assembly file on Linux

[prashanthr]

Dear Sir,

How to compile/assemble an assembly file using linux compiler (icc).

icc (ICC) 11.1 20090827
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I tried icc 1.asm and got the error as,

ipo: warning #11009: file format not recognized for 1.asm

ld:1.asm: file format not recognized; treating as linker script

ld:1.asm:2: syntax error

Is there any specific way we should write assembly file?

Please help as I am facing problems.

Thanks & Regards,
Prashanth

[JenniferJ]

the asm file on Linux is .s. if you need an example of the .s, try a chello.cpp and compile with -S option to see the generated .s code.

Jennifer

[Mark_S_Intel1]

Other than .asm extensions for Windows asm files and .s for Linux, the syntax of the two are also different:

mov eax, ebx // on Windows

mov %ebx, %eax // on Linux

However, if you want to share the same inline asm code between your Windows and Linux code, you can write in Windows format, and use the icc option "-use-msasm" or "-fasm-blocks" to compile it on Linux without having to change to the Linux format:

cat asm_win.c
int main()
{
__asm { mov eax, ebx }
}
> icc -c asm_win.c
asm_win.c(3): error: asm blocks not enabled, use -fasm-blocks
__asm { mov eax, ebx }
^

compilation aborted for asm_win.c (code 2)
> icc -c asm_win.c -fasm-blocks
>

mCG_allow_x87=F and -mCG_no_x87=T