MMIX Options

These options are defined for the MMIX:

-mlibfuncs, -mno-libfuncs

Specify that intrinsic library functions are being compiled, passing all values in registers, no matter the size.

-mepsilon, -mno-epsilon

Generate floating-point comparison instructions that compare with respect to the rE epsilon register.

-mabi=mmixware

Generate code that passes function parameters and return values that (in the called function) are seen as registers $0 and up, as opposed to the GNU ABI which uses global registers $231 and up.

-mzero-extend, -mno-zero-extend

When reading data from memory in sizes shorter than 64 bits, use (do not use) zero-extending load instructions by default, rather than sign-extending ones.

-mknuthdiv, -mno-knuthdiv

Make the result of a division yielding a remainder have the same sign as the divisor. With the default, -mno-knuthdiv, the sign of the remainder follows the sign of the dividend. Both methods are arithmetically valid, the latter being almost exclusively used.

-mtoplevel-symbols, -mno-toplevel-symbols

Prepend (do not prepend) a : to all global symbols, so the assembly code can be used with the PREFIX assembly directive.

-melf

Generate an executable in the ELF format, rather than the default mmo format used by the mmix simulator.

-mbranch-predict, -mno-branch-predict

Use (do not use) the probable-branch instructions, when static branch prediction indicates a probable branch.

-mbase-addresses, -mno-base-addresses

Generate (do not generate) code that uses base addresses. Using a base address automatically generates a request (handled by the assembler and the linker) for a constant to be set up in a global register. The register is used for one or more base address requests within the range 0 to 255 from the value held in the register. The generally leads to short and fast code, but the number of different data items that can be addressed is limited. This means that a program that uses lots of static data may require -mno-base-addresses.

-msingle-exit, -mno-single-exit

Force (do not force) generated code to have a single exit point in each function.