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Assembler Language Reference

tdi (Trap Double Word Immediate) Instruction

Purpose

Generate a program interrupt when a specific condition is true.

This instruction should only be used on 64-bit PowerPC processors running a 64-bit application.

Syntax

PowerPC64
tdi TO, RA, SIMM

Description

The contents of general-purpose register RA are compared with the sign-extended value of the SIMM field. If any bit in the TO field is set and its corresponding condition is met by the result of the comparison, then the system trap handler is invoked.

The TO bit conditions are defined as follows:

TO bit ANDed with Condition
0 Compares Less Than.
1 Compares Greater Than.
2 Compares Equal.
3 Compares Logically Less Than.
4 Compares Logically Greater Than.

Parameters

TO Specifies TO bits that are ANDed with compare results.
RA Specifies source general-purpose register for compare.
SIMM 16-bit two's-complement value which will be sign-extended for comparison.

Implementation

This instruction is defined only for 64-bit implementations. Using it on a 32-bit implementation will cause the system illegal instruction error handler to be invoked.

Related Information

Branch Processor .

Fixed-Point Trap Instructions


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