@code{pconfig},
@code{waitpkg},
@code{cldemote},
+@code{rdpru},
+@code{mcommit},
@code{lwp},
@code{fma4},
@code{xop},
@option{-mavxscalar=@var{256}} will encode scalar AVX instructions
with 256bit vector length.
+WARNING: Don't use this for production code - due to CPU errata the
+resulting code may not work on certain models.
+
@cindex @samp{-mvexwig=} option, i386
@cindex @samp{-mvexwig=} option, x86-64
@item -mvexwig=@var{0}
@option{-mvexwig=@var{1}} will encode WIG EVEX instructions with
vex.w = 1.
+WARNING: Don't use this for production code - due to CPU errata the
+resulting code may not work on certain models.
+
@cindex @samp{-mevexlig=} option, i386
@cindex @samp{-mevexlig=} option, x86-64
@item -mevexlig=@var{128}
relocations. The default can be controlled by a configure option
@option{--enable-x86-relax-relocations}.
+@cindex @samp{-malign-branch-boundary=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-malign-branch-boundary=} option, x86-64
+@item -malign-branch-boundary=@var{NUM}
+This option controls how the assembler should align branches with segment
+prefixes or NOP. @var{NUM} must be a power of 2. It should be 0 or
+no less than 16. Branches will be aligned within @var{NUM} byte
+boundary. @option{-malign-branch-boundary=0}, which is the default,
+doesn't align branches.
+
+@cindex @samp{-malign-branch=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-malign-branch=} option, x86-64
+@item -malign-branch=@var{TYPE}[+@var{TYPE}...]
+This option specifies types of branches to align. @var{TYPE} is
+combination of @samp{jcc}, which aligns conditional jumps,
+@samp{fused}, which aligns fused conditional jumps, @samp{jmp},
+which aligns unconditional jumps, @samp{call} which aligns calls,
+@samp{ret}, which aligns rets, @samp{indirect}, which aligns indirect
+jumps and calls. The default is @option{-malign-branch=jcc+fused+jmp}.
+
+@cindex @samp{-malign-branch-prefix-size=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-malign-branch-prefix-size=} option, x86-64
+@item -malign-branch-prefix-size=@var{NUM}
+This option specifies the maximum number of prefixes on an instruction
+to align branches. @var{NUM} should be between 0 and 5. The default
+@var{NUM} is 5.
+
@cindex @samp{-mx86-used-note=} option, i386
@cindex @samp{-mx86-used-note=} option, x86-64
@item -mx86-used-note=@var{no}
and @samp{-O1} encode 64-bit register load instructions with 64-bit
immediate as 32-bit register load instructions with 31-bit or 32-bits
immediates, encode 64-bit register clearing instructions with 32-bit
-register clearing instructions and encode 256-bit/512-bit VEX/EVEX
-vector register clearing instructions with 128-bit VEX vector register
-clearing instructions as well as encode 128-bit/256-bit EVEX vector
+register clearing instructions, encode 256-bit/512-bit VEX/EVEX vector
+register clearing instructions with 128-bit VEX vector register
+clearing instructions, encode 128-bit/256-bit EVEX vector
register load/store instructions with VEX vector register load/store
-instructions. @samp{-O2} includes @samp{-O1} optimization plus
-encodes 256-bit/512-bit EVEX vector register clearing instructions with
-128-bit EVEX vector register clearing instructions.
+instructions, and encode 128-bit/256-bit EVEX packed integer logical
+instructions with 128-bit/256-bit VEX packed integer logical.
+
+@samp{-O2} includes @samp{-O1} optimization plus encodes
+256-bit/512-bit EVEX vector register clearing instructions with 128-bit
+EVEX vector register clearing instructions. In 64-bit mode VEX encoded
+instructions with commutative source operands will also have their
+source operands swapped if this allows using the 2-byte VEX prefix form
+instead of the 3-byte one. Certain forms of AND as well as OR with the
+same (register) operand specified twice will also be changed to TEST.
+
@samp{-Os} includes @samp{-O2} optimization plus encodes 16-bit, 32-bit
and 64-bit register tests with immediate as 8-bit register test with
immediate. @samp{-O0} turns off this optimization.
amount of space, and it is only available for ELF based x86_64
targets.
+@cindex @code{value} directive
+@item .value @var{expression} [, @var{expression}]
+This directive behaves in the same way as the @code{.short} directive,
+taking a series of comma separated expressions and storing them as
+two-byte wide values into the current section.
+
@c FIXME: Document other x86 specific directives ? Eg: .code16gcc,
@end table
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.
+(32-bit) and quadruple word (64-bit) memory references. Mnemonic suffixes
+of @samp{x}, @samp{y} and @samp{z} specify xmm (128-bit vector), ymm
+(256-bit vector) and zmm (512-bit vector) memory references, only when there's
+no other way to disambiguate an instruction. Intel syntax accomplishes this by
+prefixing memory operands (@emph{not} the instruction mnemonics) with
+@samp{byte ptr}, @samp{word ptr}, @samp{dword ptr}, @samp{qword ptr},
+@samp{xmmword ptr}, @samp{ymmword ptr} and @samp{zmmword ptr}. Thus, Intel
+syntax @samp{mov al, byte ptr @var{foo}} is @samp{movb @var{foo}, %al} in AT&T
+syntax. In Intel syntax, @samp{fword ptr}, @samp{tbyte ptr} and
+@samp{oword ptr} specify 48-bit, 80-bit and 128-bit memory references.
In 64-bit code, @samp{movabs} can be used to encode the @samp{mov}
instruction with the 64-bit displacement or immediate operand.
@item @samp{.3dnow} @tab @samp{.3dnowa} @tab @samp{.sse4a} @tab @samp{.sse5}
@item @samp{.syscall} @tab @samp{.rdtscp} @tab @samp{.svme} @tab @samp{.abm}
@item @samp{.lwp} @tab @samp{.fma4} @tab @samp{.xop} @tab @samp{.cx16}
-@item @samp{.padlock} @tab @samp{.clzero} @tab @samp{.mwaitx}
+@item @samp{.padlock} @tab @samp{.clzero} @tab @samp{.mwaitx} @tab @samp{.rdpru}
+@item @samp{.mcommit}
@end multitable
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