Clock Cycles for Branch Instructions

[Nevo]

I'm porting my mind from the world of PIC chips to HCS08.

In the PIC world, a conditional branch instruction takes so many clock cycles to perform, plus a few (2, I think) additional cycles if the branch is taken.

I don't see the same documented in the HCS08 instruction set. Does a conditional branch instruction take the same number of cycles whether or not the branch is taken?

Thanks,

Nevo

[Alban]

Hello !

I would advise the S08 CPU Reference Manual which details every intruction available and their access.

Page 145 will interest you.

HCS08RMV1 
HCS08 Family Reference Manual

Cheers,

Alban.

[Nevo]

Thank you, gentlemen!  (Alban, I was indeed reading that reference.)

So in a CodeWarrior disassembly, I see this (I wrote the code in assembler):

Code:

829:      CPX m_ChannelDimValue:20;  0096 c30014   [4]             CPX   m_ChannelDimValue:20  830:      BNE testCh21;  0099 2602     [3]             BNE   L9D ;abs = 009d  831:      ORA #16;  009b aa10     [2]             ORA   #16  009d          [5]     L9D:      832:    testCh21:  833:      CPX m_ChannelDimValue:21;  009d c30015   [4]             CPX   m_ChannelDimValue:21  834:      BNE testCh22;  00a0 2602     [3]             BNE   LA4 ;abs = 00a4  835:      ORA #32;  00a2 aa20     [2]             ORA   #32  00a4          [5]     LA4:      836:    testCh22:

 
What is the [5] on the lines with the L9D: and LA4: labels?  I'm trying to figure out what instruction there takes 5 clock cycles.

[Encoder]

The disassembled sample is fairly cryptic, I suspect not being correctly formatted with too many line feeds.

No istruction in this sample is longer than 4 cycles (CPX opr16a)

L9D  and  L4A are alternate labels for  testCh21:  and  testCh22

It seems to me that [5] is the alternate clock counting to reach the label when the branch is not performed and the intermediate instruction (ORA #opr8i) is done.

[Nevo]

Thanks, Encoder.

It was a good hypothesis.  I tested it by adding NOPs to my code but the pesky [5] by the label remains.

I see, however, that there's a separate forum for CodeWarrior issues, so I'm going to drop this thread and start a new thread in the CodeWarrior forum.

[bigmac]

Hello Nevo,

Yes, three bus cycles whether or not the branch is taken.

Regards,

Mac