On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:26:41 -0500, John Gilmore wrote:

>"X L2" defines a two-byte field.  Its value can range from x'0000' to x'ffff'.
>
>Viewed as unsigned this is a numeric range of 0 <= u <= 65535.  Viewed
>as signed it is a numeric range of -32768 <= s <= +32767.
>
>In either case the answer to your question is yes.
> 
As I read it, the OP intends to count bits, not bytes, in which case the answer
is no.

>In passing, let me note that the subject "Assembler" is not very informative.
>
+1

-- gil

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