu @node ARM Options @section Options @cindex ARM options (none) @cindex options for ARM (none) @table @code @cindex @code{-mcpu=} command line option, ARM @item -mcpu=@var{processor}[+@var{extension}@dots{}] 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: @code{arm1}, @code{arm2}, @code{arm250}, @code{arm3}, @code{arm6}, @code{arm60}, @code{arm600}, @code{arm610}, @code{arm620}, @code{arm7}, @code{arm7m}, @code{arm7d}, @code{arm7dm}, @code{arm7di}, @code{arm7dmi}, @code{arm70}, @code{arm700}, @code{arm700i}, @code{arm710}, @code{arm710t}, @code{arm720}, @code{arm720t}, @code{arm740t}, @code{arm710c}, @code{arm7100}, @code{arm7500}, @code{arm7500fe}, @code{arm7t}, @code{arm7tdmi}, @code{arm7tdmi-s}, @code{arm8}, @code{arm810}, @code{strongarm}, @code{strongarm1}, @code{strongarm110}, @code{strongarm1100}, @code{strongarm1110}, @code{arm9}, @code{arm920}, @code{arm920t}, @code{arm922t}, @code{arm940t}, @code{arm9tdmi}, @code{arm9e}, @code{arm926e}, @code{arm926ej-s}, @code{arm946e-r0}, @code{arm946e}, @code{arm946e-s}, @code{arm966e-r0}, @code{arm966e}, @code{arm966e-s}, @code{arm968e-s}, @code{arm10t}, @code{arm10tdmi}, @code{arm10e}, @code{arm1020}, @code{arm1020t}, @code{arm1020e}, @code{arm1022e}, @code{arm1026ej-s}, @code{arm1136j-s}, @code{arm1136jf-s}, @code{arm1156t2-s}, @code{arm1156t2f-s}, @code{arm1176jz-s}, @code{arm1176jzf-s}, @code{mpcore}, @code{mpcorenovfp}, @code{cortex-a8}, @code{cortex-r4}, @code{cortex-m3}, @code{ep9312} (ARM920 with Cirrus Maverick coprocessor), @code{i80200} (Intel XScale processor) @code{iwmmxt} (Intel(r) XScale processor with Wireless MMX(tm) technology coprocessor) and @code{xscale}. The special name @code{all} may be used to allow the assembler to accept instructions valid for any ARM processor. In addition to the basic instruction set, the assembler can be told to accept various extension mnemonics that extend the processor using the co-processor instruction space. For example, @code{-mcpu=arm920+maverick} is equivalent to specifying @code{-mcpu=ep9312}. The following extensions are currently supported: @code{+maverick} @code{+iwmmxt} and @code{+xscale}. @cindex @code{-march=} command line option, ARM @item -march=@var{architecture}[+@var{extension}@dots{}] 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: @code{armv1}, @code{armv2}, @code{armv2a}, @code{armv2s}, @code{armv3}, @code{armv3m}, @code{armv4}, @code{armv4xm}, @code{armv4t}, @code{armv4txm}, @code{armv5}, @code{armv5t}, @code{armv5txm}, @code{armv5te}, @code{armv5texp}, @code{armv6}, @code{armv6j}, @code{armv6k}, @code{armv6z}, @code{armv6zk}, @code{armv7}, @code{armv7a}, @code{armv7r}, @code{armv7m}, @code{iwmmxt} and @code{xscale}. If both @code{-mcpu} and @code{-march} are specified, the assembler will use the setting for @code{-mcpu}. The architecture option can be extended with the same instruction set extension options as the @code{-mcpu} option. @cindex @code{-mfpu=} command line option, ARM @item -mfpu=@var{floating-point-format} This option specifies the floating point format to assemble for. The assembler will issue an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an instruction which will not execute on the target floating point unit. The following format options are recognized: @code{softfpa}, @code{fpe}, @code{fpe2}, @code{fpe3}, @code{fpa}, @code{fpa10}, @code{fpa11}, @code{arm7500fe}, @code{softvfp}, @code{softvfp+vfp}, @code{vfp}, @code{vfp10}, @code{vfp10-r0}, @code{vfp9}, @code{vfpxd}, @code{arm1020t}, @code{arm1020e}, @code{arm1136jf-s} and @code{maverick}. In addition to determining which instructions are assembled, this option also affects the way in which the @code{.double} assembler directive behaves when assembling little-endian code. The default is dependent on the processor selected. For Architecture 5 or later, the default is to assembler for VFP instructions; for earlier architectures the default is to assemble for FPA instructions. @cindex @code{-mthumb} command line option, ARM @item -mthumb This option specifies that the assembler should start assembling Thumb instructions; that is, it should behave as though the file starts with a @code{.code 16} directive. @cindex @code{-mthumb-interwork} command line option, ARM @item -mthumb-interwork This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler should be marked as supporting interworking. @cindex @code{-mapcs} command line option, ARM @item -mapcs @code{[26|32]} This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler should be marked as supporting the indicated version of the Arm Procedure. Calling Standard. @cindex @code{-matpcs} command line option, ARM @item -matpcs This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler should be marked as supporting the Arm/Thumb Procedure Calling Standard. If enabled this option will cause the assembler to create an empty debugging section in the object file called .arm.atpcs. Debuggers can use this to determine the ABI being used by. @cindex @code{-mapcs-float} command line option, ARM @item -mapcs-float This indicates the floating point variant of the APCS should be used. In this variant floating point arguments are passed in FP registers rather than integer registers. @cindex @code{-mapcs-reentrant} command line option, ARM @item -mapcs-reentrant This indicates that the reentrant variant of the APCS should be used. This variant supports position independent code. @cindex @code{-mfloat-abi=} command line option, ARM @item -mfloat-abi=@var{abi} This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler should be marked as using specified floating point ABI. The following values are recognized: @code{soft}, @code{softfp} and @code{hard}. @cindex @code{-eabi=} command line option, ARM @item -meabi=@var{ver} This option specifies which EABI version the produced object files should conform to. The following values are recognised: @code{gnu}, @code{4} and @code{5}. @cindex @code{-EB} command line option, ARM @item -EB This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler should be marked as being encoded for a big-endian processor. @cindex @code{-EL} command line option, ARM @item -EL This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler should be marked as being encoded for a little-endian processor. @cindex @code{-k} command line option, ARM @cindex PIC code generation for ARM @item -k This option specifies that the output of the assembler should be marked as position-independent code (PIC). @end table @node ARM Syntax @section Syntax @menu * ARM-Chars:: Special Characters * ARM-Regs:: Register Names * ARM-Relocations:: Relocations @end menu @node ARM-Chars @subsection Special Characters @cindex line comment character, ARM @cindex ARM line comment character The presence of a @samp{@@} on a line indicates the start of a comment that extends to the end of the current line. If a @samp{#} appears as the first character of a line, the whole line is treated as a comment. @cindex line separator, ARM @cindex statement separator, ARM @cindex ARM line separator The @samp{;} character can be used instead of a newline to separate statements. @cindex immediate character, ARM @cindex ARM immediate character Either @samp{#} or @samp{$} can be used to indicate immediate operands. @cindex identifiers, ARM @cindex ARM identifiers *TODO* Explain about /data modifier on symbols. @node ARM-Regs @subsection Register Names @cindex ARM register names @cindex register names, ARM *TODO* Explain about ARM register naming, and the predefined names. @node ARM Floating Point @section Floating Point @cindex floating point, ARM (@sc{ieee}) @cindex ARM floating point (@sc{ieee}) The ARM family uses @sc{ieee} floating-point numbers. @node ARM-Relocations @subsection ARM relocation generation @cindex data relocations, ARM @cindex ARM data relocations Specific data relocations can be generated by putting the relocation name in parentheses after the symbol name. For example: @smallexample .word foo(TARGET1) @end smallexample This will generate an @samp{R_ARM_TARGET1} relocation against the symbol @var{foo}. The following relocations are supported: @code{GOT}, @code{GOTOFF}, @code{TARGET1}, @code{TARGET2}, @code{SBREL}, @code{TLSGD}, @code{TLSLDM}, @code{TLSLDO}, @code{GOTTPOFF} and @code{TPOFF}. For compatibility with older toolchains the assembler also accepts @code{(PLT)} after branch targets. This will generate the deprecated @samp{R_ARM_PLT32} relocation. @cindex MOVW and MOVT relocations, ARM Relocations for @samp{MOVW} and @samp{MOVT} instructions can be generated by prefixing the value with @samp{#:lower16:} and @samp{#:upper16} respectively. For example to load the 32-bit addresss of foo into r0: @smallexample MOVW r0, #:lower16:foo MOVT r0, #:upper16:foo @end smallexample @node ARM Directives @section ARM Machine Directives @cindex machine directives, ARM @cindex ARM machine directives @table @code @cindex @code{align} directive, ARM @item .align @var{expression} [, @var{expression}] This is the generic @var{.align} directive. For the ARM however if the first argument is zero (ie no alignment is needed) the assembler will behave as if the argument had been 2 (ie pad to the next four byte boundary). This is for compatibility with ARM's own assembler. @cindex @code{req} directive, ARM @item @var{name} .req @var{register name} This creates an alias for @var{register name} called @var{name}. For example: @smallexample foo .req r0 @end smallexample @cindex @code{unreq} directive, ARM @item .unreq @var{alias-name} This undefines a register alias which was previously defined using the @code{req} directive. For example: @smallexample foo .req r0 .unreq foo @end smallexample An error occurs if the name is undefined. Note - this pseudo op can be used to delete builtin in register name aliases (eg 'r0'). This should only be done if it is really necessary. @cindex @code{code} directive, ARM @item .code @code{[16|32]} This directive selects the instruction set being generated. The value 16 selects Thumb, with the value 32 selecting ARM. @cindex @code{thumb} directive, ARM @item .thumb This performs the same action as @var{.code 16}. @cindex @code{arm} directive, ARM @item .arm This performs the same action as @var{.code 32}. @cindex @code{force_thumb} directive, ARM @item .force_thumb This directive forces the selection of Thumb instructions, even if the target processor does not support those instructions @cindex @code{thumb_func} directive, ARM @item .thumb_func This directive specifies that the following symbol is the name of a Thumb encoded function. This information is necessary in order to allow the assembler and linker to generate correct code for interworking between Arm and Thumb instructions and should be used even if interworking is not going to be performed. The presence of this directive also implies @code{.thumb} @cindex @code{thumb_set} directive, ARM @item .thumb_set This performs the equivalent of a @code{.set} directive in that it creates a symbol which is an alias for another symbol (possibly not yet defined). This directive also has the added property in that it marks the aliased symbol as being a thumb function entry point, in the same way that the @code{.thumb_func} directive does. @cindex @code{.ltorg} directive, ARM @item .ltorg This directive causes the current contents of the literal pool to be dumped into the current section (which is assumed to be the .text section) at the current location (aligned to a word boundary). @code{GAS} maintains a separate literal pool for each section and each sub-section. The @code{.ltorg} directive will only affect the literal pool of the current section and sub-section. At the end of assembly all remaining, un-empty literal pools will automatically be dumped. Note - older versions of @code{GAS} would dump the current literal pool any time a section change occurred. This is no longer done, since it prevents accurate control of the placement of literal pools. @cindex @code{.pool} directive, ARM @item .pool This is a synonym for .ltorg. @cindex @code{.fnstart} directive, ARM @item .unwind_fnstart Marks the start of a function with an unwind table entry. @cindex @code{.fnend} directive, ARM @item .unwind_fnend Marks the end of a function with an unwind table entry. The unwind index table entry is created when this directive is processed. If no personality routine has been specified then standard personality routine 0 or 1 will be used, depending on the number of unwind opcodes required. @cindex @code{.cantunwind} directive, ARM @item .cantunwind Prevents unwinding through the current function. No personality routine or exception table data is required or permitted. @cindex @code{.personality} directive, ARM @item .personality @var{name} Sets the personality routine for the current function to @var{name}. @cindex @code{.personalityindex} directive, ARM @item .personalityindex @var{index} Sets the personality routine for the current function to the EABI standard routine number @var{index} @cindex @code{.handlerdata} directive, ARM @item .handlerdata Marks the end of the current function, and the start of the exception table entry for that function. Anything between this directive and the @code{.fnend} directive will be added to the exception table entry. Must be preceded by a @code{.personality} or @code{.personalityindex} directive. @cindex @code{.save} directive, ARM @item .save @var{reglist} Generate unwinder annotations to restore the registers in @var{reglist}. The format of @var{reglist} is the same as the corresponding store-multiple instruction. @smallexample @exdent @emph{core registers} .save @{r4, r5, r6, lr@} stmfd sp!, @{r4, r5, r6, lr@} @exdent @emph{FPA registers} .save f4, 2 sfmfd f4, 2, [sp]! @exdent @emph{VFP registers} .save @{d8, d9, d10@} fstmdf sp!, @{d8, d9, d10@} @exdent @emph{iWMMXt registers} .save @{wr10, wr11@} wstrd wr11, [sp, #-8]! wstrd wr10, [sp, #-8]! or .save wr11 wstrd wr11, [sp, #-8]! .save wr10 wstrd wr10, [sp, #-8]! @end smallexample @cindex @code{.pad} directive, ARM @item .pad #@var{count} Generate unwinder annotations for a stack adjustment of @var{count} bytes. A positive value indicates the function prologue allocated stack space by decrementing the stack pointer. @cindex @code{.movsp} directive, ARM @item .movsp @var{reg} Tell the unwinder that @var{reg} contains the current stack pointer. @cindex @code{.setfp} directive, ARM @item .setfp @var{fpreg}, @var{spreg} [, #@var{offset}] Make all unwinder annotations relaive to a frame pointer. Without this the unwinder will use offsets from the stack pointer. The syntax of this directive is the same as the @code{sub} or @code{mov} instruction used to set the frame pointer. @var{spreg} must be either @code{sp} or mentioned in a previous @code{.movsp} directive. @smallexample .movsp ip mov ip, sp @dots{} .setfp fp, ip, #4 sub fp, ip, #4 @end smallexample @cindex @code{.unwind_raw} directive, ARM @item .raw @var{offset}, @var{byte1}, @dots{} Insert one of more arbitary unwind opcode bytes, which are known to adjust the stack pointer by @var{offset} bytes. For example @code{.unwind_raw 4, 0xb1, 0x01} is equivalent to @code{.save @{r0@}} @cindex @code{.cpu} directive, ARM @item .cpu @var{name} Select the target processor. Valid values for @var{name} are the same as for the @option{-mcpu} commandline option. @cindex @code{.arch} directive, ARM @item .arch @var{name} Select the target architecture. Valid values for @var{name} are the same as for the @option{-march} commandline option. @cindex @code{.fpu} directive, ARM @item .fpu @var{name} Select the floating point unit to assemble for. Valid values for @var{name} are the same as for the @option{-mfpu} commandline option. @cindex @code{.eabi_attribute} directive, ARM @item .eabi_attribute @var{tag}, @var{value} Set the EABI object attribute number @var{tag} to @var{value}. The value is either a @code{number}, @code{"string"}, or @code{number, "string"} depending on the tag. @end table @node ARM Opcodes @section Opcodes @cindex ARM opcodes @cindex opcodes for ARM @code{@value{AS}} implements all the standard ARM opcodes. It also implements several pseudo opcodes, including several synthetic load instructions. @table @code @cindex @code{NOP} pseudo op, ARM @item NOP @smallexample nop @end smallexample This pseudo op will always evaluate to a legal ARM instruction that does nothing. Currently it will evaluate to MOV r0, r0. @cindex @code{LDR reg,=<label>} pseudo op, ARM @item LDR @smallexample ldr <register> , = <expression> @end smallexample If expression evaluates to a numeric constant then a MOV or MVN instruction will be used in place of the LDR instruction, if the constant can be generated by either of these instructions. Otherwise the constant will be placed into the nearest literal pool (if it not already there) and a PC relative LDR instruction will be generated. @cindex @code{ADR reg,<label>} pseudo op, ARM @item ADR @smallexample adr <register> <label> @end smallexample This instruction will load the address of @var{label} into the indicated register. The instruction will evaluate to a PC relative ADD or SUB instruction depending upon where the label is located. If the label is out of range, or if it is not defined in the same file (and section) as the ADR instruction, then an error will be generated. This instruction will not make use of the literal pool. @cindex @code{ADRL reg,<label>} pseudo op, ARM @item ADRL @smallexample adrl <register> <label> @end smallexample This instruction will load the address of @var{label} into the indicated register. The instruction will evaluate to one or two PC relative ADD or SUB instructions depending upon where the label is located. If a second instruction is not needed a NOP instruction will be generated in its place, so that this instruction is always 8 bytes long. If the label is out of range, or if it is not defined in the same file (and section) as the ADRL instruction, then an error will be generated. This instruction will not make use of the literal pool. @end table For information on the ARM or Thumb instruction sets, see @cite{ARM Software Development Toolkit Reference Manual}, Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. @node ARM Mapping Symbols @section Mapping Symbols The ARM ELF specification requires that special symbols be inserted into object files to mark certain features: @table @code @cindex @code{$a} @item $a At the start of a region of code containing ARM instructions. @cindex @code{$t} @item $t At the start of a region of code containing THUMB instructions. @cindex @code{$d} @item $d At the start of a region of data. @end table The assembler will automatically insert these symbols for you - there is no need to code them yourself. Support for tagging symbols ($b, $f, $p and $m) which is also mentioned in the current ARM ELF specification is not implemented. This is because they have been dropped from the new EABI and so tools cannot rely upon their presence.