From 3a1ba1374804c5719c69c74216a5b7d4ff65786c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 23:11:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- openpower/sv/propagation.mdwn | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/openpower/sv/propagation.mdwn b/openpower/sv/propagation.mdwn index c55a38165..103849521 100644 --- a/openpower/sv/propagation.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv/propagation.mdwn @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ and variable-length loops. Loops, clearly, because if the setup of the shift registers does not precisely match the number of instructions, the meaning of those instructions will change as the bits in the shift registers run out! -However if the loops are of fixed size and small enough (40 instructions +However if the loops are of fixed static size, with no conditional early exit, and small enough (40 instructions maximum) then it is perfectly reasonable to insert repeated patterns into the shift registers, enough to cover all the loops. Ordinarily however the use of the Context Propagation instructions should be inside the -- 2.30.2