ARM VERSION 1.2 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Chapter 2
Writing ARM and Thumb Assembly Language
This chapter provides an introduction to the general principles of writing ARM and
Thumb assembly language. It contains the following sections:
Introduction on page 2-2
Overview of the ARM architecture on page 2-3
Structure of assembly language modules on page 2-12
Using the C preprocessor on page 2-19
Conditional execution on page 2-20
Loading constants into registers on page 2-25
Loading addresses into registers on page 2-30
Load and store multiple register instructions on page 2-39
Using macros on page 2-48
Describing data structures with MAP and FIELD directives on page 2-51
Using frame directives on page 2-66.