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diff --git a/development/asl/README b/development/asl/README index 191fe6e874..b44b3c43f3 100644 --- a/development/asl/README +++ b/development/asl/README @@ -1,6 +1,25 @@ +asl (portable macro cross assembler) + ASL is a portable macro cross assembler for a variety of microprocessors -and microcontrollers. Though it is mainly targeted at embedded -processors and single-board computers, you also find CPU families in the -target list that are used in workstations and PCs. +and microcontrollers. Though it is mainly targeted at embedded processors +and single-board computers, there are also CPU families in the target +list that are used in workstations and PCs. For a full list of targets, +see: http://john.ccac.rwth-aachen.de:8000/as/as_EN.html#sect_1_2_ + +Note: The source downloaded is a snapshot. There hasn't been an ASL +release since 1999, although development snapshots are still released +every month or so. + +Build options: + +UTF8=yes - Set this in the environment if you want ASL to use UTF-8 for +its log and error messages. By default, ISO-8859-1 is used. + +TESTS=no - Don't run ASL's test suite. This should only be used on slow +systems to save building time. -Note: The source downloaded is a snapshot from 20090810. +DOCTYPES - ASL's documentation can be installed as HTML, PDF, PostScript, +and/or plain text. DOCTYPES is a space-separated list of formats, which +may include any of: html pdf ps txt. The default is "html". If you plan +to print a copy of the docs, you might want e.g. DOCTYPES="html pdf". +All formats are installed to /usr/doc/asl-$VERSION/, as usual. |