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daehee
daehee

Reputation: 5367

arm thumb mode 4byte instructions

Thumb mode instructions are 2 bytes and ARM mode instructions are 4 bytes. the screenshot is a disassembly of thumb mode instructions. why do I see 4 byte instructions mixed with 2byte instructions?? can someone explain this?

thank you in advance.

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Upvotes: 9

Views: 2819

Answers (2)

user2564741
user2564741

Reputation: 76

Cortex M micros can run only in Thumb-2 mode, which is something in between thumb and ARM modes. Thumbs-2 instruction set includes 16 and 32 bit instructions and processor don't need switch modes to execute both types of instructions.

Upvotes: 2

Temístocles Chalaça
Temístocles Chalaça

Reputation: 39

http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.dui0471i/CHDFEDDB.html

or pdf

http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.dui0471i/DUI0471I_developing_for_arm_processors.pdf

Thumb-2 technology is available in the ARMv6T2 and later architectures. Thumb-2 technology is a major enhancement to the Thumb instruction set. It adds 32-bit instructions that can be freely intermixed with 16-bit instructions in a program. The additional 32-bit encoded Thumb instructions enable Thumb to cover most of the functionality of the ARM instruction set. The availability of 16-bit and 32-bit instructions enables Thumb-2 technology to combine the code density of earlier versions of Thumb with the performance of the ARM instruction set.

Upvotes: 2

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