From: lkcl <lkcl@web>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 14:23:50 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: (no commit message)
X-Git-Tag: DRAFT_SVP64_0_1~251
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7b20ef26d1e32e22ed5d23968607c7d76c80e692;p=libreriscv.git

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diff --git a/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn b/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn
index 75836fed7..8427702aa 100644
--- a/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn
+++ b/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn
@@ -81,7 +81,13 @@ which may be enabled and combined):
 
 It is also important to note that Vectorised Branches can be used
 in either SVP64 Horizontal-First or Vertical-First Mode. Essentially
-the behaviour is identical in both Modes.
+the behaviour is identical in both Modes.  It is also important
+to bear in mind that, fundamentally, Vectorised Branch-Conditional
+is still extremely close to the Scalar v3.0B Branch-Conditional
+instructions, and that the same v3.0B Scalar Branch-Conditional
+instructions are still
+*completely separate and independent*, being unaltered and
+ubaffected by their SVP64 variants in every conceivable way.
 
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