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| author | Daniel Dunbar <daniel@zuster.org> | 2009-09-15 20:31:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Dunbar <daniel@zuster.org> | 2009-09-15 20:31:28 +0000 |
| commit | 6db36f3ce9df64d3ce29c42b1b365338965cd89d (patch) | |
| tree | 60c01d72d860708358448741b6dfc16d7b39e450 /docs/CommandGuide/llc.pod | |
| parent | 504f9a61e61ee274fe50d8300825bdc2e5adb9b0 (diff) | |
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Update llc/opt PODs to clarify they support .ll input.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@81910 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/docs/CommandGuide/llc.pod b/docs/CommandGuide/llc.pod index 7a7bbca..fd38abd 100644 --- a/docs/CommandGuide/llc.pod +++ b/docs/CommandGuide/llc.pod @@ -10,18 +10,19 @@ B<llc> [I<options>] [I<filename>] =head1 DESCRIPTION -The B<llc> command compiles LLVM bitcode into assembly language for a +The B<llc> command compiles LLVM source inputs into assembly language for a specified architecture. The assembly language output can then be passed through a native assembler and linker to generate a native executable. The choice of architecture for the output assembly code is automatically -determined from the input bitcode file, unless the B<-march> option is used to -override the default. +determined from the input file, unless the B<-march> option is used to override +the default. =head1 OPTIONS -If I<filename> is - or omitted, B<llc> reads LLVM bitcode from standard input. -Otherwise, it will read LLVM bitcode from I<filename>. +If I<filename> is - or omitted, B<llc> reads from standard input. Otherwise, it +will from I<filename>. Inputs can be in either the LLVM assembly language +format (.ll) or the LLVM bitcode format (.bc). 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 -, @@ -55,13 +56,13 @@ B<llvm-extract> will write raw bitcode regardless of the output device. =item B<-mtriple>=I<target triple> -Override the target triple specified in the input bitcode file with the -specified string. +Override the target triple specified in the input file with the specified +string. =item B<-march>=I<arch> Specify the architecture for which to generate assembly, overriding the target -encoded in the bitcode file. See the output of B<llc --help> for a list of +encoded in the input file. See the output of B<llc --help> for a list of valid architectures. By default this is inferred from the target triple or autodetected to the current architecture. |