# Return y if the linker supports <flag>, n otherwise
ld-option = $(success,$(LD) -v $(1))
+# $(as-option,<flag>)
+# /dev/zero is used as output instead of /dev/null as some assembler cribs when
+# both input and output are same. Also both of them have same write behaviour so
+# can be easily substituted.
+as-option = $(success, $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(1) -c -x assembler /dev/null -o /dev/zero)
+
# $(as-instr,<instr>)
# Return y if the assembler supports <instr>, n otherwise
as-instr = $(success,printf "%b\n" "$(1)" | $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) -c -x assembler -o /dev/null -)