RE: [arm-gnu] Armasm and GNU as directives
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RE: [arm-gnu] Armasm and GNU as directives



Never tried this but came across it a while ago - might help.

Regards
Spen 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Mitchell [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 21 December 2005 17:43
To: Borkar, Parag (Parag)
Cc: arm-gnu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [arm-gnu] Armasm and GNU as directives

Borkar, Parag (Parag) wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am trying to compile an ARM assembly file using an GNU as that is 
> written and targeted to compile using the ARMASM compiler from ARM SDT.
> I got tons of errors saying about "bad instruction" and I know it's 
> sth that deals with the different directives of those two assemblers. 
> So I am wondering if there are any options in "as" so that I can 
> compile the file without any errors?

No; the assembly syntax is incompatible.

We've thought about adding support for the ARM syntax in GNU as, but it's a
substantial project, and we've never had a sufficiently motivated customer.

> Or I have to change all the directives in the file so it would fit 
> into the GNU as?

Yes.

> If that is the case, is there some
> kind of chart or document that lists and compares the use of those 
> directives?

I'm not aware of such a chart.  However, if you have a specific question, we
can help.  And, we will add these suggestions to our FAQ as they're
developed.

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Mark Mitchell
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