From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 11:10:31 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: bug 1244: add notes on ffirst and ddffirst
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bd9e861c1f64871a98250e89d70d43a34ae659c7;p=libreriscv.git

bug 1244: add notes on ffirst and ddffirst
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diff --git a/conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_ddffirst/fosdem2024_ddffirst.tex b/conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_ddffirst/fosdem2024_ddffirst.tex
index 06a73fe60..e17b541ef 100644
--- a/conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_ddffirst/fosdem2024_ddffirst.tex
+++ b/conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_ddffirst/fosdem2024_ddffirst.tex
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function op\_cmpi(BA, RA, SI) # cmpi not vector-cmpi!
 		\item Solution: a protocol that allows optional load/store
 		\item instruction \textit{requests} a number of elements
 		\item instruction \textit{informs} the number actually loaded
-		\item first load/store is not optional     
+		\item first element load/store is not optional (cannot fail)
         \vspace{20pt}
 		\item Load/Store is Memory to/from Register, what about
               Register to Register?
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ for (i = 0; i < VL; i++)
 		\item VL truncation can be inclusive or exclusive
 		      (include or exclude a NULL pointer or a
 		      string-end character, or overflow result)
-		\item 
+		\item \textit{Truncation can be to zero Vector Length}
 	\end{itemize}
 \end{frame}