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70<h4 class="subsection">9.27.6 Directives to control code generation</h4>
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74<p>The <code>.module</code> directive allows command-line options to be set directly
75from assembly.  The format of the directive matches the <code>.set</code>
76directive but only those options which are relevant to a whole module are
77supported.  The effect of a <code>.module</code> directive is the same as the
78corresponding command-line option.  Where <code>.set</code> directives support
79returning to a default then the <code>.module</code> directives do not as they
80define the defaults.
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82<p>These module-level directives must appear first in assembly.
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84<p>Traditional MIPS assemblers do not support this directive.
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89<p>The directive <code>.set insn32</code> makes the assembler only use 32-bit
90instruction encodings when generating code for the microMIPS processor.
91This directive inhibits the use of any 16-bit instructions from that
92point on in the assembly.  The <code>.set noinsn32</code> directive allows
9316-bit instructions to be accepted.
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95<p>Traditional MIPS assemblers do not support this directive.
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