[LLVMdev] how to compile asm output for x86 with Micorsoft's ML

[Óscar Fuentes]

Jim Crafton <jim.crafton at gmail.com> writes:

[snip]

> I looked around a bit but couldn't find anything. The example on the
> llvm site mentions being able to compile to C code, but when I try llc
> -march=c test.out
>
> it errors out with:
> error: invalid target 'c'.

[snip]

>   Registered Targets:
>     x86    - 32-bit X86: Pentium-Pro and above
>     x86-64 - 64-bit X86: EM64T and AMD64

By default, the cmake build generates Visual Studio project files for
the X86 target only. Take a look at

http://www.llvm.org/docs/CMake.html#llvmvars

for learning how to build other targets.

IIRC, the C target is named CBackend.