configure_file: Add output_format kwarg (#3636)

* configure_file: Add output_format kwarg

* docs: Reference-manual.md output_format was added in 0.47 [skip ci]

2 files changed, 71 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test cases/nasm/1 configure file/hello.asm b/test cases/nasm/1 configure file/hello.asm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4188b8dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/nasm/1 configure file/hello.asm
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+;  hello.asm  a first program for nasm for Linux, Intel, gcc
+;
+; assemble:	nasm -f elf -l hello.lst  hello.asm
+; link:		gcc -o hello  hello.o
+; run:	        hello
+; output is:	Hello World
+
+%include "config.asm"
+
+	SECTION .data		; data section
+msg:	db "Hello World",10	; the string to print, 10=cr
+len:	equ $-msg		; "$" means "here"
+				; len is a value, not an address
+
+	SECTION .text		; code section
+        global main		; make label available to linker
+main:				; standard  gcc  entry point
+
+	mov	edx,len		; arg3, length of string to print
+	mov	ecx,msg		; arg2, pointer to string
+	mov	ebx,1		; arg1, where to write, screen
+	mov	eax,4		; write sysout command to int 80 hex
+	int	0x80		; interrupt 80 hex, call kernel
+
+	mov	ebx,HELLO	; exit code, 0=normal
+	mov	eax,1		; exit command to kernel
+	int	0x80		; interrupt 80 hex, call kernel
diff --git a/test cases/nasm/1 configure file/meson.build b/test cases/nasm/1 configure file/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..213e11487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/nasm/1 configure file/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+project('nasm config file', 'c')
+
+if host_machine.cpu_family() == 'x86' and host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  asm_format = 'win32'
+elif host_machine.cpu_family() == 'x86_64' and host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  asm_format = 'win64'
+elif host_machine.cpu_family() == 'x86' and host_machine.system() == 'linux'
+  asm_format = 'elf32'
+elif host_machine.cpu_family() == 'x86_64' and host_machine.system() == 'linux'
+  asm_format = 'elf64'
+else
+  error('MESON_SKIP_TEST: skipping test on this platform')
+endif
+
+nasm = find_program('nasm', required: false)
+
+if not nasm.found()
+  error('MESON_SKIP_TEST: nasm not available')
+endif
+
+conf = configuration_data()
+
+conf.set('HELLO', 0)
+
+asm_gen = generator(nasm,
+  output : '@BASENAME@.o',
+  arguments : [
+    '-f', asm_format,
+    '-i', meson.current_source_dir() + '/',
+    '-i', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), ''),
+    '-P', join_paths(meson.current_build_dir(), 'config.asm'),
+    '@INPUT@',
+    '-o', '@OUTPUT@'])
+
+
+config_file = configure_file(
+  output: 'config.asm',
+  configuration: conf,
+  output_format: 'nasm',
+)
+
+exe = executable('hello', asm_gen.process('hello.asm'))
+
+test('test-nasm-configure-file', exe)