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This file documents the GNU Assembler "as".
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Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002,
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<h3 class="section">7.6 <code>.balign[wl] </code><var>abs-expr</var><code>, </code><var>abs-expr</var><code>, </code><var>abs-expr</var></h3>
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<p><a name="index-padding-the-location-counter-given-number-of-bytes-282"></a><a name="index-_0040code_007bbalign_007d-directive-283"></a>Pad the location counter (in the current subsection) to a particular
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storage boundary. The first expression (which must be absolute) is the
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alignment request in bytes. For example <span class="samp">.balign 8</span> advances
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the location counter until it is a multiple of 8. If the location counter
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is already a multiple of 8, no change is needed.
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<p>The second expression (also absolute) gives the fill value to be stored in the
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padding bytes. It (and the comma) may be omitted. If it is omitted, the
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padding bytes are normally zero. However, on some systems, if the section is
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marked as containing code and the fill value is omitted, the space is filled
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with no-op instructions.
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<p>The third expression is also absolute, and is also optional. If it is present,
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it is the maximum number of bytes that should be skipped by this alignment
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directive. If doing the alignment would require skipping more bytes than the
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specified maximum, then the alignment is not done at all. You can omit the
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fill value (the second argument) entirely by simply using two commas after the
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required alignment; this can be useful if you want the alignment to be filled
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with no-op instructions when appropriate.
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<p><a name="index-_0040code_007bbalignw_007d-directive-284"></a><a name="index-_0040code_007bbalignl_007d-directive-285"></a>The <code>.balignw</code> and <code>.balignl</code> directives are variants of the
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<code>.balign</code> directive. The <code>.balignw</code> directive treats the fill
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pattern as a two byte word value. The <code>.balignl</code> directives treats the
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fill pattern as a four byte longword value. For example, <code>.balignw
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4,0x368d</code> will align to a multiple of 4. If it skips two bytes, they will be
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filled in with the value 0x368d (the exact placement of the bytes depends upon
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the endianness of the processor). If it skips 1 or 3 bytes, the fill value is
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