<html lang="en"> <head> <title>AArch64 Mapping Symbols - Using as</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Using as"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="AArch64_002dDependent.html#AArch64_002dDependent" title="AArch64-Dependent"> <link rel="prev" href="AArch64-Opcodes.html#AArch64-Opcodes" title="AArch64 Opcodes"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- This file documents the GNU Assembler "as". Copyright (C) 1991-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''. --> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="AArch64-Mapping-Symbols"></a> <p> Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="AArch64-Opcodes.html#AArch64-Opcodes">AArch64 Opcodes</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="AArch64_002dDependent.html#AArch64_002dDependent">AArch64-Dependent</a> <hr> </div> <h4 class="subsection">9.1.7 Mapping Symbols</h4> <p>The AArch64 ELF specification requires that special symbols be inserted into object files to mark certain features: <a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_0024x_007d-560"></a> <dl><dt><code>$x</code><dd>At the start of a region of code containing AArch64 instructions. <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_0024d_007d-561"></a><br><dt><code>$d</code><dd>At the start of a region of data. </dl> <!-- Copyright (C) 2002-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --> <!-- This is part of the GAS manual. --> <!-- For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo. --> <!-- man end --> </body></html>