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The following options control the architecture variant for which code is being compiled:
-mbarrel-shifterGenerate instructions supported by barrel shifter. This is the default unless ‘-mcpu=ARC601’ is in effect.
-mcpu=cpuSet architecture type, register usage, and instruction scheduling parameters for cpu. There are also shortcut alias options available for backward compatibility and convenience. Supported values for cpu are
Compile for ARC600. Aliases: -mA6, -mARC600.
Compile for ARC601. Alias: -mARC601.
Compile for ARC700. Aliases: -mA7, -mARC700. This is the default when configured with ‘--with-cpu=arc700’.
-mdpfp-mdpfp-compactFPX: Generate Double Precision FPX instructions, tuned for the compact implementation.
-mdpfp-fastFPX: Generate Double Precision FPX instructions, tuned for the fast implementation.
-mno-dpfp-lrsrDisable LR and SR instructions from using FPX extension aux registers.
-meaGenerate Extended arithmetic instructions. Currently only
divaw, adds, subs, and sat16 are
supported. This is always enabled for ‘-mcpu=ARC700’.
-mno-mpyDo not generate mpy instructions for ARC700.
-mmul32x16Generate 32x16 bit multiply and mac instructions.
-mmul64Generate mul64 and mulu64 instructions. Only valid for ‘-mcpu=ARC600’.
-mnormGenerate norm instruction. This is the default if ‘-mcpu=ARC700’ is in effect.
-mspfp-mspfp-compactFPX: Generate Single Precision FPX instructions, tuned for the compact implementation.
-mspfp-fastFPX: Generate Single Precision FPX instructions, tuned for the fast implementation.
-msimdEnable generation of ARC SIMD instructions via target-specific builtins. Only valid for ‘-mcpu=ARC700’.
-msoft-floatThis option ignored; it is provided for compatibility purposes only. Software floating point code is emitted by default, and this default can overridden by FPX options; ‘mspfp’, ‘mspfp-compact’, or ‘mspfp-fast’ for single precision, and ‘mdpfp’, ‘mdpfp-compact’, or ‘mdpfp-fast’ for double precision.
-mswapGenerate swap instructions.
The following options are passed through to the assembler, and also define preprocessor macro symbols.
-mdsp-packaPassed down to the assembler to enable the DSP Pack A extensions.
Also sets the preprocessor symbol __Xdsp_packa.
-mdvbfPassed down to the assembler to enable the dual viterbi butterfly
extension. Also sets the preprocessor symbol __Xdvbf.
-mlockPassed down to the assembler to enable the Locked Load/Store
Conditional extension. Also sets the preprocessor symbol
__Xlock.
-mmac-d16Passed down to the assembler. Also sets the preprocessor symbol
__Xxmac_d16.
-mmac-24Passed down to the assembler. Also sets the preprocessor symbol
__Xxmac_24.
-mrtscPassed down to the assembler to enable the 64-bit Time-Stamp Counter
extension instruction. Also sets the preprocessor symbol
__Xrtsc.
-mswapePassed down to the assembler to enable the swap byte ordering
extension instruction. Also sets the preprocessor symbol
__Xswape.
-mtelephonyPassed down to the assembler to enable dual and single operand
instructions for telephony. Also sets the preprocessor symbol
__Xtelephony.
-mxyPassed down to the assembler to enable the XY Memory extension. Also
sets the preprocessor symbol __Xxy.
The following options control how the assembly code is annotated:
-misizeAnnotate assembler instructions with estimated addresses.
-mannotate-alignExplain what alignment considerations lead to the decision to make an instruction short or long.
The following options are passed through to the linker:
-marclinuxPassed through to the linker, to specify use of the arclinux emulation.
This option is enabled by default in tool chains built for
arc-linux-uclibc and arceb-linux-uclibc targets
when profiling is not requested.
-marclinux_profPassed through to the linker, to specify use of the
arclinux_prof emulation. This option is enabled by default in
tool chains built for arc-linux-uclibc and
arceb-linux-uclibc targets when profiling is requested.
The following options control the semantics of generated code:
-mepilogue-cfiEnable generation of call frame information for epilogues.
-mno-epilogue-cfiDisable generation of call frame information for epilogues.
-mlong-callsGenerate call insns as register indirect calls, thus providing access to the full 32-bit address range.
-mmedium-callsDon’t use less than 25 bit addressing range for calls, which is the
offset available for an unconditional branch-and-link
instruction. Conditional execution of function calls is suppressed, to
allow use of the 25-bit range, rather than the 21-bit range with
conditional branch-and-link. This is the default for tool chains built
for arc-linux-uclibc and arceb-linux-uclibc targets.
-mno-sdataDo not generate sdata references. This is the default for tool chains
built for arc-linux-uclibc and arceb-linux-uclibc
targets.
-mucb-mcountInstrument with mcount calls as used in UCB code. I.e. do the counting in the callee, not the caller. By default ARC instrumentation counts in the caller.
-mvolatile-cacheUse ordinarily cached memory accesses for volatile references. This is the default.
-mno-volatile-cacheEnable cache bypass for volatile references.
The following options fine tune code generation:
-malign-callDo alignment optimizations for call instructions.
-mauto-modify-regEnable the use of pre/post modify with register displacement.
-mbbit-peepholeEnable bbit peephole2.
-mno-brccThis option disables a target-specific pass in arc_reorg to
generate BRcc instructions. It has no effect on BRcc
generation driven by the combiner pass.
-mcase-vector-pcrelUse pc-relative switch case tables - this enables case table shortening. This is the default for -Os.
-mcompact-casesiEnable compact casesi pattern. This is the default for -Os.
-mno-cond-execDisable ARCompact specific pass to generate conditional execution instructions. Due to delay slot scheduling and interactions between operand numbers, literal sizes, instruction lengths, and the support for conditional execution, the target-independent pass to generate conditional execution is often lacking, so the ARC port has kept a special pass around that tries to find more conditional execution generating opportunities after register allocation, branch shortening, and delay slot scheduling have been done. This pass generally, but not always, improves performance and code size, at the cost of extra compilation time, which is why there is an option to switch it off. If you have a problem with call instructions exceeding their allowable offset range because they are conditionalized, you should consider using -mmedium-calls instead.
-mearly-cbranchsiEnable pre-reload use of the cbranchsi pattern.
-mexpand-adddiExpand adddi3 and subdi3 at rtl generation time into
add.f, adc etc.
-mindexed-loadsEnable the use of indexed loads. This can be problematic because some optimizers will then assume the that indexed stores exist, which is not the case.
-mlraEnable Local Register Allocation. This is still experimental for ARC, so by default the compiler uses standard reload (i.e. ‘-mno-lra’).
-mlra-priority-noneDon’t indicate any priority for target registers.
-mlra-priority-compactIndicate target register priority for r0..r3 / r12..r15.
-mlra-priority-noncompactReduce target regsiter priority for r0..r3 / r12..r15.
-mno-millicodeWhen optimizing for size (using -Os), prologues and epilogues that have to save or restore a large number of registers are often shortened by using call to a special function in libgcc; this is referred to as a millicode call. As these calls can pose performance issues, and/or cause linking issues when linking in a nonstandard way, this option is provided to turn off millicode call generation.
-mmixed-codeTweak register allocation to help 16-bit instruction generation. This generally has the effect of decreasing the average instruction size while increasing the instruction count.
-mq-classEnable ’q’ instruction alternatives. This is the default for -Os.
-mRcqEnable Rcq constraint handling - most short code generation depends on this. This is the default.
-mRcwEnable Rcw constraint handling - ccfsm condexec mostly depends on this. This is the default.
-msize-level=levelFine-tune size optimization with regards to instruction lengths and alignment. The recognized values for level are:
No size optimization. This level is deprecated and treated like ‘1’.
Short instructions are used opportunistically.
In addition, alignment of loops and of code after barriers are dropped.
In addition, optional data alignment is dropped, and the option Os is enabled.
This defaults to ‘3’ when -Os is in effect. Otherwise, the behavior when this is not set is equivalent to level ‘1’.
-mtune=cpuSet instruction scheduling parameters for cpu, overriding any implied by -mcpu=.
Supported values for cpu are
Tune for ARC600 cpu.
Tune for ARC601 cpu.
Tune for ARC700 cpu with standard multiplier block.
Tune for ARC700 cpu with XMAC block.
Tune for ARC725D cpu.
Tune for ARC750D cpu.
-mmultcost=numCost to assume for a multiply instruction, with ‘4’ being equal to a normal instruction.
-munalign-prob-threshold=probabilitySet probability threshold for unaligning branches. When tuning for ‘ARC700’ and optimizing for speed, branches without filled delay slot are preferably emitted unaligned and long, unless profiling indicates that the probability for the branch to be taken is below probability. See Cross-profiling. The default is (REG_BR_PROB_BASE/2), i.e. 5000.
The following options are maintained for backward compatibility, but are now deprecated and will be removed in a future release:
-margonautObsolete FPX.
-mbig-endian-EBCompile code for big endian targets. Use of these options is now
deprecated. Users wanting big-endian code, should use the
arceb-elf32 and arceb-linux-uclibc targets when
building the tool chain, for which big-endian is the default.
-mlittle-endian-ELCompile code for little endian targets. Use of these options is now
deprecated. Users wanting little-endian code should use the
arc-elf32 and arc-linux-uclibc targets when
building the tool chain, for which little-endian is the default.
-mbarrel_shifterReplaced by ‘-mbarrel-shifter’
-mdpfp_compactReplaced by ‘-mdpfp-compact’
-mdpfp_fastReplaced by ‘-mdpfp-fast’
-mdsp_packaReplaced by ‘-mdsp-packa’
-mEAReplaced by ‘-mea’
-mmac_24Replaced by ‘-mmac-24’
-mmac_d16Replaced by ‘-mmac-d16’
-mspfp_compactReplaced by ‘-mspfp-compact’
-mspfp_fastReplaced by ‘-mspfp-fast’
-mtune=cpuValues ‘arc600’, ‘arc601’, ‘arc700’ and ‘arc700-xmac’ for cpu are replaced by ‘ARC600’, ‘ARC601’, ‘ARC700’ and ‘ARC700-xmac’ respectively
-multcost=numReplaced by ‘-mmultcost’.
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