Sylpheed/tools/ppc-manual/vmx/vrfim.md

vrfim — Vector Round to Floating-Point Integer toward -Infinity

Category: VMX (Altivec) · Form: VX · Opcode: 0x100002ca

Assembler Mnemonics

Mnemonic	XML entry	Flags	Description
vrfim	vrfim	—	Vector Round to Floating-Point Integer toward -Infinity
vrfim128	vrfim128	—	Vector128 Round to Floating-Point Integer toward -Infinity

Syntax

vrfim [VD], [VB]
vrfim128 [VD], [VB]

Encoding

vrfim — form VX

• Opcode word: 0x100002ca
• Primary opcode (bits 0–5): 4
• Extended opcode: 714
• Synchronising: no

Bits	Field	Meaning
0–5	OPCD	primary opcode (4)
6–10	VRT/VD	destination vector register
11–15	VRA/VA	source A vector register
16–20	VRB/VB	source B vector register
21–31	XO	extended opcode (11 bits)

vrfim128 — form VX128_3

• Opcode word: 0x18000330
• Primary opcode (bits 0–5): 6
• Extended opcode: 816
• Synchronising: no

Bits	Field	Meaning
0–5	OPCD	primary opcode (6)
6–10	VD128l	destination low 5 bits
11–15	IMM	5-bit immediate
16–20	VB128l	source B low 5 bits
21–27	XO	extended opcode
28–29	VD128h	destination high 2 bits
30–31	VB128h	source B high 2 bits

Operands

Field	Role	Description
VB	vrfim: read; vrfim128: read	Source B vector register.
VD	vrfim: write; vrfim128: write	Destination vector register.

Register Effects

vrfim

• Reads (always): VB
• Reads (conditional): none
• Writes (always): VD
• Writes (conditional): none

vrfim128

• Reads (always): VB
• Reads (conditional): none
• Writes (always): VD
• Writes (conditional): none

Status-Register Effects

No condition-register or status-register effects.

Operation (pseudocode)

; Pseudocode derives directly from the xenia-rs interpreter
; arm (see Implementation References). Operation semantics:
;   - Read source operands from the fields listed under Operands.
;   - Apply the arithmetic / logical / memory action described
;     in the Description field above.
;   - Write results to the destination register(s); update any
;     status bits enumerated under Status-Register Effects.
; Consult the IBM AIX reference link under IBM Reference for
; canonical PPC-style pseudocode where xenia's expression is
; terse.

C Translation Example

/* C translation: the xenia-rs interpreter arm below in           */
/* Implementation References is the authoritative semantic        */
/* snapshot. Translate it line-by-line:                            */
/*   - ctx.gpr[N]  -> r[N]       (or f[]/v[] for FPRs/VRs)        */
/*   - mem.read_u*/write_u* -> mem_read_u*_be / mem_write_u*_be   */
/*   - ctx.update_cr_signed(fld, v) -> update_cr_signed(fld, v)   */
/*   - ctx.xer_ca / xer_ov / xer_so -> xer.CA / xer.OV / xer.SO   */
/* The Register Effects and Status-Register Effects tables above  */
/* enumerate every side effect a faithful translation must emit.  */

Implementation References

vrfim

• xenia-canary XML: tools/ppc-instructions.xml — search for mnem="vrfim"
• xenia-canary emit: src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc:1240
• xenia-rs opcode: crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs:118
• xenia-rs decoder: crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs:496
• xenia-rs interpreter: crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs:2493-2501

xenia-rs interpreter body (frozen snapshot)

        PpcOpcode::vrfim | PpcOpcode::vrfim128 => {
            let vb = if matches!(instr.opcode, PpcOpcode::vrfim128) { instr.vb128() } else { instr.rb() };
            let vd = if matches!(instr.opcode, PpcOpcode::vrfim128) { instr.vd128() } else { instr.rd() };
            let b = ctx.vr[vb].as_f32x4();
            let mut r = [0f32; 4];
            for i in 0..4 { r[i] = b[i].floor(); }
            ctx.vr[vd] = xenia_types::Vec128::from_f32x4_array(r);
            ctx.pc += 4;
        }

vrfim128

• xenia-canary XML: tools/ppc-instructions.xml — search for mnem="vrfim128"
• xenia-canary emit: src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc:1243
• xenia-rs opcode: crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs:118
• xenia-rs decoder: crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs:660
• xenia-rs interpreter: crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs:2493-2501

xenia-rs interpreter body (frozen snapshot)

        PpcOpcode::vrfim | PpcOpcode::vrfim128 => {
            let vb = if matches!(instr.opcode, PpcOpcode::vrfim128) { instr.vb128() } else { instr.rb() };
            let vd = if matches!(instr.opcode, PpcOpcode::vrfim128) { instr.vd128() } else { instr.rd() };
            let b = ctx.vr[vb].as_f32x4();
            let mut r = [0f32; 4];
            for i in 0..4 { r[i] = b[i].floor(); }
            ctx.vr[vd] = xenia_types::Vec128::from_f32x4_array(r);
            ctx.pc += 4;
        }

Special Cases & Edge Conditions

• Round toward minus-infinity (floor). Each 32-bit float lane of VB is rounded down to the nearest integer value still representable as a float. 3.2 → 3.0, −3.2 → −4.0.
• IEEE-754 binary32 output; VSCR[NJ] honoured (denormal flush-to-zero).
• Integer-too-big lanes are a no-op: values already ≥ 2²³ in magnitude are all-integer and unchanged.
• NaN propagation. NaN input → NaN output. ±∞ → ±∞.
• No VSCR[SAT], no FPSCR update. No "inexact" trap flag; this is the VMX rounding variant that deliberately ignores FPSCR's rounding mode.
• Big-endian lane indexing.
• VMX128 sibling vrfim128.

Related Instructions

• vrfin — round to nearest (ties-to-even).
• vrfip — round toward +∞ (ceiling).
• vrfiz — round toward zero (truncate).
• vctsxs, vctuxs — float → fixed-point integer conversion with explicit scale.

IBM Reference

• AIX 7.3 — vrfim (Vector Round to Floating-Point Integer toward Minus Infinity)
• IBM AltiVec Technology Programmer's Interface Manual, Chapter 5 — Floating-Point Arithmetic