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Chapter 34: Appendix: Cortex-M3 user guide
34.2.5.6 MOV and MVN
Move and Move NOT.
34.2.5.6.1 Syntax
MOV{S}{cond} Rd, Operand2
MOV{cond} Rd, #imm16
MVN{S}{cond} Rd, Operand2
where:
S is an optional suffix. If S is specified, the condition code flags are updated on the result 
of the operation, see Section 34.2.3.7
.
cond is an optional condition code, see Section 34.2.3.7
.
Rd is the destination register.
Operand2 is a flexible second operand. See Flexible second operand on page 3-10for 
details of the options.
imm16 is any value in the range 0-65535.
34.2.5.6.2 Operation
The 
MOV
 instruction copies the value of Operand2 into Rd.
When Operand2 in a 
MOV
 instruction is a register with a shift other than 
LSL #0
, the 
preferred syntax is the corresponding shift instruction:
•
ASR{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, #n
 is the preferred syntax for 
MOV{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, ASR #n
•
LSL{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, #n
 is the preferred syntax for 
MOV{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, LSL #n
n if  != 
0
•
LSR{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, #n
 is the preferred syntax for 
MOV{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, LSR #n
•
ROR{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, #n
 is the preferred syntax for 
MOV{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, ROR #n
•
RRX{S}{cond} Rd, Rm
 is the preferred syntax for 
MOV{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, RRX
.
Also, the 
MOV
 instruction permits additional forms of Operand2 as synonyms for shift 
instructions:
•
MOV{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, ASR Rs
 is a synonym for 
ASR{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, Rs
•
MOV{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, LSL Rs
 is a synonym for 
LSL{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, Rs
•
MOV{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, LSR Rs
 is a synonym for 
LSR{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, Rs
•
MOV{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, ROR Rs
 is a synonym for 
ROR{S}{cond} Rd, Rm, Rs
See Section 34.2.5.3.
The 
MVN
 instruction takes the value of Operand2, performs a bitwise logical NOT operation 
on the value, and places the result into Rd.
Remark: The 
MOVW
 instruction provides the same function as 
MOV
, but is restricted to using 
the imm16 operand.