From dc650acd095d016b7baf926aa33aaf91f4017878 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 19:59:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] --- openpower/sv/branches.mdwn | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn b/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn index 40dee32e1..b2276fdff 100644 --- a/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv/branches.mdwn @@ -330,7 +330,9 @@ multi-issue, and for each Branch Unit to compute how many times CTR would be subtracted, in a fully-deterministic and parallel fashion. A SIMD-based Branch Unit, receiving and processing multiple CR Fields covered by multiple predicate bits, would -do the exact same thing.* +do the exact same thing. Obviously, however, if CTR is modified +within any given loop (mtctr) the behaviour of CTR is no longer +deterministic.* ## Link Register Update -- 2.30.2