ARM VERSION 1.2 - Manual (Page 295)

Directives Reference
ARM DUI 0068B Copyright © 2000, 2001 ARM Limited. All rights reserved. 7-13
7.3 Data definition directives
This section describes the following directives:
• LTORG on page 7-14
Set an origin for a literal pool.
• MAP on page 7-15
Set the origin of a storage map.
• FIELD on page 7-16
Define a field within a storage map.
• SPACE on page 7-17
Allocate a zeroed block of memory.
• DCB on page 7-18
Allocate bytes of memory, and specify the initial contents.
• DCD and DCDU on page 7-19
Allocate words of memory, and specify the initial contents.
• DCDO on page 7-20
Allocate words of memory, and specify the initial contents as offsets from the
static base register.
• DCFD and DCFDU on page 7-21
Allocate double-words of memory, and specify the initial contents as
double-precision floating-point numbers.
• DCFS and DCFSU on page 7-22
Allocate words of memory, and specify the initial contents as single-precision
floating-point numbers.
• DCI on page 7-23
Allocate words of memory, and specify the initial contents. Mark the location as
code not data.
• DCQ and DCQU on page 7-24
Allocate double-words of memory, and specify the initial contents as 64-bit
integers.
• DCW and DCWU on page 7-25
Allocate half-words of memory, and specify the initial contents.
• DATA on page 7-25
Mark data within a code section. Obsolete, for backwards compatibility only.