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A "magic jump" is a kind of dynamic jump where you load an index into a register, call the subroutine, and then put a jump table immediately after the routine. The program then jumps to the chosen routine.
Magic_JMP: ;============================================================================== ; INPUT: d7.13-0 = Jump Index ;============================================================================== move.l (a7)+,a6 ; Pull address from stack. move.w sr,-(a7) ; Save SR. lsl.w #2,d7 ; Index --> 16-bit Offset. move.l 0(a6,d7.w),a6 ; Get jump address. lsr.w #2,d7 ; Restore Index. move.w (a7)+,sr ; Restore SR. jmp (a6)
This routine accepts a 14-bit jump index in register d7. The address to jump to ends up in register a6. Each entry in the jump table is 32-bits long. For example:
jsr Magic_JMP dc.l $1000, $2000, $3000, $4000
If d7 = 0, it jumps to $1000.
If d7 = 1, it jumps to $2000.
If d7 = 2, it jumps to $3000.
If d7 = 3, it jumps to $4000.