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For example: <pre class="smallexample"> or3 r0, r0, #low(0x12345678) ; compute r0 = r0 | 0x5678 add3, r0, r0, #low(fred) ; compute r0 = r0 + low 16-bits of address of fred </pre> <br><dt><code>high </code><var>expression</var><dd><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bhigh_007d-directive_002c-M32R-1320"></a>The <code>high</code> directive computes the value of its expression and places the upper 16-bits of the result into the immediate-field of the instruction. For example: <pre class="smallexample"> seth r0, #high(0x12345678) ; compute r0 = 0x12340000 seth, r0, #high(fred) ; compute r0 = upper 16-bits of address of fred </pre> <br><dt><code>shigh </code><var>expression</var><dd><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bshigh_007d-directive_002c-M32R-1321"></a>The <code>shigh</code> directive is very similar to the <code>high</code> directive. It also computes the value of its expression and places the upper 16-bits of the result into the immediate-field of the instruction. The difference is that <code>shigh</code> also checks to see if the lower 16-bits could be interpreted as a signed number, and if so it assumes that a borrow will occur from the upper-16 bits. To compensate for this the <code>shigh</code> directive pre-biases the upper 16 bit value by adding one to it. For example: <p>For example: <pre class="smallexample"> seth r0, #shigh(0x12345678) ; compute r0 = 0x12340000 seth r0, #shigh(0x00008000) ; compute r0 = 0x00010000 </pre> <p>In the second example the lower 16-bits are 0x8000. If these are treated as a signed value and sign extended to 32-bits then the value becomes 0xffff8000. If this value is then added to 0x00010000 then the result is 0x00008000. <p>This behaviour is to allow for the different semantics of the <code>or3</code> and <code>add3</code> instructions. The <code>or3</code> instruction treats its 16-bit immediate argument as unsigned whereas the <code>add3</code> treats its 16-bit immediate as a signed value. So for example: <pre class="smallexample"> seth r0, #shigh(0x00008000) add3 r0, r0, #low(0x00008000) </pre> <p>Produces the correct result in r0, whereas: <pre class="smallexample"> seth r0, #shigh(0x00008000) or3 r0, r0, #low(0x00008000) </pre> <p>Stores 0xffff8000 into r0. <p>Note - the <code>shigh</code> directive does not know where in the assembly source code the lower 16-bits of the value are going set, so it cannot check to make sure that an <code>or3</code> instruction is being used rather than an <code>add3</code> instruction. It is up to the programmer to make sure that correct directives are used. <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_002em32r_007d-directive_002c-M32R-1322"></a><br><dt><code>.m32r</code><dd>The directive performs a similar thing as the <em>-m32r</em> command line option. It tells the assembler to only accept M32R instructions from now on. An instructions from later M32R architectures are refused. <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_002em32rx_007d-directive_002c-M32RX-1323"></a><br><dt><code>.m32rx</code><dd>The directive performs a similar thing as the <em>-m32rx</em> command line option. It tells the assembler to start accepting the extra instructions in the M32RX ISA as well as the ordinary M32R ISA. <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_002em32r2_007d-directive_002c-M32R2-1324"></a><br><dt><code>.m32r2</code><dd>The directive performs a similar thing as the <em>-m32r2</em> command line option. It tells the assembler to start accepting the extra instructions in the M32R2 ISA as well as the ordinary M32R ISA. <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_002elittle_007d-directive_002c-M32RX-1325"></a><br><dt><code>.little</code><dd>The directive performs a similar thing as the <em>-little</em> command line option. It tells the assembler to start producing little-endian code and data. This option should be used with care as producing mixed-endian binary files is fraught with danger. <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_002ebig_007d-directive_002c-M32RX-1326"></a><br><dt><code>.big</code><dd>The directive performs a similar thing as the <em>-big</em> command line option. It tells the assembler to start producing big-endian code and data. This option should be used with care as producing mixed-endian binary files is fraught with danger. </dl> </body></html>