ARM Assembly Language: Fundamentals and Techniques

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S E C O N D E D I T I O N
ARM ASSEMBLY
LANGUAGE
Fundamentals and Techniques

S E C O N D E D I T I O N
ARM ASSEMBLY
LANGUAGE
Fundamentals and Techniques
William Hohl
Christopher Hinds
ARM, Inc., Austin, Texas
Boca Raton London New York
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Contents
Preface......................................................................................................................xv
Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................xxi
Authors .................................................................................................................xxiii
Chapter 1 An Overview of Computing Systems ...................................................1
1.1 Introduction ...............................................................................1
1.2 History of RISC .........................................................................3
1.2.1 ARM Begins ................................................................5
1.2.2 The Creation of ARM Ltd. ...........................................7
1.2.3 ARM Today ..................................................................9
1.2.4 The Cortex Family .....................................................10
1.2.4.1 The Cortex-A and Cortex-R Families .........10
1.2.4.2 The Cortex-M Family .................................11
1.3 The Computing Device ............................................................12
1.4 Number Systems ......................................................................15
1.5 Representations of Numbers and Characters ..........................18
1.5.1 Integer Representations ..............................................18
1.5.2 Floating-Point Representations ..................................21
1.5.3 Character Representations ..........................................23
1.6 Translating Bits to Commands ................................................24
1.7 The Tools .................................................................................25
1.7.1 Open Source Tools .....................................................27
1.7.2 Keil (ARM) ................................................................27
1.7.3 Code Composer Studio ...............................................28
1.7.4 Useful Documentation ................................................30
1.8 Exercises ..................................................................................30
Chapter 2 The Programmer’s Model ..................................................................33
2.1 Introduction .............................................................................33
2.2 Data Types ...............................................................................33
2.3 ARM7TDMI ...........................................................................34
2.3.1 Processor Modes ........................................................34
2.3.2 Registers .....................................................................35
2.3.3 The Vector Table ........................................................38
2.4 Cortex-M4 ................................................................................39
2.4.1 Processor Modes ........................................................40
2.4.2 Registers .....................................................................40
2.4.3 The Vector Table ........................................................42
2.5 Exercises ..................................................................................43
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Chapter 3 Introduction to Instruction Sets: v4T and v7-M .................................45
3.1 Introduction .............................................................................45
3.2 ARM, Thumb, and Thumb-2 Instructions ..............................46
3.3 Program 1: Shifting Data.........................................................46
3.3.1 Running the Code .......................................................47
3.3.2 Examining Register and Memory Contents ...............49
3.4 Program 2: Factorial Calculation ............................................51
3.5 Program 3: Swapping Register Contents .................................53
3.6 Program 4: Playing with Floating-Point Numbers ..................54
3.7 Program 5: Moving Values between Integer and Floating-
Point Registers .........................................................................55
3.8 Programming Guidelines ........................................................56
3.9 Exercises ..................................................................................57
Chapter 4 Assembler Rules and Directives .........................................................59
4.1 Introduction .............................................................................59
4.2 Structure of Assembly Language Modules .............................59
4.3 Predefined Register Names .....................................................63
4.4 Frequently Used Directives .....................................................63
4.4.1 Defining a Block of Data or Code ..............................63
4.4.1.1 Keil Tools ....................................................64
4.4.1.2 Code Composer Studio Tools .....................65
4.4.2 Register Name Definition ...........................................66
4.4.2.1 Keil Tools ....................................................66
4.4.2.2 Code Composer Studio ...............................66
4.4.3 Equating a Symbol to a Numeric Constant ................66
4.4.3.1 Keil Tools ....................................................67
4.4.3.2 Code Composer Studio ...............................67
4.4.4 Declaring an Entry Point ............................................67
4.4.5 Allocating Memory and Specifying Contents ...........68
4.4.5.1 Keil Tools ....................................................68
4.4.5.2 Code Composer Studio ...............................69
4.4.6 Aligning Data or Code to Appropriate Boundaries ......70
4.4.6.1 Keil Tools ....................................................70
4.4.6.2 Code Composer Studio ...............................71
4.4.7 Reserving a Block of Memory ...................................71
4.4.7.1 Keil Tools ....................................................71
4.4.7.2 Code Composer Studio ...............................71
4.4.8 Assigning Literal Pool Origins ..................................72
4.4.9 Ending a Source File ..................................................72
4.5 Macros .....................................................................................73
4.6 Miscellaneous Assembler Features .........................................74
4.6.1 Assembler Operators ..................................................74
4.6.2 Math Functions in CCS ..............................................76
4.7 Exercises ..................................................................................77