# `lvsr` — Load Vector for Shift Right Indexed > **Category:** [VMX (Altivec)](../categories/vmx.md) · **Form:** [X](../forms/X.md) · **Opcode:** `0x7c00004c` ## Assembler Mnemonics | Mnemonic | XML entry | Flags | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `lvsr` | `lvsr` | — | Load Vector for Shift Right Indexed | | `lvsr128` | `lvsr128` | — | Load Vector for Shift Right Indexed 128 | ## Syntax ```asm lvsr [VD], [RA0], [RB] lvsr128 [VD], [RA0], [RB] ``` ## Encoding ### `lvsr` — form `X` - **Opcode word:** `0x7c00004c` - **Primary opcode (bits 0–5):** `31` - **Extended opcode:** `38` - **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 | ### `lvsr128` — form `VX128_1` - **Opcode word:** `0x10000043` - **Primary opcode (bits 0–5):** `4` - **Extended opcode:** `67` - **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 | | --- | --- | --- | | `RA0` | lvsr: read; lvsr128: read | Source GPR; when the encoded register number is 0 the operand is the literal 64-bit zero, **not** `r0`. | | `RB` | lvsr: read; lvsr128: read | Source GPR. | | `VD` | lvsr: write; lvsr128: write | Destination vector register. | ## Register Effects ### `lvsr` - **Reads (always):** `RA0`, `RB` - **Reads (conditional):** _none_ - **Writes (always):** `VD` - **Writes (conditional):** _none_ ### `lvsr128` - **Reads (always):** `RA0`, `RB` - **Reads (conditional):** _none_ - **Writes (always):** `VD` - **Writes (conditional):** _none_ ## Status-Register Effects _No condition-register or status-register effects._ ## Operation (pseudocode) ``` addr_lo <- ((RA|0) + (RB))[60:63] for i in 0..15: VD[i] <- 16 − addr_lo + i ``` ## C Translation Example ```c /* 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 **`lvsr`** - xenia-canary XML: [`tools/ppc-instructions.xml` — search for `mnem="lvsr"`](../../xenia-canary/tools/ppc-instructions.xml) - xenia-canary emit: [`src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc:126`](../../xenia-canary/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc#L126) - xenia-rs opcode: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs:46`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs#L46) - xenia-rs decoder: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs:762`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs#L762) - xenia-rs interpreter: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs:2530-2539`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs#L2530-L2539)
xenia-rs interpreter body (frozen snapshot) ```rust PpcOpcode::lvsr | PpcOpcode::lvsr128 => { let ea = if instr.ra() == 0 { 0u64 } else { ctx.gpr[instr.ra()] }; let ea = ea.wrapping_add(ctx.gpr[instr.rb()]); let sh = (ea & 0xF) as u8; let mut r = [0u8; 16]; for i in 0..16 { r[i] = (16 - sh) + i as u8; } let vd = if matches!(instr.opcode, PpcOpcode::lvsr128) { instr.vd128() } else { instr.rd() }; ctx.vr[vd] = xenia_types::Vec128::from_bytes(r); ctx.pc += 4; } ```
**`lvsr128`** - xenia-canary XML: [`tools/ppc-instructions.xml` — search for `mnem="lvsr128"`](../../xenia-canary/tools/ppc-instructions.xml) - xenia-canary emit: [`src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc:129`](../../xenia-canary/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc#L129) - xenia-rs opcode: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs:46`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs#L46) - xenia-rs decoder: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs:413`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs#L413) - xenia-rs interpreter: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs:2530-2539`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs#L2530-L2539)
xenia-rs interpreter body (frozen snapshot) ```rust PpcOpcode::lvsr | PpcOpcode::lvsr128 => { let ea = if instr.ra() == 0 { 0u64 } else { ctx.gpr[instr.ra()] }; let ea = ea.wrapping_add(ctx.gpr[instr.rb()]); let sh = (ea & 0xF) as u8; let mut r = [0u8; 16]; for i in 0..16 { r[i] = (16 - sh) + i as u8; } let vd = if matches!(instr.opcode, PpcOpcode::lvsr128) { instr.vd128() } else { instr.rd() }; ctx.vr[vd] = xenia_types::Vec128::from_bytes(r); ctx.pc += 4; } ```
## Special Cases & Edge Conditions - **No memory access.** Like [`lvsl`](lvsl.md), `lvsr` does not touch memory: the effective address is consumed solely to extract the low four bits, which then drive the synthesised permute mask in `VD`. - **Mirror of `lvsl`.** Where `lvsl` produces `{sh, sh+1, …, sh+15}`, `lvsr` produces `{16−sh, 17−sh, …, 31−sh}`. When `EA & 0xF == 0` the output is `{16, 17, …, 31}` — the identity permute that selects all of `VB` (in the `vperm VD, VA, VB, VC` orientation). When `EA & 0xF == 3` the output is `{13, 14, …, 28}`, splitting the `vperm` between the high three bytes of `VA` and the low thirteen of `VB`. - **Big-endian byte indexing.** `VD[0]` is the most-significant byte (the byte at the lowest address after a `stvx`). - **Right-shift unaligned-load idiom.** Pair with two aligned `lvx` and a `vperm` when the source data is laid out so the wanted vector starts in the *second* aligned block: ``` lvx vAL, r0, rA ; aligned block at EA & ~0xF lvx vAH, r0, rA + 16 ; next aligned block lvsr vC, r0, rA ; right-shift permute mask vperm vD, vAH, vAL, vC ; note: vAH then vAL — opposite of lvsl ``` The argument flip versus the `lvsl` idiom is the whole reason both masks exist. - **`RA0` semantics.** When `RA = 0` the base is the literal zero, so `lvsr vD, 0, rB` derives the mask from `rB & 0xF`. - **Selectors >15 are intentional.** Inside `vperm`, byte selectors with bit 4 set (i.e. `>= 16`) index into the second source vector. `lvsr` deliberately produces values up to `31`, since only the low five bits are honoured by `vperm`. - **VMX128 sibling (`lvsr128`).** Identical semantics; the extended `VD128l ‖ VD128h` encoding lets `vD` reach `v0..v127`. - **No flags, no exceptions, trivially reorderable.** ## Related Instructions - [`lvsl`](lvsl.md) — the mirror: `VD[i] = sh + i`. - [`vperm`](vperm.md) — consumes the mask to perform arbitrary byte-level permutation across two vectors. - [`lvx`](lvx.md), [`lvlx`](lvlx.md), [`lvrx`](lvrx.md) — the actual memory loads that supply the two aligned halves. - [`vsldoi`](vsldoi.md) — when the misalignment is a compile-time constant, the static-offset shift is cheaper than the `lvsr`/`vperm` pair. ## IBM Reference - [AIX 7.3 — `lvsr` (Load Vector for Shift Right Indexed)](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3.0?topic=set-lvsr-load-vector-shift-right-indexed-instruction) - [IBM AltiVec Technology Programmer's Interface Manual — unaligned-load idiom](https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/reference-manual/ALTIVECPIM.pdf)