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This is a comparison of various operating system development tools. |
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==x86 Assemblers== |
==x86 Assemblers== |
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! colspan="2" | Syntax |
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! [[JWASM]] |
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| n/a |
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! [[AS86]] |
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! [[LLVM|llvm-mc]] |
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{{note|1}} using .intel_syntax directive |
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<ref name="note1">Using the <code>.intel_syntax</code> directive. Several opcodes will still use the AT&T name.</ref> |
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<ref name="note2">While GAS normally writes only "pure" 32-bit i386 code, it has [http://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/as/i386_002d16bit.html limited support] for writing code to run in real mode or in 16-bit protected mode code segments.</ref> |
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<ref name="note3">You have to choose the instruction set at compile time (of the assembler). GAS can not assemble for more than one operating mode at a time, i.e. you would need one GAS for 32bit and one GAS for 64bit if you'd want to mix those two.</ref> |
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<ref name="note4">64-bit support is only available in NASM 2.x.</ref> |
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{{note|3}} You have to choose the instruction set at compile time. GAS can not assemble for more than one operating mode at a time |
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<ref name="note5">64-bit support is only available in a separate executable, named ml64.</ref> |
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<ref name="note6">Sol_Asm uses its own syntax, which looks like the Intel syntax.</ref> |
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==Compilers== |
==Compilers== |
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! Visual Studio |
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| Version 4.X |
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! icl |
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! [[Watcom]] |
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! [[Smaller C]] |
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| {{Yes}} (incl. huge & unreal mode(l)s)<ref name="note8" group="Note" /> |
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<references group="Note"> |
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<ref name="note7">Visual Studio can emit <code>.COM</code> files.</ref> |
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<ref name="note8">Smaller C [https://github.com/alexfru/SmallerC/pull/25#issuecomment-516694067| wasn't really designed to properly support 16-bit and 64-bit CPUs].</ref> |
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==Linkers== |
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! colspan=5 | Input |
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! rowspan=2 | Flat Binary Images |
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! OMF/ OBJ |
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| DOS/COM |
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| OMF/OBJ |
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! [[ALink]] |
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| DJGPP/COFF |
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| DJGPP/COFF OMF/COFF |
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| various |
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| ECOFF DWARF STABS |
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! [[TLink]] |
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| OMF/OBJ |
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| DOS/EXE DOS/COM LE |
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| CODEVIEW DWARF |
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| DOS/EXE DOS/COM LE Pharlap Novell_NLM Causeway QNX |
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| WATCOM CODEVIEW DWARF |
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[[Category:Tools]] |
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Latest revision as of 11:53, 17 June 2024
This is a comparison of various operating system development tools.
x86 Assemblers
| Syntax | Output Format | Instruction Set | |||||||
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| AT&T | Intel | ELF | a.out | COFF | flat | 16 bit | 32 bit | 64 bit | |
| GAS | Yes | Yes[Note 1] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 2] | Yes | Yes[Note 3] |
| NASM | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 4] |
| YASM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FASM | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| JWASM | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MASM[Note 5] | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 6] |
| Sol_asm | No | Yes | Yes | No | n/a | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AS86 | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| llvm-mc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
- ↑ Using the
.intel_syntaxdirective. Several opcodes will still use the AT&T name. - ↑ While GAS normally writes only "pure" 32-bit i386 code, it has limited support for writing code to run in real mode or in 16-bit protected mode code segments.
- ↑ You have to choose the instruction set at compile time (of the assembler). GAS can not assemble for more than one operating mode at a time, i.e. you would need one GAS for 32bit and one GAS for 64bit if you'd want to mix those two.
- ↑ 64-bit support is only available in NASM 2.x.
- ↑ 64-bit support is only available in a separate executable, named ml64.
- ↑ Sol_Asm uses its own syntax, which looks like the Intel syntax.
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| Extensions | Output format | ||||||||
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| Inline Assembly | ELF | a.out | flat | PE | COFF | 16-bit code segments | 32-bit code segments | 64-bit code segments | |
| GCC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Clang | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| msvc | Yes | No | No | No[Note 1] | Yes | Yes | Version 4.X | Yes | Yes |
| icl | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Watcom | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Smaller C | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (incl. huge & unreal mode(l)s)[Note 2] | Yes | No |
- ↑ Visual Studio can emit
.COMfiles. - ↑ Smaller C wasn't really designed to properly support 16-bit and 64-bit CPUs.
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| Name | Input | Output | Flat Binary Images | Set Code Address | Library Support | Supports Debug Info | 32bit Code | ||||||||
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| OMF/ OBJ | Win32/ COFF | ELF | A.OUT | Others | Win32/ PE | Win32/ DLL | ELF | A.OUT | Others | ||||||
| JLoc | Yes | No | No | No | No | DOS/COM | Yes | Yes | No | OMF/OBJ | Yes | ||||
| ALink | Yes | Yes | No | No | DJGPP/COFF | Yes | Yes | No | No | DOS/COM DOS/EXE | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| LD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | DJGPP/COFF OMF/COFF | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | various | Yes | Yes | Yes | ECOFF DWARF STABS | Yes |
| TLink | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | DOS/EXE DOS/COM | No | Yes | Yes | OMF/OBJ | Yes | |
| Link | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | DOS/EXE DOS/COM LE | No | Yes | Yes | CODEVIEW DWARF | Yes | |
| VAL | Yes | No | No | No | No | DOS/EXE | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||||
| WLink | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | DOS/EXE DOS/COM LE Pharlap Novell_NLM Causeway QNX | Yes | Yes | Yes | WATCOM CODEVIEW DWARF | Yes | |
| smlrl | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | DOS/COM DOS/EXE MACH-O | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| LLD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||