APPENDIX A MIPS III INSTRUCTION SET DETAILS
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JALX
Jump And Link Exchange
JALX
JALX
011101
31
26 25
0
6
26
target
Format:
JALX target
Description:
When a MIPS16 instruction can be executed, a 26-bit target is shifted to left by 2 bits and then added to higher 4
bits of the delay slot's address to make a target address. The program unconditionally jumps to the target address
with a delay of one instruction. The address of the instruction that follows the delay slot is stored to the link register
(r31). The ISA mode bit is inverted with a delay of one instruction. The value of bit 0 of the link register (r31)
indicates the ISA mode bit before jump.
Operation:
32
T:
temp
←
target
GPR [31]
←
(PC + 8)
31..1
|| ISA MODE
T+1: PC
←
PC
31..28
|| temp || 0
2
64
T:
temp
←
target
GPR [31]
←
(PC + 8)
63..1
|| ISA MODE
T+1: PC
←
PC
63..28
|| temp || 0
2
ISA MODE toggle
ISA MODE toggle
Exceptions:
Reserved instruction exception (when MIPS16 instruction execution disabled)