Using The Register Pointers - Samsung S3C80A5B User Manual

S3C80A5B

USING THE REGISTER POINTERS

Register pointers RP0 and RP1, mapped to addresses D6H and D7H in set 1, are used to select two movable 8-byte
working register slices in the register file. After a reset, they point to the working register common area: RP0 points
to addresses C0H–C7H, and RP1 points to addresses C8H–CFH.
To change a register pointer value, you load a new value to RP0 and/or RP1 using an SRP or LD instruction (see
Figures 2-6 and 2-7).
With working register addressing, you can only access those two 8-bit slices of the register file that are currently
pointed to by RP0 and RP1. You cannot, however, use the register pointers to select a working register space in set
2, C0H–FFH, because these locations can be accessed only using the Indirect Register or Indexed addressing
modes.
The selected 16-byte working register block usually consists of two contiguous 8-byte slices. As a general
programming guideline, we recommend that RP0 point to the "lower" slice and RP1 point to the "upper" slice (see
Figure 2-6). In some cases, it may be necessary to define working register areas in different (non-contiguous) areas
of the register file. In Figure 2-7, RP0 points to the "upper" slice and RP1 to the "lower" slice.
Because a register pointer can point to the either of the two 8-byte slices in the working register block, you can
define the working register area very flexibly to support program requirements.
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PROGRAMMING TIP — Setting the Register Pointers
SRP
SRP1
SRP0
CLR
LD
0 0 0 0 1 X X X
RP1
0 0 0 0 0 X X X
RP0
#70H
#48H
#0A0H
RP0
RP1,#0F8H
Figure 2-6. Contiguous 16-Byte Working Register Block
; RP0 → 70H, RP1 → 78H
; RP0 → no change, RP1 → 48H,
; RP0 → A0H, RP1 → no change
; RP0 → 00H, RP1 → no change
; RP0 → no change, RP1 → 0F8H
Register File
Contains 32
8-Byte Slices
FH (R15)
8-Byte Slice
8H
7H
8-Byte Slice
0H (R0)
ADDRESS SPACES
16-Byte
Contiguous
Working
Register block
2-9