x86 RCL 8 Bit command in ARM (Thumb)

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Kuemmel

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Kuemmel 01 Sep 2020, 07:24

Hi there, I'm a bit puzzled when I tried to port some x86 assembler to ARM code (Thumb mode). I got the 8bit rotate with carry "rcl al,cl".

I can't figure out how to do that in a nice/short/correct way in ARM/Thumb. With "rors r0,r0,r1" and some "and r1,r1,#255" + "rsb r1,r1,#32" before, I can do the rotate left, but how to integrate the carry and make it work on 8Bit ? Seems I need plenty instructions to do the same 8Bit stuff in ARM.

01 Sep 2020, 07:24

revolution
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revolution 01 Sep 2020, 08:04

You are correct. There are no native 8-bit ARM rotates with carry (RCL equivalent, which makes it a 9-bit shift actually).

If you need an exact equivalent then you have to manually construct it.

You can rotate left by rotating right the inverse amount with ROR.

The most troubling part will be to reduce the shift modulo 9 (not 8) unless you know your shift value is already <9.

01 Sep 2020, 08:04

Kuemmel

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Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Kuemmel 01 Sep 2020, 08:14

Ok! Meanwhile I got the idea to check the source of DOSBox...that acutally looks troublesome in the sense of sizecoding Smile

I wonder what the compiler output is when assembling to ARM or Thumb.

Code:

#define RCLB(op1,op2,load,save)                                                         
        if (op2%9) {                                                                                    
                LoadZF;LoadSF;LoadAF;                                                           
                Bit8u cf=get_CF();                                                                      
                flags.var1.b=load(op1);                                                         
                flags.var2.b=op2%9;                                                                     
                flags.type=t_RCLb;                                                                      
                flags.result.b=(flags.var1.b << flags.var2.b) |         
                                (cf << (flags.var2.b-1)) |                                      
                                (flags.var1.b >> (9-flags.var2.b));                     
                SETFLAGBIT(CF,((flags.var1.b >> (8-flags.var2.b)) & 1));                        
                SETFLAGBIT(OF,(flags.var1.b ^ flags.result.b) & 0x80);                          
                save(op1,flags.result.b);                                                       
        }

01 Sep 2020, 08:14

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