Re: specifier on operand in asm inline

[David Daney <ddaney at avtrex dot com>]

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> mp <dofg@ya.ru> writes:
>
> > Ian Lance Taylor <iant@.com> wrote:
> > > Mihail Platonov <dofg@.ru> writes:
> > >
> > > > what is the semantics of "r" specifier in subx operand (%r2)?
> > > > and what is the meaning of connection between this specifier and "J"
> > > > constraint?
> > > >     __asm__ __volatile__ (
> > > > ...
> > > >             "subx %r2,%3,%%g1\n\t"
> > > >            : "=&r" ((USItype)(r1)),
> > > >              "=&r" ((USItype)(r0))
> > > >            : "%rJ" ((USItype)(x3)),
> > > >              "rI" ((USItype)(y3)),
> > > > ...
> > > The 'r' constraint means that that operand must be a general register.
> > > The 'J' constraint means that it must be the integer zero.  Using both
> > > rJ and together means that the operand must be either a general
> > > register or the integer zero.
> > thanx for answer anyway, but it is the description of constraints.
> > i'm trying to find out info about ...
> > subx op1, op2, op3
> > ... about op1. why 'r' is there and so on.
>
> That is the question I tried to answer.  So I don't know what you are
> asking.  What type of answer are you looking for?

Not being mp, I could only guess that the question might be:  What is 
the purpose of constraints?

Some documentation on constraints can be found here:

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Constraints.html#Constraints


David Daney