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<title>Using as: Density Instructions</title>
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<a name="Density-Instructions"></a>
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<p>
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Next: <a href="Xtensa-Automatic-Alignment.html#Xtensa-Automatic-Alignment" accesskey="n" rel="next">Xtensa Automatic Alignment</a>, Up: <a href="Xtensa-Optimizations.html#Xtensa-Optimizations" accesskey="u" rel="up">Xtensa Optimizations</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="AS-Index.html#AS-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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<a name="Using-Density-Instructions"></a>
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<h4 class="subsubsection">9.52.3.1 Using Density Instructions</h4>
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<a name="index-density-instructions"></a>
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<p>The Xtensa instruction set has a code density option that provides
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16-bit versions of some of the most commonly used opcodes. Use of these
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opcodes can significantly reduce code size. When possible, the
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assembler automatically translates instructions from the core
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Xtensa instruction set into equivalent instructions from the Xtensa code
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density option. This translation can be disabled by using underscore
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prefixes (see <a href="Xtensa-Opcodes.html#Xtensa-Opcodes">Opcode Names</a>), by using the
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‘<samp>--no-transform</samp>’ command-line option (see <a href="Xtensa-Options.html#Xtensa-Options">Command
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Line Options</a>), or by using the <code>no-transform</code> directive
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(see <a href="Transform-Directive.html#Transform-Directive">transform</a>).
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<p>It is a good idea <em>not</em> to use the density instructions directly.
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The assembler will automatically select dense instructions where
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possible. If you later need to use an Xtensa processor without the code
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density option, the same assembly code will then work without modification.
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