| PO | 0 | 1 | nnnn | new-suffix, vector (SVP64) |
| PO | 1 | 1 | nnnn | old-suffix, vector (SVP64) |
-The above table requires some explanation, with some definitions.
-
* **PO** - Primary Opcode. Likely candidates: EXT022, EXT005, EXT009
* **bit 6** - specifies whether the suffix is old (EXT000-EXT063)
or new (EXTn00-EXTn63, n greater than 1)
|new bit6=0| `RESERVED1`:{EXT200-063} | SVP64-Single:{EXT200-263} | SVP64:{EXT200-263} |
|old bit6=1| `RESERVED2`:{EXT300-363} | SVP64-Single:{EXT000-063} | SVP64:{EXT000-063} |
+* **`RESERVED2`:{EXT300-363}** is not and **cannot** ever be Vectorised or
+ Augmented by Simple-V or any future Simple-V Scheme.
+ it is a pure **Scalar-only** new set of 64 Major Opcodes
+* **`RESERVED1`:{EXT200-263}** is also a Scalar-only new set of 64 Major
+ Opcodes.
+ These opcodes do not *need* to be Simple-V-Augmented
+ *but the option to do so exists* should an Implementor choose to do so.
+ This is unlike `EXT300-363` which may **never** be Simple-V-Augmented
+ under any cirmstances.
+* **`SVP64-Single:{EXT200-263}`** - Major opcodes 200-263 with
+ Single-Augmentation, providing a one-bit predicate mask, element-width
+ overrides on source and destination, and the option to extend the Scalar
+ Register numbering (r0-32 extends to r0-127). **Placing of alternative
+ instruction encodings other than those exactly defined in EXT200-263
+ is prohibited**.
+* **`SVP64-Single:{EXT000-063}`** - Major opcodes 000-063 with
+ Single-Augmentation, just like SVP64-Single on EXT200-263, these are
+ in effect Single-Augmented-Prefixed variants of the v3.0 32-bit Power ISA.
+ Alternative instruction encodings other than the exact same 32-bit word
+ from EXT000-EXT063 are likewise prohibited.
+* **`SVP64:{EXT000-063}`** and **`SVP64:{EXT200-263}`** - Full Vectorisation
+ of EXT000-063 and EXT200-263 respectively, these Prefixed instructions
+ are likewise prohibited from being a different encoding from their
+ 32-bit scalar versions.
+
+Limitations of this scheme is that 32-bit Scalar operations have to have
+a 32-bit "escape-sequence" in front of them. If commonly-used this could
+increase binary size. Thus the Encodings EXT300-363 and EXT200-263 should
+only be allocated for less-popular operations. However the scheme does
+have the strong advantage of *tripling* the available number of Major
+Opcodes in the Power ISA, caveat being that care on allocation is needed
+because EXT200-EXT263 may be SVP64-Augmented whilst EXT300-EXT363 may **not**.
+The issues of allocation for bitmanip etc. from Libre-SOC is therefore
+overwhelmingly made moot.
+
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# Use cases