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=head1 NAME
llc - LLVM static compiler
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<llc> [I<options>] [I<filename>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The B<llc> command compiles LLVM bytecode into assembly language for a
specified architecture. The assembly language output can then be passed through
a native assembler and linker to generate native code.
The choice of architecture for the output assembly code is automatically
determined from the input bytecode file, unless a B<-m> option is used to override
the default.
=head1 OPTIONS
If I<filename> is - or omitted, B<llc> reads LLVM bytecode from standard input.
Otherwise, it will read LLVM bytecode from I<filename>.
If the B<-o> option is omitted, then B<llc> will send its output to standard
output if the input is from standard input. If the B<-o> option specifies -,
then the output will also be sent to standard output.
If no B<-o> option is specified and an input file other than - is specified,
then B<llc> creates the output filename by taking the input filename,
removing any existing F<.bc> extension, and adding a F<.s> suffix.
Other B<llc> options are as follows:
=over
=item B<-f>
Overwrite output files. By default, B<llc> will refuse to overwrite
an output file which already exists.
=item B<-march>=I<arch>
Specify the architecture for which to generate assembly. Valid
architectures are:
=over
=item I<x86>
Intel IA-32 (Pentium and above)
=item I<ppc32>
32-bit PowerPC (MacOS X, 32-bit ABI)
=item I<sparcv9>
64-bit SPARC V9
=item I<c>
Emit C code, not assembly
=back
=item B<--disable-fp-elim>
Disable frame pointer elimination optimization.
=item B<--enable-correct-eh-support>
Instruct the B<lowerinvoke> pass to insert code for correct exception handling
support. This is expensive and is by default omitted for efficiency.
=item B<--help>
Print a summary of command line options.
=item B<--stats>
Print statistics recorded by code-generation passes.
=item B<--time-passes>
Record the amount of time needed for each pass and print a report to standard
error.
=item B<--print-machineinstrs>
Print generated machine code between compilation phases (useful for debugging).
=item B<--regalloc>=I<allocator>
Specify the register allocator to use. The default I<allocator> is I<local>.
Valid register allocators are:
=over
=item I<simple>
Very simple "always spill" register allocator
=item I<local>
Local register allocator
=item I<linearscan>
Linear scan global register allocator
=item I<iterativescan>
Iterative scan global register allocator
=back
=item B<--spiller>=I<spiller>
Specify the spiller to use for register allocators that support it. Currently
this option is used only by the linear scan register allocator. The default
I<spiller> is I<local>. Valid spillers are:
=over
=item I<simple>
Simple spiller
=item I<local>
Local spiller
=back
=back
=head2 Intel IA-32-specific Options
=over
=item B<--x86-asm-syntax=att|intel>
Specify whether to emit assembly code in AT&T syntax (the default) or intel
syntax.
=back
=head2 SPARCV9-specific Options
=over
=item B<--disable-peephole>
Disable peephole optimization pass.
=item B<--disable-sched>
Disable local scheduling pass.
=back
=head1 EXIT STATUS
If B<llc> succeeds, it will exit with 0. Otherwise, if an error occurs,
it will exit with a non-zero value.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<lli|lli>
=head1 AUTHORS
Maintained by the LLVM Team (L<http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu>).
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