bug 1244: add notes on ffirst and ddffirst
authorLuke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>
Tue, 9 Jan 2024 11:10:31 +0000 (11:10 +0000)
committerLuke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>
Tue, 9 Jan 2024 11:10:31 +0000 (11:10 +0000)
conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_ddffirst/fosdem2024_ddffirst.tex

index 06a73fe60533445e743de180e977df5a55f2adee..e17b541efc9b581fc90aca150fabaf60c2d55122 100644 (file)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function op\_cmpi(BA, RA, SI) # cmpi not vector-cmpi!
                \item Solution: a protocol that allows optional load/store
                \item instruction \textit{requests} a number of elements
                \item instruction \textit{informs} the number actually loaded
-               \item first load/store is not optional     
+               \item first element load/store is not optional (cannot fail)
         \vspace{20pt}
                \item Load/Store is Memory to/from Register, what about
               Register to Register?
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ for (i = 0; i < VL; i++)
                \item VL truncation can be inclusive or exclusive
                      (include or exclude a NULL pointer or a
                      string-end character, or overflow result)
-               \item 
+               \item \textit{Truncation can be to zero Vector Length}
        \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}