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Assembler Language Reference

lfsu (Load Floating-Point Single with Update) Instruction

Purpose

Loads a floating-point, single-precision number that has been converted to a floating-point, double-precision number into a floating-point register and possibly places the effective address in a general-purpose register.

Syntax

lfsu FRT,D(RA)

Description

The lfsu instruction converts a floating-point, single-precision word in storage addressed by the effective address (EA) to floating-point, double-precision word and loads the result into floating-point register (FPR) FRT.

If RA is not 0, the EA is the sum of the contents of general-purpose register (GPR) RA and D, a 16-bit signed two's complement integer sign extended to 32 bits. If RA is 0, then the EA is D.

If RA does not equal 0 and the storage access does not cause an Alignment interrupt or a Data Storage interrupt, then the EA is stored in GPR RA.

The lfsu instruction has one syntax form and does not affect the Floating-Point Status and Control Register or Condition Register Field 0.

Parameters

FRT Specifies target floating-point register where data is stored.
D 16-bit, signed two's complement integer sign-extended to 32 bits for EA calculation.
RA Specifies source general-purpose register for EA calculation and possible address update.

Examples

The following code loads the single-precision contents of storage, which is converted to double precision, into FPR 6 and stores the effective address in GPR 5:

.csect data[rw]
storage: .float 0x1
.csect text[pr]
# Assume GPR 5 contains the storage address.
lfsu 6,0(5)
# FPR 6 now contains 0x3FF0 0000 0000 0000.
# GPR 5 now contains the storage address.

Related Information

Floating-Point Processor .

Floating-Point Load and Store Instructions .


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