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When compiling with toolchains that haven't yet been taught about new instructions we need to encode them ourselves. Create a new file where support for instruction definitions will evolve. We initiate the file with a macro called INSN_R(), which implements the R-type instruction encoding. INSN_R() will use the assembler's .insn directive when available, which should give the assembler a chance to do some validation. When .insn is not available we fall back to manual encoding. Not only should using instruction encoding macros improve readability and maintainability of code over the alternative of inserting instructions directly (e.g. '.word 0xc0de'), but we should also gain potential for more optimized code after compilation because the compiler will have control over the input and output registers used. Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com> Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.