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AIX Version 4.3 Assembler Language Reference

mcrxr (Move to Condition Register from XER) Instruction

Purpose

Copies the Summary Overflow bit, Overflow bit, Carry bit, and bit 3 from the Fixed-Point Exception Register into a specified field of the Condition Register.

Syntax

mcrxr BF

Description

The mcrxr copies the contents of Fixed-Point Exception Register Field 0 bits 0-3 into Condition Register Field BF and resets Fixed-Point Exception Register Field 0 to 0.

The mcrxr instruction has one syntax form and resets Fixed-Point Exception Register bits 0-3 to 0.

Parameters

BF Specifies target condition register field where result of operation is stored.

Examples

The following code copies the Summary Overflow bit, Overflow bit, Carry bit, and bit 3 from the Fixed-Point Exception Register into field 4 of the Condition Register.

# Assume bits 0-3 of the Fixed-Point Exception
# Register are set to b'1110'.
mcrxr 4
# Condition Register Field 4 now holds b'1110'.

Related Information

Branch Processor.

Fixed-Point Move to or from Special-Purpose Registers Instructions.


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