From 93ad2272ce8bce0a858d1c4aa0193152310eee6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bigpet Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 16:26:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] added paragraphs --- Developer-Information.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Developer-Information.md b/Developer-Information.md index 20a69b0..102ec13 100644 --- a/Developer-Information.md +++ b/Developer-Information.md @@ -41,5 +41,8 @@ Checked with [PSL1GHT](http://psl1ght.com). ####OE bit Some instructions contain an optional `OE`(overflow excpetion) flag. We currently do not implement those versions of the instructions. For example we emulate `add, addze, subfme` but not `addo, addzeo, subfmo` which are just the prior operations with the `OE` flag set. -This flag writes to the `OV` and `SO` (overflow and summary overflow) bits of the XER (Fixed-Point Exception Register) register. The reason why it's not implemented is that the [GCC code emitter](http://repo.or.cz/w/official-gcc.git/blob_plain/c2c80e70905bc2e5dedf8352588fc8cb10e3ec7d:/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md) does not use these instructions and so we haven't found any PS3 software that uses it. If we find some software that has some handwritten assembly that use those instructions we'll need to implement it (or just for completeness). A good reference for XER bits can be found in [PowerPC Microprocessor Family: The Programmer's Reference Guide ](https://www-01.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF778525699600741775) chapter 1.3 and other linked references. +This flag writes to the `OV` and `SO` (overflow and summary overflow) bits of the XER (Fixed-Point Exception Register) register. The reason why it's not implemented is that the [GCC code emitter](http://repo.or.cz/w/official-gcc.git/blob_plain/c2c80e70905bc2e5dedf8352588fc8cb10e3ec7d:/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md) does not use these instructions and so we haven't found any PS3 software that uses it. + +If we find some software that has some handwritten assembly that use those instructions we'll need to implement it (or just for completeness). A good reference for XER bits can be found in [PowerPC Microprocessor Family: The Programmer's Reference Guide ](https://www-01.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF778525699600741775) chapter 1.3 and other linked references. + For the implementation of the interpreter it would probably be best to refrain from x86 assembly or compiler intrinsics like `__readeflags` to determine a overflow. Probably something from the [answers to this SO question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/199333/best-way-to-detect-integer-overflow-in-c-c) is what we should consider \ No newline at end of file