<?xml version="1.0" ?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" encoding="UTF-8" href="iform.xsl" version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE instructionsection  PUBLIC '-//ARM//DTD instructionsection //EN'  'iform-p.dtd'><!-- Copyright (c) 2010-2026 Arm Limited or its affiliates. All rights reserved. --><!-- This document is Non-Confidential. This document may only be used and distributed in accordance with the terms of the agreement entered into by Arm and the party that Arm delivered this document to. --><instructionsection id="BX" title="BX -- AArch32" type="instruction">
  <docvars>
    <docvar key="instr-class" value="general"/>
    <docvar key="mnemonic" value="BX"/>
  </docvars>
  <heading>BX</heading>
  <desc>
    <brief>
      <para>Branch and Exchange</para>
    </brief>
    <authored>
      <para>Branch and Exchange causes a branch to an address and instruction
set specified by a register.</para>
    </authored>
    <encodingnotes>
      <para>For more information about the <arm-defined-word>CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE</arm-defined-word> behavior, see <xref linkend="ARMARM_CJAEGDJC">Architectural Constraints on UNPREDICTABLE behaviors</xref>.</para>
    </encodingnotes>
  </desc>
  <alias_list howmany="0"/>
  <classes>
    <classesintro count="2">
      <txt>It has encodings from the following instruction sets:</txt>
      <txt> A32 (</txt>
      <a href="#iclass_a1">A1</a>
      <txt>)</txt>
      <txt> and </txt>
      <txt> T32 (</txt>
      <a href="#iclass_t1">T1</a>
      <txt>)</txt>
      <txt>.</txt>
    </classesintro>
    <iclass name="A1" oneof="2" id="iclass_a1" no_encodings="1" isa="A32">
      <docvars>
        <docvar key="armarmheading" value="A1"/>
        <docvar key="instr-class" value="general"/>
        <docvar key="isa" value="A32"/>
        <docvar key="mnemonic" value="BX"/>
      </docvars>
      <iclassintro count="1"/>
      <regdiagram form="32" psname="A32.dp.dpmisc.bx_reg.BX_A1" tworows="1">
        <box hibit="31" width="4" name="cond" usename="1" settings="4" constraint="!= 1111">
          <c colspan="4">!= 1111</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="27" width="2" settings="2">
          <c>0</c>
          <c>0</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="25" width="3" settings="3">
          <c>0</c>
          <c>1</c>
          <c>0</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="22" width="2" name="op0" usename="1" settings="2" psbits="xx">
          <c>0</c>
          <c>1</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="20" width="1" settings="1">
          <c>0</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="19" width="12" settings="12">
          <c>(1)</c>
          <c>(1)</c>
          <c>(1)</c>
          <c>(1)</c>
          <c>(1)</c>
          <c>(1)</c>
          <c>(1)</c>
          <c>(1)</c>
          <c>(1)</c>
          <c>(1)</c>
          <c>(1)</c>
          <c>(1)</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="7" width="1" settings="1">
          <c>0</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="6" width="3" settings="3">
          <c>0</c>
          <c>0</c>
          <c>1</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="3" width="4" name="Rm" usename="1">
          <c colspan="4"/>
        </box>
      </regdiagram>
      <encoding name="BX_A1" oneofinclass="1" oneof="2" label="">
        <docvars>
          <docvar key="armarmheading" value="A1"/>
          <docvar key="instr-class" value="general"/>
          <docvar key="isa" value="A32"/>
          <docvar key="mnemonic" value="BX"/>
        </docvars>
        <asmtemplate><text>BX{</text><a hover="See x[Standard assembler syntax fields](Babbefhf)." link="c__5">&lt;c&gt;</a><text>}{</text><a hover="See x[Standard assembler syntax fields](Babbefhf)." link="qw_option">&lt;q&gt;</a><text>}  </text><a hover="For the &quot;A1&quot; variant: is the general-purpose register holding the address to be branched to, encoded in the &quot;Rm&quot; field. The PC can be used." link="Rm__8">&lt;Rm&gt;</a></asmtemplate>
      </encoding>
      <ps_section howmany="1">
        <ps name="A32.dp.dpmisc.bx_reg.BX_A1" sections="1" secttype="noheading">
          <pstext mayhavelinks="1" section="Decode" rep_section="decode">let m : integer = UInt(Rm);</pstext></ps>
      </ps_section>
    </iclass>
    <iclass name="T1" oneof="2" id="iclass_t1" no_encodings="1" isa="T32">
      <docvars>
        <docvar key="armarmheading" value="T1"/>
        <docvar key="instr-class" value="general"/>
        <docvar key="isa" value="T32"/>
        <docvar key="mnemonic" value="BX"/>
      </docvars>
      <iclassintro count="1"/>
      <regdiagram form="16" psname="T32.n.spcd.bx16.BX_T1" tworows="1">
        <box hibit="15" width="6" settings="6">
          <c>0</c>
          <c>1</c>
          <c>0</c>
          <c>0</c>
          <c>0</c>
          <c>1</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="9" width="2" settings="2">
          <c>1</c>
          <c>1</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="7" name="L" usename="1" settings="1" psbits="x">
          <c>0</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="6" width="4" name="Rm" usename="1">
          <c colspan="4"/>
        </box>
        <box hibit="2" width="3" settings="3">
          <c>(0)</c>
          <c>(0)</c>
          <c>(0)</c>
        </box>
      </regdiagram>
      <encoding name="BX_T1" oneofinclass="1" oneof="2" label="">
        <docvars>
          <docvar key="armarmheading" value="T1"/>
          <docvar key="instr-class" value="general"/>
          <docvar key="isa" value="T32"/>
          <docvar key="mnemonic" value="BX"/>
        </docvars>
        <asmtemplate><text>BX{</text><a hover="See x[Standard assembler syntax fields](Babbefhf)." link="c__5">&lt;c&gt;</a><text>}{</text><a hover="See x[Standard assembler syntax fields](Babbefhf)." link="qw_option">&lt;q&gt;</a><text>}  </text><a hover="For the &quot;T1&quot; variant: is the general-purpose register holding the address to be branched to, encoded in the &quot;Rm&quot; field. The PC can be used." link="Rm__21">&lt;Rm&gt;</a></asmtemplate>
      </encoding>
      <ps_section howmany="1">
        <ps name="T32.n.spcd.bx16.BX_T1" sections="1" secttype="noheading">
          <pstext mayhavelinks="1" section="Decode" rep_section="decode">let m : integer = UInt(Rm);
if <a link="func_InITBlock_0" file="shared_pseudocode.xml">InITBlock</a>() &amp;&amp; !<a link="func_LastInITBlock_0" file="shared_pseudocode.xml">LastInITBlock</a>() then UnpredictableProcedure(); end;</pstext></ps>
      </ps_section>
    </iclass>
  </classes>
  <explanations scope="all">
    <explanation enclist="BX_A1, BX_T1" symboldefcount="1">
      <symbol link="c__5">&lt;c&gt;</symbol>
      <account encodedin="cond">
        <intro>
          <para>See <xref linkend="Babbefhf">Standard assembler syntax fields</xref>.</para>
        </intro>
      </account>
    </explanation>
    <explanation enclist="BX_A1, BX_T1" symboldefcount="1">
      <symbol link="qw_option">&lt;q&gt;</symbol>
      <account encodedin="">
        <intro>
          <para>See <xref linkend="Babbefhf">Standard assembler syntax fields</xref>.</para>
        </intro>
      </account>
    </explanation>
    <explanation enclist="BX_A1" symboldefcount="1">
      <symbol link="Rm__8">&lt;Rm&gt;</symbol>
      <account encodedin="Rm">
        <intro>
          <para>For the &quot;A1&quot; variant: is the general-purpose register holding the address to be branched to, encoded in the &quot;Rm&quot; field. The PC can be used.</para>
        </intro>
      </account>
    </explanation>
    <explanation enclist="BX_T1" symboldefcount="2">
      <symbol link="Rm__21">&lt;Rm&gt;</symbol>
      <account encodedin="Rm">
        <intro>
          <para>For the &quot;T1&quot; variant: is the general-purpose register holding the address to be branched to, encoded in the &quot;Rm&quot; field. The PC can be used.</para>
          <note>
            <para>If <syntax>&lt;Rm&gt;</syntax> is the PC at a non word-aligned address, it results in <arm-defined-word>UNPREDICTABLE</arm-defined-word> behavior because the address passed to the <function>BXWritePC()</function> pseudocode function has bits&lt;1:0&gt; = '10'.</para>
          </note>
        </intro>
      </account>
    </explanation>
  </explanations>
  <ps_section howmany="1">
    <ps name="A32.dp.dpmisc.bx_reg.BX_A1" sections="1" secttype="Operation">
      <pstext mayhavelinks="1" section="Execute" rep_section="execute">if <a link="func_ConditionPassed_0" file="shared_pseudocode.xml">ConditionPassed</a>() then
    EncodingSpecificOperations();
    <a link="func_BXWritePC_2" file="shared_pseudocode.xml">BXWritePC</a>(<a link="accessor_R_1" file="shared_pseudocode.xml">R</a>(m), <a link="enum_BranchType_INDIR" file="shared_pseudocode.xml">BranchType_INDIR</a>);
end;</pstext></ps>
  </ps_section>
  <timestamp>2026-03-26 20:27:25</timestamp>
  <commit_id>2026-03_rel</commit_id>
</instructionsection>