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<h4 class="subsection">9.27.6 Directives to control code generation</h4>
<p><a name="index-MIPS-directives-to-override-command-line-options-1500"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_002emodule_007d-1501"></a>The <code>.module</code> directive allows command line options to be set directly
from assembly. The format of the directive matches the <code>.set</code>
directive but only those options which are relevant to a whole module are
supported. The effect of a <code>.module</code> directive is the same as the
corresponding command line option. Where <code>.set</code> directives support
returning to a default then the <code>.module</code> directives do not as they
define the defaults.
<p>These module-level directives must appear first in assembly.
<p>Traditional MIPS assemblers do not support this directive.
<p><a name="index-MIPS-32_002dbit-microMIPS-instruction-generation-override-1502"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_002eset-insn32_007d-1503"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_002eset-noinsn32_007d-1504"></a>The directive <code>.set insn32</code> makes the assembler only use 32-bit
instruction encodings when generating code for the microMIPS processor.
This directive inhibits the use of any 16-bit instructions from that
point on in the assembly. The <code>.set noinsn32</code> directive allows
16-bit instructions to be accepted.
<p>Traditional MIPS assemblers do not support this directive.
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