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8 @chapter Blackfin Dependent Features
11 @node Machine Dependencies
12 @chapter Blackfin Dependent Features
15 @cindex Blackfin support
17 * BFIN Syntax:: BFIN Syntax
18 * BFIN Directives:: BFIN Directives
27 @item Special Characters
28 Assembler input is free format and may appear anywhere on the line.
29 One instruction may extend across multiple lines or more than one
30 instruction may appear on the same line. White space (space, tab,
31 comments or newline) may appear anywhere between tokens. A token must
32 not have embedded spaces. Tokens include numbers, register names,
33 keywords, user identifiers, and also some multicharacter special
34 symbols like "+=", "/*" or "||".
36 @item Instruction Delimiting
37 A semicolon must terminate every instruction. Sometimes a complete
38 instruction will consist of more than one operation. There are two
39 cases where this occurs. The first is when two general operations
40 are combined. Normally a comma separates the different parts, as in
43 a0= r3.h * r2.l, a1 = r3.l * r2.h ;
46 The second case occurs when a general instruction is combined with one
47 or two memory references for joint issue. The latter portions are
48 set off by a "||" token.
51 a0 = r3.h * r2.l || r1 = [p3++] || r4 = [i2++];
56 The assembler treats register names and instruction keywords in a case
57 insensitive manner. User identifiers are case sensitive. Thus, R3.l,
58 R3.L, r3.l and r3.L are all equivalent input to the assembler.
60 Register names are reserved and may not be used as program identifiers.
62 Some operations (such as "Move Register") require a register pair.
63 Register pairs are always data registers and are denoted using a colon,
64 eg., R3:2. The larger number must be written firsts. Note that the
65 hardware only supports odd-even pairs, eg., R7:6, R5:4, R3:2, and R1:0.
67 Some instructions (such as --SP (Push Multiple)) require a group of
68 adjacent registers. Adjacent registers are denoted in the syntax by
69 the range enclosed in parentheses and separated by a colon, eg., (R7:3).
70 Again, the larger number appears first.
72 Portions of a particular register may be individually specified. This
73 is written with a dot (".") following the register name and then a
74 letter denoting the desired portion. For 32-bit registers, ".H"
75 denotes the most significant ("High") portion. ".L" denotes the
76 least-significant portion. The subdivisions of the 40-bit registers
80 The set of 40-bit registers A1 and A0 that normally contain data that
81 is being manipulated. Each accumulator can be accessed in four ways.
84 @item one 40-bit register
85 The register will be referred to as A1 or A0.
86 @item one 32-bit register
87 The registers are designated as A1.W or A0.W.
88 @item two 16-bit registers
89 The registers are designated as A1.H, A1.L, A0.H or A0.L.
90 @item one 8-bit register
91 The registers are designated as A1.X or A0.X for the bits that
96 The set of 32-bit registers (R0, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7) that
97 normally contain data for manipulation. These are abbreviated as
98 D-register or Dreg. Data registers can be accessed as 32-bit registers
99 or as two independent 16-bit registers. The least significant 16 bits
100 of each register is called the "low" half and is desginated with ".L"
101 following the register name. The most significant 16 bits are called
102 the "high" half and is designated with ".H". following the name.
105 R7.L, r2.h, r4.L, R0.H
108 @item Pointer Registers
109 The set of 32-bit registers (P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, SP and FP) that
110 normally contain byte addresses of data structures. These are
111 abbreviated as P-register or Preg.
117 @item Stack Pointer SP
118 The stack pointer contains the 32-bit address of the last occupied
119 byte location in the stack. The stack grows by decrementing the
122 @item Frame Pointer FP
123 The frame pointer contains the 32-bit address of the previous frame
124 pointer in the stack. It is located at the top of a frame.
127 LT0 and LT1. These registers contain the 32-bit address of the top of
128 a zero overhead loop.
131 LC0 and LC1. These registers contain the 32-bit counter of the zero
132 overhead loop executions.
135 LB0 and LB1. These registers contain the 32-bit address of the bottom
136 of a zero overhead loop.
138 @item Index Registers
139 The set of 32-bit registers (I0, I1, I2, I3) that normally contain byte
140 addresses of data structures. Abbreviated I-register or Ireg.
142 @item Modify Registers
143 The set of 32-bit registers (M0, M1, M2, M3) that normally contain
144 offset values that are added and subracted to one of the index
145 registers. Abbreviated as Mreg.
147 @item Length Registers
148 The set of 32-bit registers (L0, L1, L2, L3) that normally contain the
149 length in bytes of the circular buffer. Abbreviated as Lreg. Clear
150 the Lreg to disable circular addressing for the corresponding Ireg.
153 The set of 32-bit registers (B0, B1, B2, B3) that normally contain the
154 base address in bytes of the circular buffer. Abbreviated as Breg.
157 The Blackfin family has no hardware floating point but the .float
158 directive generates ieee floating point numbers for use with software
159 floating point libraries.
161 @item Blackfin Opcodes
162 For detailed information on the Blackfin machine instruction set, see
163 the Blackfin(r) Processor Instruction Set Reference.
167 @node BFIN Directives
169 @cindex BFIN directives
170 @cindex directives, BFIN
172 The following directives are provided for compatibility with the VDSP assembler.
176 Initializes a four byte data object.
178 Initializes a two byte data object.
186 Define and initialize a 32 bit data object.