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I have looked at the cycle counts for the Cortex M3 instructions at http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.100165_0201_00_en/ric1414056333562.html. Some instructions are listed as taking a range of cycles to complete. I want to understand what conditions determine the actual cycle counts.
I am particularly interested in the SMULL/UMULL, SMLAL/UMLAL instructions which take between 3-5 and 4-7 cycles respectively. The linked reference stipulates the instructions terminate early depending on the size of source values. What does this mean exactly?
I am also interested in the SDIV and UDIV instructions which take 2-12 cycles. Is there a way I can determine how many cycles the instruction will actually take?