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  - claude-memory/             ~/.claude/projects/-home-fabi-RE-Project-Sylpheed/memory/
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  - project-root/ppc-manual/   <project-root>/ppc-manual/
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  - project-root/run-canary.sh <project-root>/run-canary.sh
  - README.md                  Human-readable setup checklist
  - setup.sh                   Idempotent installer (also reclones
                               xenia-canary at pinned HEAD 6de80dffe)
  - MANIFEST.md                Per-file mapping + per-file-not-bundled
                               restoration recipe

Excluded from bundle (not shippable via git):
  - Sylpheed ISO (7.8 GB; copyright; manual copy required)
  - sylpheed.db (395 MB; regenerable from XEX via analysis tooling)
  - target/ build artifacts (rebuild on target)
  - audit-runs probe firehoses (.log/.stdout/.stderr ~11 GB; rerun if needed)
  - audit-runs memory dumps (.bin ~4.5 GB; rerun audit-026/027/029 if needed)
  - xenia-canary checkout (setup.sh reclones from
    git.mc02.dev/fabi/Xenia-Canary.git at HEAD 6de80dffe)

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# `norx` — NOR
> **Category:** [Integer ALU](../categories/alu.md) · **Form:** [X](../forms/X.md) · **Opcode:** `0x7c0000f8`
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## Assembler Mnemonics
| Mnemonic | XML entry | Flags | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `nor` | `norx` | — | NOR |
| `nor.` | `norx` | Rc=1 | NOR |
## Syntax
```asm
nor[Rc] [RA], [RS], [RB]
```
## Encoding
### `norx` — form `X`
- **Opcode word:** `0x7c0000f8`
- **Primary opcode (bits 05):** `31`
- **Extended opcode:** `124`
- **Synchronising:** no
| Bits | Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 05 | `OPCD` | primary opcode |
| 610 | `RT/FRT/VRT` | destination |
| 1115 | `RA/FRA/VRA` | source A |
| 1620 | `RB/FRB/VRB` | source B |
| 2130 | `XO` | extended opcode (10 bits) |
| 31 | `Rc` | record-form flag |
## Operands
| Field | Role | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `RS` | norx: read | Source GPR (alias for RD in some stores). |
| `RB` | norx: read | Source GPR. |
| `RA` | norx: write | Source GPR (`r0``r31`). |
| `CR` | norx: write (conditional) | Condition-register update. When `Rc=1`, CR field 0 (or CR6 for vector compares, CR1 for FPU) is updated from the result. |
## Register Effects
### `norx`
- **Reads (always):** `RS`, `RB`
- **Reads (conditional):** _none_
- **Writes (always):** `RA`
- **Writes (conditional):** `CR`
## Status-Register Effects
- `norx`: **CR0** ← signed-compare(result, 0) with `SO ← XER[SO]`, when `Rc=1`.
## Operation (pseudocode)
```
RA <- ~((RS) | (RB))
```
## 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
**`norx`**
- xenia-canary XML: [`tools/ppc-instructions.xml` — search for `mnem="norx"`](../../xenia-canary/tools/ppc-instructions.xml)
- xenia-canary emit: [`src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_alu.cc:763`](../../xenia-canary/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_alu.cc#L763)
- xenia-rs opcode: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs:59`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs#L59)
- xenia-rs decoder: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs:777`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs#L777)
- xenia-rs interpreter: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs:562-569`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs#L562-L569)
<details><summary>xenia-rs interpreter body (frozen snapshot)</summary>
```rust
PpcOpcode::norx => {
// PPCBUG-029: `not` simplified mnemonic — every `not` poisoned the GPR.
let rs32 = ctx.gpr[instr.rs()] as u32;
let rb32 = ctx.gpr[instr.rb()] as u32;
ctx.gpr[instr.ra()] = (!(rs32 | rb32)) as u64;
if instr.rc_bit() { ctx.update_cr_signed(0, ctx.gpr[instr.ra()] as u32 as i32 as i64); }
ctx.pc += 4;
}
```
</details>
<!-- GENERATED: END -->
## Special Cases & Edge Conditions
- **`RA ← ~(RS OR RB)`.** Bit-wise NOR. The canonical idiom for one-instruction NOT: **`not RA, RS` is the simplified mnemonic for `nor RA, RS, RS`** — both source operands the same yields `~RS`. Almost every disassembly contains this pattern.
- **Operand convention** is X-form (`RA` destination, `RS`/`RB` sources).
- **64-bit operation** on Xenon; full 64-bit complement via `!` on `u64`.
- **No `OE` or `XER` side effects.**
- **`Rc=1` CR0 update truncates to 32 bits in xenia-rs.** [`interpreter.rs:372`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs#L372) uses `as i32 as i64`. Note that NOR almost always produces results with high bits set (since the OR rarely covers all 64 bits), so the truncated CR0 is usually `LT` (negative low half) where spec might give a different signed compare for the full 64-bit value.
- **`nor.` after a clear-low operation is a common pattern** for testing whether some high-bit mask is empty.
## Related Instructions
- [`orx`](orx.md), [`orcx`](orcx.md) — base OR family.
- [`andx`](andx.md), [`andcx`](andcx.md), [`nandx`](nandx.md) — AND family.
- [`eqvx`](eqvx.md) — NXOR.
- [`xorx`](xorx.md) — XOR.
- `not` (simplified mnemonic for `nor RA, RS, RS`).
## IBM Reference
- [AIX 7.3 — `nor` (NOR)](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3.0?topic=set-nor-instruction)
- [AIX 7.3 — `not` (simplified mnemonic)](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3.0?topic=mnemonics-not-complement-register)