the 32/64 bits may be passed independently to multiple Decoders in
parallel.
-# Predication.
+# Predication
Predication is entirely missing from the Power ISA.
Adding it would be a costly mistake because it cannot be retrofitted
bits into an Integer GPR (r3, r10 or r30) and use that GPR as a
Predicate mask instead.
-Also, in Vertical-First Mode, usually used for looping in combination
-with svstep, predicates of both types (GPR, CR Field) should never be
-written to. The Predicate masks should be set, then Vertical-First mode
-set, and within the loop all Predicates used should be considered
-loop-invariant. Given that Vertical-First is a type of Scalar execution
-mode, branches can and should be used on Scalar tests anyway.
+Even in Vertical-First Mode, which is a single Scalar instruction executed
+with "offset" registers (in effect), the rule still applies: don't write
+to the same register being used as the predicate, it's `UNDEFINED`
+behaviour.
## Single Predication