ARM VERSION 1.2 - Manual (Page 305)

Directives Reference
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7.3.10 DCI
In ARM code, the DCI directive allocates one or more words of memory, aligned on
4-byte boundaries, and defines the initial runtime contents of the memory.
In Thumb code, the DCI directive allocates one or more halfwords of memory, aligned
on 2-byte boundaries, and defines the initial runtime contents of the memory.
Syntax
{label} DCI expr{,expr}
where:
expr is a numeric expression (see Numeric expressions on page 3-20).
Usage
The DCI directive is very like the DCD or DCW directives, but the location is marked as code
instead of data. Use DCI when writing macros for new instructions not supported by the
version of the assembler you are using.
In ARM code, DCI inserts up to three bytes of padding before the first defined word, if
necessary, to achieve 4-byte alignment. In Thumb code, DCI inserts an initial byte of
padding, if necessary, to achieve 2-byte alignment.
See also DCD and DCDU on page 7-19 and DCW and DCWU on page 7-25.
Example
MACRO ; this macro translates newinstr Rd,Rm
; to the appropriate machine code
newinst $Rd,$Rm
DCI 0xe16f0f10 :OR: ($Rd:SHL:12) :OR: $Rm
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