From 0d7d841675382bd1ab2f473122fa00714cd7ed79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lkcl <lkcl@web>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2022 17:03:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH]

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 openpower/sv/svp64/appendix.mdwn | 8 ++++++++
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 [[!toc]]
 
+# Partial Implementations
+
+It is perfectly legal to implement subsets of SVP64 as long as illegal
+instruction traps are always raised on unimplemented features,
+so that soft-emulation is possible,
+even for future revisions of SVP64. With SVP64 being partly controlled
+through contextual SPRs, a little care has to be taken.
+
 # XER, SO and other global flags
 
 Vector systems are expected to be high performance.  This is achieved
-- 
2.30.2