package rexcode_ppc // ============================================================================= // PowerPC RELOCATIONS // ============================================================================= // // PowerPC has two PC-relative branch forms in the base ISA: // // * I-form b/bl/ba/bla: 24-bit signed << 2 (±32MB) // * B-form bc/bca/bcl/bcla: 14-bit signed << 2 (±32KB) with BO/BI fixed // // Power ISA 3.1 prefixed PC-relative loads/stores extend the displacement // to 34 bits via the prefix word's R=1 form, but those are normally encoded // via the prefixed-immediate path, not via relocations. // // PC for PowerPC is the address of the current instruction (not pc+8 like // ARM). The resolver subtracts the current offset. Relocation_Type :: enum u8 { NONE = 0, BRANCH_I_24, // I-form: LI (24-bit signed << 2 at bits 2..25 LSB) BRANCH_B_14, // B-form: BD (14-bit signed << 2 at bits 2..15 LSB) PREFIXED_34, // Power ISA 3.1: 34-bit signed at IMM18(prefix)||D(suffix) } Relocation :: struct #packed { offset: u32, // byte offset into code buffer label_id: u32, addend: i32, type: Relocation_Type, size: u8, // 4 (base) or 8 (prefixed) inst_idx: u16, } #assert(size_of(Relocation) == 16)