MIPSpro™ Assembly Language Programmer's Guide

Document Number: 007-2418-005

CONTRIBUTORS

Originally written by Larry Huffman, David Graves

Engineering contributions by Bean Anderson, Jim Dehnert, Suneel Jain, Michael Murphy, George Pirocanac.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1996, 1999, 2002 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved; provided portions may be copyright in third parties, as indicated elsewhere herein. No permission is granted to copy, distribute, or create derivative works from the contents of this electronic documentation in any manner, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

LIMITED RIGHTS LEGEND

The electronic (software) version of this document was developed at private expense; if acquired under an agreement with the USA government or any contractor thereto, it is acquired as "commercial computer software" subject to the provisions of its applicable license agreement, as specified in (a) 48 CFR 12.212 of the FAR; or, if acquired for Department of Defense units, (b) 48 CFR 227-7202 of the DoD FAR Supplement; or sections succeeding thereto. Contractor/manufacturer is Silicon Graphics, Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy 2E, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351.

TRADEMARKS AND ATTRIBUTIONS

Silicon Graphics, IRIX, SGI, and the SGI logo are registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. GL is a trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc. MIPS is a trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc. MIPSpro is a trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc., and is used under license by Silicon Graphics, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Group in the United States and other countries.

Cover design by Sarah Bolles, Sarah Bolles Design, and Dany Galgani, SGI Technical Publications.

Record of Revision

Revision 1996. 
Original Printing.

Revision 7.3April 1999 
Revised to support the MIPSpro 7.3 release.

Revision 005September 2002 
Revised to support the MIPSpro 7.4 release which runs on the IRIX operation system version 6.5 and later.