[Libre-soc-dev] bitmanip planning

[lkcl]

On November 5, 2021 6:35:26 PM UTC, Jacob Lifshay <programmerjake at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 00:06 lkcl <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> we are never going to be able to fit entirely into 22, not going to
>be
>> able to fit into 2 major opcodes either.
>>
>> it would be better to pick another major opcode, which is perfectly
>fine
>> given that this is a test ASIC.
>>
>
>so, we use major opcode 5 and have comments that the usage is
>unofficial
>until submitted and approved/renumbered by the opf isa wg?

that'd work great.

>the csv comment field *really* should have been used only for comments,
>and
>not what we're currently using it for: the opcode's mnemonic

it came directly from microwatt, and i kept it identical so that if ever microwatt wanted to use the CSV files to autogenerate VHDL, they could.

one possibility is to add a blank line or a line using the comment field but all other fields empty.

another is to add the comments into the markdown "loader" which hm i forget where it is or if it's part of the ikiwiki underlay, will look later

l.


>Jacob
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