lui $dest, $src1, imm
Place a 16-bit immediate into the upper half of a register.
Format
This is an RI format instrucion.
| 31 - 26 |
25 - 21 |
20 - 16 |
15 - 0 |
| 110010 |
dest |
src1 |
Immediate |
Functional Description
The lui instruction takes the value stored in register src1, replaces the uppermost 16-bits of it with the immediate field, and places the new value in register dest.
dest = (src1 & 0xffff) | (imm << 16);
Side Effects
None.
Processor Mode
This is a user-level instruction.
Last modified: Fri Feb 23 02:56:02 CST 2001