MIPS Assembler Macros

9/7/2007

Assembler-level macros isolate the programmer from the details of assembler directives.

The following table shows the macros defined for MIPS microprocessors, which are defined in Kxmips.h.

Macro	Description
ALTERNATE_ENTRY (MIPS)	Declares an alternate entry to a routine
EXCEPTION_HANDLER (MIPS)	Associates a named exception handler with the subsequent NESTED_ENTRY
LEAF_ENTRY (MIPS)	Declares the beginning of a routine that does not require any prolog code
NESTED_ENTRY (MIPS)	Declares the beginning of a routine that has an existing stack frame or creates a new stack frame
PROLOGUE_END	Marks the end of the prolog area

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