HELPLIB.HLB  —  MACRO  MACRO Compiler Built-Ins, Alpha Instruction Built-Ins
    Ported VAX MACRO code sometimes requires access to Alpha
    native instructions to deal directly with a 64-bit quantity
    or to include an Alpha instruction that has no VAX equivalent.
    The compiler provides built-ins to allow you access to these
    instructions. On OpenVMS I64 systems, the compiler generates
    equivalent Itanium instructions.

    The following byte and word built-ins are included in the MACRO
    compiler:

    o  EVAX_LDBU

    o  EVAX_LDWU

    o  EVAX_STB

    o  EVAX_STW

    o  EVAX_SEXTB

    o  EVAX_SEXTW

    You use these built-ins in the same way that you use native VAX
    instructions, using any VAX operand mode. For example, EVAX_
    ADDQ 8(R0),(SP)+,R1 is legal. The only exception is that the
    first operand of any Alpha load/store built-in (EVAX_LD*, EVAX_
    ST*) must be a register.

    The following table summarizes the Alpha built-ins supported by
    the compiler. The built-ins that are Alpha-only (cannot be used
    to generate or access Itanium instructions) are noted in the
    table.

                                                     Functional on
    Built-in      Operands   Description             OpenVMS I64?

    EVAX_SEXTB    <RQ,WB>    Sign-extend byte        Yes
    EVAX_SEXTW    <RQ,WW>    Sign-extend word        Yes
    EVAX_SEXTL    <RQ,WL>    Sign-extend longword    Yes

    EVAX_LDBU     <WQ,AB>    Load zero-extended      Yes
                             byte from memory
    EVAX_LDWU     <WQ,AQ>    Load zero-extended      Yes
                             word from memory
    EVAX_LDLL     <WL,AL>    Load longword locked    Yes
    EVAX_LDAQ     <WQ,AQ>    Load address of         Yes
                             quadword
    EVAX_LDQ      <WQ,AQ>    Load quadword           Yes
    EVAX_LDQL     <WQ,AQ>    Load quadword locked    Yes
    EVAX_LDQU     <WQ,AQ>    Load unaligned          Yes
                             quadword

    EVAX_STB      <RQ,AB>    Store byte from         Yes
                             register to memory
    EVAX_STW      <RQ,AW>    Store word from         Yes
                             register to memory
    EVAX_STLC     <ML,AL>    Store longword          Yes
                             conditional
    EVAX_STQ      <RQ,AQ>    Store quadword          Yes
    EVAX_STQC     <MQ,AQ>    Store quadword          Yes
                             conditional
    EVAX_STQU     <RQ,AQ>    Store unaligned         Yes
                             quadword

    EVAX_ADDQ     <RQ,RQ,WQ> Quadword add            Yes
    EVAX_SUBQ     <RQ,RQ,WQ> Quadword subtract       Yes
    EVAX_MULQ     <RQ,RQ,WQ> Quadword multiply       Yes
    EVAX_UMULH    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Unsigned quadword       Yes
                             multiply high

    EVAX_AND      <RQ,RQ,WQ> Logical product         Yes
    EVAX_OR       <RQ,RQ,WQ> Logical sum             Yes
    EVAX_XOR      <RQ,RQ,WQ> Logical difference      Yes
    EVAX_BIC      <RQ,RQ,WQ> Bit clear               Yes
    EVAX_ORNOT    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Logical sum with        Yes
                             complement
    EVAX_EQV      <RQ,RQ,WQ> Logical equivalence     Yes
    EVAX_SLL      <RQ,RQ,WQ> Shift left logical      Yes
    EVAX_SRL      <RQ,RQ,WQ> Shift right logical     Yes
    EVAX_SRA      <RQ,RQ,WQ> Shift right             Yes
                             arithmetic

    EVAX_EXTBL    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Extract byte low        Yes
    EVAX_EXTWL    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Extract word low        Yes
    EVAX_EXTLL    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Extract longword low    Yes
    EVAX_EXTQL    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Extract quadword low    Yes
    EVAX_EXTBH    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Extract byte high       Yes
    EVAX_EXTWH    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Extract word high       Yes
    EVAX_EXTLH    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Extract longword high   Yes
    EVAX_EXTQH    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Extract quadword high   Yes

    EVAX_INSBL    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Insert byte low         Yes
    EVAX_INSWL    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Insert word low         Yes
    EVAX_INSLL    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Insert longword low     Yes
    EVAX_INSQL    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Insert quadword low     Yes
    EVAX_INSBH    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Insert byte high        Yes
    EVAX_INSWH    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Insert word high        Yes
    EVAX_INSLH    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Insert longword high    Yes
    EVAX_INSQH    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Insert quadword high    Yes

    EVAX_TRAPB    <>         Trap barrier            No
    EVAX_MB       <>         Memory barrier          Yes
    EVAX_RPCC     <WQ>       Read process cycle      No
                             counter

    EVAX_CMPEQ    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Integer signed          Yes
                             compare, equal
    EVAX_CMPLT    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Integer signed          Yes
                             compare, less than
    EVAX_CMPLE    <RQ,RQ,WQ> Integer signed          Yes
                             compare, less equal
    EVAX_CMPULT   <RQ,RQ,WQ> Integer unsigned        Yes
                             compare, less than
    EVAX_CMPULE   <RQ,RQ,WQ> Integer unsigned        Yes
                             compare, less equal

    EVAX_BEQ      <RQ,AQ>    Branch equal            Yes
    EVAX_BLT      <RQ,AQ>    Branch less than        Yes
    EVAX_BNE      <RQ,AQ>    Branch not equal        Yes

    EVAX_CMOVEQ   <RQ,RQ,WQ> Conditional             Yes
                             move/equal
    EVAX_CMOVNE   <RQ,RQ,WQ> Conditional move/not    Yes
                             equal
    EVAX_CMOVLT   <RQ,RQ,WQ> Conditional move/less   Yes
                             than
    EVAX_CMOVLE   <RQ,RQ,WQ> Conditional move/less   Yes
                             or equal
    EVAX_CMOVGT   <RQ,RQ,WQ> Conditional             Yes
                             move/greater than
    EVAX_CMOVGE   <RQ,RQ,WQ> Conditional             Yes
                             move/greater or equal
    EVAX_CMOVLBC  <RQ,RQ,WQ> Conditional move/low    Yes
                             bit clear
    EVAX_CMOVLBS  <RQ,RQ,WQ> Conditional move/low    Yes
                             bit set

    EVAX_MF_FPCR  <WQ>       Move from floating-     No
                             point control
                             register
    EVAX_MT_FPCR  <WQ,RQ>    Move to floating-       No
                             point control
                             register
    EVAX_ZAP      <RQ,RQ,WQ> Zero bytes              Yes
    EVAX_ZAPNOT   <RQ,RQ,WQ> Zero bytes with NOT     Yes
                             mask
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