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Re: [PATCH][AArch64][binutils] Fix encodings for by element instructions.
- From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich at suse dot com>
- To: <tamar dot christina at arm dot com>
- Cc: <marcus dot shawcroft at arm dot com>,<nd at arm dot com>, <Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com>, <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2018 01:51:42 -0600
- Subject: Re: [PATCH][AArch64][binutils] Fix encodings for by element instructions.
- References: <20180627143557.GA19424@arm.com>
>>> Tamar Christina <tamar.christina@arm.com> 06/27/18 4:36 PM >>>
>Some instructions in Armv8-a place a limitation on FP16 registers that can be
>used as the register from which to select an element from.
>
>e.g. fmla restricts Rm to 4 bits when using an FP16 register. This restriction
>does not apply for all instructions, e.g. fcmla does not have this restriction
>>as it gets an extra bit from the M field.
>
>Unfortunately, this restriction to S_H was added for all _Em operands before,
>meaning for a large number of instructions you couldn't use the full register
>file.
>
>This fixes the issue by introducing a new operand _Em16 which applies this
>restriction only when paired with S_H and leaves the _Em and the other
>qualifiers for _Em16 unbounded (i.e. using the full 5 bit range).
>
>Also the patch updates all instructions that should be affected by this.
I'm surprised that the patch updates smlal and smlal2, but not their sibling
umlal and umlal2 - is that really correct?
Jan
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