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Chapter 8: Instruction Set Reference
Instruction Set Reference
ldhu / ldhuio
Operation:
Assembler Syntax:
Example:
Description:
Usage:
Exceptions:
Instruction Type:
Instruction Fields:
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A
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A
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load unsigned halfword from memory or I/O peripheral
rB ← 0x0000 : Mem16[rA + σ (IMM16)]
ldhu rB, byte_offset(rA)
ldhuio rB, byte_offset(rA)
ldhu r6, 100(r5)
Computes the effective byte address specified by the sum of rA and the instruction's signed
16-bit immediate value. Loads register rB with the memory halfword located at the effective
byte address, zero extending the 16-bit value to 32 bits. The effective byte address must be
halfword aligned. If the byte address is not a multiple of 2, the operation is undefined.
In processors with a data cache, this instruction may retrieve the desired data from the cache
instead of from memory. Use the ldhuio instruction for peripheral I/O. In processors with a
data cache, ldhuio bypasses the cache and is guaranteed to generate an Avalon-MM data
transfer. In processors without a data cache, ldhuio acts like ldhu.
For more information on data cache, refer to the
the Nios II Software Developer's Handbook.
Supervisor-only data address
Misaligned data address
TLB permission violation (read)
Fast TLB miss (data)
Double TLB miss (data)
MPU region violation (data)
I
A = Register index of operand rA
B = Register index of operand rB
IMM16 = 16-bit signed immediate value
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B
Instruction format for ldhu
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B
Instruction format for ldhuio
Cache and Tightly Coupled Memory
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IMM16
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IMM16
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