On 02/03/2010 09:26 AM, Nikola Ikonic wrote:
> Could anybody please answer me on following question:
>
> where is GCC callin assembler where it recognizes assembler code in C
> function? For example, let's say that there is this line in C code:
>
> asm("mov r1,r0");
>
> So, the parser parses this as an assembler string. But where, in GCC
> code, is assembler called to process this string?
> Or maybe the question is where this "mov r1, r0" string is passed to
> assembler. Anyway, I think you got my question.
The compiler driver, a program called "gcc", first calls another program
called "cc1" to translate C into assembly language. It then calls "as"
to translate assembly language into object code. It does this regardless
of whether there are any asm() statements in the program.
Andrew.
