-@c Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
-@c 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
-@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1991-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GAS manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo.
@c man end
@cindex options for i386
@cindex options for x86-64
@cindex i386 options
-@cindex x86-64 options
+@cindex x86-64 options
The i386 version of @code{@value{AS}} has a few machine
dependent options:
This option specifies the target processor. The assembler will
issue an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an instruction
which will not execute on the target processor. The following
-processor names are recognized:
+processor names are recognized:
@code{i8086},
@code{i186},
@code{i286},
@code{core2},
@code{corei7},
@code{l1om},
+@code{k1om},
+@code{iamcu},
@code{k6},
@code{k6_2},
@code{athlon},
@code{amdfam10},
@code{bdver1},
@code{bdver2},
+@code{bdver3},
+@code{bdver4},
+@code{znver1},
+@code{btver1},
+@code{btver2},
@code{generic32} and
@code{generic64}.
-In addition to the basic instruction set, the assembler can be told to
+In addition to the basic instruction set, the assembler can be told to
accept various extension mnemonics. For example,
@code{-march=i686+sse4+vmx} extends @var{i686} with @var{sse4} and
@var{vmx}. The following extensions are currently supported:
@code{8087},
@code{287},
@code{387},
+@code{687},
@code{no87},
+@code{no287},
+@code{no387},
+@code{no687},
@code{mmx},
@code{nommx},
@code{sse},
@code{sse4.2},
@code{sse4},
@code{nosse},
+@code{nosse2},
+@code{nosse3},
+@code{nossse3},
+@code{nosse4.1},
+@code{nosse4.2},
+@code{nosse4},
@code{avx},
@code{avx2},
@code{noavx},
+@code{noavx2},
+@code{adx},
+@code{rdseed},
+@code{prfchw},
+@code{smap},
+@code{mpx},
+@code{sha},
+@code{rdpid},
+@code{prefetchwt1},
+@code{clflushopt},
+@code{se1},
+@code{clwb},
+@code{pcommit},
+@code{avx512f},
+@code{avx512cd},
+@code{avx512er},
+@code{avx512pf},
+@code{avx512vl},
+@code{avx512bw},
+@code{avx512dq},
+@code{avx512ifma},
+@code{avx512vbmi},
+@code{noavx512f},
+@code{noavx512cd},
+@code{noavx512er},
+@code{noavx512pf},
+@code{noavx512vl},
+@code{noavx512bw},
+@code{noavx512dq},
+@code{noavx512ifma},
+@code{noavx512vbmi},
@code{vmx},
+@code{vmfunc},
@code{smx},
@code{xsave},
@code{xsaveopt},
+@code{xsavec},
+@code{xsaves},
@code{aes},
@code{pclmul},
@code{fsgsbase},
@code{movbe},
@code{ept},
@code{lzcnt},
+@code{hle},
+@code{rtm},
@code{invpcid},
@code{clflush},
+@code{mwaitx},
+@code{clzero},
@code{lwp},
@code{fma4},
@code{xop},
+@code{cx16},
@code{syscall},
@code{rdtscp},
@code{3dnow},
@item -msse-check=@var{none}
@itemx -msse-check=@var{warning}
@itemx -msse-check=@var{error}
-These options control if the assembler should check SSE intructions.
+These options control if the assembler should check SSE instructions.
@option{-msse-check=@var{none}} will make the assembler not to check SSE
instructions, which is the default. @option{-msse-check=@var{warning}}
-will make the assembler issue a warning for any SSE intruction.
+will make the assembler issue a warning for any SSE instruction.
@option{-msse-check=@var{error}} will make the assembler issue an error
-for any SSE intruction.
+for any SSE instruction.
@cindex @samp{-mavxscalar=} option, i386
@cindex @samp{-mavxscalar=} option, x86-64
@item -mavxscalar=@var{128}
@itemx -mavxscalar=@var{256}
-This options control how the assembler should encode scalar AVX
+These options control how the assembler should encode scalar AVX
instructions. @option{-mavxscalar=@var{128}} will encode scalar
AVX instructions with 128bit vector length, which is the default.
@option{-mavxscalar=@var{256}} will encode scalar AVX instructions
with 256bit vector length.
+@cindex @samp{-mevexlig=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-mevexlig=} option, x86-64
+@item -mevexlig=@var{128}
+@itemx -mevexlig=@var{256}
+@itemx -mevexlig=@var{512}
+These options control how the assembler should encode length-ignored
+(LIG) EVEX instructions. @option{-mevexlig=@var{128}} will encode LIG
+EVEX instructions with 128bit vector length, which is the default.
+@option{-mevexlig=@var{256}} and @option{-mevexlig=@var{512}} will
+encode LIG EVEX instructions with 256bit and 512bit vector length,
+respectively.
+
+@cindex @samp{-mevexwig=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-mevexwig=} option, x86-64
+@item -mevexwig=@var{0}
+@itemx -mevexwig=@var{1}
+These options control how the assembler should encode w-ignored (WIG)
+EVEX instructions. @option{-mevexwig=@var{0}} will encode WIG
+EVEX instructions with evex.w = 0, which is the default.
+@option{-mevexwig=@var{1}} will encode WIG EVEX instructions with
+evex.w = 1.
+
@cindex @samp{-mmnemonic=} option, i386
@cindex @samp{-mmnemonic=} option, x86-64
@item -mmnemonic=@var{att}
@itemx -mmnemonic=@var{intel}
-This option specifies instruction mnemonic for matching instructions.
+This option specifies instruction mnemonic for matching instructions.
The @code{.att_mnemonic} and @code{.intel_mnemonic} directives will
take precedent.
@cindex @samp{-msyntax=} option, x86-64
@item -msyntax=@var{att}
@itemx -msyntax=@var{intel}
-This option specifies instruction syntax when processing instructions.
+This option specifies instruction syntax when processing instructions.
The @code{.att_syntax} and @code{.intel_syntax} directives will
take precedent.
This opetion specifies that registers don't require a @samp{%} prefix.
The @code{.att_syntax} and @code{.intel_syntax} directives will take precedent.
+@cindex @samp{-madd-bnd-prefix} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-madd-bnd-prefix} option, x86-64
+@item -madd-bnd-prefix
+This option forces the assembler to add BND prefix to all branches, even
+if such prefix was not explicitly specified in the source code.
+
+@cindex @samp{-mshared} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-mshared} option, x86-64
+@item -mno-shared
+On ELF target, the assembler normally optimizes out non-PLT relocations
+against defined non-weak global branch targets with default visibility.
+The @samp{-mshared} option tells the assembler to generate code which
+may go into a shared library where all non-weak global branch targets
+with default visibility can be preempted. The resulting code is
+slightly bigger. This option only affects the handling of branch
+instructions.
+
+@cindex @samp{-mbig-obj} option, x86-64
+@item -mbig-obj
+On x86-64 PE/COFF target this option forces the use of big object file
+format, which allows more than 32768 sections.
+
+@cindex @samp{-momit-lock-prefix=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-momit-lock-prefix=} option, x86-64
+@item -momit-lock-prefix=@var{no}
+@itemx -momit-lock-prefix=@var{yes}
+These options control how the assembler should encode lock prefix.
+This option is intended as a workaround for processors, that fail on
+lock prefix. This option can only be safely used with single-core,
+single-thread computers
+@option{-momit-lock-prefix=@var{yes}} will omit all lock prefixes.
+@option{-momit-lock-prefix=@var{no}} will encode lock prefix as usual,
+which is the default.
+
+@cindex @samp{-mfence-as-lock-add=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-mfence-as-lock-add=} option, x86-64
+@item -mfence-as-lock-add=@var{no}
+@itemx -mfence-as-lock-add=@var{yes}
+These options control how the assembler should encode lfence, mfence and
+sfence.
+@option{-mfence-as-lock-add=@var{yes}} will encode lfence, mfence and
+sfence as @samp{lock addl $0x0, (%rsp)} in 64-bit mode and
+@samp{lock addl $0x0, (%esp)} in 32-bit mode.
+@option{-mfence-as-lock-add=@var{no}} will encode lfence, mfence and
+sfence as usual, which is the default.
+
+@cindex @samp{-mrelax-relocations=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-mrelax-relocations=} option, x86-64
+@item -mrelax-relocations=@var{no}
+@itemx -mrelax-relocations=@var{yes}
+These options control whether the assembler should generate relax
+relocations, R_386_GOT32X, in 32-bit mode, or R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX and
+R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX, in 64-bit mode.
+@option{-mrelax-relocations=@var{yes}} will generate relax relocations.
+@option{-mrelax-relocations=@var{no}} will not generate relax
+relocations. The default can be controlled by a configure option
+@option{--enable-x86-relax-relocations}.
+
+@cindex @samp{-mevexrcig=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-mevexrcig=} option, x86-64
+@item -mevexrcig=@var{rne}
+@itemx -mevexrcig=@var{rd}
+@itemx -mevexrcig=@var{ru}
+@itemx -mevexrcig=@var{rz}
+These options control how the assembler should encode SAE-only
+EVEX instructions. @option{-mevexrcig=@var{rne}} will encode RC bits
+of EVEX instruction with 00, which is the default.
+@option{-mevexrcig=@var{rd}}, @option{-mevexrcig=@var{ru}}
+and @option{-mevexrcig=@var{rz}} will encode SAE-only EVEX instructions
+with 01, 10 and 11 RC bits, respectively.
+
+@cindex @samp{-mamd64} option, x86-64
+@cindex @samp{-mintel64} option, x86-64
+@item -mamd64
+@itemx -mintel64
+This option specifies that the assembler should accept only AMD64 or
+Intel64 ISA in 64-bit mode. The default is to accept both.
+
@end table
@c man end
line.
@node i386-Mnemonics
-@section Instruction Naming
+@section i386-Mnemonics
+@subsection Instruction Naming
@cindex i386 instruction naming
@cindex instruction naming, i386
Different encoding options can be specified via optional mnemonic
suffix. @samp{.s} suffix swaps 2 register operands in encoding when
-moving from one register to another. @samp{.d32} suffix forces 32bit
-displacement in encoding.
+moving from one register to another. @samp{.d8} or @samp{.d32} suffix
+prefers 8bit or 32bit displacement in encoding.
@cindex conversion instructions, i386
@cindex i386 conversion instructions
AT&T syntax, but are @samp{call far} and @samp{jump far} in Intel
convention.
-@section AT&T Mnemonic versus Intel Mnemonic
+@subsection AT&T Mnemonic versus Intel Mnemonic
@cindex i386 mnemonic compatibility
@cindex mnemonic compatibility, i386
and @samp{%gs}.
@item
-the 3 processor control registers @samp{%cr0}, @samp{%cr2}, and
-@samp{%cr3}.
+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{%mm6} and @samp{%mm7}.
@item
-the 8 SSE registers registers @samp{%xmm0}, @samp{%xmm1}, @samp{%xmm2},
+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 8 extended registers @samp{%r8}--@samp{%r15}.
@item
-the 8 32-bit low ends of the extended registers: @samp{%r8d}--@samp{%r15d}
+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}
+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}
+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}.
the 8 debug registers: @samp{%db8}--@samp{%db15}.
@item
-the 8 SSE registers: @samp{%xmm8}--@samp{%xmm15}.
+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
BMI instructions provide several instructions implementing individual
bit manipulation operations such as isolation, masking, setting, or
-resetting.
+resetting.
@c Need to add a specification citation here when available.
is correct since the processor default operand size is assumed to be 16
bits in a 16-bit code section.
-@node i386-Bugs
-@section AT&T Syntax bugs
-
-The UnixWare assembler, and probably other AT&T derived ix86 Unix
-assemblers, generate floating point instructions with reversed source
-and destination registers in certain cases. Unfortunately, gcc and
-possibly many other programs use this reversed syntax, so we're stuck
-with it.
-
-For example
-
-@smallexample
- fsub %st,%st(3)
-@end smallexample
-@noindent
-results in @samp{%st(3)} being updated to @samp{%st - %st(3)} rather
-than the expected @samp{%st(3) - %st}. This happens with all the
-non-commutative arithmetic floating point operations with two register
-operands where the source register is @samp{%st} and the destination
-register is @samp{%st(i)}.
-
@node i386-Arch
@section Specifying CPU Architecture
@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}
+@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}
+@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{.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}
+@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{.clwb} @tab @samp{.pcommit}
@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}
-@item @samp{.padlock}
+@item @samp{.lwp} @tab @samp{.fma4} @tab @samp{.xop} @tab @samp{.cx16}
+@item @samp{.padlock} @tab @samp{.clzero} @tab @samp{.mwaitx} @tab @samp{.rdpid}
@end multitable
Apart from the warning, there are only two other effects on
.arch i8086,nojumps
@end smallexample
+@node i386-Bugs
+@section AT&T Syntax bugs
+
+The UnixWare assembler, and probably other AT&T derived ix86 Unix
+assemblers, generate floating point instructions with reversed source
+and destination registers in certain cases. Unfortunately, gcc and
+possibly many other programs use this reversed syntax, so we're stuck
+with it.
+
+For example
+
+@smallexample
+ fsub %st,%st(3)
+@end smallexample
+@noindent
+results in @samp{%st(3)} being updated to @samp{%st - %st(3)} rather
+than the expected @samp{%st(3) - %st}. This happens with all the
+non-commutative arithmetic floating point operations with two register
+operands where the source register is @samp{%st} and the destination
+register is @samp{%st(i)}.
+
@node i386-Notes
@section Notes