16.3.2.2 Virtual Ports

The Virtual PORT registers map the most frequently used regular PORT registers into the bit-accessible I/O space. Writing to the Virtual PORT registers has the same effect as writing to the regular registers, but allows for memory-specific instructions, such as bit-manipulation instructions, which are not valid for the extended I/O memory space where the regular PORT registers reside.
Table 16-2. Virtual Port Mapping
Regular PORT Register Mapped to Virtual PORT Register
PORT.DIR VPORT.DIR
PORT.OUT VPORT.OUT
PORT.IN VPORT.IN
PORT.INTFLAG VPORT.INTFLAG