-@c Copyright 2009
-@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GAS manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo.
@ifset GENERIC
@end ifclear
@cindex MicroBlaze architectures
-The Xilinx MicroBlaze processor family includes several variants, all using
-the same core instruction set. This chapter covers features of the @sc{gnu}
-assembler that are specific to the MicroBlaze architecture. For details about
+The Xilinx MicroBlaze processor family includes several variants, all using
+the same core instruction set. This chapter covers features of the @sc{gnu}
+assembler that are specific to the MicroBlaze architecture. For details about
the MicroBlaze instruction set, please see the @cite{MicroBlaze Processor
Reference Guide (UG081)} available at www.xilinx.com.
@cindex MicroBlaze support
@menu
* MicroBlaze Directives:: Directives for MicroBlaze Processors.
+* MicroBlaze Syntax:: Syntax for the MicroBlaze
@end menu
@node MicroBlaze Directives
@section Directives
-@cindex MicroBlaze directives
-A number of assembler directives are available for MicroBlaze.
+@cindex MicroBlaze directives
+A number of assembler directives are available for MicroBlaze.
@table @code
@item .data8 @var{expression},...
-This directive is an alias for @code{.byte}. Each expression is assembled
+This directive is an alias for @code{.byte}. Each expression is assembled
into an eight-bit value.
@item .data16 @var{expression},...
-This directive is an alias for @code{.hword}. Each expression is assembled
+This directive is an alias for @code{.hword}. Each expression is assembled
into an 16-bit value.
@item .data32 @var{expression},...
-This directive is an alias for @code{.word}. Each expression is assembled
+This directive is an alias for @code{.word}. Each expression is assembled
into an 32-bit value.
@item .ent @var{name}[,@var{label}]
-This directive is an alias for @code{.func} denoting the start of function
-@var{name} at (optional) @var{label}.
+This directive is an alias for @code{.func} denoting the start of function
+@var{name} at (optional) @var{label}.
@item .end @var{name}[,@var{label}]
-This directive is an alias for @code{.endfunc} denoting the end of function
+This directive is an alias for @code{.endfunc} denoting the end of function
@var{name}.
@item .gpword @var{label},...
@item .sbss
Switch to .sbss section. Equivalent to @code{.section .sbss}
@end table
+
+@node MicroBlaze Syntax
+@section Syntax for the MicroBlaze
+@menu
+* MicroBlaze-Chars:: Special Characters
+@end menu
+
+@node MicroBlaze-Chars
+@subsection Special Characters
+
+@cindex line comment character, MicroBlaze
+@cindex MicroBlaze line comment character
+The presence of a @samp{#} on a line indicates the start of a comment
+that extends to the end of the current line.
+
+If a @samp{#} appears as the first character of a line, the whole line
+is treated as a comment, but in this case the line can also be a
+logical line number directive (@pxref{Comments}) or a
+preprocessor control command (@pxref{Preprocessing}).
+
+@cindex line separator, MicroBlaze
+@cindex statement separator, MicroBlaze
+@cindex MicroBlaze line separator
+The @samp{;} character can be used to separate statements on the same
+line.