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First Edition (March 1990)
This edition of the Assembler Language Reference for IBM AIX Version 3 for RISe
System/6000 applies to Version 3 of IBM AIX RISC System/6000 Licensed Program and to
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iv Assembler Language Reference
About This Book
This book provides information on application programming interfaces to the Advanced
Interactive Executive Operating System (referred to in this text as AIX) for use on the
RiSe System/6000.
Who Should Use This Book
This book is intended for experienced assembler language programmers. To use this
book effectively, you should be familiar with AIX or UNIX System V commands,
assembler instructions and pseudo-ops, and processor register usage.
How to Use This Book
Overview of Contents
This book contains the following sections consisting of processor information, syntax and
semantics, addressing information, the instruction set, information on running a program,
and pseudo-ops.