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Instruction width selection in Thumb
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If you are writing Thumb code for ARMv6T2 or later processors, some instructions can have either a 16-bit encoding or a 32-bit encoding.
If you do not specify the instruction size, by default:
for forward reference
LDR,ADR, andBinstructions, the assembler always generates a 16-bit instruction, even if that results in failure for a target that could be reached using a 32-bit instruction.for external reference
LDRandBinstructions, the assembler always generates a 32-bit instruction.in all other cases, the assembler generates the smallest size encoding that can be output.
If you want to over-ride this behavior, you can use the .W or .N width
specifier to ensure a particular instruction size. The assembler
will fault if it cannot generate an instruction with the specified
width.
The .W specifier is ignored when assembling
to ARM code, so you can safely use this specifier in code that might
assemble to either ARM or Thumb code. However, the .N specifier
will be faulted when assembling to ARM code.
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