Re: 8 character mnemonics

2015-01-26 Thread Steve Smith
Yeah, I should have just left that last sentence out. My typical isn't necessarily anyone else's, and besides, I don't like to suppress warnings myself. sas On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Robert Ngan wrote: > The warning is not useful for MVHHI since there's no actual sign extension. > For

Re: 8 character mnemonics

2015-01-26 Thread Abe Kornelis
Chris, Unless my grasp of the English language it failing me, I would be utterly hesitant to relocate to any location ascribed to a Wight ;-) Kind regards Abe Kornelis == Chris Bowen schreef op 26-1-2015 om 10:34: With apologies for lateness and to those with unaware of the received

Re: 8 character mnemonics

2015-01-26 Thread Robert Ngan
The warning is not useful for MVHHI since there's no actual sign extension. For MVGHI and MVHI, it is useful for flagging (unexpected) sign extension, specifically when the immediate value is an expression. I remember using the -65536 trick, but for some reason I stopped using it and then forgot a

Re: 8 character mnemonics

2015-01-26 Thread Steve Smith
For this case you can append "-65536" (or x'1') to get the value without a warning. 0080 E544 D120 3039 0120 210 MVHHI FIELD1,12345 0086 E544 D120 9C40 0120 211 MVHHI FIELD1,4 ** ASMA320W Immediate field operand may have incorrect s

Re: 8 character mnemonics

2015-01-26 Thread Chris Bowen
With apologies for lateness and to those with unaware of the received wisdom about parts of Southern England (almost everybody?). >>Ain't progress wonderful? >Anyone know how to stop it ? (progress that is) Relocate to the Isle of Wight?