Re: [avr-gcc-list] asm question

[Dmitry K.]

On Friday 15 July 2005 07:33, Torsten Mohr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i tried to write an inline asm function that gets two input parameters
> in "Y" and "Z".  These two pointers should point to two uint32_t
> locations in RAM and the asm function should copy from Y to Z
> and while copying change the endianness of the copied value:
>
> static __inline__ void store_be32_at32(uint32_t* dest, uint32_t* src) {
>   asm volatile ("\t"
>               "ld __tmp_reg__, Y+3\n\t"
>               "st Z+0, __tmp_reg__\n\t"
>               "ld __tmp_reg__, Y+2\n\t"
>               "st Z+1, __tmp_reg__\n\t"
>               "ld __tmp_reg__, Y+1\n\t"
>               "st Z+2, __tmp_reg__\n\t"
>               "ld __tmp_reg__, Y+0\n\t"
>               "st Z+3, __tmp_reg__\n\t"
>
>               :: "z" (dest), "y" (src)
>
>               );
>
> When i use this, i get the error message:
>
> common_lib.h: In function `store_be32_at32':
> common_lib.h:20: Fehler: in der Klasse »POINTER_Y_REGS« konnte \
> während des Neuladens von »asm« kein Register gefunden werden
>
> This roughly translates to:
> In the class "POINTER_Y_REGS" no register could be found when
> reloading >>asm<<.
...

The reason is 'Y' register: it is used as stack pointer.
You may use such asm in small functions (without local
variables in stack, and optimization must on).

Or, better, rewrite without 'Y' usage, for example:

   static __inline__ void store_be32_at32(uint32_t* dest, uint32_t* src) {
      asm volatile ("\t"
         "ld __tmp_reg__, Z+3\n\t"
         "st X+, __tmp_reg__\n\t"
         "ld __tmp_reg__, Z+2\n\t"
         "st X+, __tmp_reg__\n\t"
         "ld __tmp_reg__, Z+1\n\t"
         "st X+, __tmp_reg__\n\t"
         "ld __tmp_reg__, Z+0\n\t"
         "st X+, __tmp_reg__\n\t"
         : "+x" (dest)
         : "z" (src)
      );
   }

Regards.