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VMIPSTOOL(1)               VMIPS Programmer's Manual              VMIPSTOOL(1)


NAME

       vmipstool - VMIPS front end for common programming tasks


SYNOPSIS

               vmipstool [ --verbose ] [ --dry-run ] --compile [ FLAGS ]
                   FILE.c -o FILE.o
               vmipstool [ --verbose ] [ --dry-run ] --preprocess [ FLAGS ] FILE
               vmipstool [ --verbose ] [ --dry-run ] --assemble [ FLAGS ]
                   FILE.s -o FILE.o
               vmipstool [ --verbose ] [ --dry-run ] [ --ld-script=T ] --link
                   [ FLAGS ] FILE1.o ... FILEn.o -o PROG
               vmipstool [ --verbose ] [ --dry-run ] --make-rom PROG PROG.rom
               vmipstool [ --verbose ] [ --dry-run ] --disassemble-rom PROG.rom
               vmipstool [ --verbose ] [ --dry-run ] --disassemble-word PC INSTR
               vmipstool [ --verbose ] [ --dry-run ] --disassemble PROG (or FILE.o)
               vmipstool [ --verbose ] [ --dry-run ] --swap-words INPUT OUTPUT
               vmipstool --help
               vmipstool --version


DESCRIPTION

       vmipstool is intended to be a friendly front-end to the process of
       compiling, linking, and assembling code for VMIPS using the GNU
       Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU Binutils.

       Note that you do not need to use vmipstool, or even GCC, to compile
       programs for VMIPS; you can use any MIPS compiler and assembler you
       have handy.


OPTIONS

       This is what the different command line options mean:

       --help
           Display this help message and exit.

       --version
           Display the version of vmipstool and exit.

       --verbose
           Echo commands as they are run.

       --dry-run
           Don't actually run anything; use with --verbose.

       --ld-script=T
           Use T as the linker script (instead of default script); use with
           --link.

       --compile
           Compile C code.  The remainder of the command line must consist of
           arguments to the GNU C compiler.

       --preprocess
           Preprocess C source code or assembly code. The remainder of the
           command line must consist of arguments to the GNU C preprocessor.

       --assemble
           Translate assembly code to object files. The remainder of the
           command line must consist of arguments to the GNU assembler.

       --link
           Link objects together to create an executable. The remainder of the
           command line must consist of arguments to the GNU linker.

       --make-rom
           Write a program into a ROM file. The next 2 arguments are the
           executable and the ROM file, respectively.

       --disassemble
           Disassemble a relocatable object file (*.o file) or an executable.

       --disassemble-rom
           Disassemble arbitrary data, possibly including ROM files. (More
           information is available with --disassemble, but it only works on
           programs which have not been written into ROMs.)

       --disassemble-word
           Disassemble an instruction whose binary encoding is passed as a
           command-line argument. Because instructions can have PC-relative
           immediate arguments, the PC must also be specified.

       --swap-words
           Copy the input file to the output file, reversing the byte-order of
           each 32-bit word in the process. This can be used to translate
           chunks of data from big-endian to little-endian, or vice-versa.


FILES

       Note that vmipstool consults your /etc/vmipsrc and ~/.vmipsrc to
       determine where the MIPS cross compiler, assembler, and objdump and
       objcopy tools are.  If you install new cross-tools, you should edit
       these configuration files to reflect the new location of the MIPS
       tools, and to reflect their default endianness, by changing the
       settings of mipstoolprefix and bigendian.


BUGS

       For instructions on reporting bugs, see the "Reporting Bugs" appendix
       of the Info manual.


SEE ALSO

       vmips(1), as(1), ld(1), gdb(1), and the Info entries for gcc, as, ld,
       binutils and gdb.


AUTHOR

       vmipstool was written by Brian Gaeke.


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014 Brian R. Gaeke.

       Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
       copy of this document (the "Document"), to deal in the Document without
       restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
       modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
       the Document, and to permit persons to whom the Document is furnished
       to do so, subject to the following conditions:

       The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
       in all copies or substantial portions of the Document.

       THE DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
       OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
       MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
       IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
       CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
       TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
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vmips 1.5                         2014-11-17                      VMIPSTOOL(1)

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