[Libre-soc-dev] LD/ST Elwidth Overrides

Lauri Kasanen cand at gmx.com
Wed Sep 1 16:06:22 BST 2021


On Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:52:05 +0000
lkcl <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:

> when the src elwidth is greater *or equal* to the operation width, everything is logical and fine.
>
> when the src elwidth is LESS than the operation width, this is effectively asking for overlapping memory READ operations, and is not fine.
>
> for STs which would involve overlapping memory WRITE operations it's definitely not fine.
>
> question: what should the behaviour be?

I'm against silent clamping. Leaving it undefined or illegal is fine.

- Lauri



More information about the Libre-soc-dev mailing list