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diff --git a/binutils-2.24/gas/doc/c-ia64.texi b/binutils-2.24/gas/doc/c-ia64.texi deleted file mode 100644 index eb928363..00000000 --- a/binutils-2.24/gas/doc/c-ia64.texi +++ /dev/null @@ -1,202 +0,0 @@ -@c Copyright 2002, 2003, 2005 -@c Free Software Foundation, Inc. -@c Contributed by David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com> -@c This is part of the GAS manual. -@c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo. - -@ifset GENERIC -@page -@node IA-64-Dependent -@chapter IA-64 Dependent Features -@end ifset - -@ifclear GENERIC -@node Machine Dependencies -@chapter IA-64 Dependent Features -@end ifclear - -@cindex IA-64 support -@menu -* IA-64 Options:: Options -* IA-64 Syntax:: Syntax -@c * IA-64 Floating Point:: Floating Point // to be written -@c * IA-64 Directives:: IA-64 Machine Directives // to be written -* IA-64 Opcodes:: Opcodes -@end menu - -@node IA-64 Options -@section Options -@cindex IA-64 options -@cindex options for IA-64 - -@table @option -@cindex @code{-mconstant-gp} command line option, IA-64 - -@item -mconstant-gp -This option instructs the assembler to mark the resulting object file -as using the ``constant GP'' model. With this model, it is assumed -that the entire program uses a single global pointer (GP) value. Note -that this option does not in any fashion affect the machine code -emitted by the assembler. All it does is turn on the EF_IA_64_CONS_GP -flag in the ELF file header. - -@item -mauto-pic -This option instructs the assembler to mark the resulting object file -as using the ``constant GP without function descriptor'' data model. -This model is like the ``constant GP'' model, except that it -additionally does away with function descriptors. What this means is -that the address of a function refers directly to the function's code -entry-point. Normally, such an address would refer to a function -descriptor, which contains both the code entry-point and the GP-value -needed by the function. Note that this option does not in any fashion -affect the machine code emitted by the assembler. All it does is -turn on the EF_IA_64_NOFUNCDESC_CONS_GP flag in the ELF file header. - -@item -milp32 -@itemx -milp64 -@itemx -mlp64 -@itemx -mp64 -These options select the data model. The assembler defaults to @code{-mlp64} -(LP64 data model). - -@item -mle -@itemx -mbe -These options select the byte order. The @code{-mle} option selects little-endian -byte order (default) and @code{-mbe} selects big-endian byte order. Note that -IA-64 machine code always uses little-endian byte order. - -@item -mtune=itanium1 -@itemx -mtune=itanium2 -Tune for a particular IA-64 CPU, @var{itanium1} or @var{itanium2}. The -default is @var{itanium2}. - -@item -munwind-check=warning -@itemx -munwind-check=error -These options control what the assembler will do when performing -consistency checks on unwind directives. @code{-munwind-check=warning} -will make the assembler issue a warning when an unwind directive check -fails. This is the default. @code{-munwind-check=error} will make the -assembler issue an error when an unwind directive check fails. - -@item -mhint.b=ok -@itemx -mhint.b=warning -@itemx -mhint.b=error -These options control what the assembler will do when the @samp{hint.b} -instruction is used. @code{-mhint.b=ok} will make the assembler accept -@samp{hint.b}. @code{-mint.b=warning} will make the assembler issue a -warning when @samp{hint.b} is used. @code{-mhint.b=error} will make -the assembler treat @samp{hint.b} as an error, which is the default. - -@item -x -@itemx -xexplicit -These options turn on dependency violation checking. - -@item -xauto -This option instructs the assembler to automatically insert stop bits where necessary -to remove dependency violations. This is the default mode. - -@item -xnone -This option turns off dependency violation checking. - -@item -xdebug -This turns on debug output intended to help tracking down bugs in the dependency -violation checker. - -@item -xdebugn -This is a shortcut for -xnone -xdebug. - -@item -xdebugx -This is a shortcut for -xexplicit -xdebug. - -@end table - -@cindex IA-64 Syntax -@node IA-64 Syntax -@section Syntax -The assembler syntax closely follows the IA-64 Assembly Language -Reference Guide. - -@menu -* IA-64-Chars:: Special Characters -* IA-64-Regs:: Register Names -* IA-64-Bits:: Bit Names -* IA-64-Relocs:: Relocations -@end menu - -@node IA-64-Chars -@subsection Special Characters - -@cindex line comment character, IA-64 -@cindex IA-64 line comment character -@samp{//} is the line comment token. - -@cindex line separator, IA-64 -@cindex statement separator, IA-64 -@cindex IA-64 line separator -@samp{;} can be used instead of a newline to separate statements. - -@node IA-64-Regs -@subsection Register Names -@cindex IA-64 registers -@cindex register names, IA-64 - -The 128 integer registers are referred to as @samp{r@var{n}}. -The 128 floating-point registers are referred to as @samp{f@var{n}}. -The 128 application registers are referred to as @samp{ar@var{n}}. -The 128 control registers are referred to as @samp{cr@var{n}}. -The 64 one-bit predicate registers are referred to as @samp{p@var{n}}. -The 8 branch registers are referred to as @samp{b@var{n}}. -In addition, the assembler defines a number of aliases: -@samp{gp} (@samp{r1}), @samp{sp} (@samp{r12}), @samp{rp} (@samp{b0}), -@samp{ret0} (@samp{r8}), @samp{ret1} (@samp{r9}), @samp{ret2} (@samp{r10}), -@samp{ret3} (@samp{r9}), @samp{farg@var{n}} (@samp{f8+@var{n}}), and -@samp{fret@var{n}} (@samp{f8+@var{n}}). - -For convenience, the assembler also defines aliases for all named application -and control registers. For example, @samp{ar.bsp} refers to the register -backing store pointer (@samp{ar17}). Similarly, @samp{cr.eoi} refers to -the end-of-interrupt register (@samp{cr67}). - -@node IA-64-Bits -@subsection IA-64 Processor-Status-Register (PSR) Bit Names -@cindex IA-64 Processor-status-Register bit names -@cindex PSR bits -@cindex bit names, IA-64 - -The assembler defines bit masks for each of the bits in the IA-64 -processor status register. For example, @samp{psr.ic} corresponds to -a value of 0x2000. These masks are primarily intended for use with -the @samp{ssm}/@samp{sum} and @samp{rsm}/@samp{rum} -instructions, but they can be used anywhere else where an integer -constant is expected. - -@node IA-64-Relocs -@subsection Relocations -@cindex IA-64 relocations - -In addition to the standard IA-64 relocations, the following relocations are -implemented by @code{@value{AS}}: - -@table @code -@item @@slotcount(@var{V}) -Convert the address offset @var{V} into a slot count. This pseudo -function is available only on VMS. The expression @var{V} must be -known at assembly time: it can't reference undefined symbols or symbols in -different sections. -@end table - -@node IA-64 Opcodes -@section Opcodes -For detailed information on the IA-64 machine instruction set, see the -@c Attempt to work around a very overfull hbox. -@iftex -IA-64 Assembly Language Reference Guide available at -@smallfonts -@example -http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium/arch_spec.htm -@end example -@textfonts -@end iftex -@ifnottex -@uref{http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium/arch_spec.htm,IA-64 Architecture Handbook}. -@end ifnottex |