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Assembler Language Reference

divd (Divide Double Word) Instruction

Purpose

Divide the contents of a general purpose register by the contents of a general purpose register, storing the result into a general purpose register.

This instruction should only be used on 64-bit PowerPC processors running a 64-bit application.

Syntax

Bits Value
0-5 31
6-10 D
11-15 A
16-20 B
21 OE
22-30 489
31 Rc
PowerPC64
divd RT, RA, RB (OE=0 Rc=0)
divd. RT, RA, RB (OE=0 Rc=1)
divdo RT, RA, RB (OE=1 Rc=0)
divdo. RT, RA, RB (OE=1 Rc=1)

Description

The 64-bit dividend is the contents of RA. The 64-bit divisor is the contents of RB. The 64- bit quotient is placed into RT. The remainder is not supplied as a result.

Both the operands and the quotient are interpreted as signed integers. The quotient is the unique signed integer that satisfies the equation-dividend = (quotient * divisor) + r, where 0 <= r < |divisor| if the dividend is non-negative, and -|divisor| < r <=0 if the dividend is negative.

If an attempt is made to perform the divisions 0x8000_0000_0000_0000 / -1 or / 0, the contents of RT are undefined, as are the contents of the LT, GT, and EQ bits of the condition register 0 field (if the record bit (Rc) = 1 (the divd. or divdo. instructions)). In this case, if overflow enable (OE) = 1 then the overflow bit (OV) is set.

The 64-bit signed remainder of dividing (RA) by (RB) can be computed as follows, except in the case that (RA) = -2**63 and (RB) = -1:

divd RT,RA,RB # RT = quotient
mulld RT,RT,RB # RT = quotient * divisor
subf RT,RT,RA # RT = remainder

Parameters

RT Specifies target general-purpose register for the result of the computation.
RA Specifies source general-purpose register for the dividend.
RB Specifies source general-purpose register for the divisor.

Implementation

This instruction is defined only for 64-bit implementations. Using it on a 32-bit implementation will cause the system illegal instruction error handler to be invoked.

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