5.6 V8/V9 Natural Pseudo Instructions

Table 5–7 describes the V8/V9 natural pseudo instructions that will help increase the portability of your assembly code from V8/V8plus to V9.

Table 5–7


Pseudo Instructions	-xarch=
Pseudo Instructions	V8/V8plus [Indicates default setting]	V9
`ldn`	ld	ldx
`stn`	`st`	stx
`ldna`	lda	ldxa
`stna`	`sta`	stxa
`setn`	set	`setx`
setnhi	sethi	setxhi
casn	cas	casx
slln	sll	sllx
srln	srl	srlx
sran	sra	srax
clrn	clr	clrx

Note –

Depending on the value set for the -xarch option, the assembler substitutes the appropriate pseudo instruction.