Running the tas Program
The tas command line interface program for the
Tachyon z/Assembler accepts command line parameters that are similar
to those accepted by the GNU assembler in the binutils package of
Linux for S/390 and zSeries.
The command line syntax for the tas program is:
tas [{-m31|-m64|-goff}] [{-mesa|-mzarch}]
[{-march=g5|-march=g6|-march=z900|-march=z990|-march=z9-109|-march=z9-ec|-march=z10|-Aesa|-Aesame}]
[-f] [-v] [-W] [-a[{dlhns}][=listing-file-name]]
[-o object-file-name] [source-file-name]Where:
- tas
- The command line interface program is tas.
If the directory containing the tas program is not in the PATH,
then the path name must be specified. e.g. C:\Tachyon\tas
- -m31
- The -m31 parameter specifies that the GNU assembler source input file
was generated by GCC using the
-m31 parameter and thus contains 31-bit code for Linux for S/390.
The object file will be generated for Linux for S/390
in 31-bit ELF format.
The -m31 parameter may not be specified with
-mzarch,
-march=z900,
-march=z990,
-march=z9-109,
-march=z9-ec,
-march=z10 or
-Aesame
or any of the other object format parameters
(-m64 or
-goff).
- -m64
- The -m64 parameter specifies that the GNU assembler source input file
was generated by GCC using the
-m64 parameter and thus contains 64-bit code for Linux for zSeries.
The object file will be generated for Linux for zSeries
in 64-bit ELF format.
The -m64 parameter may not be specified with
-mesa,
-march=g5,
-march=g6 or
-Aesa
or any of the other object format parameters
(-m31 or
-goff).
- -goff
- The -goff parameter specifies that the input source file
contains 31-bit GNU assembler source code and that the
object file is to be generated for OS/390 or z/OS
in GOFF format.
The -goff parameter may not be specified with
-mzarch,
-march=z900,
-march=z990,
-march=z9-109,
-march=z9-ec,
-march=z10 or
-Aesame
or any of the other object format parameters
(-m31 or
-m64).
If none of the object format parameters
(-m31,
-m64 or
-goff)
are set, then the default depends on other parameter values as follows:
- -mzarch,
-march=z900,
-march=z990,
-march=z9-109,
-march=z9-ec,
-march=z10 or
-Aesame:
- -m64
- -mesa,
-march=g5,
-march=g6,
-Aesa or
-o parameter not set:
- -m31
- -mesa
- The -mesa parameter specifies that target CPU mode is ESA/390
and sets defaults for other parameters to
-march=g6 and
-m31.
The -mesa parameter may not be specified with
-m64,
-mzarch,
-march=z900,
-march=z990,
-march=z9-109,
-march=z9-ec,
-march=z10 or
-Aesame.
- -mzarch
- The -mzarch parameter specifies that target CPU mode is
z/Architecture and set defaults for other parameters to
-march=z900 and
-m64.
The -mzarch parameter may not be specified with
-goff,
-m31,
-mesa,
-march=g5,
-march=g6 or
-Aesa.
- -march=g5 |
-march=g6 |
-Aesa
- These parameters specify that target architecture is
ESA/390 on a G5 or G6 processor.
For this assembler, there is no difference between -march=g5
and -march=g6.
These parameters may not be specified with
-m64 or
-mzarch
and only one of the architecture parameters
(-march=g5,
-march=g6,
-march=z900,
-march=z990,
-march=z9-109,
-march=z9-ec,
-march=z10,
-Aesa or
-Aesame) may be specified.
- -march=z900 |
-Aesame
- These parameters specify that target architecture is
z/Architecture on a z900 or z800 processor.
These parameters may not be specified with
-goff,
-m31 or
-mesa
and only one of the architecture parameters
(-march=g5,
-march=g6,
-march=z900,
-march=z990,
-march=z9-109,
-march=z9-ec,
-march=z10,
-Aesa or
-Aesame) may be specified.
- -march=z990
- The -march=z990 parameter specifies that target architecture is
z/Architecture on a z990 or z890 processor.
The -march=z990 parameter may not be specified with
-goff,
-m31 or
-mesa
or any of the other architecture parameters
(-march=g5,
-march=g6,
-march=z900,
-march=z9-109,
-march=z9-ec,
-march=z10,
-Aesa or
-Aesame).
- -march=z9-109 |
-march=z9-ec
- These parameters specify that target architecture is
z/Architecture on a System z9 processor.
These parameters may not be specified with
-goff,
-m31 or
-mesa
or any of the other architecture parameters
(-march=g5,
-march=g6,
-march=z900,
-march=z990,
-march=z10,
-Aesa or
-Aesame).
- -march=z10
- The -march=z10 parameter specifies that target architecture is
z/Architecture on a System z10 processor.
The -march=z10 parameter may not be specified with
-goff,
-m31 or
-mesa
or any of the other architecture parameters
(-march=g5,
-march=g6,
-march=z900,
-march=z990,
-march=z9-109,
-march=z9-ec,
-Aesa or
-Aesame).
If none of the architecture parameters
(-march=g5,
-march=g6,
-march=z900,
-march=z990,
-march=z9-109,
-march=z9-ec,
-march=z10,
-Aesa or
-Aesame)
are set, then the default depends on other parameter values as follows:
- -m64 or
-mzarch:
- -march=z900
- -m31,
-mesa,
-goff or object file and format not set:
- -Aesa
- -f
- The -f (fast) parameter tells the GNU assembler that the source file
was created by a compiler and thus does not need to be preprocessed.
Since the Tachyon z/Assembler does not ever preprocess GNU assembler
code, it always runs as if the -f parameter is specified.
- -v
- The -v (verbose) parameter instructs Tachyon z/Assembler to
run with the MSGLEVEL(2,1) option.
If the -v parameter is not specified, the assembler
is run with the MSGLEVEL(1,0) option.
- -W
- The -W parameter tells the GNU assembler to supress warning
messages.
For the Tachyon z/Assembler, the -W parameter causes the
assembler to run with the FLAG(4)
option.
If the -W parameter is not set, the assembler is run with
the FLAG(0) option.
- -a[{dlhns}][=listing-file-name]
- The -a parameter tells the GNU assembler to produce a listing
file, the d, l, h, n and s
options tell the GNU assembler which reports to produce, and the
listing-file-name sets the file name of the listing.
Likewise, the -a option instructs the Tachyon z/Assembler to
produce a listing, which reports to produce and optionally overrides the
default listing file name.
If the -a parameter is not set, the Tachyon z/Assembler
does not generate a listing file.
If none of the report options are specified, the default is hls.
The l option is for the assembly listing and the s
is for the symbol cross reference.
The Tachyon z/Assembler ignores the other report options.
If the -a parameter is specified without the listing-file-name,
then the file name from the default SYSPRINT option is used.
- -o object-file-name
- The -o parameter tells the GNU assembler and the Tachyon z/Assembler
to produce an object file and specifies the name
of the object file.
The blank character between the -o parameter and the file name can be omitted.
The object file will be produced in GOFF format if the -goff
option is set, in 64-bit ELF format if the
-m64 option is set or in 31-bit ELF format if none
of these options are set.
- source-file-name
- The name of the input source file is required unless the input is
piped or redirected to stdin.
Tachyon z/Assembler Options
The tas programs always disables macro processing by the
Tachyon z/Assembler.
When macro processing is disabled, the following options are also disabled
and not printed in the option listing:
- ACONTROL
- COMPAT
- DXREF
- FLAG(EXLITW,HLASM,PUSH,RECORD,RENT,SUBSTR,USING0,USINGDUP,USINGMULT,USINGZERO)
- LIBEXIT
- MAKEDEPEND
- MAKEFILE
- MXREF
- PCONTROL
- PROCESS(BATCH,CICS,DLI,JCL,SQL)
- PROCESS(THREAD) if -goff is not set
- PROFILE
- SYSLIB and the
X390LIB environment variable
- TEST
- TYPECHECK
- USINGLIMIT
- USINGMAP
If the tas program is run without a Tachyon z/Assembler
license, the following options are also disabled:
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