OBSOLETE, see setvl

SV setvl

sv.setvl allows optional setting of both MVL and of indirectly marking one of the scalar registers as being VL.

Unlike the majority of other CSRs, which contain status bits that change behaviour, VL is closely interlinked with the instructions it affects and often requires arithmetic interaction. Thus it makes more sense to actually use one of the scalar registers as VL.

Format for Vector Configuration Instructions under OP-V major opcode:

31 30...20 19....15 14..12 11.7 6.....0 name
0 VLMAX rs1 111 rd 1010111 sv.setvl
0 VLMAX 0 (x0) 111 rd 1010111 sv.setvl
1 -- -- 111 -- 1010111 reserved

pseudocode

regs = [0u64; 128];
vlval = 0;
vl = rd;

// instruction fields:
rd = get_rd_field();
rs1 = get_rs1_field();
vlmax = get_immed_field();

// handle illegal instruction decoding
if vlmax > XLEN {
    trap()
}

// calculate VL
if rs1 == 0 { // rs1 is x0
    vlval = vlmax
} else {
    vlval = min(regs[rs1], vlmax)
}

// write rd
if rd != 0 {
    // rd is not x0
    regs[rd] = vlval;
}

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