KAS : Kent's retargetable assembler

This project is a retargetable assembler written in C++ It was developed in part to explore template metaprogramming. It compiles much faster with clang++ than g++.

This project uses the SPIRIT parser which is part of the BOOST C++ libraries. To compile this project, the boost library packing should be installed using the host system's package manager. Alternative, typeing make clone-boost will download the needed portions of boost from github. This download uses approximately 2G of disk space.

To compile the system perform the following:

 % make      # activates submodules and creates './configure'
 % ./configure [target]
 % make      # builds default target

The system currently only supports ELF output and BSD pseudo ops.

The ./configure command can be used to display current target, or to change targets.

make uses the default compiler. To use the faster clang++ compiler try:

make CXX=clang++ 

or change the CXX variable in Makefile

If there are boost related link errors, make clone-boost clean all. The parts of boost used by kas are header only. Older versions of boost may require linking with various libraries.

debian requires LIB = -lstdc++fs

NB: This assembler is incomplete and is provided for information.