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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md index 571866f..b1a7bf6 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ These are return values of the `get_id` method in a compiler object. | nagfor | The NAG Fortran compiler | | lcc | Elbrus C/C++/Fortran Compiler | | arm | ARM compiler | +| armclang | ARMCLANG compiler | ## Script environment variables diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/armclang-cross.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/armclang-cross.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f787876 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/armclang-cross.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +## ARM compiler(version 6) for C and CPP + +Cross-compilation is now supported for ARM targets using ARM compiler version 6 - ARMCLANG. +The required ARMCLANG compiler options for building a shareable library are not included in the +current Meson implementation for ARMCLANG support, so it can not build shareable libraries. +This current Meson implementation for ARMCLANG support can not build assembly files with +arm syntax(we need to use armasm instead of ARMCLANG for the .s files with this syntax) +and only supports gnu syntax. +The default extension of the executable output is .axf. +The environment path should be set properly for the ARM compiler executables. +The '--target', '-mcpu' options with the appropriate values should be mentioned +in the cross file as shown in the snippet below. + +``` +[properties] +c_args = ['--target=arm-arm-none-eabi', '-mcpu=cortex-m0plus'] +cpp_args = ['--target=arm-arm-none-eabi', '-mcpu=cortex-m0plus'] + +``` + +Note: +- The current changes are tested on Windows only. +- PIC support is not enabled by default for ARM, + if users want to use it, they need to add the required arguments + explicitly from cross-file(c_args/c++_args) or some other way. |