Getting started with the ARM Compiler

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Chapter 2. Getting started with the ARM Compiler

Table of Contents

2.1. Using command-line options

2.1.1. Invoking the ARM compiler
2.1.2. Ordering command-line options
2.1.3. Specifying command-line options with an environment variable
2.1.4. Autocompleting command-line options
2.1.5. Reading compiler options from a file
2.1.6. Specifying keyboard input

2.2. File naming conventions

2.2.1. Portability
2.2.2. Output files

2.3. Include files

2.3.1. The current place
2.3.2. The RVCT31INC environment variable
2.3.3. The search path
2.3.4. The TMP and TMPDIR environment variables

2.4. Precompiled header files

2.4.1. Automatic PCH processing
2.4.2. Manual PCH processing
2.4.3. Controlling the output of messages during PCH processing
2.4.4. Performance issues

2.5. Specifying the procedure call standard (AAPCS)

2.5.1. Interworking qualifiers
2.5.2. Position independence qualifiers

2.6. Using linker feedback

2.7. Thread-local storage

2.8. Eight‑byte alignment features

This chapter outlines the command‑line options accepted by the ARM compiler, armcc. It describes how to invoke the compiler, how to pass options to other RVCT tools and how to control diagnostic messages. It contains the following sections:

See the Compiler Reference Guide for more information.

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