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@c Copyright (C) 1991-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@c This is part of the GAS manual.
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@c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo.
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@c man end
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@ifset GENERIC
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@page
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@node i386-Dependent
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@chapter 80386 Dependent Features
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@end ifset
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@ifclear GENERIC
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@node Machine Dependencies
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@chapter 80386 Dependent Features
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@end ifclear
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@cindex i386 support
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@cindex i80386 support
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@cindex x86-64 support
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The i386 version @code{@value{AS}} supports both the original Intel 386
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architecture in both 16 and 32-bit mode as well as AMD x86-64 architecture
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extending the Intel architecture to 64-bits.
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@menu
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* i386-Options:: Options
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* i386-Directives:: X86 specific directives
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* i386-Syntax:: Syntactical considerations
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* i386-Mnemonics:: Instruction Naming
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* i386-Regs:: Register Naming
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* i386-Prefixes:: Instruction Prefixes
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* i386-Memory:: Memory References
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* i386-Jumps:: Handling of Jump Instructions
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* i386-Float:: Floating Point
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* i386-SIMD:: Intel's MMX and AMD's 3DNow! SIMD Operations
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* i386-LWP:: AMD's Lightweight Profiling Instructions
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* i386-BMI:: Bit Manipulation Instruction
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* i386-TBM:: AMD's Trailing Bit Manipulation Instructions
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* i386-16bit:: Writing 16-bit Code
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* i386-Arch:: Specifying an x86 CPU architecture
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* i386-Bugs:: AT&T Syntax bugs
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* i386-Notes:: Notes
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@end menu
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@node i386-Options
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@section Options
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@cindex options for i386
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@cindex options for x86-64
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@cindex i386 options
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@cindex x86-64 options
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The i386 version of @code{@value{AS}} has a few machine
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dependent options:
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@c man begin OPTIONS
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@table @gcctabopt
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@cindex @samp{--32} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{--32} option, x86-64
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@cindex @samp{--x32} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{--x32} option, x86-64
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@cindex @samp{--64} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{--64} option, x86-64
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@item --32 | --x32 | --64
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Select the word size, either 32 bits or 64 bits. @samp{--32}
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implies Intel i386 architecture, while @samp{--x32} and @samp{--64}
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imply AMD x86-64 architecture with 32-bit or 64-bit word-size
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respectively.
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These options are only available with the ELF object file format, and
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require that the necessary BFD support has been included (on a 32-bit
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platform you have to add --enable-64-bit-bfd to configure enable 64-bit
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usage and use x86-64 as target platform).
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@item -n
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By default, x86 GAS replaces multiple nop instructions used for
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alignment within code sections with multi-byte nop instructions such
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as leal 0(%esi,1),%esi. This switch disables the optimization if a single
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byte nop (0x90) is explicitly specified as the fill byte for alignment.
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@cindex @samp{--divide} option, i386
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@item --divide
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On SVR4-derived platforms, the character @samp{/} is treated as a comment
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character, which means that it cannot be used in expressions. The
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@samp{--divide} option turns @samp{/} into a normal character. This does
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not disable @samp{/} at the beginning of a line starting a comment, or
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affect using @samp{#} for starting a comment.
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@cindex @samp{-march=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-march=} option, x86-64
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@item -march=@var{CPU}[+@var{EXTENSION}@dots{}]
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This option specifies the target processor. The assembler will
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issue an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an instruction
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which will not execute on the target processor. The following
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processor names are recognized:
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@code{i8086},
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@code{i186},
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@code{i286},
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@code{i386},
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@code{i486},
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@code{i586},
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@code{i686},
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@code{pentium},
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@code{pentiumpro},
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@code{pentiumii},
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@code{pentiumiii},
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@code{pentium4},
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@code{prescott},
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@code{nocona},
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@code{core},
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@code{core2},
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@code{corei7},
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@code{l1om},
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@code{k1om},
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@code{iamcu},
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@code{k6},
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@code{k6_2},
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@code{athlon},
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@code{opteron},
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@code{k8},
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@code{amdfam10},
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@code{bdver1},
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@code{bdver2},
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@code{bdver3},
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@code{bdver4},
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@code{znver1},
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@code{btver1},
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@code{btver2},
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@code{generic32} and
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@code{generic64}.
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In addition to the basic instruction set, the assembler can be told to
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accept various extension mnemonics. For example,
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@code{-march=i686+sse4+vmx} extends @var{i686} with @var{sse4} and
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@var{vmx}. The following extensions are currently supported:
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@code{8087},
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@code{287},
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@code{387},
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@code{687},
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@code{no87},
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@code{no287},
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@code{no387},
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@code{no687},
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@code{mmx},
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@code{nommx},
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@code{sse},
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@code{sse2},
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@code{sse3},
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@code{ssse3},
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@code{sse4.1},
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@code{sse4.2},
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@code{sse4},
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@code{nosse},
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@code{nosse2},
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@code{nosse3},
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@code{nossse3},
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@code{nosse4.1},
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@code{nosse4.2},
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@code{nosse4},
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@code{avx},
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@code{avx2},
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@code{noavx},
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@code{noavx2},
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@code{adx},
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@code{rdseed},
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@code{prfchw},
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@code{smap},
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@code{mpx},
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@code{sha},
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@code{rdpid},
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@code{ptwrite},
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@code{cet},
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@code{gfni},
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@code{vaes},
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@code{vpclmulqdq},
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@code{prefetchwt1},
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@code{clflushopt},
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@code{se1},
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@code{clwb},
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@code{avx512f},
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@code{avx512cd},
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@code{avx512er},
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@code{avx512pf},
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@code{avx512vl},
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@code{avx512bw},
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@code{avx512dq},
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@code{avx512ifma},
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@code{avx512vbmi},
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@code{avx512_4fmaps},
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@code{avx512_4vnniw},
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@code{avx512_vpopcntdq},
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@code{avx512_vbmi2},
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@code{avx512_vnni},
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@code{avx512_bitalg},
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@code{noavx512f},
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@code{noavx512cd},
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@code{noavx512er},
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@code{noavx512pf},
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@code{noavx512vl},
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@code{noavx512bw},
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@code{noavx512dq},
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@code{noavx512ifma},
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@code{noavx512vbmi},
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@code{noavx512_4fmaps},
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@code{noavx512_4vnniw},
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@code{noavx512_vpopcntdq},
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@code{noavx512_vbmi2},
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@code{noavx512_vnni},
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@code{noavx512_bitalg},
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@code{vmx},
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@code{vmfunc},
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@code{smx},
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@code{xsave},
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@code{xsaveopt},
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@code{xsavec},
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@code{xsaves},
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@code{aes},
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@code{pclmul},
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@code{fsgsbase},
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@code{rdrnd},
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@code{f16c},
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@code{bmi2},
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@code{fma},
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@code{movbe},
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@code{ept},
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@code{lzcnt},
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@code{hle},
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@code{rtm},
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@code{invpcid},
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@code{clflush},
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@code{mwaitx},
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@code{clzero},
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@code{wbnoinvd},
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@code{pconfig},
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@code{waitpkg},
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@code{lwp},
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@code{fma4},
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@code{xop},
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@code{cx16},
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@code{syscall},
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@code{rdtscp},
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@code{3dnow},
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@code{3dnowa},
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@code{sse4a},
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@code{sse5},
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@code{svme},
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@code{abm} and
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@code{padlock}.
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Note that rather than extending a basic instruction set, the extension
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mnemonics starting with @code{no} revoke the respective functionality.
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When the @code{.arch} directive is used with @option{-march}, the
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@code{.arch} directive will take precedent.
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@cindex @samp{-mtune=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-mtune=} option, x86-64
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@item -mtune=@var{CPU}
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This option specifies a processor to optimize for. When used in
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conjunction with the @option{-march} option, only instructions
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of the processor specified by the @option{-march} option will be
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generated.
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Valid @var{CPU} values are identical to the processor list of
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@option{-march=@var{CPU}}.
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@cindex @samp{-msse2avx} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-msse2avx} option, x86-64
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@item -msse2avx
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This option specifies that the assembler should encode SSE instructions
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with VEX prefix.
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@cindex @samp{-msse-check=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-msse-check=} option, x86-64
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@item -msse-check=@var{none}
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@itemx -msse-check=@var{warning}
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@itemx -msse-check=@var{error}
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These options control if the assembler should check SSE instructions.
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@option{-msse-check=@var{none}} will make the assembler not to check SSE
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instructions, which is the default. @option{-msse-check=@var{warning}}
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will make the assembler issue a warning for any SSE instruction.
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@option{-msse-check=@var{error}} will make the assembler issue an error
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for any SSE instruction.
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@cindex @samp{-mavxscalar=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-mavxscalar=} option, x86-64
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@item -mavxscalar=@var{128}
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@itemx -mavxscalar=@var{256}
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These options control how the assembler should encode scalar AVX
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instructions. @option{-mavxscalar=@var{128}} will encode scalar
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AVX instructions with 128bit vector length, which is the default.
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@option{-mavxscalar=@var{256}} will encode scalar AVX instructions
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with 256bit vector length.
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@cindex @samp{-mevexlig=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-mevexlig=} option, x86-64
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@item -mevexlig=@var{128}
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@itemx -mevexlig=@var{256}
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@itemx -mevexlig=@var{512}
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These options control how the assembler should encode length-ignored
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(LIG) EVEX instructions. @option{-mevexlig=@var{128}} will encode LIG
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EVEX instructions with 128bit vector length, which is the default.
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@option{-mevexlig=@var{256}} and @option{-mevexlig=@var{512}} will
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encode LIG EVEX instructions with 256bit and 512bit vector length,
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respectively.
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@cindex @samp{-mevexwig=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-mevexwig=} option, x86-64
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@item -mevexwig=@var{0}
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@itemx -mevexwig=@var{1}
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These options control how the assembler should encode w-ignored (WIG)
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EVEX instructions. @option{-mevexwig=@var{0}} will encode WIG
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EVEX instructions with evex.w = 0, which is the default.
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@option{-mevexwig=@var{1}} will encode WIG EVEX instructions with
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evex.w = 1.
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@cindex @samp{-mmnemonic=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-mmnemonic=} option, x86-64
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@item -mmnemonic=@var{att}
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@itemx -mmnemonic=@var{intel}
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This option specifies instruction mnemonic for matching instructions.
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The @code{.att_mnemonic} and @code{.intel_mnemonic} directives will
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take precedent.
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@cindex @samp{-msyntax=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-msyntax=} option, x86-64
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@item -msyntax=@var{att}
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@itemx -msyntax=@var{intel}
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This option specifies instruction syntax when processing instructions.
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The @code{.att_syntax} and @code{.intel_syntax} directives will
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take precedent.
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@cindex @samp{-mnaked-reg} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-mnaked-reg} option, x86-64
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@item -mnaked-reg
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This option specifies that registers don't require a @samp{%} prefix.
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The @code{.att_syntax} and @code{.intel_syntax} directives will take precedent.
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@cindex @samp{-madd-bnd-prefix} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-madd-bnd-prefix} option, x86-64
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@item -madd-bnd-prefix
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This option forces the assembler to add BND prefix to all branches, even
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if such prefix was not explicitly specified in the source code.
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@cindex @samp{-mshared} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-mshared} option, x86-64
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@item -mno-shared
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On ELF target, the assembler normally optimizes out non-PLT relocations
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against defined non-weak global branch targets with default visibility.
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The @samp{-mshared} option tells the assembler to generate code which
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may go into a shared library where all non-weak global branch targets
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with default visibility can be preempted. The resulting code is
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slightly bigger. This option only affects the handling of branch
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instructions.
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@cindex @samp{-mbig-obj} option, x86-64
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@item -mbig-obj
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On x86-64 PE/COFF target this option forces the use of big object file
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format, which allows more than 32768 sections.
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@cindex @samp{-momit-lock-prefix=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-momit-lock-prefix=} option, x86-64
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@item -momit-lock-prefix=@var{no}
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@itemx -momit-lock-prefix=@var{yes}
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These options control how the assembler should encode lock prefix.
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This option is intended as a workaround for processors, that fail on
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lock prefix. This option can only be safely used with single-core,
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single-thread computers
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@option{-momit-lock-prefix=@var{yes}} will omit all lock prefixes.
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@option{-momit-lock-prefix=@var{no}} will encode lock prefix as usual,
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which is the default.
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@cindex @samp{-mfence-as-lock-add=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-mfence-as-lock-add=} option, x86-64
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@item -mfence-as-lock-add=@var{no}
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@itemx -mfence-as-lock-add=@var{yes}
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These options control how the assembler should encode lfence, mfence and
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sfence.
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@option{-mfence-as-lock-add=@var{yes}} will encode lfence, mfence and
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sfence as @samp{lock addl $0x0, (%rsp)} in 64-bit mode and
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@samp{lock addl $0x0, (%esp)} in 32-bit mode.
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@option{-mfence-as-lock-add=@var{no}} will encode lfence, mfence and
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sfence as usual, which is the default.
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@cindex @samp{-mrelax-relocations=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-mrelax-relocations=} option, x86-64
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@item -mrelax-relocations=@var{no}
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@itemx -mrelax-relocations=@var{yes}
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These options control whether the assembler should generate relax
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relocations, R_386_GOT32X, in 32-bit mode, or R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX and
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R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX, in 64-bit mode.
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@option{-mrelax-relocations=@var{yes}} will generate relax relocations.
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@option{-mrelax-relocations=@var{no}} will not generate relax
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relocations. The default can be controlled by a configure option
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@option{--enable-x86-relax-relocations}.
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@cindex @samp{-mevexrcig=} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-mevexrcig=} option, x86-64
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@item -mevexrcig=@var{rne}
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@itemx -mevexrcig=@var{rd}
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@itemx -mevexrcig=@var{ru}
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@itemx -mevexrcig=@var{rz}
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These options control how the assembler should encode SAE-only
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EVEX instructions. @option{-mevexrcig=@var{rne}} will encode RC bits
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of EVEX instruction with 00, which is the default.
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@option{-mevexrcig=@var{rd}}, @option{-mevexrcig=@var{ru}}
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and @option{-mevexrcig=@var{rz}} will encode SAE-only EVEX instructions
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with 01, 10 and 11 RC bits, respectively.
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@cindex @samp{-mamd64} option, x86-64
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@cindex @samp{-mintel64} option, x86-64
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@item -mamd64
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@itemx -mintel64
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This option specifies that the assembler should accept only AMD64 or
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Intel64 ISA in 64-bit mode. The default is to accept both.
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@cindex @samp{-O0} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-O0} option, x86-64
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@cindex @samp{-O} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-O} option, x86-64
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@cindex @samp{-O1} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-O1} option, x86-64
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@cindex @samp{-O2} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-O2} option, x86-64
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@cindex @samp{-Os} option, i386
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@cindex @samp{-Os} option, x86-64
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@item -O0 | -O | -O1 | -O2 | -Os
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Optimize instruction encoding with smaller instruction size. @samp{-O}
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and @samp{-O1} encode 64-bit register load instructions with 64-bit
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immediate as 32-bit register load instructions with 31-bit or 32-bits
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immediates and encode 64-bit register clearing instructions with 32-bit
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register clearing instructions. @samp{-O2} includes @samp{-O1}
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optimization plus encodes 256-bit and 512-bit vector register clearing
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instructions with 128-bit vector register clearing instructions.
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@samp{-Os} includes @samp{-O2} optimization plus encodes 16-bit, 32-bit
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and 64-bit register tests with immediate as 8-bit register test with
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immediate. @samp{-O0} turns off this optimization.
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@end table
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@c man end
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@node i386-Directives
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@section x86 specific Directives
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@cindex machine directives, x86
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@cindex x86 machine directives
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@table @code
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@cindex @code{lcomm} directive, COFF
|
|
@item .lcomm @var{symbol} , @var{length}[, @var{alignment}]
|
|
Reserve @var{length} (an absolute expression) bytes for a local common
|
|
denoted by @var{symbol}. The section and value of @var{symbol} are
|
|
those of the new local common. The addresses are allocated in the bss
|
|
section, so that at run-time the bytes start off zeroed. Since
|
|
@var{symbol} is not declared global, it is normally not visible to
|
|
@code{@value{LD}}. The optional third parameter, @var{alignment},
|
|
specifies the desired alignment of the symbol in the bss section.
|
|
|
|
This directive is only available for COFF based x86 targets.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{largecomm} directive, ELF
|
|
@item .largecomm @var{symbol} , @var{length}[, @var{alignment}]
|
|
This directive behaves in the same way as the @code{comm} directive
|
|
except that the data is placed into the @var{.lbss} section instead of
|
|
the @var{.bss} section @ref{Comm}.
|
|
|
|
The directive is intended to be used for data which requires a large
|
|
amount of space, and it is only available for ELF based x86_64
|
|
targets.
|
|
|
|
@c FIXME: Document other x86 specific directives ? Eg: .code16gcc,
|
|
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node i386-Syntax
|
|
@section i386 Syntactical Considerations
|
|
@menu
|
|
* i386-Variations:: AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax
|
|
* i386-Chars:: Special Characters
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node i386-Variations
|
|
@subsection AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax
|
|
|
|
@cindex i386 intel_syntax pseudo op
|
|
@cindex intel_syntax pseudo op, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 att_syntax pseudo op
|
|
@cindex att_syntax pseudo op, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 syntax compatibility
|
|
@cindex syntax compatibility, i386
|
|
@cindex x86-64 intel_syntax pseudo op
|
|
@cindex intel_syntax pseudo op, x86-64
|
|
@cindex x86-64 att_syntax pseudo op
|
|
@cindex att_syntax pseudo op, x86-64
|
|
@cindex x86-64 syntax compatibility
|
|
@cindex syntax compatibility, x86-64
|
|
|
|
@code{@value{AS}} now supports assembly using Intel assembler syntax.
|
|
@code{.intel_syntax} selects Intel mode, and @code{.att_syntax} switches
|
|
back to the usual AT&T mode for compatibility with the output of
|
|
@code{@value{GCC}}. Either of these directives may have an optional
|
|
argument, @code{prefix}, or @code{noprefix} specifying whether registers
|
|
require a @samp{%} prefix. AT&T System V/386 assembler syntax is quite
|
|
different from Intel syntax. We mention these differences because
|
|
almost all 80386 documents use Intel syntax. Notable differences
|
|
between the two syntaxes are:
|
|
|
|
@cindex immediate operands, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 immediate operands
|
|
@cindex register operands, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 register operands
|
|
@cindex jump/call operands, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 jump/call operands
|
|
@cindex operand delimiters, i386
|
|
|
|
@cindex immediate operands, x86-64
|
|
@cindex x86-64 immediate operands
|
|
@cindex register operands, x86-64
|
|
@cindex x86-64 register operands
|
|
@cindex jump/call operands, x86-64
|
|
@cindex x86-64 jump/call operands
|
|
@cindex operand delimiters, x86-64
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
AT&T immediate operands are preceded by @samp{$}; Intel immediate
|
|
operands are undelimited (Intel @samp{push 4} is AT&T @samp{pushl $4}).
|
|
AT&T register operands are preceded by @samp{%}; Intel register operands
|
|
are undelimited. AT&T absolute (as opposed to PC relative) jump/call
|
|
operands are prefixed by @samp{*}; they are undelimited in Intel syntax.
|
|
|
|
@cindex i386 source, destination operands
|
|
@cindex source, destination operands; i386
|
|
@cindex x86-64 source, destination operands
|
|
@cindex source, destination operands; x86-64
|
|
@item
|
|
AT&T and Intel syntax use the opposite order for source and destination
|
|
operands. Intel @samp{add eax, 4} is @samp{addl $4, %eax}. The
|
|
@samp{source, dest} convention is maintained for compatibility with
|
|
previous Unix assemblers. Note that @samp{bound}, @samp{invlpga}, and
|
|
instructions with 2 immediate operands, such as the @samp{enter}
|
|
instruction, do @emph{not} have reversed order. @ref{i386-Bugs}.
|
|
|
|
@cindex mnemonic suffixes, i386
|
|
@cindex sizes operands, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 size suffixes
|
|
@cindex mnemonic suffixes, x86-64
|
|
@cindex sizes operands, x86-64
|
|
@cindex x86-64 size suffixes
|
|
@item
|
|
In AT&T syntax the size of memory operands is determined from the last
|
|
character of the instruction mnemonic. Mnemonic suffixes of @samp{b},
|
|
@samp{w}, @samp{l} and @samp{q} specify byte (8-bit), word (16-bit), long
|
|
(32-bit) and quadruple word (64-bit) memory references. Intel syntax accomplishes
|
|
this by prefixing memory operands (@emph{not} the instruction mnemonics) with
|
|
@samp{byte ptr}, @samp{word ptr}, @samp{dword ptr} and @samp{qword ptr}. Thus,
|
|
Intel @samp{mov al, byte ptr @var{foo}} is @samp{movb @var{foo}, %al} in AT&T
|
|
syntax.
|
|
|
|
In 64-bit code, @samp{movabs} can be used to encode the @samp{mov}
|
|
instruction with the 64-bit displacement or immediate operand.
|
|
|
|
@cindex return instructions, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 jump, call, return
|
|
@cindex return instructions, x86-64
|
|
@cindex x86-64 jump, call, return
|
|
@item
|
|
Immediate form long jumps and calls are
|
|
@samp{lcall/ljmp $@var{section}, $@var{offset}} in AT&T syntax; the
|
|
Intel syntax is
|
|
@samp{call/jmp far @var{section}:@var{offset}}. Also, the far return
|
|
instruction
|
|
is @samp{lret $@var{stack-adjust}} in AT&T syntax; Intel syntax is
|
|
@samp{ret far @var{stack-adjust}}.
|
|
|
|
@cindex sections, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 sections
|
|
@cindex sections, x86-64
|
|
@cindex x86-64 sections
|
|
@item
|
|
The AT&T assembler does not provide support for multiple section
|
|
programs. Unix style systems expect all programs to be single sections.
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
@node i386-Chars
|
|
@subsection Special Characters
|
|
|
|
@cindex line comment character, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 line comment character
|
|
The presence of a @samp{#} appearing anywhere on a line indicates the
|
|
start of a comment that extends to the end of that line.
|
|
|
|
If a @samp{#} appears as the first character of a line then the whole
|
|
line is treated as a comment, but in this case the line can also be a
|
|
logical line number directive (@pxref{Comments}) or a preprocessor
|
|
control command (@pxref{Preprocessing}).
|
|
|
|
If the @option{--divide} command line option has not been specified
|
|
then the @samp{/} character appearing anywhere on a line also
|
|
introduces a line comment.
|
|
|
|
@cindex line separator, i386
|
|
@cindex statement separator, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 line separator
|
|
The @samp{;} character can be used to separate statements on the same
|
|
line.
|
|
|
|
@node i386-Mnemonics
|
|
@section i386-Mnemonics
|
|
@subsection Instruction Naming
|
|
|
|
@cindex i386 instruction naming
|
|
@cindex instruction naming, i386
|
|
@cindex x86-64 instruction naming
|
|
@cindex instruction naming, x86-64
|
|
|
|
Instruction mnemonics are suffixed with one character modifiers which
|
|
specify the size of operands. The letters @samp{b}, @samp{w}, @samp{l}
|
|
and @samp{q} specify byte, word, long and quadruple word operands. If
|
|
no suffix is specified by an instruction then @code{@value{AS}} tries to
|
|
fill in the missing suffix based on the destination register operand
|
|
(the last one by convention). Thus, @samp{mov %ax, %bx} is equivalent
|
|
to @samp{movw %ax, %bx}; also, @samp{mov $1, %bx} is equivalent to
|
|
@samp{movw $1, bx}. Note that this is incompatible with the AT&T Unix
|
|
assembler which assumes that a missing mnemonic suffix implies long
|
|
operand size. (This incompatibility does not affect compiler output
|
|
since compilers always explicitly specify the mnemonic suffix.)
|
|
|
|
Almost all instructions have the same names in AT&T and Intel format.
|
|
There are a few exceptions. The sign extend and zero extend
|
|
instructions need two sizes to specify them. They need a size to
|
|
sign/zero extend @emph{from} and a size to zero extend @emph{to}. This
|
|
is accomplished by using two instruction mnemonic suffixes in AT&T
|
|
syntax. Base names for sign extend and zero extend are
|
|
@samp{movs@dots{}} and @samp{movz@dots{}} in AT&T syntax (@samp{movsx}
|
|
and @samp{movzx} in Intel syntax). The instruction mnemonic suffixes
|
|
are tacked on to this base name, the @emph{from} suffix before the
|
|
@emph{to} suffix. Thus, @samp{movsbl %al, %edx} is AT&T syntax for
|
|
``move sign extend @emph{from} %al @emph{to} %edx.'' Possible suffixes,
|
|
thus, are @samp{bl} (from byte to long), @samp{bw} (from byte to word),
|
|
@samp{wl} (from word to long), @samp{bq} (from byte to quadruple word),
|
|
@samp{wq} (from word to quadruple word), and @samp{lq} (from long to
|
|
quadruple word).
|
|
|
|
@cindex encoding options, i386
|
|
@cindex encoding options, x86-64
|
|
|
|
Different encoding options can be specified via pseudo prefixes:
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{@{disp8@}} -- prefer 8-bit displacement.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{@{disp32@}} -- prefer 32-bit displacement.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{@{load@}} -- prefer load-form instruction.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{@{store@}} -- prefer store-form instruction.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{@{vex2@}} -- prefer 2-byte VEX prefix for VEX instruction.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{@{vex3@}} -- prefer 3-byte VEX prefix for VEX instruction.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{@{evex@}} -- encode with EVEX prefix.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{@{rex@}} -- prefer REX prefix for integer and legacy vector
|
|
instructions (x86-64 only). Note that this differs from the @samp{rex}
|
|
prefix which generates REX prefix unconditionally.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{@{nooptimize@}} -- disable instruction size optimization.
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
@cindex conversion instructions, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 conversion instructions
|
|
@cindex conversion instructions, x86-64
|
|
@cindex x86-64 conversion instructions
|
|
The Intel-syntax conversion instructions
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{cbw} --- sign-extend byte in @samp{%al} to word in @samp{%ax},
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{cwde} --- sign-extend word in @samp{%ax} to long in @samp{%eax},
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{cwd} --- sign-extend word in @samp{%ax} to long in @samp{%dx:%ax},
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{cdq} --- sign-extend dword in @samp{%eax} to quad in @samp{%edx:%eax},
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{cdqe} --- sign-extend dword in @samp{%eax} to quad in @samp{%rax}
|
|
(x86-64 only),
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{cqo} --- sign-extend quad in @samp{%rax} to octuple in
|
|
@samp{%rdx:%rax} (x86-64 only),
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
are called @samp{cbtw}, @samp{cwtl}, @samp{cwtd}, @samp{cltd}, @samp{cltq}, and
|
|
@samp{cqto} in AT&T naming. @code{@value{AS}} accepts either naming for these
|
|
instructions.
|
|
|
|
@cindex jump instructions, i386
|
|
@cindex call instructions, i386
|
|
@cindex jump instructions, x86-64
|
|
@cindex call instructions, x86-64
|
|
Far call/jump instructions are @samp{lcall} and @samp{ljmp} in
|
|
AT&T syntax, but are @samp{call far} and @samp{jump far} in Intel
|
|
convention.
|
|
|
|
@subsection AT&T Mnemonic versus Intel Mnemonic
|
|
|
|
@cindex i386 mnemonic compatibility
|
|
@cindex mnemonic compatibility, i386
|
|
|
|
@code{@value{AS}} supports assembly using Intel mnemonic.
|
|
@code{.intel_mnemonic} selects Intel mnemonic with Intel syntax, and
|
|
@code{.att_mnemonic} switches back to the usual AT&T mnemonic with AT&T
|
|
syntax for compatibility with the output of @code{@value{GCC}}.
|
|
Several x87 instructions, @samp{fadd}, @samp{fdiv}, @samp{fdivp},
|
|
@samp{fdivr}, @samp{fdivrp}, @samp{fmul}, @samp{fsub}, @samp{fsubp},
|
|
@samp{fsubr} and @samp{fsubrp}, are implemented in AT&T System V/386
|
|
assembler with different mnemonics from those in Intel IA32 specification.
|
|
@code{@value{GCC}} generates those instructions with AT&T mnemonic.
|
|
|
|
@node i386-Regs
|
|
@section Register Naming
|
|
|
|
@cindex i386 registers
|
|
@cindex registers, i386
|
|
@cindex x86-64 registers
|
|
@cindex registers, x86-64
|
|
Register operands are always prefixed with @samp{%}. The 80386 registers
|
|
consist of
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 32-bit registers @samp{%eax} (the accumulator), @samp{%ebx},
|
|
@samp{%ecx}, @samp{%edx}, @samp{%edi}, @samp{%esi}, @samp{%ebp} (the
|
|
frame pointer), and @samp{%esp} (the stack pointer).
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 16-bit low-ends of these: @samp{%ax}, @samp{%bx}, @samp{%cx},
|
|
@samp{%dx}, @samp{%di}, @samp{%si}, @samp{%bp}, and @samp{%sp}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 8-bit registers: @samp{%ah}, @samp{%al}, @samp{%bh},
|
|
@samp{%bl}, @samp{%ch}, @samp{%cl}, @samp{%dh}, and @samp{%dl} (These
|
|
are the high-bytes and low-bytes of @samp{%ax}, @samp{%bx},
|
|
@samp{%cx}, and @samp{%dx})
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 6 section registers @samp{%cs} (code section), @samp{%ds}
|
|
(data section), @samp{%ss} (stack section), @samp{%es}, @samp{%fs},
|
|
and @samp{%gs}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 5 processor control registers @samp{%cr0}, @samp{%cr2},
|
|
@samp{%cr3}, @samp{%cr4}, and @samp{%cr8}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 6 debug registers @samp{%db0}, @samp{%db1}, @samp{%db2},
|
|
@samp{%db3}, @samp{%db6}, and @samp{%db7}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 2 test registers @samp{%tr6} and @samp{%tr7}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 floating point register stack @samp{%st} or equivalently
|
|
@samp{%st(0)}, @samp{%st(1)}, @samp{%st(2)}, @samp{%st(3)},
|
|
@samp{%st(4)}, @samp{%st(5)}, @samp{%st(6)}, and @samp{%st(7)}.
|
|
These registers are overloaded by 8 MMX registers @samp{%mm0},
|
|
@samp{%mm1}, @samp{%mm2}, @samp{%mm3}, @samp{%mm4}, @samp{%mm5},
|
|
@samp{%mm6} and @samp{%mm7}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 128-bit SSE registers registers @samp{%xmm0}, @samp{%xmm1}, @samp{%xmm2},
|
|
@samp{%xmm3}, @samp{%xmm4}, @samp{%xmm5}, @samp{%xmm6} and @samp{%xmm7}.
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
The AMD x86-64 architecture extends the register set by:
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
enhancing the 8 32-bit registers to 64-bit: @samp{%rax} (the
|
|
accumulator), @samp{%rbx}, @samp{%rcx}, @samp{%rdx}, @samp{%rdi},
|
|
@samp{%rsi}, @samp{%rbp} (the frame pointer), @samp{%rsp} (the stack
|
|
pointer)
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 extended registers @samp{%r8}--@samp{%r15}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 32-bit low ends of the extended registers: @samp{%r8d}--@samp{%r15d}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 16-bit low ends of the extended registers: @samp{%r8w}--@samp{%r15w}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 8-bit low ends of the extended registers: @samp{%r8b}--@samp{%r15b}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 4 8-bit registers: @samp{%sil}, @samp{%dil}, @samp{%bpl}, @samp{%spl}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 debug registers: @samp{%db8}--@samp{%db15}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 128-bit SSE registers: @samp{%xmm8}--@samp{%xmm15}.
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
With the AVX extensions more registers were made available:
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 16 256-bit SSE @samp{%ymm0}--@samp{%ymm15} (only the first 8
|
|
available in 32-bit mode). The bottom 128 bits are overlaid with the
|
|
@samp{xmm0}--@samp{xmm15} registers.
|
|
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
The AVX2 extensions made in 64-bit mode more registers available:
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 16 128-bit registers @samp{%xmm16}--@samp{%xmm31} and the 16 256-bit
|
|
registers @samp{%ymm16}--@samp{%ymm31}.
|
|
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
The AVX512 extensions added the following registers:
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 32 512-bit registers @samp{%zmm0}--@samp{%zmm31} (only the first 8
|
|
available in 32-bit mode). The bottom 128 bits are overlaid with the
|
|
@samp{%xmm0}--@samp{%xmm31} registers and the first 256 bits are
|
|
overlaid with the @samp{%ymm0}--@samp{%ymm31} registers.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
the 8 mask registers @samp{%k0}--@samp{%k7}.
|
|
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
@node i386-Prefixes
|
|
@section Instruction Prefixes
|
|
|
|
@cindex i386 instruction prefixes
|
|
@cindex instruction prefixes, i386
|
|
@cindex prefixes, i386
|
|
Instruction prefixes are used to modify the following instruction. They
|
|
are used to repeat string instructions, to provide section overrides, to
|
|
perform bus lock operations, and to change operand and address sizes.
|
|
(Most instructions that normally operate on 32-bit operands will use
|
|
16-bit operands if the instruction has an ``operand size'' prefix.)
|
|
Instruction prefixes are best written on the same line as the instruction
|
|
they act upon. For example, the @samp{scas} (scan string) instruction is
|
|
repeated with:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
repne scas %es:(%edi),%al
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
You may also place prefixes on the lines immediately preceding the
|
|
instruction, but this circumvents checks that @code{@value{AS}} does
|
|
with prefixes, and will not work with all prefixes.
|
|
|
|
Here is a list of instruction prefixes:
|
|
|
|
@cindex section override prefixes, i386
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
Section override prefixes @samp{cs}, @samp{ds}, @samp{ss}, @samp{es},
|
|
@samp{fs}, @samp{gs}. These are automatically added by specifying
|
|
using the @var{section}:@var{memory-operand} form for memory references.
|
|
|
|
@cindex size prefixes, i386
|
|
@item
|
|
Operand/Address size prefixes @samp{data16} and @samp{addr16}
|
|
change 32-bit operands/addresses into 16-bit operands/addresses,
|
|
while @samp{data32} and @samp{addr32} change 16-bit ones (in a
|
|
@code{.code16} section) into 32-bit operands/addresses. These prefixes
|
|
@emph{must} appear on the same line of code as the instruction they
|
|
modify. For example, in a 16-bit @code{.code16} section, you might
|
|
write:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
addr32 jmpl *(%ebx)
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@cindex bus lock prefixes, i386
|
|
@cindex inhibiting interrupts, i386
|
|
@item
|
|
The bus lock prefix @samp{lock} inhibits interrupts during execution of
|
|
the instruction it precedes. (This is only valid with certain
|
|
instructions; see a 80386 manual for details).
|
|
|
|
@cindex coprocessor wait, i386
|
|
@item
|
|
The wait for coprocessor prefix @samp{wait} waits for the coprocessor to
|
|
complete the current instruction. This should never be needed for the
|
|
80386/80387 combination.
|
|
|
|
@cindex repeat prefixes, i386
|
|
@item
|
|
The @samp{rep}, @samp{repe}, and @samp{repne} prefixes are added
|
|
to string instructions to make them repeat @samp{%ecx} times (@samp{%cx}
|
|
times if the current address size is 16-bits).
|
|
@cindex REX prefixes, i386
|
|
@item
|
|
The @samp{rex} family of prefixes is used by x86-64 to encode
|
|
extensions to i386 instruction set. The @samp{rex} prefix has four
|
|
bits --- an operand size overwrite (@code{64}) used to change operand size
|
|
from 32-bit to 64-bit and X, Y and Z extensions bits used to extend the
|
|
register set.
|
|
|
|
You may write the @samp{rex} prefixes directly. The @samp{rex64xyz}
|
|
instruction emits @samp{rex} prefix with all the bits set. By omitting
|
|
the @code{64}, @code{x}, @code{y} or @code{z} you may write other
|
|
prefixes as well. Normally, there is no need to write the prefixes
|
|
explicitly, since gas will automatically generate them based on the
|
|
instruction operands.
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
@node i386-Memory
|
|
@section Memory References
|
|
|
|
@cindex i386 memory references
|
|
@cindex memory references, i386
|
|
@cindex x86-64 memory references
|
|
@cindex memory references, x86-64
|
|
An Intel syntax indirect memory reference of the form
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
@var{section}:[@var{base} + @var{index}*@var{scale} + @var{disp}]
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
is translated into the AT&T syntax
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
@var{section}:@var{disp}(@var{base}, @var{index}, @var{scale})
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
where @var{base} and @var{index} are the optional 32-bit base and
|
|
index registers, @var{disp} is the optional displacement, and
|
|
@var{scale}, taking the values 1, 2, 4, and 8, multiplies @var{index}
|
|
to calculate the address of the operand. If no @var{scale} is
|
|
specified, @var{scale} is taken to be 1. @var{section} specifies the
|
|
optional section register for the memory operand, and may override the
|
|
default section register (see a 80386 manual for section register
|
|
defaults). Note that section overrides in AT&T syntax @emph{must}
|
|
be preceded by a @samp{%}. If you specify a section override which
|
|
coincides with the default section register, @code{@value{AS}} does @emph{not}
|
|
output any section register override prefixes to assemble the given
|
|
instruction. Thus, section overrides can be specified to emphasize which
|
|
section register is used for a given memory operand.
|
|
|
|
Here are some examples of Intel and AT&T style memory references:
|
|
|
|
@table @asis
|
|
@item AT&T: @samp{-4(%ebp)}, Intel: @samp{[ebp - 4]}
|
|
@var{base} is @samp{%ebp}; @var{disp} is @samp{-4}. @var{section} is
|
|
missing, and the default section is used (@samp{%ss} for addressing with
|
|
@samp{%ebp} as the base register). @var{index}, @var{scale} are both missing.
|
|
|
|
@item AT&T: @samp{foo(,%eax,4)}, Intel: @samp{[foo + eax*4]}
|
|
@var{index} is @samp{%eax} (scaled by a @var{scale} 4); @var{disp} is
|
|
@samp{foo}. All other fields are missing. The section register here
|
|
defaults to @samp{%ds}.
|
|
|
|
@item AT&T: @samp{foo(,1)}; Intel @samp{[foo]}
|
|
This uses the value pointed to by @samp{foo} as a memory operand.
|
|
Note that @var{base} and @var{index} are both missing, but there is only
|
|
@emph{one} @samp{,}. This is a syntactic exception.
|
|
|
|
@item AT&T: @samp{%gs:foo}; Intel @samp{gs:foo}
|
|
This selects the contents of the variable @samp{foo} with section
|
|
register @var{section} being @samp{%gs}.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
Absolute (as opposed to PC relative) call and jump operands must be
|
|
prefixed with @samp{*}. If no @samp{*} is specified, @code{@value{AS}}
|
|
always chooses PC relative addressing for jump/call labels.
|
|
|
|
Any instruction that has a memory operand, but no register operand,
|
|
@emph{must} specify its size (byte, word, long, or quadruple) with an
|
|
instruction mnemonic suffix (@samp{b}, @samp{w}, @samp{l} or @samp{q},
|
|
respectively).
|
|
|
|
The x86-64 architecture adds an RIP (instruction pointer relative)
|
|
addressing. This addressing mode is specified by using @samp{rip} as a
|
|
base register. Only constant offsets are valid. For example:
|
|
|
|
@table @asis
|
|
@item AT&T: @samp{1234(%rip)}, Intel: @samp{[rip + 1234]}
|
|
Points to the address 1234 bytes past the end of the current
|
|
instruction.
|
|
|
|
@item AT&T: @samp{symbol(%rip)}, Intel: @samp{[rip + symbol]}
|
|
Points to the @code{symbol} in RIP relative way, this is shorter than
|
|
the default absolute addressing.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
Other addressing modes remain unchanged in x86-64 architecture, except
|
|
registers used are 64-bit instead of 32-bit.
|
|
|
|
@node i386-Jumps
|
|
@section Handling of Jump Instructions
|
|
|
|
@cindex jump optimization, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 jump optimization
|
|
@cindex jump optimization, x86-64
|
|
@cindex x86-64 jump optimization
|
|
Jump instructions are always optimized to use the smallest possible
|
|
displacements. This is accomplished by using byte (8-bit) displacement
|
|
jumps whenever the target is sufficiently close. If a byte displacement
|
|
is insufficient a long displacement is used. We do not support
|
|
word (16-bit) displacement jumps in 32-bit mode (i.e. prefixing the jump
|
|
instruction with the @samp{data16} instruction prefix), since the 80386
|
|
insists upon masking @samp{%eip} to 16 bits after the word displacement
|
|
is added. (See also @pxref{i386-Arch})
|
|
|
|
Note that the @samp{jcxz}, @samp{jecxz}, @samp{loop}, @samp{loopz},
|
|
@samp{loope}, @samp{loopnz} and @samp{loopne} instructions only come in byte
|
|
displacements, so that if you use these instructions (@code{@value{GCC}} does
|
|
not use them) you may get an error message (and incorrect code). The AT&T
|
|
80386 assembler tries to get around this problem by expanding @samp{jcxz foo}
|
|
to
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
jcxz cx_zero
|
|
jmp cx_nonzero
|
|
cx_zero: jmp foo
|
|
cx_nonzero:
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@node i386-Float
|
|
@section Floating Point
|
|
|
|
@cindex i386 floating point
|
|
@cindex floating point, i386
|
|
@cindex x86-64 floating point
|
|
@cindex floating point, x86-64
|
|
All 80387 floating point types except packed BCD are supported.
|
|
(BCD support may be added without much difficulty). These data
|
|
types are 16-, 32-, and 64- bit integers, and single (32-bit),
|
|
double (64-bit), and extended (80-bit) precision floating point.
|
|
Each supported type has an instruction mnemonic suffix and a constructor
|
|
associated with it. Instruction mnemonic suffixes specify the operand's
|
|
data type. Constructors build these data types into memory.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{float} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{single} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{double} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{tfloat} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{float} directive, x86-64
|
|
@cindex @code{single} directive, x86-64
|
|
@cindex @code{double} directive, x86-64
|
|
@cindex @code{tfloat} directive, x86-64
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
Floating point constructors are @samp{.float} or @samp{.single},
|
|
@samp{.double}, and @samp{.tfloat} for 32-, 64-, and 80-bit formats.
|
|
These correspond to instruction mnemonic suffixes @samp{s}, @samp{l},
|
|
and @samp{t}. @samp{t} stands for 80-bit (ten byte) real. The 80387
|
|
only supports this format via the @samp{fldt} (load 80-bit real to stack
|
|
top) and @samp{fstpt} (store 80-bit real and pop stack) instructions.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{word} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{long} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{int} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{quad} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{word} directive, x86-64
|
|
@cindex @code{long} directive, x86-64
|
|
@cindex @code{int} directive, x86-64
|
|
@cindex @code{quad} directive, x86-64
|
|
@item
|
|
Integer constructors are @samp{.word}, @samp{.long} or @samp{.int}, and
|
|
@samp{.quad} for the 16-, 32-, and 64-bit integer formats. The
|
|
corresponding instruction mnemonic suffixes are @samp{s} (single),
|
|
@samp{l} (long), and @samp{q} (quad). As with the 80-bit real format,
|
|
the 64-bit @samp{q} format is only present in the @samp{fildq} (load
|
|
quad integer to stack top) and @samp{fistpq} (store quad integer and pop
|
|
stack) instructions.
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
Register to register operations should not use instruction mnemonic suffixes.
|
|
@samp{fstl %st, %st(1)} will give a warning, and be assembled as if you
|
|
wrote @samp{fst %st, %st(1)}, since all register to register operations
|
|
use 80-bit floating point operands. (Contrast this with @samp{fstl %st, mem},
|
|
which converts @samp{%st} from 80-bit to 64-bit floating point format,
|
|
then stores the result in the 4 byte location @samp{mem})
|
|
|
|
@node i386-SIMD
|
|
@section Intel's MMX and AMD's 3DNow! SIMD Operations
|
|
|
|
@cindex MMX, i386
|
|
@cindex 3DNow!, i386
|
|
@cindex SIMD, i386
|
|
@cindex MMX, x86-64
|
|
@cindex 3DNow!, x86-64
|
|
@cindex SIMD, x86-64
|
|
|
|
@code{@value{AS}} supports Intel's MMX instruction set (SIMD
|
|
instructions for integer data), available on Intel's Pentium MMX
|
|
processors and Pentium II processors, AMD's K6 and K6-2 processors,
|
|
Cyrix' M2 processor, and probably others. It also supports AMD's 3DNow!@:
|
|
instruction set (SIMD instructions for 32-bit floating point data)
|
|
available on AMD's K6-2 processor and possibly others in the future.
|
|
|
|
Currently, @code{@value{AS}} does not support Intel's floating point
|
|
SIMD, Katmai (KNI).
|
|
|
|
The eight 64-bit MMX operands, also used by 3DNow!, are called @samp{%mm0},
|
|
@samp{%mm1}, ... @samp{%mm7}. They contain eight 8-bit integers, four
|
|
16-bit integers, two 32-bit integers, one 64-bit integer, or two 32-bit
|
|
floating point values. The MMX registers cannot be used at the same time
|
|
as the floating point stack.
|
|
|
|
See Intel and AMD documentation, keeping in mind that the operand order in
|
|
instructions is reversed from the Intel syntax.
|
|
|
|
@node i386-LWP
|
|
@section AMD's Lightweight Profiling Instructions
|
|
|
|
@cindex LWP, i386
|
|
@cindex LWP, x86-64
|
|
|
|
@code{@value{AS}} supports AMD's Lightweight Profiling (LWP)
|
|
instruction set, available on AMD's Family 15h (Orochi) processors.
|
|
|
|
LWP enables applications to collect and manage performance data, and
|
|
react to performance events. The collection of performance data
|
|
requires no context switches. LWP runs in the context of a thread and
|
|
so several counters can be used independently across multiple threads.
|
|
LWP can be used in both 64-bit and legacy 32-bit modes.
|
|
|
|
For detailed information on the LWP instruction set, see the
|
|
@cite{AMD Lightweight Profiling Specification} available at
|
|
@uref{http://developer.amd.com/cpu/LWP,Lightweight Profiling Specification}.
|
|
|
|
@node i386-BMI
|
|
@section Bit Manipulation Instructions
|
|
|
|
@cindex BMI, i386
|
|
@cindex BMI, x86-64
|
|
|
|
@code{@value{AS}} supports the Bit Manipulation (BMI) instruction set.
|
|
|
|
BMI instructions provide several instructions implementing individual
|
|
bit manipulation operations such as isolation, masking, setting, or
|
|
resetting.
|
|
|
|
@c Need to add a specification citation here when available.
|
|
|
|
@node i386-TBM
|
|
@section AMD's Trailing Bit Manipulation Instructions
|
|
|
|
@cindex TBM, i386
|
|
@cindex TBM, x86-64
|
|
|
|
@code{@value{AS}} supports AMD's Trailing Bit Manipulation (TBM)
|
|
instruction set, available on AMD's BDVER2 processors (Trinity and
|
|
Viperfish).
|
|
|
|
TBM instructions provide instructions implementing individual bit
|
|
manipulation operations such as isolating, masking, setting, resetting,
|
|
complementing, and operations on trailing zeros and ones.
|
|
|
|
@c Need to add a specification citation here when available.
|
|
|
|
@node i386-16bit
|
|
@section Writing 16-bit Code
|
|
|
|
@cindex i386 16-bit code
|
|
@cindex 16-bit code, i386
|
|
@cindex real-mode code, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{code16gcc} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{code16} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{code32} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{code64} directive, i386
|
|
@cindex @code{code64} directive, x86-64
|
|
While @code{@value{AS}} normally writes only ``pure'' 32-bit i386 code
|
|
or 64-bit x86-64 code depending on the default configuration,
|
|
it also supports writing code to run in real mode or in 16-bit protected
|
|
mode code segments. To do this, put a @samp{.code16} or
|
|
@samp{.code16gcc} directive before the assembly language instructions to
|
|
be run in 16-bit mode. You can switch @code{@value{AS}} to writing
|
|
32-bit code with the @samp{.code32} directive or 64-bit code with the
|
|
@samp{.code64} directive.
|
|
|
|
@samp{.code16gcc} provides experimental support for generating 16-bit
|
|
code from gcc, and differs from @samp{.code16} in that @samp{call},
|
|
@samp{ret}, @samp{enter}, @samp{leave}, @samp{push}, @samp{pop},
|
|
@samp{pusha}, @samp{popa}, @samp{pushf}, and @samp{popf} instructions
|
|
default to 32-bit size. This is so that the stack pointer is
|
|
manipulated in the same way over function calls, allowing access to
|
|
function parameters at the same stack offsets as in 32-bit mode.
|
|
@samp{.code16gcc} also automatically adds address size prefixes where
|
|
necessary to use the 32-bit addressing modes that gcc generates.
|
|
|
|
The code which @code{@value{AS}} generates in 16-bit mode will not
|
|
necessarily run on a 16-bit pre-80386 processor. To write code that
|
|
runs on such a processor, you must refrain from using @emph{any} 32-bit
|
|
constructs which require @code{@value{AS}} to output address or operand
|
|
size prefixes.
|
|
|
|
Note that writing 16-bit code instructions by explicitly specifying a
|
|
prefix or an instruction mnemonic suffix within a 32-bit code section
|
|
generates different machine instructions than those generated for a
|
|
16-bit code segment. In a 32-bit code section, the following code
|
|
generates the machine opcode bytes @samp{66 6a 04}, which pushes the
|
|
value @samp{4} onto the stack, decrementing @samp{%esp} by 2.
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
pushw $4
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
The same code in a 16-bit code section would generate the machine
|
|
opcode bytes @samp{6a 04} (i.e., without the operand size prefix), which
|
|
is correct since the processor default operand size is assumed to be 16
|
|
bits in a 16-bit code section.
|
|
|
|
@node i386-Arch
|
|
@section Specifying CPU Architecture
|
|
|
|
@cindex arch directive, i386
|
|
@cindex i386 arch directive
|
|
@cindex arch directive, x86-64
|
|
@cindex x86-64 arch directive
|
|
|
|
@code{@value{AS}} may be told to assemble for a particular CPU
|
|
(sub-)architecture with the @code{.arch @var{cpu_type}} directive. This
|
|
directive enables a warning when gas detects an instruction that is not
|
|
supported on the CPU specified. The choices for @var{cpu_type} are:
|
|
|
|
@multitable @columnfractions .20 .20 .20 .20
|
|
@item @samp{i8086} @tab @samp{i186} @tab @samp{i286} @tab @samp{i386}
|
|
@item @samp{i486} @tab @samp{i586} @tab @samp{i686} @tab @samp{pentium}
|
|
@item @samp{pentiumpro} @tab @samp{pentiumii} @tab @samp{pentiumiii} @tab @samp{pentium4}
|
|
@item @samp{prescott} @tab @samp{nocona} @tab @samp{core} @tab @samp{core2}
|
|
@item @samp{corei7} @tab @samp{l1om} @tab @samp{k1om} @samp{iamcu}
|
|
@item @samp{k6} @tab @samp{k6_2} @tab @samp{athlon} @tab @samp{k8}
|
|
@item @samp{amdfam10} @tab @samp{bdver1} @tab @samp{bdver2} @tab @samp{bdver3}
|
|
@item @samp{bdver4} @tab @samp{znver1} @tab @samp{btver1} @tab @samp{btver2}
|
|
@item @samp{generic32} @tab @samp{generic64}
|
|
@item @samp{.mmx} @tab @samp{.sse} @tab @samp{.sse2} @tab @samp{.sse3}
|
|
@item @samp{.ssse3} @tab @samp{.sse4.1} @tab @samp{.sse4.2} @tab @samp{.sse4}
|
|
@item @samp{.avx} @tab @samp{.vmx} @tab @samp{.smx} @tab @samp{.ept}
|
|
@item @samp{.clflush} @tab @samp{.movbe} @tab @samp{.xsave} @tab @samp{.xsaveopt}
|
|
@item @samp{.aes} @tab @samp{.pclmul} @tab @samp{.fma} @tab @samp{.fsgsbase}
|
|
@item @samp{.rdrnd} @tab @samp{.f16c} @tab @samp{.avx2} @tab @samp{.bmi2}
|
|
@item @samp{.lzcnt} @tab @samp{.invpcid} @tab @samp{.vmfunc} @tab @samp{.hle}
|
|
@item @samp{.rtm} @tab @samp{.adx} @tab @samp{.rdseed} @tab @samp{.prfchw}
|
|
@item @samp{.smap} @tab @samp{.mpx} @tab @samp{.sha} @tab @samp{.prefetchwt1}
|
|
@item @samp{.clflushopt} @tab @samp{.xsavec} @tab @samp{.xsaves} @tab @samp{.se1}
|
|
@item @samp{.avx512f} @tab @samp{.avx512cd} @tab @samp{.avx512er} @tab @samp{.avx512pf}
|
|
@item @samp{.avx512vl} @tab @samp{.avx512bw} @tab @samp{.avx512dq} @tab @samp{.avx512ifma}
|
|
@item @samp{.avx512vbmi} @tab @samp{.avx512_4fmaps} @tab @samp{.avx512_4vnniw}
|
|
@item @samp{.avx512_vpopcntdq} @tab @samp{.avx512_vbmi2} @tab @samp{.avx512_vnni}
|
|
@item @samp{.avx512_bitalg}
|
|
@item @samp{.clwb} @tab @samp{.rdpid} @tab @samp{.ptwrite} @tab @item @samp{.ibt}
|
|
@item @samp{.wbnoinvd} @tab @samp{.pconfig} @tab @samp{.waitpkg}
|
|
@item @samp{.shstk} @tab @samp{.gfni} @tab @samp{.vaes} @tab @samp{.vpclmulqdq}
|
|
@item @samp{.3dnow} @tab @samp{.3dnowa} @tab @samp{.sse4a} @tab @samp{.sse5}
|
|
@item @samp{.syscall} @tab @samp{.rdtscp} @tab @samp{.svme} @tab @samp{.abm}
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@item @samp{.lwp} @tab @samp{.fma4} @tab @samp{.xop} @tab @samp{.cx16}
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@item @samp{.padlock} @tab @samp{.clzero} @tab @samp{.mwaitx}
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@end multitable
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Apart from the warning, there are only two other effects on
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@code{@value{AS}} operation; Firstly, if you specify a CPU other than
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@samp{i486}, then shift by one instructions such as @samp{sarl $1, %eax}
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will automatically use a two byte opcode sequence. The larger three
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byte opcode sequence is used on the 486 (and when no architecture is
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specified) because it executes faster on the 486. Note that you can
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explicitly request the two byte opcode by writing @samp{sarl %eax}.
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Secondly, if you specify @samp{i8086}, @samp{i186}, or @samp{i286},
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@emph{and} @samp{.code16} or @samp{.code16gcc} then byte offset
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conditional jumps will be promoted when necessary to a two instruction
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sequence consisting of a conditional jump of the opposite sense around
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an unconditional jump to the target.
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Following the CPU architecture (but not a sub-architecture, which are those
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starting with a dot), you may specify @samp{jumps} or @samp{nojumps} to
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control automatic promotion of conditional jumps. @samp{jumps} is the
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default, and enables jump promotion; All external jumps will be of the long
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variety, and file-local jumps will be promoted as necessary.
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(@pxref{i386-Jumps}) @samp{nojumps} leaves external conditional jumps as
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byte offset jumps, and warns about file-local conditional jumps that
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@code{@value{AS}} promotes.
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Unconditional jumps are treated as for @samp{jumps}.
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For example
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@smallexample
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.arch i8086,nojumps
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@end smallexample
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@node i386-Bugs
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@section AT&T Syntax bugs
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The UnixWare assembler, and probably other AT&T derived ix86 Unix
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assemblers, generate floating point instructions with reversed source
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and destination registers in certain cases. Unfortunately, gcc and
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possibly many other programs use this reversed syntax, so we're stuck
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with it.
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For example
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@smallexample
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fsub %st,%st(3)
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@end smallexample
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@noindent
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results in @samp{%st(3)} being updated to @samp{%st - %st(3)} rather
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than the expected @samp{%st(3) - %st}. This happens with all the
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non-commutative arithmetic floating point operations with two register
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operands where the source register is @samp{%st} and the destination
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register is @samp{%st(i)}.
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@node i386-Notes
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@section Notes
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@cindex i386 @code{mul}, @code{imul} instructions
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@cindex @code{mul} instruction, i386
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@cindex @code{imul} instruction, i386
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@cindex @code{mul} instruction, x86-64
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@cindex @code{imul} instruction, x86-64
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There is some trickery concerning the @samp{mul} and @samp{imul}
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instructions that deserves mention. The 16-, 32-, 64- and 128-bit expanding
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multiplies (base opcode @samp{0xf6}; extension 4 for @samp{mul} and 5
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for @samp{imul}) can be output only in the one operand form. Thus,
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@samp{imul %ebx, %eax} does @emph{not} select the expanding multiply;
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the expanding multiply would clobber the @samp{%edx} register, and this
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would confuse @code{@value{GCC}} output. Use @samp{imul %ebx} to get the
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64-bit product in @samp{%edx:%eax}.
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We have added a two operand form of @samp{imul} when the first operand
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is an immediate mode expression and the second operand is a register.
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This is just a shorthand, so that, multiplying @samp{%eax} by 69, for
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example, can be done with @samp{imul $69, %eax} rather than @samp{imul
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$69, %eax, %eax}.
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