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| <h4 class="subsection">9.42.4 Xtensa Relaxation</h4> |
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| When an instruction operand is outside the range allowed for that |
| particular instruction field, <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp> can transform the code |
| to use a functionally-equivalent instruction or sequence of |
| instructions. This process is known as <dfn>relaxation</dfn>. This is |
| typically done for branch instructions because the distance of the |
| branch targets is not known until assembly-time. The Xtensa assembler |
| offers branch relaxation and also extends this concept to function |
| calls, <code>MOVI</code> instructions and other instructions with immediate |
| fields. |
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