Add support for the xdef and xref pseudo-ops to the Z80 assembler.
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2 @c This is part of the GAS manual.
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4
5 @ifset GENERIC
6 @page
7 @node Z80-Dependent
8 @chapter Z80 Dependent Features
9 @end ifset
10
11
12 @ifclear GENERIC
13 @node Machine Dependencies
14 @chapter Z80 Dependent Features
15 @end ifclear
16
17 @cindex Z80 support
18 @menu
19 * Z80 Options:: Options
20 * Z80 Syntax:: Syntax
21 * Z80 Floating Point:: Floating Point
22 * Z80 Directives:: Z80 Machine Directives
23 * Z80 Opcodes:: Opcodes
24 @end menu
25
26 @node Z80 Options
27 @section Command-line Options
28 @cindex Z80 options
29 @cindex options for Z80
30 @c man begin OPTIONS
31 @table @gcctabopt
32
33 @cindex @code{-march=} command-line option, Z80
34 @item -march=@var{CPU}[-@var{EXT}@dots{}][+@var{EXT}@dots{}]
35 This option specifies the target processor. The assembler will issue
36 an error message if an attempt is made to assemble an instruction which
37 will not execute on the target processor. The following processor names
38 are recognized:
39 @code{z80},
40 @code{z180},
41 @code{ez80},
42 @code{gbz80},
43 @code{z80n},
44 @code{r800}.
45 In addition to the basic instruction set, the assembler can be told to
46 accept some extention mnemonics. For example,
47 @code{-march=z180+sli+infc} extends @var{z180} with @var{SLI} instructions and
48 @var{IN F,(C)}. The following extentions are currently supported:
49 @code{full} (all known instructions),
50 @code{adl} (ADL CPU mode by default, eZ80 only),
51 @code{sli} (instruction known as @var{SLI}, @var{SLL} or @var{SL1}),
52 @code{xyhl} (instructions with halves of index registers: @var{IXL}, @var{IXH},
53 @var{IYL}, @var{IYH}),
54 @code{xdcb} (instructions like @var{RotOp (II+d),R} and @var{BitOp n,(II+d),R}),
55 @code{infc} (instruction @var{IN F,(C)} or @var{IN (C)}),
56 @code{outc0} (instruction @var{OUT (C),0}).
57 Note that rather than extending a basic instruction set, the extention
58 mnemonics starting with @code{-} revoke the respective functionality:
59 @code{-march=z80-full+xyhl} first removes all default extentions and adds
60 support for index registers halves only.
61
62 If this option is not specified then @code{-march=z80+xyhl+infc} is assumed.
63
64 @cindex @code{-local-prefix} command-line option, Z80
65 @item -local-prefix=@var{prefix}
66 Mark all labels with specified prefix as local. But such label can be
67 marked global explicitly in the code. This option do not change default
68 local label prefix @code{.L}, it is just adds new one.
69
70 @cindex @code{-colonless} command-line option, Z80
71 @item -colonless
72 Accept colonless labels. All symbols at line begin are treated as labels.
73
74 @cindex @code{-sdcc} command-line option, Z80
75 @item -sdcc
76 Accept assembler code produced by SDCC.
77
78 @cindex @code{-fp-s} command-line option, Z80
79 @item -fp-s=@var{FORMAT}
80 Single precision floating point numbers format. Default: ieee754 (32 bit).
81
82 @cindex @code{-fp-d} command-line option, Z80
83 @item -fp-d=@var{FORMAT}
84 Double precision floating point numbers format. Default: ieee754 (64 bit).
85 @end table
86 @c man end
87
88 Floating point numbers formats.
89 @table @option
90 @item @code{ieee754}
91 Single or double precision IEEE754 compatible format.
92
93 @item @code{half}
94 Half precision IEEE754 compatible format (16 bits).
95
96 @item @code{single}
97 Single precision IEEE754 compatible format (32 bits).
98
99 @item @code{double}
100 Double precision IEEE754 compatible format (64 bits).
101
102 @item @code{zeda32}
103 32 bit floating point format from z80float library by Zeda.
104
105 @item @code{math48}
106 48 bit floating point format from Math48 package by Anders Hejlsberg.
107 @end table
108
109 @cindex Z80 Syntax
110 @node Z80 Syntax
111 @section Syntax
112 The assembler syntax closely follows the 'Z80 family CPU User Manual' by
113 Zilog.
114 In expressions a single @samp{=} may be used as ``is equal to''
115 comparison operator.
116
117 Suffices can be used to indicate the radix of integer constants;
118 @samp{H} or @samp{h} for hexadecimal, @samp{D} or @samp{d} for decimal,
119 @samp{Q}, @samp{O}, @samp{q} or @samp{o} for octal, and @samp{B} for
120 binary.
121
122 The suffix @samp{b} denotes a backreference to local label.
123
124 @menu
125 * Z80-Chars:: Special Characters
126 * Z80-Regs:: Register Names
127 * Z80-Case:: Case Sensitivity
128 * Z80-Labels:: Labels
129 @end menu
130
131 @node Z80-Chars
132 @subsection Special Characters
133
134 @cindex line comment character, Z80
135 @cindex Z80 line comment character
136 The semicolon @samp{;} is the line comment character;
137
138 If a @samp{#} appears as the first character of a line then the whole
139 line is treated as a comment, but in this case the line could also be
140 a logical line number directive (@pxref{Comments}) or a preprocessor
141 control command (@pxref{Preprocessing}).
142
143 @cindex line separator, Z80
144 @cindex statement separator, Z80
145 @cindex Z80 line separator
146 The Z80 assembler does not support a line separator character.
147
148 @cindex location counter, Z80
149 @cindex hexadecimal prefix, Z80
150 @cindex Z80 $
151 The dollar sign @samp{$} can be used as a prefix for hexadecimal numbers
152 and as a symbol denoting the current location counter.
153
154 @cindex character escapes, Z80
155 @cindex Z80, \
156 A backslash @samp{\} is an ordinary character for the Z80 assembler.
157
158 @cindex character constant, Z80
159 @cindex single quote, Z80
160 @cindex Z80 '
161 The single quote @samp{'} must be followed by a closing quote. If there
162 is one character in between, it is a character constant, otherwise it is
163 a string constant.
164
165 @node Z80-Regs
166 @subsection Register Names
167 @cindex Z80 registers
168 @cindex register names, Z80
169
170 The registers are referred to with the letters assigned to them by
171 Zilog. In addition @command{@value{AS}} recognizes @samp{ixl} and
172 @samp{ixh} as the least and most significant octet in @samp{ix}, and
173 similarly @samp{iyl} and @samp{iyh} as parts of @samp{iy}.
174
175 @c The @samp{'} in @samp{ex af,af'} may be omitted.
176
177 @node Z80-Case
178 @subsection Case Sensitivity
179 @cindex Z80, case sensitivity
180 @cindex case sensitivity, Z80
181
182 Upper and lower case are equivalent in register names, opcodes,
183 condition codes and assembler directives.
184 The case of letters is significant in labels and symbol names. The case
185 is also important to distinguish the suffix @samp{b} for a backward reference
186 to a local label from the suffix @samp{B} for a number in binary notation.
187
188 @node Z80-Labels
189 @subsection Labels
190
191 @cindex labels, Z80
192 @cindex Z80 labels
193 Labels started by @code{.L} acts as local labels. You may specify custom local
194 label prefix by @code{-local-prefix} command-line option.
195 Dollar, forward and backward local labels are supported. By default, all labels
196 are followed by colon.
197 Legacy code with colonless labels can be built with @code{-colonless}
198 command-line option specified. In this case all tokens at line begin are treated
199 as labels.
200
201 @node Z80 Floating Point
202 @section Floating Point
203 @cindex floating point, Z80
204 @cindex Z80 floating point
205 Floating-point numbers of following types are supported:
206
207 @table @option
208 @item @code{ieee754}
209 Supported half, single and double precision IEEE754 compatible numbers.
210
211 @item @code{zeda32}
212 32 bit floating point numbers from z80float library by Zeda.
213
214 @item @code{math48}
215 48 bit floating point numbers from Math48 package by Anders Hejlsberg.
216 @end table
217
218 @node Z80 Directives
219 @section Z80 Assembler Directives
220 @cindex Z80-only directives
221
222 @command{@value{AS}} for the Z80 supports some additional directives for
223 compatibility with other assemblers.
224
225 These are the additional directives in @code{@value{AS}} for the Z80:
226
227 @table @code
228 @item @code{.assume ADL = @var{expression}}
229 @cindex @code{.assume} directive, Z80
230 Set ADL status for eZ80. Non-zero value enable compilation in ADL mode else
231 used Z80 mode. ADL and Z80 mode produces incompatible object code. Mixing
232 both of them within one binary may lead problems with disassembler.
233
234 @item @code{db @var{expression}|@var{string}[,@var{expression}|@var{string}...]}
235 @cindex @code{db} directive, Z80
236 @itemx @code{defb @var{expression}|@var{string}[,@var{expression}|@var{string}...]}
237 @cindex @code{defb} directive, Z80
238 @itemx @code{defm @var{string}[,@var{string}...]}
239 @cindex @code{defm} directive, Z80
240 For each @var{string} the characters are copied to the object file, for
241 each other @var{expression} the value is stored in one byte.
242 A warning is issued in case of an overflow.
243 Backslash symbol in the strings is generic symbol, it cannot be used as
244 escape character (@xref{Ascii,,@code{.ascii}}).
245
246 @item @code{dw @var{expression}[,@var{expression}...]}
247 @cindex @code{dw} directive, Z80
248 @itemx @code{defw @var{expression}[,@var{expression}...]}
249 @cindex @code{defw} directive, Z80
250 For each @var{expression} the value is stored in two bytes, ignoring
251 overflow.
252
253 @item @code{d24 @var{expression}[,@var{expression}...]}
254 @cindex @code{d24} directive, Z80
255 @itemx @code{def24 @var{expression}[,@var{expression}...]}
256 @cindex @code{def24} directive, Z80
257 For each @var{expression} the value is stored in three bytes, ignoring
258 overflow.
259
260 @item @code{d32 @var{expression}[,@var{expression}...]}
261 @cindex @code{d32} directive, Z80
262 @itemx @code{def32 @var{expression}[,@var{expression}...]}
263 @cindex @code{def32} directive, Z80
264 For each @var{expression} the value is stored in four bytes, ignoring
265 overflow.
266
267 @item @code{ds @var{count}[, @var{value}]}
268 @cindex @code{ds} directive, Z80
269 @itemx @code{defs @var{count}[, @var{value}]}
270 @cindex @code{defs} directive, Z80
271 @c Synonyms for @code{ds.b},
272 @c which should have been described elsewhere
273 Fill @var{count} bytes in the object file with @var{value}, if
274 @var{value} is omitted it defaults to zero.
275
276 @item @code{@var{symbol} defl @var{expression}}
277 @cindex @code{defl} directive, Z80
278 The @code{defl} directive is like @code{.set} but with different syntax (@xref{Set,,@code{.set}}).
279 It set the value of @var{symbol} to @var{expression}. Symbols defined
280 with @code{defl} are not protected from redefinition.
281
282 @item @code{@var{symbol} equ @var{expression}}
283 @cindex @code{equ} directive, Z80
284 The @code{equ} directive is like @code{.equiv} but with different syntax (@xref{Equiv,,@code{.equiv}}).
285 It set the value of @var{symbol} to @var{expression}. It is an error
286 if @var{symbol} is already defined. Symbols defined with @code{equ}
287 are not protected from redefinition.
288
289 @item @code{psect @var{name}}
290 @cindex @code{psect} directive, Z80
291 A synonym for @code{.section}, no second argument should be given (@xref{Section,,@code{.section}}).
292
293 @item @code{xdef @var{symbol}}
294 @cindex @code{xdef} directive, Z80
295 A synonym for @code{.global}, make @var{symbol} is visible to linker (@xref{Global,,@code{.global}}).
296
297 @item @code{xref @var{name}}
298 @cindex @code{xref} directive, Z80
299 A synonym for @code{.extern} (@ref{Extern,,@code{.extern}}).
300 @ignore
301
302 The following attributes will possibly be recognized in the future
303 @table @code
304 @item abs
305 The section is to be absolute. @code{@value{AS}} will issue an error
306 message because it can not produce an absolute section.
307 @item global
308 The section is to be concatenated with other sections of the same name
309 by the linker, this is the default.
310 @item local
311 The section is not global. @code{@value{AS}} will issue a warning if
312 object file format is not soff.
313 @item ovrld
314 The section is to be overlapped with other sections of the same name by
315 the linker. @code{@value{AS}} will issue an error message
316 because it can not mark a section as such.
317 @item pure
318 The section is marked as read only.
319 @end table
320 @end ignore
321
322 @end table
323
324 @node Z80 Opcodes
325 @section Opcodes
326 In line with common practice, Z80 mnemonics are used for the Z80,
327 Z80N, Z180, eZ80, Ascii R800 and the GameBoy Z80.
328
329 In many instructions it is possible to use one of the half index
330 registers (@samp{ixl},@samp{ixh},@samp{iyl},@samp{iyh}) in stead of an
331 8-bit general purpose register. This yields instructions that are
332 documented on the eZ80 and the R800, undocumented on the Z80 and
333 unsupported on the Z180.
334 Similarly @code{in f,(c)} is documented on the R800, undocumented on
335 the Z80 and unsupported on the Z180 and the eZ80.
336
337 The assembler also supports the following undocumented Z80-instructions,
338 that have not been adopted in any other instruction set:
339 @table @code
340 @item out (c),0
341 Sends zero to the port pointed to by register @code{C}.
342
343 @item sli @var{m}
344 Equivalent to @code{@var{m} = (@var{m}<<1)+1}, the operand @var{m} can
345 be any operand that is valid for @samp{sla}. One can use @samp{sll} as a
346 synonym for @samp{sli}.
347
348 @item @var{op} (ix+@var{d}), @var{r}
349 This is equivalent to
350
351 @example
352 ld @var{r}, (ix+@var{d})
353 @var{op} @var{r}
354 ld (ix+@var{d}), @var{r}
355 @end example
356
357 The operation @samp{@var{op}} may be any of @samp{res @var{b},},
358 @samp{set @var{b},}, @samp{rl}, @samp{rlc}, @samp{rr}, @samp{rrc},
359 @samp{sla}, @samp{sli}, @samp{sra} and @samp{srl}, and the register
360 @samp{@var{r}} may be any of @samp{a}, @samp{b}, @samp{c}, @samp{d},
361 @samp{e}, @samp{h} and @samp{l}.
362
363 @item @var{op} (iy+@var{d}), @var{r}
364 As above, but with @samp{iy} instead of @samp{ix}.
365 @end table
366
367 The web site at @uref{http://www.z80.info} is a good starting place to
368 find more information on programming the Z80.
369
370 You may enable or disable any of these instructions for any target CPU
371 even this instruction is not supported by any real CPU of this type.
372 Useful for custom CPU cores.
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