5 cn – ARM VERSION 1.2 User Manual

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Directives Reference

ARM DUI 0068B

Copyright © 2000, 2001 ARM Limited. All rights reserved.

7-9

7.2.5

CN

The

CN

directive defines a name for a coprocessor register.

Syntax

name CN expr

where:

name

is the name to be defined for the coprocessor register.

name

cannot be the

same as any of the predefined names listed in Predefined register and
coprocessor names
on page 3-9.

expr

evaluates to a coprocessor register number from 0 to 15.

Usage

Use

CN

to allocate convenient names to registers, to help you remember what you use

each register for.

Note

Avoid conflicting uses of the same register under different names.

The names c0 to c15 are predefined.

Example

power CN 6 ; defines power as a symbol for
; coprocessor register 6

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