DOCUMENT:Q117865  04-MAY-2001  [masm]
TITLE   :DOCERR: Control and Status Word Missing Abbreviation Info
PRODUCT :Microsoft Macro Assembler
PROD/VER::6.11
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), version 6.11 
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SUMMARY
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Page 148 of the "MASM 6.11 Reference Manual" has an alphabetical listing of math
coprocessor instructions. Page 150 contains Figure 5.2, a diagram of the Control
Word and Status Word. The manual is missing the descriptions of the different
fields, which were included with the "MASM 6.0 Reference Manual."

The format of the Control-Word and Status-Word registers are as follows:

Control Word
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Bit                                          Bit
15 14 13 12 11 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0
 X  X  X IC RC RC RC PC PC IE    PM UM ZM DM IM

Status Word
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Bit                                          Bit
15 14 13 12 11 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0
 B C3 ST ST ST C2 C1 C0 ES SF PE UE OE ZE DE IE

The abbreviations for the fields in the Control Word and Status Word are:

   IC - Infinity Control
   0 = Projective (default on 8087 and 80287)
   1 = Affine
   Note: Used for 8087 and 80287 only, 80387 uses affine regardless
         of setting
 
   RC - Rounding Control
   00 = Round to nearest or even (default)
   01 = Round down toward -infinity
   10 = Round up toward +infinity
   11 = Chop by truncating toward 0
 
   PC - Precision Control
   00 = 24-bit mantissa
   10 = 53-bit mantissa
   11 = 64-bit mantissa
 
   IE - Interrupt Enable Mask
   Used for 8087 only; undefined on 80287 and 80387
 
   SF - Stack Flag
   Used for 80387 only; undefined on 80287 and 8087

Exception Masks and Flags
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   PM/PE - Precision
   UM/UE - Underflow
   OM/OE - Overflow
   ZM/ZE - Zero Divide
   DM/DE - Denormalized Operand
   IM/IE - Invalid Operation
   For masks:
      1 = masked; 0 = unmasked

   For exceptions:
      1 = exceptions; 0 = no exception
   B - Busy
   1 = exception control unit active

   C3 C2 C1 C0 - Condition Codes

   ST - Stack Top Pointer
   Points to current top of stack

   ES - Error Summary (80287/387)
   On a 8087, the value is IR - Interrupt Request

Additional query words: 6.11

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