From 85077f5f93f0993176cc1499ea172cd9f0e74dd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 10:05:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] --- openpower/sv/svp64_quirks.mdwn | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/openpower/sv/svp64_quirks.mdwn b/openpower/sv/svp64_quirks.mdwn index 33743af8f..134b361f8 100644 --- a/openpower/sv/svp64_quirks.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv/svp64_quirks.mdwn @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ SVP64 is designed around these fundamental and inviolate principles: 1. There are no actual Vector instructions: Scalar instructions are the sole exclusive bedrock. -2. A hardware-level for-loop makes vector elements synonymous +2. No scalar instruction ever deviates in its encoding or meaning + just because it is prefixed. +3. A hardware-level for-loop makes vector elements 100% synonymous with scalar instructions (the suffix) That said, there are a few exceptional places where these rules get -- 2.30.2