Hi, I'm using CodeWarrior V7.0, IDE version 5.9.0, targetting the MCF52211 on the M52211EVB. I'm looking at doing 32-bit multiplication for a project I'm working in, so I've been looking at using the MAC assembly instructions. Specifically, the "mac.l" instruction.
Here is part of the code I put together to try this out:
long data = 0x2000000;
long mult = 0x2000000;
long product = 0;
asm {
move.l #0,acc
move.l data,d0
move.l mult,d1
mac.l d0,d1
move.l acc, d1
move.l d1,product
}
When I execute this, I get a zero as the result. MACSR is 0x06, indicating both zero and overflow. (When I use numbers that produce a result that is less than 32 bits, I get the correct result.)
In section 4.3.1.1 of the MCF52211 ColdFire Integrated Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev.2, it says that rounding can occur when "Execution of a MAC (or MSAC) instruction with 32-bit operands. If MACSR[R/T] is zero,multiplying two 32-bit numbers creates a 64-bit product truncated to the upper 32 bits; otherwise, it is rounded using round-to-nearest (even) method."
Why doesn't my result get truncated to a 32-bit value?
I also noted that in Chapter 5 of the ColdFire Family Programmer's Reference Manual, Rev.3, it says that the product, shifted as defined by the scale factor, to the the accumulator. Do I need to do this in order to truncate the 64-bit result?
How do I specify the scale factor to make the 32-bit shift?
I tried changing the mac instruction to the following:
mac.l d0,d1,11
mac.l d0,d1 11
mac.l d0,d111
mac.l d0,d1 L
mac.l d0,d1L
but all produced assembly errors.
