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diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt index dfe988f..01233ae 100644 --- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt +++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt @@ -622,6 +622,25 @@ void foo() { __asm__("" ::: "cr2"); } +//===-------------------------------------------------------------------------=== +Naming convention for instruction formats is very haphazard. +We have agreed on a naming scheme as follows: + +<INST_form>{_<OP_type><OP_len>}+ + +Where: +INST_form is the instruction format (X-form, etc.) +OP_type is the operand type - one of OPC (opcode), RD (register destination), + RS (register source), + RDp (destination register pair), + RSp (source register pair), IM (immediate), + XO (extended opcode) +OP_len is the length of the operand in bits + +VSX register operands would be of length 6 (split across two fields), +condition register fields of length 3. +We would not need denote reserved fields in names of instruction formats. + //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// Instruction fusion was introduced in ISA 2.06 and more opportunities added in |