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• Target Description Macros
  • Controlling the Compilation Driver, `gcc'
  • Run-time Target Specification
  • Storage Layout
  • Layout of Source Language Data Types
  • Register Usage
    • Basic Characteristics of Registers
    • Order of Allocation of Registers
    • How Values Fit in Registers
    • Handling Leaf Functions
    • Registers That Form a Stack
    • Obsolete Macros for Controlling Register Usage
  • Register Classes
  • Stack Layout and Calling Conventions
    • Basic Stack Layout
    • Registers That Address the Stack Frame
    • Eliminating Frame Pointer and Arg Pointer
    • Passing Function Arguments on the Stack
    • Passing Arguments in Registers
    • How Scalar Function Values Are Returned
    • How Large Values Are Returned
    • Caller-Saves Register Allocation
    • Function Entry and Exit
    • Generating Code for Profiling
  • Implementing the Varargs Macros
  • Trampolines for Nested Functions
  • Implicit Calls to Library Routines
  • Addressing Modes
  • Condition Code Status
  • Describing Relative Costs of Operations
  • Dividing the Output into Sections (Texts, Data, ...)
  • Position Independent Code
  • Defining the Output Assembler Language
    • The Overall Framework of an Assembler File
    • Output of Data
    • Output of Uninitialized Variables
    • Output and Generation of Labels
    • How Initialization Functions Are Handled
    • Macros Controlling Initialization Routines
    • Output of Assembler Instructions
    • Output of Dispatch Tables
    • Assembler Commands for Alignment
  • Controlling Debugging Information Format
    • Macros Affecting All Debugging Formats
    • Specific Options for DBX Output
    • Open-Ended Hooks for DBX Format
    • File Names in DBX Format
    • Macros for SDB and DWARF Output
  • Cross Compilation and Floating Point
  • Miscellaneous Parameters

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