Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 13:37:29 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: as(1) for aarch64 (Was: Re: gcc for aarch64) Message-ID: <20171216133729.GA78029@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2AjY7NRVmM4yDXXMonVUPV95SapJ9zP6-rddCs03kNM4w@mail.gmail.com> References: <5eb49766-e5af-d89f-b4f6-a0d655a3859a@bsd.com.br> <CANCZdfoBy=x6d2n3tY8Kv=f-xJutQwNygZ3ZmZ1M2iXQTYB7zQ@mail.gmail.com> <20171216080013.GA43041@FreeBSD.org> <CAPyFy2AjY7NRVmM4yDXXMonVUPV95SapJ9zP6-rddCs03kNM4w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 08:04:02AM -0500, Ed Maste wrote: > Clang's integrated assembler is mostly compatible with GNU as, but > there are some macro constructs etc. that it does not handle. So it's > not fully a drop-in replacement. > > The arm64 kernel and base system assembles source files by invoking > the compiler driver (as do other architectures for most, but not all, > of their asm source). > > Users who need to invoke the assembler directly should indeed install > binutils from ports or packages. Thanks. I'll see if I can get away with Clang's integrated assembler, and fall back to `devel/binutils' if that won't work. ./danfe
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