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- <h4 class="subsection">3.19.5 ARM Options</h4>
- <a name="index-ARM-options"></a>
-
- <p>These ‘<samp>-m</samp>’ options are defined for the ARM port:
- </p>
- <dl compact="compact">
- <dt><code>-mabi=<var>name</var></code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mabi-1"></a>
- <p>Generate code for the specified ABI. Permissible values are: ‘<samp>apcs-gnu</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>atpcs</samp>’, ‘<samp>aapcs</samp>’, ‘<samp>aapcs-linux</samp>’ and ‘<samp>iwmmxt</samp>’.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mapcs-frame</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mapcs_002dframe"></a>
- <p>Generate a stack frame that is compliant with the ARM Procedure Call
- Standard for all functions, even if this is not strictly necessary for
- correct execution of the code. Specifying <samp>-fomit-frame-pointer</samp>
- with this option causes the stack frames not to be generated for
- leaf functions. The default is <samp>-mno-apcs-frame</samp>.
- This option is deprecated.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mapcs</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mapcs"></a>
- <p>This is a synonym for <samp>-mapcs-frame</samp> and is deprecated.
- </p>
-
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mthumb-interwork</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mthumb_002dinterwork"></a>
- <p>Generate code that supports calling between the ARM and Thumb
- instruction sets. Without this option, on pre-v5 architectures, the
- two instruction sets cannot be reliably used inside one program. The
- default is <samp>-mno-thumb-interwork</samp>, since slightly larger code
- is generated when <samp>-mthumb-interwork</samp> is specified. In AAPCS
- configurations this option is meaningless.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mno-sched-prolog</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mno_002dsched_002dprolog"></a>
- <a name="index-msched_002dprolog"></a>
- <p>Prevent the reordering of instructions in the function prologue, or the
- merging of those instruction with the instructions in the function’s
- body. This means that all functions start with a recognizable set
- of instructions (or in fact one of a choice from a small set of
- different function prologues), and this information can be used to
- locate the start of functions inside an executable piece of code. The
- default is <samp>-msched-prolog</samp>.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mfloat-abi=<var>name</var></code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mfloat_002dabi"></a>
- <p>Specifies which floating-point ABI to use. Permissible values
- are: ‘<samp>soft</samp>’, ‘<samp>softfp</samp>’ and ‘<samp>hard</samp>’.
- </p>
- <p>Specifying ‘<samp>soft</samp>’ causes GCC to generate output containing
- library calls for floating-point operations.
- ‘<samp>softfp</samp>’ allows the generation of code using hardware floating-point
- instructions, but still uses the soft-float calling conventions.
- ‘<samp>hard</samp>’ allows generation of floating-point instructions
- and uses FPU-specific calling conventions.
- </p>
- <p>The default depends on the specific target configuration. Note that
- the hard-float and soft-float ABIs are not link-compatible; you must
- compile your entire program with the same ABI, and link with a
- compatible set of libraries.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mgeneral-regs-only</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mgeneral_002dregs_002donly-1"></a>
- <p>Generate code which uses only the general-purpose registers. This will prevent
- the compiler from using floating-point and Advanced SIMD registers but will not
- impose any restrictions on the assembler.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mlittle-endian</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mlittle_002dendian-2"></a>
- <p>Generate code for a processor running in little-endian mode. This is
- the default for all standard configurations.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mbig-endian</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mbig_002dendian-2"></a>
- <p>Generate code for a processor running in big-endian mode; the default is
- to compile code for a little-endian processor.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mbe8</code></dt>
- <dt><code>-mbe32</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mbe8"></a>
- <p>When linking a big-endian image select between BE8 and BE32 formats.
- The option has no effect for little-endian images and is ignored. The
- default is dependent on the selected target architecture. For ARMv6
- and later architectures the default is BE8, for older architectures
- the default is BE32. BE32 format has been deprecated by ARM.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-march=<var>name</var><span class="roman">[</span>+extension…<span class="roman">]</span></code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-march-2"></a>
- <p>This specifies the name of the target ARM architecture. GCC uses this
- name to determine what kind of instructions it can emit when generating
- assembly code. This option can be used in conjunction with or instead
- of the <samp>-mcpu=</samp> option.
- </p>
- <p>Permissible names are:
- ‘<samp>armv4t</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv5t</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv5te</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv6</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv6j</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv6k</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv6kz</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv6t2</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv6z</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv6zk</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv7</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv7-a</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv7ve</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv8-a</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv8.1-a</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv8.2-a</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv8.3-a</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv8.4-a</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv8.5-a</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv8.6-a</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv7-r</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv8-r</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv6-m</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv6s-m</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv7-m</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv7e-m</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv8-m.base</samp>’, ‘<samp>armv8-m.main</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>armv8.1-m.main</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>iwmmxt</samp>’ and ‘<samp>iwmmxt2</samp>’.
- </p>
- <p>Additionally, the following architectures, which lack support for the
- Thumb execution state, are recognized but support is deprecated: ‘<samp>armv4</samp>’.
- </p>
- <p>Many of the architectures support extensions. These can be added by
- appending ‘<samp>+<var>extension</var></samp>’ to the architecture name. Extension
- options are processed in order and capabilities accumulate. An extension
- will also enable any necessary base extensions
- upon which it depends. For example, the ‘<samp>+crypto</samp>’ extension
- will always enable the ‘<samp>+simd</samp>’ extension. The exception to the
- additive construction is for extensions that are prefixed with
- ‘<samp>+no…</samp>’: these extensions disable the specified option and
- any other extensions that may depend on the presence of that
- extension.
- </p>
- <p>For example, ‘<samp>-march=armv7-a+simd+nofp+vfpv4</samp>’ is equivalent to
- writing ‘<samp>-march=armv7-a+vfpv4</samp>’ since the ‘<samp>+simd</samp>’ option is
- entirely disabled by the ‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’ option that follows it.
- </p>
- <p>Most extension names are generically named, but have an effect that is
- dependent upon the architecture to which it is applied. For example,
- the ‘<samp>+simd</samp>’ option can be applied to both ‘<samp>armv7-a</samp>’ and
- ‘<samp>armv8-a</samp>’ architectures, but will enable the original ARMv7-A
- Advanced SIMD (Neon) extensions for ‘<samp>armv7-a</samp>’ and the ARMv8-A
- variant for ‘<samp>armv8-a</samp>’.
- </p>
- <p>The table below lists the supported extensions for each architecture.
- Architectures not mentioned do not support any extensions.
- </p>
- <dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>armv5te</samp>’</dt>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv6</samp>’</dt>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv6j</samp>’</dt>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv6k</samp>’</dt>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv6kz</samp>’</dt>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv6t2</samp>’</dt>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv6z</samp>’</dt>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv6zk</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv2 floating-point instructions. The extension ‘<samp>+vfpv2</samp>’ can be
- used as an alias for this extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point instructions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv7</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The common subset of the ARMv7-A, ARMv7-R and ARMv7-M architectures.
- </p><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv3 floating-point instructions, with 16 double-precision
- registers. The extension ‘<samp>+vfpv3-d16</samp>’ can be used as an alias
- for this extension. Note that floating-point is not supported by the
- base ARMv7-M architecture, but is compatible with both the ARMv7-A and
- ARMv7-R architectures.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point instructions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv7-a</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+mp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The multiprocessing extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+sec</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The security extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv3 floating-point instructions, with 16 double-precision
- registers. The extension ‘<samp>+vfpv3-d16</samp>’ can be used as an alias
- for this extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+simd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The Advanced SIMD (Neon) v1 and the VFPv3 floating-point instructions.
- The extensions ‘<samp>+neon</samp>’ and ‘<samp>+neon-vfpv3</samp>’ can be used as aliases
- for this extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv3</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv3 floating-point instructions, with 32 double-precision
- registers.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv3-d16-fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv3 floating-point instructions, with 16 double-precision
- registers and the half-precision floating-point conversion operations.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv3-fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv3 floating-point instructions, with 32 double-precision
- registers and the half-precision floating-point conversion operations.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv4-d16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv4 floating-point instructions, with 16 double-precision
- registers.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv4</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv4 floating-point instructions, with 32 double-precision
- registers.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+neon-fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The Advanced SIMD (Neon) v1 and the VFPv3 floating-point instructions, with
- the half-precision floating-point conversion operations.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+neon-vfpv4</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The Advanced SIMD (Neon) v2 and the VFPv4 floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nosimd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the Advanced SIMD instructions (does not disable floating point).
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point and Advanced SIMD instructions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv7ve</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The extended version of the ARMv7-A architecture with support for
- virtualization.
- </p><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv4 floating-point instructions, with 16 double-precision registers.
- The extension ‘<samp>+vfpv4-d16</samp>’ can be used as an alias for this extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+simd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The Advanced SIMD (Neon) v2 and the VFPv4 floating-point instructions. The
- extension ‘<samp>+neon-vfpv4</samp>’ can be used as an alias for this extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv3-d16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv3 floating-point instructions, with 16 double-precision
- registers.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv3</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv3 floating-point instructions, with 32 double-precision
- registers.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv3-d16-fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv3 floating-point instructions, with 16 double-precision
- registers and the half-precision floating-point conversion operations.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv3-fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv3 floating-point instructions, with 32 double-precision
- registers and the half-precision floating-point conversion operations.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv4-d16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv4 floating-point instructions, with 16 double-precision
- registers.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv4</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv4 floating-point instructions, with 32 double-precision
- registers.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+neon</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The Advanced SIMD (Neon) v1 and the VFPv3 floating-point instructions.
- The extension ‘<samp>+neon-vfpv3</samp>’ can be used as an alias for this extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+neon-fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The Advanced SIMD (Neon) v1 and the VFPv3 floating-point instructions, with
- the half-precision floating-point conversion operations.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nosimd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the Advanced SIMD instructions (does not disable floating point).
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point and Advanced SIMD instructions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv8-a</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+crc</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) instructions.
- </p></dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+simd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The ARMv8-A Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p></dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+crypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The cryptographic instructions.
- </p></dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nocrypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the cryptographic instructions.
- </p></dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point, Advanced SIMD and cryptographic instructions.
- </p></dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+sb</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Speculation Barrier Instruction.
- </p></dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+predres</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Execution and Data Prediction Restriction Instructions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv8.1-a</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+simd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The ARMv8.1-A Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+crypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The cryptographic instructions. This also enables the Advanced SIMD and
- floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nocrypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the cryptographic instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point, Advanced SIMD and cryptographic instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+sb</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Speculation Barrier Instruction.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+predres</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Execution and Data Prediction Restriction Instructions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv8.2-a</samp>’</dt>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv8.3-a</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The half-precision floating-point data processing instructions.
- This also enables the Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp16fml</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The half-precision floating-point fmla extension. This also enables
- the half-precision floating-point extension and Advanced SIMD and
- floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+simd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The ARMv8.1-A Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+crypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The cryptographic instructions. This also enables the Advanced SIMD and
- floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+dotprod</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Enable the Dot Product extension. This also enables Advanced SIMD instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nocrypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the cryptographic extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point, Advanced SIMD and cryptographic instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+sb</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Speculation Barrier Instruction.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+predres</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Execution and Data Prediction Restriction Instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+i8mm</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>8-bit Integer Matrix Multiply instructions.
- This also enables Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+bf16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Brain half-precision floating-point instructions.
- This also enables Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv8.4-a</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The half-precision floating-point data processing instructions.
- This also enables the Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions as well
- as the Dot Product extension and the half-precision floating-point fmla
- extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+simd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The ARMv8.3-A Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions as well as the
- Dot Product extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+crypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The cryptographic instructions. This also enables the Advanced SIMD and
- floating-point instructions as well as the Dot Product extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nocrypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the cryptographic extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point, Advanced SIMD and cryptographic instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+sb</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Speculation Barrier Instruction.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+predres</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Execution and Data Prediction Restriction Instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+i8mm</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>8-bit Integer Matrix Multiply instructions.
- This also enables Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+bf16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Brain half-precision floating-point instructions.
- This also enables Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv8.5-a</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The half-precision floating-point data processing instructions.
- This also enables the Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions as well
- as the Dot Product extension and the half-precision floating-point fmla
- extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+simd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The ARMv8.3-A Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions as well as the
- Dot Product extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+crypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The cryptographic instructions. This also enables the Advanced SIMD and
- floating-point instructions as well as the Dot Product extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nocrypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the cryptographic extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point, Advanced SIMD and cryptographic instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+i8mm</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>8-bit Integer Matrix Multiply instructions.
- This also enables Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+bf16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Brain half-precision floating-point instructions.
- This also enables Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv8.6-a</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The half-precision floating-point data processing instructions.
- This also enables the Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions as well
- as the Dot Product extension and the half-precision floating-point fmla
- extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+simd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The ARMv8.3-A Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions as well as the
- Dot Product extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+crypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The cryptographic instructions. This also enables the Advanced SIMD and
- floating-point instructions as well as the Dot Product extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nocrypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the cryptographic extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point, Advanced SIMD and cryptographic instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+i8mm</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>8-bit Integer Matrix Multiply instructions.
- This also enables Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+bf16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Brain half-precision floating-point instructions.
- This also enables Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv7-r</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp.sp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The single-precision VFPv3 floating-point instructions. The extension
- ‘<samp>+vfpv3xd</samp>’ can be used as an alias for this extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv3 floating-point instructions with 16 double-precision registers.
- The extension +vfpv3-d16 can be used as an alias for this extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv3xd-d16-fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The single-precision VFPv3 floating-point instructions with 16 double-precision
- registers and the half-precision floating-point conversion operations.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+vfpv3-d16-fp16</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The VFPv3 floating-point instructions with 16 double-precision
- registers and the half-precision floating-point conversion operations.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+idiv</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The ARM-state integer division instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+noidiv</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the ARM-state integer division extension.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv7e-m</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The single-precision VFPv4 floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+fpv5</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The single-precision FPv5 floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp.dp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The single- and double-precision FPv5 floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point extensions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv8.1-m.main</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+dsp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The DSP instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+mve</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The M-Profile Vector Extension (MVE) integer instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+mve.fp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The M-Profile Vector Extension (MVE) integer and single precision
- floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The single-precision floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp.dp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The single- and double-precision floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+cdecp0, +cdecp1, ... , +cdecp7</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Enable the Custom Datapath Extension (CDE) on selected coprocessors according
- to the numbers given in the options in the range 0 to 7.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv8-m.main</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+dsp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The DSP instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nodsp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the DSP extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The single-precision floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp.dp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The single- and double-precision floating-point instructions.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point extension.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+cdecp0, +cdecp1, ... , +cdecp7</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Enable the Custom Datapath Extension (CDE) on selected coprocessors according
- to the numbers given in the options in the range 0 to 7.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>armv8-r</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+crc</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) instructions.
- </p></dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+fp.sp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The single-precision FPv5 floating-point instructions.
- </p></dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+simd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The ARMv8-A Advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions.
- </p></dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+crypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>The cryptographic instructions.
- </p></dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nocrypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the cryptographic instructions.
- </p></dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the floating-point, Advanced SIMD and cryptographic instructions.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- </dd>
- </dl>
-
- <p><samp>-march=native</samp> causes the compiler to auto-detect the architecture
- of the build computer. At present, this feature is only supported on
- GNU/Linux, and not all architectures are recognized. If the auto-detect
- is unsuccessful the option has no effect.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mtune=<var>name</var></code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mtune-4"></a>
- <p>This option specifies the name of the target ARM processor for
- which GCC should tune the performance of the code.
- For some ARM implementations better performance can be obtained by using
- this option.
- Permissible names are: ‘<samp>arm7tdmi</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm7tdmi-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm710t</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>arm720t</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm740t</samp>’, ‘<samp>strongarm</samp>’, ‘<samp>strongarm110</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>strongarm1100</samp>’, 0‘<samp>strongarm1110</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm8</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm810</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>arm9</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm9e</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm920</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm920t</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm922t</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>arm946e-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm966e-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm968e-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm926ej-s</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>arm940t</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm9tdmi</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm10tdmi</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm1020t</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>arm1026ej-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm10e</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm1020e</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm1022e</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>arm1136j-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm1136jf-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>mpcore</samp>’, ‘<samp>mpcorenovfp</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>arm1156t2-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm1156t2f-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm1176jz-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm1176jzf-s</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>generic-armv7-a</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a5</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a7</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a8</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a9</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a12</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a15</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a17</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a32</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a35</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a53</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a55</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a57</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a72</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a73</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a75</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a76</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a76ae</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a77</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>ares</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-r4</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-r4f</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-r5</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-r7</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-r8</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-r52</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-m0</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-m0plus</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-m1</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-m3</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-m4</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-m7</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-m23</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-m33</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-m35p</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-m55</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-m1.small-multiply</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-m0.small-multiply</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-m0plus.small-multiply</samp>’, ‘<samp>exynos-m1</samp>’, ‘<samp>marvell-pj4</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>neoverse-n1</samp>’, ‘<samp>neoverse-n2</samp>’, ‘<samp>neoverse-v1</samp>’, ‘<samp>xscale</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>iwmmxt</samp>’, ‘<samp>iwmmxt2</samp>’, ‘<samp>ep9312</samp>’, ‘<samp>fa526</samp>’, ‘<samp>fa626</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>fa606te</samp>’, ‘<samp>fa626te</samp>’, ‘<samp>fmp626</samp>’, ‘<samp>fa726te</samp>’, ‘<samp>xgene1</samp>’.
- </p>
- <p>Additionally, this option can specify that GCC should tune the performance
- of the code for a big.LITTLE system. Permissible names are:
- ‘<samp>cortex-a15.cortex-a7</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a17.cortex-a7</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a57.cortex-a53</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a72.cortex-a53</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a72.cortex-a35</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a73.cortex-a53</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a75.cortex-a55</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a76.cortex-a55</samp>’.
- </p>
- <p><samp>-mtune=generic-<var>arch</var></samp> specifies that GCC should tune the
- performance for a blend of processors within architecture <var>arch</var>.
- The aim is to generate code that run well on the current most popular
- processors, balancing between optimizations that benefit some CPUs in the
- range, and avoiding performance pitfalls of other CPUs. The effects of
- this option may change in future GCC versions as CPU models come and go.
- </p>
- <p><samp>-mtune</samp> permits the same extension options as <samp>-mcpu</samp>, but
- the extension options do not affect the tuning of the generated code.
- </p>
- <p><samp>-mtune=native</samp> causes the compiler to auto-detect the CPU
- of the build computer. At present, this feature is only supported on
- GNU/Linux, and not all architectures are recognized. If the auto-detect is
- unsuccessful the option has no effect.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mcpu=<var>name</var><span class="roman">[</span>+extension…<span class="roman">]</span></code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mcpu-2"></a>
- <p>This specifies the name of the target ARM processor. GCC uses this name
- to derive the name of the target ARM architecture (as if specified
- by <samp>-march</samp>) and the ARM processor type for which to tune for
- performance (as if specified by <samp>-mtune</samp>). Where this option
- is used in conjunction with <samp>-march</samp> or <samp>-mtune</samp>,
- those options take precedence over the appropriate part of this option.
- </p>
- <p>Many of the supported CPUs implement optional architectural
- extensions. Where this is so the architectural extensions are
- normally enabled by default. If implementations that lack the
- extension exist, then the extension syntax can be used to disable
- those extensions that have been omitted. For floating-point and
- Advanced SIMD (Neon) instructions, the settings of the options
- <samp>-mfloat-abi</samp> and <samp>-mfpu</samp> must also be considered:
- floating-point and Advanced SIMD instructions will only be used if
- <samp>-mfloat-abi</samp> is not set to ‘<samp>soft</samp>’; and any setting of
- <samp>-mfpu</samp> other than ‘<samp>auto</samp>’ will override the available
- floating-point and SIMD extension instructions.
- </p>
- <p>For example, ‘<samp>cortex-a9</samp>’ can be found in three major
- configurations: integer only, with just a floating-point unit or with
- floating-point and Advanced SIMD. The default is to enable all the
- instructions, but the extensions ‘<samp>+nosimd</samp>’ and ‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’ can
- be used to disable just the SIMD or both the SIMD and floating-point
- instructions respectively.
- </p>
- <p>Permissible names for this option are the same as those for
- <samp>-mtune</samp>.
- </p>
- <p>The following extension options are common to the listed CPUs:
- </p>
- <dl compact="compact">
- <dt>‘<samp>+nodsp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disable the DSP instructions on ‘<samp>cortex-m33</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-m35p</samp>’.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disables the floating-point instructions on ‘<samp>arm9e</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>arm946e-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm966e-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm968e-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm10e</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>arm1020e</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm1022e</samp>’, ‘<samp>arm926ej-s</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>arm1026ej-s</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-r5</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-r7</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-r8</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-m4</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-m7</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-m33</samp>’ and ‘<samp>cortex-m35p</samp>’.
- Disables the floating-point and SIMD instructions on
- ‘<samp>generic-armv7-a</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a5</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a7</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a8</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a9</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a12</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a15</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a17</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a15.cortex-a7</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a17.cortex-a7</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a32</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a35</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a53</samp>’ and ‘<samp>cortex-a55</samp>’.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nofp.dp</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disables the double-precision component of the floating-point instructions
- on ‘<samp>cortex-r5</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-r7</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-r8</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-r52</samp>’ and
- ‘<samp>cortex-m7</samp>’.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+nosimd</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Disables the SIMD (but not floating-point) instructions on
- ‘<samp>generic-armv7-a</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a5</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a7</samp>’
- and ‘<samp>cortex-a9</samp>’.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>‘<samp>+crypto</samp>’</dt>
- <dd><p>Enables the cryptographic instructions on ‘<samp>cortex-a32</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a35</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a53</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a55</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a57</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a72</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a73</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a75</samp>’, ‘<samp>exynos-m1</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>xgene1</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a57.cortex-a53</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a72.cortex-a53</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>cortex-a73.cortex-a35</samp>’, ‘<samp>cortex-a73.cortex-a53</samp>’ and
- ‘<samp>cortex-a75.cortex-a55</samp>’.
- </p></dd>
- </dl>
-
- <p>Additionally the ‘<samp>generic-armv7-a</samp>’ pseudo target defaults to
- VFPv3 with 16 double-precision registers. It supports the following
- extension options: ‘<samp>mp</samp>’, ‘<samp>sec</samp>’, ‘<samp>vfpv3-d16</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>vfpv3</samp>’, ‘<samp>vfpv3-d16-fp16</samp>’, ‘<samp>vfpv3-fp16</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>vfpv4-d16</samp>’, ‘<samp>vfpv4</samp>’, ‘<samp>neon</samp>’, ‘<samp>neon-vfpv3</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>neon-fp16</samp>’, ‘<samp>neon-vfpv4</samp>’. The meanings are the same as for
- the extensions to <samp>-march=armv7-a</samp>.
- </p>
- <p><samp>-mcpu=generic-<var>arch</var></samp> is also permissible, and is
- equivalent to <samp>-march=<var>arch</var> -mtune=generic-<var>arch</var></samp>.
- See <samp>-mtune</samp> for more information.
- </p>
- <p><samp>-mcpu=native</samp> causes the compiler to auto-detect the CPU
- of the build computer. At present, this feature is only supported on
- GNU/Linux, and not all architectures are recognized. If the auto-detect
- is unsuccessful the option has no effect.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mfpu=<var>name</var></code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mfpu-1"></a>
- <p>This specifies what floating-point hardware (or hardware emulation) is
- available on the target. Permissible names are: ‘<samp>auto</samp>’, ‘<samp>vfpv2</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>vfpv3</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>vfpv3-fp16</samp>’, ‘<samp>vfpv3-d16</samp>’, ‘<samp>vfpv3-d16-fp16</samp>’, ‘<samp>vfpv3xd</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>vfpv3xd-fp16</samp>’, ‘<samp>neon-vfpv3</samp>’, ‘<samp>neon-fp16</samp>’, ‘<samp>vfpv4</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>vfpv4-d16</samp>’, ‘<samp>fpv4-sp-d16</samp>’, ‘<samp>neon-vfpv4</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>fpv5-d16</samp>’, ‘<samp>fpv5-sp-d16</samp>’,
- ‘<samp>fp-armv8</samp>’, ‘<samp>neon-fp-armv8</samp>’ and ‘<samp>crypto-neon-fp-armv8</samp>’.
- Note that ‘<samp>neon</samp>’ is an alias for ‘<samp>neon-vfpv3</samp>’ and ‘<samp>vfp</samp>’
- is an alias for ‘<samp>vfpv2</samp>’.
- </p>
- <p>The setting ‘<samp>auto</samp>’ is the default and is special. It causes the
- compiler to select the floating-point and Advanced SIMD instructions
- based on the settings of <samp>-mcpu</samp> and <samp>-march</samp>.
- </p>
- <p>If the selected floating-point hardware includes the NEON extension
- (e.g. <samp>-mfpu=neon</samp>), note that floating-point
- operations are not generated by GCC’s auto-vectorization pass unless
- <samp>-funsafe-math-optimizations</samp> is also specified. This is
- because NEON hardware does not fully implement the IEEE 754 standard for
- floating-point arithmetic (in particular denormal values are treated as
- zero), so the use of NEON instructions may lead to a loss of precision.
- </p>
- <p>You can also set the fpu name at function level by using the <code>target("fpu=")</code> function attributes (see <a href="ARM-Function-Attributes.html#ARM-Function-Attributes">ARM Function Attributes</a>) or pragmas (see <a href="Function-Specific-Option-Pragmas.html#Function-Specific-Option-Pragmas">Function Specific Option Pragmas</a>).
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mfp16-format=<var>name</var></code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mfp16_002dformat"></a>
- <p>Specify the format of the <code>__fp16</code> half-precision floating-point type.
- Permissible names are ‘<samp>none</samp>’, ‘<samp>ieee</samp>’, and ‘<samp>alternative</samp>’;
- the default is ‘<samp>none</samp>’, in which case the <code>__fp16</code> type is not
- defined. See <a href="Half_002dPrecision.html#Half_002dPrecision">Half-Precision</a>, for more information.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mstructure-size-boundary=<var>n</var></code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mstructure_002dsize_002dboundary"></a>
- <p>The sizes of all structures and unions are rounded up to a multiple
- of the number of bits set by this option. Permissible values are 8, 32
- and 64. The default value varies for different toolchains. For the COFF
- targeted toolchain the default value is 8. A value of 64 is only allowed
- if the underlying ABI supports it.
- </p>
- <p>Specifying a larger number can produce faster, more efficient code, but
- can also increase the size of the program. Different values are potentially
- incompatible. Code compiled with one value cannot necessarily expect to
- work with code or libraries compiled with another value, if they exchange
- information using structures or unions.
- </p>
- <p>This option is deprecated.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mabort-on-noreturn</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mabort_002don_002dnoreturn"></a>
- <p>Generate a call to the function <code>abort</code> at the end of a
- <code>noreturn</code> function. It is executed if the function tries to
- return.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mlong-calls</code></dt>
- <dt><code>-mno-long-calls</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mlong_002dcalls-2"></a>
- <a name="index-mno_002dlong_002dcalls"></a>
- <p>Tells the compiler to perform function calls by first loading the
- address of the function into a register and then performing a subroutine
- call on this register. This switch is needed if the target function
- lies outside of the 64-megabyte addressing range of the offset-based
- version of subroutine call instruction.
- </p>
- <p>Even if this switch is enabled, not all function calls are turned
- into long calls. The heuristic is that static functions, functions
- that have the <code>short_call</code> attribute, functions that are inside
- the scope of a <code>#pragma no_long_calls</code> directive, and functions whose
- definitions have already been compiled within the current compilation
- unit are not turned into long calls. The exceptions to this rule are
- that weak function definitions, functions with the <code>long_call</code>
- attribute or the <code>section</code> attribute, and functions that are within
- the scope of a <code>#pragma long_calls</code> directive are always
- turned into long calls.
- </p>
- <p>This feature is not enabled by default. Specifying
- <samp>-mno-long-calls</samp> restores the default behavior, as does
- placing the function calls within the scope of a <code>#pragma
- long_calls_off</code> directive. Note these switches have no effect on how
- the compiler generates code to handle function calls via function
- pointers.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-msingle-pic-base</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-msingle_002dpic_002dbase"></a>
- <p>Treat the register used for PIC addressing as read-only, rather than
- loading it in the prologue for each function. The runtime system is
- responsible for initializing this register with an appropriate value
- before execution begins.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mpic-register=<var>reg</var></code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mpic_002dregister"></a>
- <p>Specify the register to be used for PIC addressing.
- For standard PIC base case, the default is any suitable register
- determined by compiler. For single PIC base case, the default is
- ‘<samp>R9</samp>’ if target is EABI based or stack-checking is enabled,
- otherwise the default is ‘<samp>R10</samp>’.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mpic-data-is-text-relative</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mpic_002ddata_002dis_002dtext_002drelative"></a>
- <p>Assume that the displacement between the text and data segments is fixed
- at static link time. This permits using PC-relative addressing
- operations to access data known to be in the data segment. For
- non-VxWorks RTP targets, this option is enabled by default. When
- disabled on such targets, it will enable <samp>-msingle-pic-base</samp> by
- default.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mpoke-function-name</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mpoke_002dfunction_002dname"></a>
- <p>Write the name of each function into the text section, directly
- preceding the function prologue. The generated code is similar to this:
- </p>
- <div class="smallexample">
- <pre class="smallexample"> t0
- .ascii "arm_poke_function_name", 0
- .align
- t1
- .word 0xff000000 + (t1 - t0)
- arm_poke_function_name
- mov ip, sp
- stmfd sp!, {fp, ip, lr, pc}
- sub fp, ip, #4
- </pre></div>
-
- <p>When performing a stack backtrace, code can inspect the value of
- <code>pc</code> stored at <code>fp + 0</code>. If the trace function then looks at
- location <code>pc - 12</code> and the top 8 bits are set, then we know that
- there is a function name embedded immediately preceding this location
- and has length <code>((pc[-3]) & 0xff000000)</code>.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mthumb</code></dt>
- <dt><code>-marm</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-marm"></a>
- <a name="index-mthumb"></a>
-
- <p>Select between generating code that executes in ARM and Thumb
- states. The default for most configurations is to generate code
- that executes in ARM state, but the default can be changed by
- configuring GCC with the <samp>--with-mode=</samp><var>state</var>
- configure option.
- </p>
- <p>You can also override the ARM and Thumb mode for each function
- by using the <code>target("thumb")</code> and <code>target("arm")</code> function attributes
- (see <a href="ARM-Function-Attributes.html#ARM-Function-Attributes">ARM Function Attributes</a>) or pragmas (see <a href="Function-Specific-Option-Pragmas.html#Function-Specific-Option-Pragmas">Function Specific Option Pragmas</a>).
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mflip-thumb</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mflip_002dthumb"></a>
- <p>Switch ARM/Thumb modes on alternating functions.
- This option is provided for regression testing of mixed Thumb/ARM code
- generation, and is not intended for ordinary use in compiling code.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mtpcs-frame</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mtpcs_002dframe"></a>
- <p>Generate a stack frame that is compliant with the Thumb Procedure Call
- Standard for all non-leaf functions. (A leaf function is one that does
- not call any other functions.) The default is <samp>-mno-tpcs-frame</samp>.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mtpcs-leaf-frame</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mtpcs_002dleaf_002dframe"></a>
- <p>Generate a stack frame that is compliant with the Thumb Procedure Call
- Standard for all leaf functions. (A leaf function is one that does
- not call any other functions.) The default is <samp>-mno-apcs-leaf-frame</samp>.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mcallee-super-interworking</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mcallee_002dsuper_002dinterworking"></a>
- <p>Gives all externally visible functions in the file being compiled an ARM
- instruction set header which switches to Thumb mode before executing the
- rest of the function. This allows these functions to be called from
- non-interworking code. This option is not valid in AAPCS configurations
- because interworking is enabled by default.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mcaller-super-interworking</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mcaller_002dsuper_002dinterworking"></a>
- <p>Allows calls via function pointers (including virtual functions) to
- execute correctly regardless of whether the target code has been
- compiled for interworking or not. There is a small overhead in the cost
- of executing a function pointer if this option is enabled. This option
- is not valid in AAPCS configurations because interworking is enabled
- by default.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mtp=<var>name</var></code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mtp"></a>
- <p>Specify the access model for the thread local storage pointer. The valid
- models are ‘<samp>soft</samp>’, which generates calls to <code>__aeabi_read_tp</code>,
- ‘<samp>cp15</samp>’, which fetches the thread pointer from <code>cp15</code> directly
- (supported in the arm6k architecture), and ‘<samp>auto</samp>’, which uses the
- best available method for the selected processor. The default setting is
- ‘<samp>auto</samp>’.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mtls-dialect=<var>dialect</var></code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mtls_002ddialect"></a>
- <p>Specify the dialect to use for accessing thread local storage. Two
- <var>dialect</var>s are supported—‘<samp>gnu</samp>’ and ‘<samp>gnu2</samp>’. The
- ‘<samp>gnu</samp>’ dialect selects the original GNU scheme for supporting
- local and global dynamic TLS models. The ‘<samp>gnu2</samp>’ dialect
- selects the GNU descriptor scheme, which provides better performance
- for shared libraries. The GNU descriptor scheme is compatible with
- the original scheme, but does require new assembler, linker and
- library support. Initial and local exec TLS models are unaffected by
- this option and always use the original scheme.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mword-relocations</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mword_002drelocations"></a>
- <p>Only generate absolute relocations on word-sized values (i.e. R_ARM_ABS32).
- This is enabled by default on targets (uClinux, SymbianOS) where the runtime
- loader imposes this restriction, and when <samp>-fpic</samp> or <samp>-fPIC</samp>
- is specified. This option conflicts with <samp>-mslow-flash-data</samp>.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mfix-cortex-m3-ldrd</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mfix_002dcortex_002dm3_002dldrd"></a>
- <p>Some Cortex-M3 cores can cause data corruption when <code>ldrd</code> instructions
- with overlapping destination and base registers are used. This option avoids
- generating these instructions. This option is enabled by default when
- <samp>-mcpu=cortex-m3</samp> is specified.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-munaligned-access</code></dt>
- <dt><code>-mno-unaligned-access</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-munaligned_002daccess"></a>
- <a name="index-mno_002dunaligned_002daccess"></a>
- <p>Enables (or disables) reading and writing of 16- and 32- bit values
- from addresses that are not 16- or 32- bit aligned. By default
- unaligned access is disabled for all pre-ARMv6, all ARMv6-M and for
- ARMv8-M Baseline architectures, and enabled for all other
- architectures. If unaligned access is not enabled then words in packed
- data structures are accessed a byte at a time.
- </p>
- <p>The ARM attribute <code>Tag_CPU_unaligned_access</code> is set in the
- generated object file to either true or false, depending upon the
- setting of this option. If unaligned access is enabled then the
- preprocessor symbol <code>__ARM_FEATURE_UNALIGNED</code> is also
- defined.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mneon-for-64bits</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mneon_002dfor_002d64bits"></a>
- <p>This option is deprecated and has no effect.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mslow-flash-data</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mslow_002dflash_002ddata"></a>
- <p>Assume loading data from flash is slower than fetching instruction.
- Therefore literal load is minimized for better performance.
- This option is only supported when compiling for ARMv7 M-profile and
- off by default. It conflicts with <samp>-mword-relocations</samp>.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-masm-syntax-unified</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-masm_002dsyntax_002dunified"></a>
- <p>Assume inline assembler is using unified asm syntax. The default is
- currently off which implies divided syntax. This option has no impact
- on Thumb2. However, this may change in future releases of GCC.
- Divided syntax should be considered deprecated.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mrestrict-it</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mrestrict_002dit"></a>
- <p>Restricts generation of IT blocks to conform to the rules of ARMv8-A.
- IT blocks can only contain a single 16-bit instruction from a select
- set of instructions. This option is on by default for ARMv8-A Thumb mode.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mprint-tune-info</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mprint_002dtune_002dinfo"></a>
- <p>Print CPU tuning information as comment in assembler file. This is
- an option used only for regression testing of the compiler and not
- intended for ordinary use in compiling code. This option is disabled
- by default.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mverbose-cost-dump</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mverbose_002dcost_002ddump-1"></a>
- <p>Enable verbose cost model dumping in the debug dump files. This option is
- provided for use in debugging the compiler.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mpure-code</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mpure_002dcode"></a>
- <p>Do not allow constant data to be placed in code sections.
- Additionally, when compiling for ELF object format give all text sections the
- ELF processor-specific section attribute <code>SHF_ARM_PURECODE</code>. This option
- is only available when generating non-pic code for M-profile targets.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mcmse</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mcmse"></a>
- <p>Generate secure code as per the "ARMv8-M Security Extensions: Requirements on
- Development Tools Engineering Specification", which can be found on
- <a href="https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ecm0359818/latest/">https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ecm0359818/latest/</a>.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt><code>-mfdpic</code></dt>
- <dt><code>-mno-fdpic</code></dt>
- <dd><a name="index-mfdpic"></a>
- <a name="index-mno_002dfdpic"></a>
- <p>Select the FDPIC ABI, which uses 64-bit function descriptors to
- represent pointers to functions. When the compiler is configured for
- <code>arm-*-uclinuxfdpiceabi</code> targets, this option is on by default
- and implies <samp>-fPIE</samp> if none of the PIC/PIE-related options is
- provided. On other targets, it only enables the FDPIC-specific code
- generation features, and the user should explicitly provide the
- PIC/PIE-related options as needed.
- </p>
- <p>Note that static linking is not supported because it would still
- involve the dynamic linker when the program self-relocates. If such
- behavior is acceptable, use -static and -Wl,-dynamic-linker options.
- </p>
- <p>The opposite <samp>-mno-fdpic</samp> option is useful (and required) to
- build the Linux kernel using the same (<code>arm-*-uclinuxfdpiceabi</code>)
- toolchain as the one used to build the userland programs.
- </p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
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