Arc Dependent Features; Options; Syntax; Special Characters - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 - USING AS Using Manual

12.1. Options

-marc[5|6|7|8]
This option selects the core processor variant. Using
the default.
arc5
Base instruction set.
arc6
Jump-and-link (jl) instruction. No requirement of an instruction between setting flags and
conditional jump. For example:
mov.f r0,r1
beq
arc7
Break (brk) and sleep (sleep) instructions.
arc8
Software interrupt (swi) instruction.
Note: the
.option
-EB
This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler should be marked as being
encoded for a big-endian processor.
-EL
This option specifies that the output generated by the assembler should be marked as being
encoded for a little-endian processor - this is the default.

12.2. Syntax

12.2.1. Special Characters

*TODO*
foo
directive can to be used to select a core variant from within assembly code.

ARC Dependent Features

is the same as
-marc
Chapter 12.
, which is also
-marc6