Samsung S3C2440A User Manual

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S3C2440A RISC MICROPROCESSOR

ARM INSTRUCTION SET

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ADDRESSING MODES

The transfer addresses are determined by the contents of the base register (Rn), the pre/post bit (P) and the up/
down bit (U). The registers are transferred in the order lowest to highest, so R15 (if in the list) will always be
transferred last. The lowest register also gets transferred to/from the lowest memory address. By way of
illustration, consider the transfer of R1, R5 and R7 in the case where Rn=0x1000 and write back of the modified
base is required (W=1). Figure 3.19-22 show the sequence of register transfers, the addresses used, and the
value of Rn after the instruction has completed.

In all cases, had write back of the modified base not been required (W=0), Rn would have retained its initial value
of 0x1000 unless it was also in the transfer list of a load multiple register instruction, when it would have been
overwritten with the loaded value. (Please check the meaning again)*****

ADDRESS ALIGNMENT

The address should normally be a word aligned quantity and non-word aligned addresses should not affect the
instruction. However, the bottom 2 bits of the address will appear on A[1:0] and might be interpreted by the
memory system.

0x100C

0x1000

0x0FF4

0x100C

0x1000

0x0FF4

0x100C

0x1000

0x0FF4

0x100C

0x1000

0x0FF4

Figure 3-19. Post-Increment Addressing