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26*f21271deSjruoho.Dd April 13, 2010
2788d9def4Swiz.Dt GENASSYM 1
285ecc953bSthorpej.Os
295ecc953bSthorpej.Sh NAME
305ecc953bSthorpej.Nm genassym
315ecc953bSthorpej.Nd emit an assym.h file
325ecc953bSthorpej.Sh SYNOPSIS
335ecc953bSthorpej.Nm genassym
345ecc953bSthorpej.Op Fl c
355ecc953bSthorpej.Op Fl f
365ecc953bSthorpej.Ar C compiler invocation
375ecc953bSthorpej.Sh DESCRIPTION
385ecc953bSthorpej.Nm
395ecc953bSthorpejis a shell script normally used during the kernel build process to
405ecc953bSthorpejcreate an assym.h file.
415ecc953bSthorpejThis file defines a number of cpp constants derived from the configuration
425ecc953bSthorpejinformation
435ecc953bSthorpej.Nm
445ecc953bSthorpejreads from stdin. The generated file is used by kernel sources
455ecc953bSthorpejwritten in assembler to gain access to information (e.g. structure
465ecc953bSthorpejoffsets and sizes) normally only known to the C compiler.
47*f21271deSjruoho.Pp
485ecc953bSthorpejArguments to
495ecc953bSthorpej.Nm
505ecc953bSthorpejare usually of the form
515ecc953bSthorpej.Ar ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS}
525ecc953bSthorpejwhere
535ecc953bSthorpej.Ar ${CC}
545ecc953bSthorpejis the C compiler used to compile the kernel, while
555ecc953bSthorpej.Ar ${CFLAGS}
565ecc953bSthorpejand
575ecc953bSthorpej.Ar ${CPPFLAGS}
585ecc953bSthorpejare flag arguments to the C compiler. The script creates a C source file
595ecc953bSthorpejfrom its input. Then the C compiler is called according to the script's
60*f21271deSjruohoarguments to compile this file.
61*f21271deSjruoho.Pp
62*f21271deSjruohoNormally
635ecc953bSthorpej.Nm
645ecc953bSthorpejinstructs the C compiler to create an assembler source from the constructed
655ecc953bSthorpejC source. The resulting file is then processed to extract the information
665ecc953bSthorpejneeded to create the assym.h file. The
675ecc953bSthorpej.Fl c
685ecc953bSthorpejflag instructs
695ecc953bSthorpej.Nm
705ecc953bSthorpejto create slightly different code, generate an executable from this code
715ecc953bSthorpejand run it. In both cases the assym.h file is written to stdout.
725ecc953bSthorpejThe
735ecc953bSthorpej.Fl f
745ecc953bSthorpejflag instructs
755ecc953bSthorpej.Nm
765ecc953bSthorpejto create forth code.
775ecc953bSthorpej.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
785ecc953bSthorpejEither self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs
795ecc953bSthorpejcalled from the script.
805ecc953bSthorpej.Sh SEE ALSO
815ecc953bSthorpej.Xr genassym.cf 5
825ecc953bSthorpej.Sh HISTORY
835ecc953bSthorpejThe
845ecc953bSthorpej.Nm
855ecc953bSthorpejcommand appeared in
865ecc953bSthorpej.Nx 1.3
87*f21271deSjruohoas
88*f21271deSjruoho.Dq genassym.sh
89*f21271deSjruohoin
9070d95a4dSrpaulo.Pa /usr/src/sys/kern .
915ecc953bSthorpejIt became a userland utility in
925ecc953bSthorpej.Nx 4.0 .
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