What is the need to use LTORG

prakashg · New User Joined: 17 Jun 2010 Posts: 2 Location: chennai

hi i have a doubt in LTORG. when we are going to use LTORG and what is the need to use

PeterHolland · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:14 pm

Use the LTORG instruction so that the assembler can collect and assemble literals into a literal pool. A literal pool contains the literals you specify in a source module either after the preceding LTORG instruction, or after the beginning of the source module.

The creation of a literal pool gives the following advantages:

•Automatic organization of the literal data into sections that are correctly aligned and arranged so that minimal space is wasted in the literal pool.
•Assembling of duplicate data into the same area.
•Because all literals are cross-referenced, you can find the literal constant in the pool into which it has been assembled.

ursanthu21 · New User Joined: 18 Jun 2010 Posts: 2 Location: chennai

hi perter will you please explain with the example.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 5:28 pm

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have a good weekend.

PeterHolland · Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:15 pm

mkreutzian · New User Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Iowa

The primary reason I use the LTORG is to relocate the Literal pool to within the base register when I am using massive tables in my programs.