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LD.X and LD.Swizzle

See http://bugs.libre-soc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139

SV is based on vectorisation of scalar opcodes. LD and ST from scalar RISCV can be extended by either rd or rs1 being vectorised, however a third "immediate element strided" multiples do not fit.

In addition, Vulkan requires swizzled LD/ST covering:

  • identity (no swizzle)
  • constant 0
  • 1 or 1.0 depending on Op type
  • x, y, z, or w.

See https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.1-extensions/man/html/VkComponentSwizzle.html

Note that the swizzle has to be on selecting the src that will go into a sequentially indexed dest:

for i in range(4):
    srcidx = swizzle[i]
    srcaddr = base + srcidx * elwidth
    regs[rd+i] = mem[srcaddr]

Swizzling on the dest would not work because xxyz would try to set the same dest twice.