............................Contents


Preface	xi
...Before You Read This Book	xii
...How This Book is Organized	xii
...What Typographic Changes Mean	xiii
...Shell Prompts in Command Examples	xiv
1. SPARC Assembler for SunOS 5.x	1
...Introduction	1
...Operating Environment	1
...SPARC Assembler for SunOS 4.1 Versus SunOS 5.x	2
......Labeling Format	2
......Object File Format	2
......Pseudo-Operations	2
......Command Line Options	2
2. Assembler Syntax	3
...Syntax Notation	3


...Assembler File Syntax	4
......Lines Syntax	4
......Statement Syntax	4
...Lexical Features	4
......Case Distinction	4
......Comments	5
......Labels	5
......Numbers	5
......Strings	6
......Symbol Names	6
......Special Symbols - Registers	7
......Operators and Expressions	9
...Assembler Error Messages	10
3. Executable and Linking Format	11
...ELF Header	12
...Sections	14
......Section Header	15
......Predefined User Sections	19
......Predefined Non-User Sections	20
...Locations	21
...Addresses	22
...Relocation Tables	22
...Symbol Tables	22
...String Tables	24


...Assembler Directives	24
......Section Control Directives	25
......Symbol Attribute Directives	25
......Assignment Directive	25
......Data Generating Directives	25
4. Converting Files to the New Format	27
...Introduction	27
...Conversion Instructions	27
...Examples	28
5. Instruction-Set Mapping	29
...Table Notation	30
...Integer Instructions	31
...Floating-Point Instruction	39
...Coprocessor Instructions	40
...Synthetic Instructions	41
A. Pseudo-Operations	45
...Alphabetized Listing with Descriptions	45
B. Examples of Pseudo-Operations	55
C. Using the Assembler Command Line	59
...Assembler Command Line	59
...Assembler Command Line Options	60
...Disassembling Object Code	63
D. An Example Language Program	65
E. SPARC-V9 Instruction Set	71


...SPARC-V9 Changes	71
......Registers	72
......Alternate Space Access	73
......Byte Order	73
...SPARC-V9 Instruction Set Changes	74
......Extended Instruction Definitions to Support the 64-bit Model 74
......Added Instructions to Support 64 bits	75
......ementation
........Implementation	75
......Deleted Instructions	76
......Miscellaneous Instruction Changes	76
...SPARC-V9 Instruction Set Mapping	77
...SPARC-V9 Floating-Point Instruction Set Mapping	85
...SPARC-V9 Synthetic Instruction-Set Mapping	87
...SPARC-V9 Instruction Set Extensions	89
......Graphics Data Formats	89
......Eight-bit Format	89
......Fixed Data Formats	89
......SHUTDOWN Instruction	90
......Graphics Status Register (GSR)	90
......Graphics Instructions	90
......Memory Access Instructions	96
Index	99