ARM User's Guide

• The components of the ARM Software Development Toolkit;
• A brief overview of each of the ARM software tools and how to invoke them;
• An introduction to the runtime libraries;
• ARM assembly language;

Detailed technical explanations of the tools and the underlying specifications behind them are also not covered in this manual-see the ARM Reference Manual and ARM Technical Specifications respectively.

It is likely to be useful to have a copy of the ARM Datasheet for whatever device is being used, as the manuals do not cover device specific issues.

How this book is organized

• The ARM C Compiler gives an overview of the compiler, followed by information on invoking armcc, keyword options, and flag options.
• The ARM Assembler (armasm) discusses all command line options for the ARM Assembler.
• The ARM Linker (armlink) discussed all command line options, includeing general options, output format options, and special options, and the input file list.
• The ARM Librarian (armlib) discusses all command line options for the ARM librarian.
• The ARM Object Format Decoder (decaof) lists all command line options for the ARM object format decoder.

• An Introduction to the Run-Time Libraries gives an overview of the minimal stand alone run time library and the ANSI C library.

• ARM Assembly Language details ARM Assembly Language.

How this document differs from the ARM documentation

• ARM window debugger (armwd)
• ANSI C to PCC Translator (topcc)
• ARM Tool Reconfiguration utility (reconfig)
• ARM Make utility (armmake) for PC
• ARM symbolic debugger (armsd) command language.
• The ARMulator

For more information

• ARM tool release components
• Programming and modelling tools
• Retargetable libraries