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The hand-written parts of the manual still described how the retired
xenia-rs interpreter behaved: its snapshots, Rust casts and helpers. Each of
those 490 statements is now either restated as what Canary's emitters and
x64 backend actually do (at the pinned canary_experimental commit), or
dropped where it only made sense for xenia-rs.

Checking them turned up claims that were wrong, not just outdated:

- VSCR[SAT] is never modelled in Canary (DID_SATURATE is a stub and mfvscr
  cannot see it); the pages said saturating ops set it stickily.
- Canary does not implement lswi/lswx/stswi/stswx, dcbi, mtfsb0/mtfsb1,
  vmsum*, vmhaddshs, vupkhpx/vupklpx, and most SPRs; pages described them
  as working.
- Traps evaluate TO in Canary; stvebx/stvehx/stvewx store one element, not
  16 bytes; mtmsrd writes only EE; fres/frsqrte/vrsqrtefp precision claims
  and the stfs "rounds under RN / sets FPSCR" claim contradicted the spec.
- Reservations are a 64 KiB block bitmap plus a value compare, not
  per-address tracking.

Claims that neither Canary's source nor a public spec settles are marked
unverified (NI at boot, vmaddcfp128 operand order, estimate bit-exactness).

Generated regions are untouched; re-running the generator changes nothing.

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# `stvewx` — Store Vector Element Word Indexed
> **Category:** [Memory](../categories/memory.md) · **Form:** [X](../forms/X.md) · **Opcode:** `0x7c00018e`
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## Assembler Mnemonics
| Mnemonic | XML entry | Flags | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `stvewx` | `stvewx` | — | Store Vector Element Word Indexed |
| `stvewx128` | `stvewx128` | — | Store Vector Element Word Indexed 128 |
## Syntax
```asm
stvewx [VS], [RA0], [RB]
stvewx128 [VS], [RA0], [RB]
```
## Encoding
### `stvewx` — form `X`
- **Opcode word:** `0x7c00018e`
- **Primary opcode (bits 0–5):** `31`
- **Extended opcode:** `199`
- **Synchronising:** no
| Bits | Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 0–5 | `OPCD` | primary opcode |
| 6–10 | `RT/FRT/VRT` | destination |
| 11–15 | `RA/FRA/VRA` | source A |
| 16–20 | `RB/FRB/VRB` | source B |
| 21–30 | `XO` | extended opcode (10 bits) |
| 31 | `Rc` | record-form flag |
### `stvewx128` — form `VX128_1`
- **Opcode word:** `0x10000183`
- **Primary opcode (bits 0–5):** `4`
- **Extended opcode:** `387`
- **Synchronising:** no
| Bits | Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 0–5 | `OPCD` | primary opcode (4) |
| 6–10 | `VD128l` | destination low 5 bits |
| 11–15 | `RA` | address register |
| 16–20 | `RB` | offset register |
| 21–27 | `XO` | extended opcode |
| 28–29 | `VD128h` | destination high 2 bits |
| 30–31 | `—` | reserved |
## Operands
| Field | Role | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `VS` | stvewx: read; stvewx128: read | Source vector register (alias for VD on stores). |
| `RA0` | stvewx: read; stvewx128: read | Source GPR; when the encoded register number is 0 the operand is the literal 64-bit zero, **not** `r0`. |
| `RB` | stvewx: read; stvewx128: read | Source GPR. |
## Register Effects
### `stvewx`
- **Reads (always):** `VS`, `RA0`, `RB`
- **Reads (conditional):** _none_
- **Writes (always):** _none_
- **Writes (conditional):** _none_
### `stvewx128`
- **Reads (always):** `VS`, `RA0`, `RB`
- **Reads (conditional):** _none_
- **Writes (always):** _none_
- **Writes (conditional):** _none_
## Status-Register Effects
_No condition-register or status-register effects._
## Operation (pseudocode)
```
; No hand-written pseudocode for this instruction yet.
; The authoritative semantics are the Canary emitter snapshot under
; Implementation References; about half of Canary's emitters open
; with the PPC-style definition as a comment (`RD <- (RA) + (RB)`).
; Every side effect is also enumerated in the Register Effects and
; Status-Register Effects tables above.
```
## C Translation Example
```c
/* No hand-written C yet. Translate the Canary emitter snapshot */
/* under Implementation References; its HIR maps directly: */
/* f.LoadGPR(n) / f.StoreGPR(n, v) -> r[n] / r[n] = v */
/* f.LoadFPR / StoreFPR, f.LoadVR / StoreVR -> f[n], v[n] */
/* f.Load(ea, T), f.Store(ea, v) -> raw read / write; emitters */
/* wrap them in f.ByteSwap for the big-endian guest value */
/* f.UpdateCR(n, v) -> CR field n from v's LOW 32 BITS vs 0 */
/* f.LoadCA / f.StoreCA -> xer.CA; f.StoreSAT -> vscr.SAT */
/* i.XO.RA, i.D.DS, ... -> the bit-fields listed under Operands */
/* The Register Effects and Status-Register Effects tables above */
/* enumerate every side effect a faithful translation must emit. */
```
## Implementation References
**`stvewx`**
- Canary XML: [`tools/ppc-instructions.xml` — search for `mnem="stvewx"`](https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary/blob/f21ebd49e979e44f081f474df78c3fbfee9cb3f2/tools/ppc-instructions.xml)
- Canary emitter: [`src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc:180`](https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary/blob/f21ebd49e979e44f081f474df78c3fbfee9cb3f2/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc#L180)
- Sylpheed opcode: [`crates/sylpheed-ppc/src/opcode.rs:259`](../../../crates/sylpheed-ppc/src/opcode.rs#L259)
- Sylpheed decoder: [`crates/sylpheed-ppc/src/decoder.rs:903`](../../../crates/sylpheed-ppc/src/decoder.rs#L903)
<details><summary>Canary emitter (frozen snapshot @ <code>f21ebd49e9</code>)</summary>
```cpp
int InstrEmit_stvewx(PPCHIRBuilder& f, const InstrData& i) {
return InstrEmit_stvewx_(f, i, i.X.RT, i.X.RA, i.X.RB);
}
// ── delegates to (src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc:170) ──
int InstrEmit_stvewx_(PPCHIRBuilder& f, const InstrData& i, uint32_t vd,
uint32_t ra, uint32_t rb) {
Value* ea = CalculateEA_0(f, ra, rb);
ea = f.And(ea, f.LoadConstantUint64(~0x3ull));
Value* el =
f.Shr(f.And(f.Truncate(ea, INT8_TYPE), f.LoadConstantUint8(0xF)), 2);
Value* v = f.Extract(f.LoadVR(vd), el, INT32_TYPE);
f.Store(ea, f.ByteSwap(v));
return 0;
}
```
</details>
**`stvewx128`**
- Canary XML: [`tools/ppc-instructions.xml` — search for `mnem="stvewx128"`](https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary/blob/f21ebd49e979e44f081f474df78c3fbfee9cb3f2/tools/ppc-instructions.xml)
- Canary emitter: [`src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc:183`](https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary/blob/f21ebd49e979e44f081f474df78c3fbfee9cb3f2/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc#L183)
- Sylpheed opcode: [`crates/sylpheed-ppc/src/opcode.rs:260`](../../../crates/sylpheed-ppc/src/opcode.rs#L260)
- Sylpheed decoder: [`crates/sylpheed-ppc/src/decoder.rs:531`](../../../crates/sylpheed-ppc/src/decoder.rs#L531)
<details><summary>Canary emitter (frozen snapshot @ <code>f21ebd49e9</code>)</summary>
```cpp
int InstrEmit_stvewx128(PPCHIRBuilder& f, const InstrData& i) {
return InstrEmit_stvewx_(f, i, VX128_1_VD128, i.VX128_1.RA, i.VX128_1.RB);
}
// ── delegates to (src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc:170) ──
int InstrEmit_stvewx_(PPCHIRBuilder& f, const InstrData& i, uint32_t vd,
uint32_t ra, uint32_t rb) {
Value* ea = CalculateEA_0(f, ra, rb);
ea = f.And(ea, f.LoadConstantUint64(~0x3ull));
Value* el =
f.Shr(f.And(f.Truncate(ea, INT8_TYPE), f.LoadConstantUint8(0xF)), 2);
Value* v = f.Extract(f.LoadVR(vd), el, INT32_TYPE);
f.Store(ea, f.ByteSwap(v));
return 0;
}
```
</details>
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## Special Cases & Edge Conditions
- **Single word element store.** Architecturally `stvewx` writes exactly **four** bytes from word lane `(EA mod 16) >> 2` of `VS` to address `EA & ~3` (low two bits forced to word-aligned). Other lanes are unaffected, and bytes outside the 4-byte window are unaffected.
- **Four-byte write in Canary.** Both `stvewx` and `stvewx128` round `EA` down to a multiple of 4 and store just element `(EA & 0xF) >> 2` (byte-swapped), leaving the other 12 bytes alone.
- **EA forced word-aligned.** Hardware drops the low two bits; so does Canary (`EA & ~3`) for both `stvewx` and `stvewx128`.
- **`RA0` semantics.** `RA = 0` selects literal zero.
- **No update form.** No `stvewux`.
- **VMX128 sibling (`stvewx128`).** Identical semantics; alternative operand encoding addressing `v0..v127` via the split-field 7-bit register index.
- **Big-endian word within the lane.** The byte at the lower address is the most-significant byte.
- **Common idiom.** Pair with `vspltw` to broadcast a 32-bit FP/integer value, then `stvewx` to commit one lane. Less common than `stw` from a GPR.
## Related Instructions
- [`stvebx`](stvebx.md), [`stvehx`](stvehx.md) — single byte / half element stores.
- [`stvx`](stvx.md), [`stvx128`](stvx.md), [`stvxl`](stvxl.md) — full 16-byte aligned vector stores.
- [`stvlx`](stvlx.md), [`stvrx`](stvrx.md) — store-left / store-right unaligned ops.
- [`lvewx`](lvewx.md), [`lvewx128`](lvewx.md) — symmetric single-word loads.
## IBM Reference
- [AIX 7.3 — `stvewx` (Store Vector Element Word Indexed)](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3.0?topic=set-stvewx-store-vector-element-word-indexed-instruction)
- `PowerISA v2.07B Book I` "Vector Facility"; Microsoft Xbox 360 XDK for `stvewx128`.