Before revision: PC-relative + ---- +------------------------------+ | jump | offset | jump relative + ---- +------------------------------+ (Effective PC address = next instruction address + offset, offset may be negative) The effective address for a PC-relative instruction address is the offset parameter added to the address of the next instruction.
After revision: PC-relative + ------ +------------------------------+ | branch | offset | branch relative + ------ +------------------------------+ (Effective PC address = next instruction address + offset, offset may be negative) The effective address for a PC-relative instruction address is the offset parameter added to the address of the next instruction.