From f86f602b9ed5c92add87e32fabae748f235f458f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kugel Fuhr <98353208+kugelfuhr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:45:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a description for --memory-model to the docs.

---
 doc/cc65.sgml   | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/cc65/main.c |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/cc65.sgml b/doc/cc65.sgml
index 0fa43a906..6acf023da 100644
--- a/doc/cc65.sgml
+++ b/doc/cc65.sgml
@@ -514,6 +514,28 @@ Here is a description of all the command line options:
   name="#pragma&nbsp;local-strings"></tt> for fine grained control.
 
 
+  <tag><tt>-mm model, --memory-model model</tt></tag>
+
+  This option sets the code and data models for the compiler to use. Please
+  note that memory models are an unfinished feature and using this option
+  with any other memory model than <tt/near/ will cause compile errors.
+  Possible arguments are:
+
+  <descrip>
+    <tag/near/
+      This memory model uses 16 bit addresses for code and data. It is
+      currently the only supported memory model and suited for the 6502.
+
+    <tag/far/
+      This memory model uses 24 bit addresses for code and 16 bit addresses
+      for data. It is suited for the 65816 but currently unsupported.
+
+    <tag/huge/
+      This memory model uses 24 bit addresses for code and data. It is
+      suited for the 65816 but currently unsupported.
+  </descrip>
+
+
   <tag><tt>-o name</tt></tag>
 
   Specify the name of the output file. If you don't specify a name, the
diff --git a/src/cc65/main.c b/src/cc65/main.c
index 5fc6ea343..692288a91 100644
--- a/src/cc65/main.c
+++ b/src/cc65/main.c
@@ -1089,6 +1089,14 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
                     OptSignedChars (Arg, 0);
                     break;
 
+                case 'm':
+                    if (Arg[2] == 'm') {
+                        OptMemoryModel (Arg, GetArg (&I, 3));
+                    } else {
+                        UnknownOption (Arg);
+                    }
+                    break;
+
                 case 'o':
                     SetOutputName (GetArg (&I, 2));
                     break;