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| <h4 class="subsection">9.42.1 Command Line Options</h4> |
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| <p>The Xtensa version of the <span class="sc">gnu</span> assembler supports these |
| special options: |
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| <dt><code>--text-section-literals | --no-text-section-literals</code><dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dtext_002dsection_002dliterals-1998"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dno_002dtext_002dsection_002dliterals-1999"></a>Control the treatment of literal pools. The default is |
| ‘<samp><span class="samp">--no-text-section-literals</span></samp>’, which places literals in |
| separate sections in the output file. This allows the literal pool to be |
| placed in a data RAM/ROM. With ‘<samp><span class="samp">--text-section-literals</span></samp>’, the |
| literals are interspersed in the text section in order to keep them as |
| close as possible to their references. This may be necessary for large |
| assembly files, where the literals would otherwise be out of range of the |
| <code>L32R</code> instructions in the text section. These options only affect |
| literals referenced via PC-relative <code>L32R</code> instructions; literals |
| for absolute mode <code>L32R</code> instructions are handled separately. |
| See <a href="Literal-Directive.html#Literal-Directive">literal</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>--absolute-literals | --no-absolute-literals</code><dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dabsolute_002dliterals-2000"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dno_002dabsolute_002dliterals-2001"></a>Indicate to the assembler whether <code>L32R</code> instructions use absolute |
| or PC-relative addressing. If the processor includes the absolute |
| addressing option, the default is to use absolute <code>L32R</code> |
| relocations. Otherwise, only the PC-relative <code>L32R</code> relocations |
| can be used. |
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| <br><dt><code>--target-align | --no-target-align</code><dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dtarget_002dalign-2002"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dno_002dtarget_002dalign-2003"></a>Enable or disable automatic alignment to reduce branch penalties at some |
| expense in code size. See <a href="Xtensa-Automatic-Alignment.html#Xtensa-Automatic-Alignment">Automatic Instruction Alignment</a>. This optimization is enabled by default. Note |
| that the assembler will always align instructions like <code>LOOP</code> that |
| have fixed alignment requirements. |
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| <br><dt><code>--longcalls | --no-longcalls</code><dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dlongcalls-2004"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dno_002dlongcalls-2005"></a>Enable or disable transformation of call instructions to allow calls |
| across a greater range of addresses. See <a href="Xtensa-Call-Relaxation.html#Xtensa-Call-Relaxation">Function Call Relaxation</a>. This option should be used when call |
| targets can potentially be out of range. It may degrade both code size |
| and performance, but the linker can generally optimize away the |
| unnecessary overhead when a call ends up within range. The default is |
| ‘<samp><span class="samp">--no-longcalls</span></samp>’. |
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| <br><dt><code>--transform | --no-transform</code><dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dtransform-2006"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dno_002dtransform-2007"></a>Enable or disable all assembler transformations of Xtensa instructions, |
| including both relaxation and optimization. The default is |
| ‘<samp><span class="samp">--transform</span></samp>’; ‘<samp><span class="samp">--no-transform</span></samp>’ should only be used in the |
| rare cases when the instructions must be exactly as specified in the |
| assembly source. Using ‘<samp><span class="samp">--no-transform</span></samp>’ causes out of range |
| instruction operands to be errors. |
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| <br><dt><code>--rename-section </code><var>oldname</var><code>=</code><var>newname</var><dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002drename_002dsection-2008"></a>Rename the <var>oldname</var> section to <var>newname</var>. This option can be used |
| multiple times to rename multiple sections. |
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