-@c Copyright (C) 1991-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1991-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GAS manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo.
@c man end
@item -n
By default, x86 GAS replaces multiple nop instructions used for
alignment within code sections with multi-byte nop instructions such
-as leal 0(%esi,1),%esi. This switch disables the optimization.
+as leal 0(%esi,1),%esi. This switch disables the optimization if a single
+byte nop (0x90) is explicitly specified as the fill byte for alignment.
@cindex @samp{--divide} option, i386
@item --divide
@code{bdver3},
@code{bdver4},
@code{znver1},
+@code{znver2},
@code{btver1},
@code{btver2},
@code{generic32} and
@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{ptwrite},
+@code{cet},
+@code{gfni},
+@code{vaes},
+@code{vpclmulqdq},
@code{prefetchwt1},
@code{clflushopt},
@code{se1},
@code{clwb},
-@code{pcommit},
+@code{movdiri},
+@code{movdir64b},
@code{avx512f},
@code{avx512cd},
@code{avx512er},
@code{avx512dq},
@code{avx512ifma},
@code{avx512vbmi},
-@code{noavx},
+@code{avx512_4fmaps},
+@code{avx512_4vnniw},
+@code{avx512_vpopcntdq},
+@code{avx512_vbmi2},
+@code{avx512_vnni},
+@code{avx512_bitalg},
+@code{noavx512f},
+@code{noavx512cd},
+@code{noavx512er},
+@code{noavx512pf},
+@code{noavx512vl},
+@code{noavx512bw},
+@code{noavx512dq},
+@code{noavx512ifma},
+@code{noavx512vbmi},
+@code{noavx512_4fmaps},
+@code{noavx512_4vnniw},
+@code{noavx512_vpopcntdq},
+@code{noavx512_vbmi2},
+@code{noavx512_vnni},
+@code{noavx512_bitalg},
@code{vmx},
@code{vmfunc},
@code{smx},
@code{clflush},
@code{mwaitx},
@code{clzero},
+@code{wbnoinvd},
+@code{pconfig},
+@code{waitpkg},
+@code{cldemote},
@code{lwp},
@code{fma4},
@code{xop},
@cindex @samp{-mnaked-reg} option, i386
@cindex @samp{-mnaked-reg} option, x86-64
@item -mnaked-reg
-This opetion specifies that registers don't require a @samp{%} prefix.
+This option 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
This option specifies that the assembler should accept only AMD64 or
Intel64 ISA in 64-bit mode. The default is to accept both.
+@cindex @samp{-O0} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-O0} option, x86-64
+@cindex @samp{-O} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-O} option, x86-64
+@cindex @samp{-O1} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-O1} option, x86-64
+@cindex @samp{-O2} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-O2} option, x86-64
+@cindex @samp{-Os} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-Os} option, x86-64
+@item -O0 | -O | -O1 | -O2 | -Os
+Optimize instruction encoding with smaller instruction size. @samp{-O}
+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 and encode 64-bit register clearing instructions with 32-bit
+register clearing instructions. @samp{-O2} includes @samp{-O1}
+optimization plus encodes 256-bit and 512-bit vector register clearing
+instructions with 128-bit vector register clearing instructions.
+@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.
+
@end table
@c man end
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,
-@c .largecomm
@end table
logical line number directive (@pxref{Comments}) or a preprocessor
control command (@pxref{Preprocessing}).
-If the @option{--divide} command line option has not been specified
+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 encoding options, i386
@cindex encoding options, x86-64
-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{.d8} or @samp{.d32} suffix
-prefers 8bit or 32bit displacement in encoding.
+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
@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{bdver4} @tab @samp{znver1} @tab @samp{znver2} @tab @samp{btver1}
+@item @samp{btver2} @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{.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{.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} @tab @samp{.cldemote}
+@item @samp{.shstk} @tab @samp{.gfni} @tab @samp{.vaes} @tab @samp{.vpclmulqdq}
+@item @samp{.movdiri} @tab @samp{.movdir64b}
@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}