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<h4 class="subsection">9.26.1 Directives</h4>
<p><a name="index-MicroBlaze-directives-1464"></a>A number of assembler directives are available for MicroBlaze.
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<dt><code>.data8 </code><var>expression</var><code>,...</code><dd>This directive is an alias for <code>.byte</code>. Each expression is assembled
into an eight-bit value.
<br><dt><code>.data16 </code><var>expression</var><code>,...</code><dd>This directive is an alias for <code>.hword</code>. Each expression is assembled
into an 16-bit value.
<br><dt><code>.data32 </code><var>expression</var><code>,...</code><dd>This directive is an alias for <code>.word</code>. Each expression is assembled
into an 32-bit value.
<br><dt><code>.ent </code><var>name</var><code>[,</code><var>label</var><code>]</code><dd>This directive is an alias for <code>.func</code> denoting the start of function
<var>name</var> at (optional) <var>label</var>.
<br><dt><code>.end </code><var>name</var><code>[,</code><var>label</var><code>]</code><dd>This directive is an alias for <code>.endfunc</code> denoting the end of function
<var>name</var>.
<br><dt><code>.gpword </code><var>label</var><code>,...</code><dd>This directive is an alias for <code>.rva</code>. The resolved address of <var>label</var>
is stored in the data section.
<br><dt><code>.weakext </code><var>label</var><dd>Declare that <var>label</var> is a weak external symbol.
<br><dt><code>.rodata</code><dd>Switch to .rodata section. Equivalent to <code>.section .rodata</code>
<br><dt><code>.sdata2</code><dd>Switch to .sdata2 section. Equivalent to <code>.section .sdata2</code>
<br><dt><code>.sdata</code><dd>Switch to .sdata section. Equivalent to <code>.section .sdata</code>
<br><dt><code>.bss</code><dd>Switch to .bss section. Equivalent to <code>.section .bss</code>
<br><dt><code>.sbss</code><dd>Switch to .sbss section. Equivalent to <code>.section .sbss</code>
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