SH-2 question(s)

[andlabs]

Hi. I'm disassembling some 32X code primarily for my own research purposes and I was wondering if you could help me with something I can't decipher, and the SH-2 docs don't help with this case:

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    mov #0,r0
    mov.w loc_whatever, r1
    braf r1 ; consider this at address 0x6789ABC)
; ...
loc_whatever: .data.w h'4567 ; example value

Would this jump to 0x6789ABC+0x4567 or to loc_whatever+0x4567 or to a different place? I tried the former case but it wound up with

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mov r0,@r0

which in this case would be illegal. Thanks!

PS - if this particular question isn't allowed, just feel free to delete it (someone pointed me to ask here).

[Snake]

It will jump to 0x6789ABC+0x4567+0x4.

This is a relative branch, so it takes the current Program Counter, adds your value, and jumps there.

The SH2 Program Counter is always 4 ahead of the instruction being executed due to pipelining.

[andlabs]

Thanks! Does that also explain why the disassembler disassembles an instruction after the ret? And would I have to code like that myself?