What does instruction LA mean?

[Jones Madhuri]

Hello,

I am novice in Power PC assembly code and I am trying
compile in following code (written by someone else)
into head_8xx.S.

This function has instruction like

mfspr r3, IC_CST
LA r4, IC_CST_LEN

However the hardhat assembler doesn't understand the
mnemonic LA, is LA same as add immediate instruction?
addi r4, r4, IC_CST_LEN

Please help!!

Thanks.

M.J.

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