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authorlkcl <lkcl@web>
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:11:04 +0000 (16:11 +0100)
committerIkiWiki <ikiwiki.info>
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:11:04 +0000 (16:11 +0100)
openpower/sv/ldst.mdwn

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@@ -551,3 +551,7 @@ Thus we do not need to provide specialist LD/ST "Structure Packed" opcodes
 because the generic abstracted concept of "Remapping", when applied to
 LD/ST, will give that same capability, with far more flexibility.
 
+It is worth noting that Pack/Unpack Modes of SVSTATE, which may be
+established through sv.setvl, are also an easy way to perform regular
+Structure Packing, at the vec2/vec3/vec4 granularity level.  Beyond
+that, REMAP will need to be used.