From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2022 10:08:19 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: code-cleanup (comments) and rename "i" to "XO"
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=41ab6e1e353acb509e9c8b3f4feb462815d620e6;p=openpower-isa.git

code-cleanup (comments) and rename "i" to "XO"
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diff --git a/src/openpower/decoder/power_table.py b/src/openpower/decoder/power_table.py
index 59ed3397..c1fa52a6 100644
--- a/src/openpower/decoder/power_table.py
+++ b/src/openpower/decoder/power_table.py
@@ -56,26 +56,30 @@ def do_table(fname, insns, section, divpoint):
             opcode_per_insn[insn.name] = []
         opcode_per_insn[insn.name] += opcodes
 
+    # along the way work out the maximum length of the instruction name
+    # that goes into the table.
     maxnamelen = 0
-    for i in range(1<<bitlen):
+
+    # for every possible XO value, work out the row and column as lower and
+    # upper halves, and if there is a opcode match put the instruction
+    # name into that XO table_entry
+
+    for XO in range(1<<bitlen):
         # calculate row, column
-        lower = i & lowermask
-        upper = (i>>half) & uppermask
-        print (i, bin(lower), bin(upper))
-        if upper not in table_entries:
+        lower = XO & lowermask
+        upper = (XO>>half) & uppermask
+        print ("search", XO, bin(XO), bin(lower), bin(upper))
+        if upper not in table_entries: # really should use defaultdict here
             table_entries[upper] = {}
         table_entries[upper][lower] = None
-        # create an XO
-        key = i
-        print ("search", i, hex(key))
-        # start hunting
+        # hunt through all instructions, check XO against value/mask
         for insn in insns:
             opcode = opcode_per_insn[insn.name]
             for op in opcode:
-                #print ("    search", i, hex(key), insn.name,
+                #print ("    search", XO, hex(key), insn.name,
                 #                       hex(op.value), hex(op.mask))
-                if ((op.value & op.mask) == (key & op.mask)):
-                    print ("    match", i, hex(key), insn.name)
+                if ((op.value & op.mask) == (XO & op.mask)):
+                    print ("    match", bin(XO), insn.name)
                     assert table_entries[upper][lower] is None, \
                             "entry %d %d should be empty "  \
                             "contains %s conflicting %s" % \