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70<h4 class="subsection">9.7.3 Machine Directives</h4>
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74<p>The BPF version of <code>as</code> supports the following additional
75machine directives:
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80<dt><code>.word</code></dt>
81<dd><p>The <code>.half</code> directive produces a 16 bit value.
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85<dt><code>.word</code></dt>
86<dd><p>The <code>.word</code> directive produces a 32 bit value.
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90<dt><code>.dword</code></dt>
91<dd><p>The <code>.dword</code> directive produces a 64 bit value.
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