Hi Christophe,
On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 01:58:10PM +, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> +.macro __LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE r, x
> + .if (\x) >= 0x8000 || (\x) < -0x8000
> + __LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE_32 \r, (\x) >> 32
> + sldi\r, \r, 32
> + .if (\x) & 0x
Today LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE() is a basic #define which loads all
parts on a value into a register, including the parts that are NUL.
This means always 2 instructions on PPC32 and always 5 instructions
on PPC64. And those instructions cannot run in parallele as they are
updating the same register.
Ex
