APPENDIX A MIPS III INSTRUCTION SET DETAILS
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BGEZAL Branch On Greater Than Or Equal To Zero And Link BGEZAL
rs
REGIMM
0 0 0 0 0 1

BGEZAL

1 0 0 0 1 offset

31 26 25 21 20 16 15 0
655 16
Format:
BGEZAL rs, offset
Description:
A branch target address is computed from the sum of the address of the instruction in the delay slot and the 16-bit
offset,
shifted left two bits and sign-extended. Unconditionally, the address of the instruction after the delay slot is
placed in the link register,
r31
. If the contents of general register
rs
are zero or greater when compared to zero,
then the program branches to the target address, with a delay of one instruction.
General register
rs
may not be general register
r31
, because such an instruction is not restartable. An attempt to
execute this instruction is not trapped, however.
Operation:
32 T: target (offset15)14 || offset || 02
condition (GPR [rs]31 = 0)
GPR [31] PC + 8
T+1: if condition then
PC PC + target
endif
64 T: target (offset15)46 || offset || 02
condition (GPR [rs]63 = 0)
GPR [31] PC + 8
T+1: if condition then
PC PC + target
endif
Exceptions:
None