From: lkcl <lkcl@web>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:42:19 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: (no commit message)
X-Git-Tag: opf_rfc_ls005_v1~881
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=75a108cf6547ee179b10902bad1e9c0fad3f2f93;p=libreriscv.git

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diff --git a/openpower/sv/ldst.mdwn b/openpower/sv/ldst.mdwn
index f89f80fda..839add8d3 100644
--- a/openpower/sv/ldst.mdwn
+++ b/openpower/sv/ldst.mdwn
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ whether stride is unit or element:
 
 An immediate of zero is a safety-valve to allow `LD-VSPLAT`:
 in effect the multiplication of the immediate-offset by zero results
-in reading from the exact same memory location.
+in reading from the exact same memory location, *even with a Vector
+register*. (Normally this type of behaviour is reserved for the
+mapreduce modes)
 
 For `LD-VSPLAT`, on non-cache-inhibited Loads, the read can occur
 just the once and be copied, rather than hitting the Data Cache