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AIX Version 4.3 Assembler Language Reference

Absolute Addressing

An absolute address is represented by the contents of a register. This addressing mode is absolute in the sense that it is not specified relative to the current instruction address.

Both the Branch Conditional to Link Register instructions and the Branch Conditional to Count Register instructions use an absolute addressing mode. The target address is a specific register, not an input operand. The target register is the Link Register (LR) for the Branch Conditional to Link Register instructions. The target register is the Count Register (CR) for the Branch Conditional to Count Register instructions. These registers must be loaded prior to execution of the branch conditional to register instruction.

Related Information

Absolute immediate addressing.

Relative immediate addressing.

Explicit-Based addressing.

Implicit-Based addressing.

Location Counter.

Branch Processor.

The bcctr or bcc (Branch Conditional to Count Register) instruction, bclr or bcr (Branch Conditional Link Register) instruction, b (Branch) Instruction, bc (Branch Conditional) instruction.


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