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2 AMDGPU Instruction Syntax
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8 .. _amdgpu_syn_instructions:
16 An instruction has the following syntax:
18 ``<``\ *opcode mnemonic*\ ``> <``\ *operand0*\ ``>, <``\ *operand1*\ ``>,... <``\ *modifier0*\ ``> <``\ *modifier1*\ ``>...``
20 :doc:`Operands<AMDGPUOperandSyntax>` are normally comma-separated while
21 :doc:`modifiers<AMDGPUModifierSyntax>` are space-separated.
23 The order of *operands* and *modifiers* is fixed.
24 Most *modifiers* are optional and may be omitted.
26 .. _amdgpu_syn_instruction_mnemo:
31 Opcode mnemonic describes opcode semantics and may include one or more suffices in this order:
33 * :ref:`Destination operand type suffix<amdgpu_syn_instruction_type>`.
34 * :ref:`Source operand type suffix<amdgpu_syn_instruction_type>`.
35 * :ref:`Encoding suffix<amdgpu_syn_instruction_enc>`.
37 .. _amdgpu_syn_instruction_type:
39 Type and Size Suffices
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42 Instructions which operate with data have an implied type of *data* operands.
43 This data type is specified as a suffix of instruction mnemonic.
45 There are instructions which have 2 type suffices:
46 the first is the data type of the destination operand,
47 the second is the data type of source *data* operand(s).
49 Note that data type specified by an instruction does not apply
50 to other kinds of operands such as *addresses*, *offsets* and so on.
52 The following table enumerates the most frequently used type suffices.
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55 Type Suffices Packed instruction? Data Type
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57 _b512, _b256, _b128, _b64, _b32, _b16, _b8 No Bits.
58 _u64, _u32, _u16, _u8 No Unsigned integer.
59 _i64, _i32, _i16, _i8 No Signed integer.
60 _f64, _f32, _f16 No Floating-point.
61 _b16, _u16, _i16, _f16 Yes Packed.
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64 Instructions which have no type suffices are assumed to operate with typeless data.
65 The size of data is specified by size suffices:
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68 Size Suffix Implied data type Required register size in dwords
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81 d16_xy b16x2 2 for GFX8.0, 1 for GFX8.1 and GFX9
82 d16_xyz b16x3 3 for GFX8.0, 2 for GFX8.1 and GFX9
83 d16_xyzw b16x4 4 for GFX8.0, 2 for GFX8.1 and GFX9
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87 There are exceptions from rules described above.
88 Operands which have type different from type specified by the opcode are
89 :ref:`tagged<amdgpu_syn_instruction_operand_tags>` in the description.
91 Examples of instructions with different types of source and destination operands:
98 Examples of instructions with one data type:
105 Examples of instructions which operate with packed data:
113 Examples of typeless instructions which operate on b128 data:
120 .. _amdgpu_syn_instruction_enc:
125 Most *VOP1*, *VOP2* and *VOPC* instructions have several variants:
126 they may also be encoded in *VOP3*, *DPP* and *SDWA* formats.
128 The assembler will automatically use optimal encoding based on instruction operands.
129 To force specific encoding, one can add a suffix to the opcode of the instruction:
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132 Encoding Encoding Suffix
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134 Native 32-bit encoding (*VOP1*, *VOP2* or *VOPC*) _e32
135 *VOP3* (64-bit) encoding _e64
137 *SDWA* encoding _sdwa
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140 These suffices are used in this reference to indicate the assumed encoding.
141 When no suffix is specified, a native encoding is implied.
149 Syntax of most operands is described :doc:`in this document<AMDGPUOperandSyntax>`.
151 For detailed information about operands follow *operand links* in GPU-specific documents:
153 * :doc:`GFX7<AMDGPU/AMDGPUAsmGFX7>`
154 * :doc:`GFX8<AMDGPU/AMDGPUAsmGFX8>`
155 * :doc:`GFX9<AMDGPU/AMDGPUAsmGFX9>`
156 * :doc:`GFX10<AMDGPU/AMDGPUAsmGFX10>`
164 Syntax of modifiers is described :doc:`in this document<AMDGPUModifierSyntax>`.
166 Information about modifiers supported for individual instructions may be found in GPU-specific documents:
168 * :doc:`GFX7<AMDGPU/AMDGPUAsmGFX7>`
169 * :doc:`GFX8<AMDGPU/AMDGPUAsmGFX8>`
170 * :doc:`GFX9<AMDGPU/AMDGPUAsmGFX9>`
171 * :doc:`GFX10<AMDGPU/AMDGPUAsmGFX10>`