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Alpha PALcode built-ins, primarily for privileged code, are used in the same way that Alpha instruction built-ins are used with two exceptions:
Certain Alpha PALcode built-ins, EVAX_INSQHIQR, EVAX_INSQTIQR, EVAX_REMQHIQR, and EVAX_REMQHITR, support the manipulation of quadword queues, a function that VAX MACRO does not support. If you use these built-ins, you must supply the code to move the input arguments to R16 (and R17, for EVAX_INSQxxxx), as shown in the following example:
MOVAB Q_header, R16 ; Set up address of queue header for PAL call EVAX_REMQHIQR ; Remove quadword queue entry EVAX_STQ R0, entry ; Save entry address returned in R0 |
The Alpha PALcode built-ins are listed in Table C-2.
You can use the .DEFINE_PAL compiler directive to custom-define a built-in for an Alpha PALcode operation that is not listed in this table. See Appendix B, Specialized Directives. On OpenVMS I64 systems, many of the built-ins are emulated with system-supplied macros. |
Built-in | Operands | Description |
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EVAX_CFLUSH | <RQ> | Cache flush |
EVAX_DRAINA | <> | Drain aborts |
EVAX_LDQP | <AQ> | Load quadword physical |
EVAX_STQP | <AQ,RQ> | Store quadword physical |
EVAX_SWPCTX | <AQ> | Swap privileged context |
EVAX_BUGCHK | <RQ> | Bugcheck |
EVAX_CHMS | <> | Change mode supervisor |
EVAX_CHMU | <> | Change mode user |
EVAX_IMB | <> | Instruction memory barrier |
EVAX_SWASTEN | <RQ> | Swap AST enable |
EVAX_WR_PS_SW | <RQ> | Write processor status software field |
EVAX_MTPR_ASTEN | <RQ> | Move to processor register ASTEN |
EVAX_MTPR_ASTSR | <RQ> | Move to processor register ASTSR |
EVAX_MTPR_AT | <RQ> | Move to processor register AT |
EVAX_MTPR_FEN | <RQ> | Move to processor register FEN |
EVAX_MTPR_IPIR | <RQ> | Move to processor register IPIR |
EVAX_MTPR_IPL | <RQ> | Move to processor register IPL |
EVAX_MTPR_PRBR | <RQ> | Move to processor register PRBR |
EVAX_MTPR_SCBB | <RQ> | Move to processor register SCBB |
EVAX_MTPR_SIRR | <RQ> | Move to processor register SIRR |
EVAX_MTPR_TBIA | <> | Move to processor register TBIA |
EVAX_MTPR_TBIAP | <> | Move to processor register TBIAP |
EVAX_MTPR_TBIS | <AQ> | Move to processor register TBIS |
EVAX_MTPR_TBISD | <AQ> | Move to processor register, TB invalidate single DATA |
EVAX_MTPR_TBISI | <AQ> | Move to processor register, TB invalidate single ISTREAM |
EVAX_MTPR_ESP | <AQ> | Move to processor register ESP |
EVAX_MTPR_SSP | <AQ> | Move to processor register SSP |
EVAX_MTPR_USP | <AQ> | Move to processor register USP |
EVAX_MFPR_ASN | <> | Move from processor register ASN |
EVAX_MFPR_AT | <> | Move from processor register AT |
EVAX_MFPR_FEN | <> | Move from processor register FEN |
EVAX_MFPR_IPL | <> | Move from processor register IPL |
EVAX_MFPR_MCES | <> | Move from processor register MCES |
EVAX_MFPR_PCBB | <> | Move from processor register PCBB |
EVAX_MFPR_PRBR | <> | Move from processor register PRBR |
EVAX_MFPR_PTBR | <> | Move from processor register PTBR |
EVAX_MFPR_SCBB | <> | Move from processor register SCBB |
EVAX_MFPR_SISR | <> | Move from processor register SISR |
EVAX_MFPR_TBCHK | <AQ> | Move from processor register TBCHK |
EVAX_MFPR_ESP | <> | Move from processor register ESP |
EVAX_MFPR_SSP | <> | Move from processor register SSP |
EVAX_MFPR_USP | <> | Move from processor register USP |
EVAX_MFPR_WHAMI | <> | Move from processor register WHAMI |
EVAX_INSQHILR | <> | Insert entry into longword queue at head interlocked-resident |
EVAX_INSQTILR | <> | Insert entry into longword queue at tail interlocked-resident |
EVAX_INSQHIQR | <> | Insert entry into quadword queue at head interlocked-resident |
EVAX_INSQTIQR | <> | Insert entry into quadword queue at tail interlocked-resident |
EVAX_REMQHILR | <> | Remove entry from longword queue at head interlocked-resident |
EVAX_REMQTILR | <> | Remove entry from longword queue at tail interlocked-resident |
EVAX_REMQHIQR | <> | Remove entry from quadword queue at head interlocked-resident |
EVAX_REMQTIQR | <> | Remove entry from quadword queue at tail interlocked-resident |
EVAX_GENTRAP | <> | Generate trap exception |
EVAX_READ_UNQ | <> | Read unique context |
EVAX_WRITE_UNQ | <RQ> | Write unique context |
Built-in | Operands | Description |
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IA64_BREAK | <RQ> | Generate a break instruction fault with the immediate operand provided |
IA64_GETINDREG | <WQ,RQ,RQ> | Generate a move-from-indirect-register instruction with the first operand as the destination, the second operand as a literal 1 specifying which indirect register file to access, and the third operand as the index into the register file |
IA64_GETREG | <WQ,RQ> | Generate a move-from-application-register or move-from-control-register instruction with the first operand as the destination and the second operand as a literal 2 specifying which application or control register to read |
IA64_LFETCH
IA64_LFETCH_EXCL |
<RQ,RQ> | Generate a line prefetch ('LFETCH') or exclusive line prefetch ('LFETCH.EXCL') instruction using the first operand as the address to prefetch and the second operand for either the reg-base-update-form or the imm-base-update-form; if the operand is the literal zero, the no-base-update-form will be used |
IA64_PROBER | <WQ,RQ,RQ> | Generate a probe.r instruction with the first argument as the destination, the second argument as the virtual address to probe, and the third operand as the privilege level |
IA64_PROBEW | <WQ,RQ,RQ> | Generate a probe.w instruction with the first argument as the destination, the second argument as the virtual address to probe, and the third operand as the privilege level |
IA64_RSM | <RQ> | Generate a reset system mask ('RSM') instruction with the specified mask |
IA64_RUM | <RQ> | Generate a reset user mask ('RUM') instruction with the specified mask |
IA64_SETREG | <RQ,RQ> | Generate a move-to-application-register or move-to-control-register instruction with the first operand as a literal 2 specifying which application or control register to write and the second operand as the value to write into the register |
IA64_SRLZD | <> | Generate a serialize data ('SRLZD') instruction |
IA64_SRLZI | <> | Generate a serialize instruction ('SRLZI') instruction |
IA64_SSM | <RQ> | Generate a set system mask ('SSM') instruction with the specified mask |
IA64_SUM | <RQ> | Generate a set user mask ('SUM') instruction with the specified mask |
IA64_TAK | <WK,RQ> | Generate a read translation access key ('TAK') instruction |
This appendix describes macros that facilitate the porting of VAX MACRO code to an OpenVMS Alpha or OpenVMS I64 system. The macros are grouped according to their function:
Note that you can use certain arguments to the macros described in this appendix to indicate register sets. To express a register set, list the registers, separated by commas, within angle brackets. For instance:
<R1,R2,R3> |
If the set contains only one register, omit the angle brackets:
R1 |
The following macros provide a standard, architecture-independent means for calculating page-size dependent values:
These macros reside in the directory SYS$LIBRARY:STARLET.MLB and can be used by both application code and system code. Because application code does not have access to SYSTEM_DATA_CELLS, you must supply the relevant masks, shift values, and so on.
The shift values are correlated with the page size of the processor. The rightshift values are negative; the leftshift values are positive, as shown in Table D-1.
Page size | rightshift | leftshift |
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512 bytes (VAX) | -9 | 9 |
8K (OpenVMS Alpha or OpenVMS I64) | -13 | 13 |
16K 1 | -14 | 14 |
32K 1 | -15 | 15 |
64K 1 | -16 | 16 |
Typically, the application issues a call to $GETSYI (specifying the SYI$_PAGESIZE item descriptor) to obtain the CPU-specific page size and then compute other values from the page size that is returned.
The following conventions apply to the macros described in this section:
Converts a byte count to a page count.
$BYTES_TO_PAGES source_bytcnt, dest_pagcnt, rightshift, roundup=YES, quad=YES
source_bytcnt
Source byte count.dest_pagcnt
Destination of page count.rightshift
Location of application-provided value to shift (in place of multiply). This value is a function of the page size, as shown in Table D-1.roundup=YES
If YES, page-size--1 is added to byte count before shifting; if NO, page count is truncated. Any other value is treated as the user-specified address of the page-size--1 value. Note that roundup=YES is incompatible with the presence of the rightshift argument; invoking the macro with both these arguments generates a compile-time warning.quad=YES
If YES, the conversion supports 64-bit addressing. If NO, the conversion does not support 64-bit addressing.
Computes the virtual address of the first byte in the next page.
$NEXT_PAGE source_va, dest_va, clearbwp=NO, user_pagesize_addr, user_mask_addr, quad=YES
source_va
Source virtual address.dest_va
Destination of virtual address within next page.clearbwp=NO
If YES, masks the byte-within-page portion of the source virtual address. The clearbwp=NO option is a performance enhancement, avoiding unnecessary instructions if you know you are starting on a page boundary or you are intending to divide by page-size anyway.user_pagesize_addr
Location of the page-size value (returned by a call to the $GETSYI system service specifying the SYI$_PAGESIZE item descriptor) in the application data area. If this argument is blank, the macro uses MMG$GL_PAGESIZE (bigpage) or MMG$C_VAX_PAGE_SIZE (vaxpage).user_mask_addr
Location of the application-provided byte-within-page mask. If this argument is blank, the macro uses MMG$GL_BWP_MASK if user_pagesize_addr is also blank. Otherwise, it subtracts 1 from the contents of the user_pagesize_addr and uses that value.quad=YES
If YES, the conversion supports 64-bit addressing. If NO, the conversion does not support 64-bit addressing.
Converts a page count to a byte count.
$PAGES_TO_BYTES source_pagcnt, dest_bytcnt, leftshift, quad=YES
source_pagcnt
Source page count.dest_bytcnt
Destination of byte count.leftshift
Location of application-provided value to shift (in place of multiply). This value is a function of the page size, as shown in Table D-1.quad=YES
If YES, the conversion supports 64-bit addressing. If NO, the conversion does not support 64-bit addressing.
Computes the virtual address of the first byte in the previous page.
$PREVIOUS_PAGE source_va, dest_va, clearbwp=NO, user_pagesize_addr, user_mask_addr, quad=YES
source_va
Source virtual address.dest_va
Destination of virtual address within previous page.clearbwp=NO
If YES, masks the byte-within-page portion of the source virtual address. The clearbwp=NO option is a performance enhancement, avoiding unnecessary instructions if you know you are starting on a page boundary or you are intending to divide by page-size anyway.user_pagesize_addr
Location of the page-size value (returned by a call to the $GETSYI system service specifying the SYI$_PAGESIZE item descriptor) in the application data area. If this argument is blank, the macro uses MMG$GL_PAGESIZE (bigpage) or MMG$C_VAX_PAGE_SIZE (vaxpage).user_mask_addr
Location of the application-provided byte-within-page mask. If this argument is blank, the macro uses MMG$GL_BWP_MASK if user_pagesize_addr is also blank. Otherwise, it subtracts 1 from the contents of the user_pagesize_addr and uses that value.quad=YES
If YES, the conversion supports 64-bit addressing. If NO, the conversion does not support 64-bit addressing.
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