From 338def0602999a1ed99c7074cf8f5abc2675ae81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:44:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] redo PO9 encoding table so that: * bit 6 is "prefix is EXT0xx or EXT2xx * bit 7 is "Loop-Prefixed (SVP64) or Scalar-Extended (SVP64Single) --- openpower/sv/po9_encoding.mdwn | 58 +++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) diff --git a/openpower/sv/po9_encoding.mdwn b/openpower/sv/po9_encoding.mdwn index a34aadebd..269e9226c 100644 --- a/openpower/sv/po9_encoding.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv/po9_encoding.mdwn @@ -78,33 +78,27 @@ The following seven new areas are defined within Primary Opcode 9 (EXT009) as a new 64-bit encoding space, alongside Primary Opcode 1 (EXT1xx). -| 0-5 | 6 | 7 | 8-31 | 32|33-63|Description | -|-----|---|---|-------|---|-----|-----------------------------------| -| PO9 | 0 | x | xxxx | 0 | xxxx| `RESERVED2` (57-bit) | -| PO9 | 0 | 0 | !zero | 1 | DWd | SVP64Single:EXT232-263, or `RESERVED3` | -| PO9 | 0 | 0 | 0000 | 1 | DWd | Scalar EXT232-263 | -| PO9 | 0 | 1 | nnnn | 1 | DWd | SVP64:EXT232-263 | -| PO9 | 1 | 0 | 0000 | x | xxxx| `RESERVED1` (32-bit) | -| PO9 | 1 | 0 | !zero | n | DWd | SVP64Single:EXT000-063 or `RESERVED4` | -| PO9 | 1 | 1 | nnnn | n | DWd | SVP64:EXT000-063 | +|0-5| 6-29 |30 31|32-37 | 38-63 | Description | +|---|--------|-----|--------|--------|------------------| +|PO9| xxxx | x x | 010001 | //// | RESERVED(1) | +|PO9| xxxx | x x | 000001 | //// | RESERVED(2) | +|PO9| !ZERO | 1 1 | !PO9 | nnnn | SVP64Single:EXT200-263 | +|PO9| 0000 | 1 1 | !PO9 | nnnn | Scalar EXT200-263 | +|PO9| SVRM | 1 0 | !PO9 | nnnn | SVP64:EXT200-263 | +|PO9| 0000 | 0 1 | DWd | nnnn | 32-bit EXT300-363 | +|PO9| !ZERO | 0 1 | DWd | nnnn | SVP64Single:EXT000-063 | +|PO9| SVRM | 0 0 | DWd | nnnn | SVP64:EXT000-063 | Key: * **x** - a `RESERVED` encoding. Illegal Instruction Trap must be raised -* **n** - a specification-defined value -* **!zero** - a non-zero specification-defined value -* **DWd** - when including bit 32 is a "Defined Word-instruction" as explained in - Book I Section 1.6 (Public v3.1 p11) - -Note that for the future SVP64Single Encoding (currently RESERVED3 and 4) -it is prohibited to have bits 8-31 be zero, unlike for SVP64 Vector space, -for which bits 8-31 can be zero (termed `scalar identity behaviour`). This -prohibition allows SVP64Single to share its Encoding space with Scalar -EXT232-263 and Scalar EXT300-363. - -Also that RESERVED1 and 2 are candidates for future Major opcode -areas EXT200-231 and EXT300-363 respectively, however as RESERVED areas -they may equally be allocated entirely differently. +* **n** - a specification-defined value (currently `RESERVED`) +* **!ZERO** - a non-zero specification-defined value +* **DWd** - a "Defined Word-instruction" - Book I Section 1.6 (Public v3.1 p11) +* **SVP64Single**: a `RESERVED` encoding +* **SVP64**: a `RESERVED` Loop-Prefix encoding +* **EXT200-263**: a `RESERVED` encoding for future Scalar instructions +* **EXT300-363**: a `RESERVED` encoding for future Scalar instructions *Architectural Resource Allocation Note: Similar to ARM's `MOVPRFX` instruction and the original x86 REP instruction, despite "influence" over @@ -119,8 +113,7 @@ Trap if Unvectorizable) or not be allocated at all. This is required as an inviolate hard rule governing Primary Opcode 9 that may not be revoked under any circumstances. A useful way to think of this is that the Prefix Encoding is, like the 8086 REP instruction, an independent -32-bit Defined Word-instruction. The only semi-exceptions are the Post-Increment -Mode of LD/ST-Update and Vectorized Branch-Conditional.* +32-bit Defined Word-instruction.* Note a particular consequence of the application of the above paragraph: due to the fact that the Prefix Encodings are independent, **by @@ -134,16 +127,6 @@ apply to these two new areas** because due to the Prefixes being independent Defined Word-instructions the three areas are actually one and the same area, just as *all* Scalar Defined Word-instructions are. -Encoding spaces and their potential are illustrated: - -| Encoding |Available bits|Scalar|Vectorizeable | SVP64Single |PO1-Prefixable | -|----------|--------------|------|--------------|--------------|---------------| -|EXT000-063| 32 | yes | yes |yes |yes | -|EXT100-163| 64 | yes | no |no |not twice | -|RESERVED2 | 57 | N/A |not applicable|not applicable|not applicable | -|EXT232-263| 32 | yes | yes |yes |no | -|RESERVED1 | 32 | N/A | no |no |no | - Notes: * **PO9**-PO1 Prefixed-Prefixed (96-bit) instructions are prohibited. EXT1xx is @@ -160,11 +143,6 @@ Notes: should not be permitted as long as it is clearly marked as Unvectorizable. * EXT100-163 instructions (PO1-Prefixed) are also prohibited from being double-PO1-prefixed (not twice prefixed) -* RESERVED2 presently remains unallocated as of yet and therefore its - potential is not yet defined (Not Applicable). -* RESERVED1 is also unallocated at present, but it is known in advance - that the area is Unvectorizable and also cannot be Prefixed with - SVP64Single. * Considerable care is needed both on Architectural Resource Allocation as well as instruction design itself. All new Scalar instructions automatically and inherently must be designed taking their Vectorizeable potential into -- 2.30.2