llvm dev - Jan 2010 - [LLVMdev] how to compile asm output for x86 with Micorsoft's ML

I was recently trying to compile some bitcode generated like so:

llc --x86-asm-syntax=intel test.out

it generates a test.out.s file, and while I'm not much of an assembly
person, it looks OK. When I feed this to ML

ml test.out.s

I get tons of errors, most of which appear to be syntax errors. Stuff like:

test.out.s(2) : error A2008:syntax error : .
error A2008:syntax error : objc_class_name_Fraction

etc. Is it possible to generate X86 code that Microsoft's assembler
will accept? Is there another option that I missed? 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'.

Checking the code (I built LLVM 2.7svn) it looks like the C target
isn't registered, and llc -version gives me:
llc -version
Low Level Virtual Machine (http://llvm.org/):
  llvm version 2.7svn
  DEBUG build with assertions.
  Built Jan 20 2010 (14:58:43).
  Host: i686-pc-win32
  Host CPU: core2

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

Cheers

Jim

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.

> 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.
OK thanks, I'll look at that.

In the meantime, is it possible to get the assembly generated by llc
to work wiht ML? That would probably be the ideal solution.

Cheers

Jim