From 38451c458e7ee7ddd971f43d65f4c67e1468bc00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 11:26:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] --- openpower/sv/branches.mdwn | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn b/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn index e4cbd837a..e7315fa2d 100644 --- a/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn @@ -138,8 +138,9 @@ however which updates only CR0 with the testing of REMAP loop progress, the CR Field is taken from the branch `BI` field, and, if `BRc` is set, updated prior to proceeding to each element branch conditional testing. -* This implies that the prior contents of the CR Vector are ignored* -when `BRc` is set. +This implies that the *prior contents of the CR Vector are entirely ignored* +when `BRc` is set, which implies an opportunity to save on CR file +reads. Note that, interestingly, due to the useful side-effects of `VLSET` mode and `svstep` mode it is actually useful to use Branch Conditional even -- 2.30.2