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[PATCH, ARM] Add documentation for gas .dn/.qn directives
- From: Julian Brown <julian at codesourcery dot com>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:48:58 +0000
- Subject: [PATCH, ARM] Add documentation for gas .dn/.qn directives
Hi,
This patch adds missing documentation for the ARM Neon .dn and .qn
directives. These are similar to .req, but allow vector types to be
specified.
OK?
Cheers,
Julian
ChangeLog
gas/
* doc/c-arm.texi: Add documentation for .dn/.qn directives.
Index: gas/doc/c-arm.texi
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gas/doc/c-arm.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -c -p -r1.44 c-arm.texi
*** gas/doc/c-arm.texi 13 Dec 2006 16:06:39 -0000 1.44
--- gas/doc/c-arm.texi 2 Mar 2007 15:44:33 -0000
*************** example:
*** 391,397 ****
@cindex @code{unreq} directive, ARM
@item .unreq @var{alias-name}
This undefines a register alias which was previously defined using the
! @code{req} directive. For example:
@smallexample
foo .req r0
--- 391,397 ----
@cindex @code{unreq} directive, ARM
@item .unreq @var{alias-name}
This undefines a register alias which was previously defined using the
! @code{req}, @code{dn} or @code{qn} directives. For example:
@smallexample
foo .req r0
*************** An error occurs if the name is undefined
*** 402,407 ****
--- 402,437 ----
be used to delete builtin in register name aliases (eg 'r0'). This
should only be done if it is really necessary.
+ @cindex @code{dn} and @code{qn} directives, ARM
+ @item @var{name} .dn @var{register name} [@var{.type}] [@var{[index]}]
+ @item @var{name} .qn @var{register name} [@var{.type}] [@var{[index]}]
+
+ The @code{dn} and @code{qn} directives are used to create typed
+ and/or indexed register aliases for use in Advanced SIMD Extension
+ (Neon) instructions. The former should be used to create aliases
+ of double-precision registers, and the latter to create aliases of
+ quad-precision registers.
+
+ If these directives are used to create typed aliases, those aliases can
+ be used in Neon instructions instead of writing types after the mnemonic
+ or after each operand. For example:
+
+ @smallexample
+ x .dn d2.f32
+ y .dn d3.f32
+ z .dn d4.f32[1]
+ vmul x,y,z
+ @end smallexample
+
+ This is equivalent to writing the following:
+
+ @smallexample
+ vmul.f32 d2,d3,d4[1]
+ @end smallexample
+
+ Aliases created using @code{dn} or @code{qn} can be destroyed using
+ @code{unreq}.
+
@cindex @code{code} directive, ARM
@item .code @code{[16|32]}
This directive selects the instruction set being generated. The value 16