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  - README.md                  Human-readable setup checklist
  - setup.sh                   Idempotent installer (also reclones
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  - MANIFEST.md                Per-file mapping + per-file-not-bundled
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  - xenia-canary checkout (setup.sh reclones from
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# `mcrf` — Move Condition Register Field
> **Category:** [Control / CR / SPR](../categories/control.md) · **Form:** [XL](../forms/XL.md) · **Opcode:** `0x4c000000`
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## Assembler Mnemonics
| Mnemonic | XML entry | Flags | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mcrf` | `mcrf` | — | Move Condition Register Field |
## Syntax
```asm
mcrf [CRFD], [CRFS]
```
## Encoding
### `mcrf` — form `XL`
- **Opcode word:** `0x4c000000`
- **Primary opcode (bits 05):** `19`
- **Extended opcode:** `0`
- **Synchronising:** no
| Bits | Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 05 | `OPCD` | primary opcode (19) |
| 610 | `BT/BO` | target / branch options |
| 1115 | `BA/BI` | source A / CR bit to test |
| 1620 | `BB` | source B |
| 2130 | `XO` | extended opcode (10 bits) |
| 31 | `LK` | link flag |
## Operands
| Field | Role | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `CRFS` | mcrf: read | CR source field. |
| `CRFD` | mcrf: write | CR destination field (`crf`, 07). |
## Register Effects
### `mcrf`
- **Reads (always):** `CRFS`
- **Reads (conditional):** _none_
- **Writes (always):** `CRFD`
- **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
/* 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
**`mcrf`**
- xenia-canary XML: [`tools/ppc-instructions.xml` — search for `mnem="mcrf"`](../../xenia-canary/tools/ppc-instructions.xml)
- xenia-canary emit: [`src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_control.cc:424`](../../xenia-canary/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_control.cc#L424)
- xenia-rs opcode: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs:51`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs#L51)
- xenia-rs decoder: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs:710`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs#L710)
- xenia-rs interpreter: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs:1683-1686`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs#L1683-L1686)
<details><summary>xenia-rs interpreter body (frozen snapshot)</summary>
```rust
PpcOpcode::mcrf => {
ctx.cr[instr.crfd()] = ctx.cr[instr.crfs()];
ctx.pc += 4;
}
```
</details>
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## Special Cases & Edge Conditions
- **Field-level (4-bit) move.** Unlike the bit-level CR-logical family ([`crand`](crand.md), …, [`crxor`](crxor.md)), `mcrf` copies *all four* bits of a CR field (LT, GT, EQ, SO) in one instruction. `CRFD` and `CRFS` are 3-bit field indices (0..7), each naming a 4-bit slice of the 32-bit CR.
- **No source-field clobber.** The source field is read, not modified — `mcrf 0, 1` copies CR1 into CR0 leaving CR1 intact.
- **Same-field is a NOP.** `mcrf cr0, cr0` reads-then-writes the same field; xenia's interpreter still does the assignment but the architectural state is unchanged.
- **Use case.** Promote a non-default compare result into `cr0` so a default-`cr0` simplified branch (`beq label`) can consume it without spelling out `cr1`/`cr2`/etc. The alternative — `crmove` — would require four `cror` instructions to move all four bits.
- **No CR0/XER side effects.** Pure CR-field dataflow.
- **Not synchronising.** Reorderable.
- **xenia exact match.** xenia-rs models the CR as an array of eight 4-bit fields, so `mcrf` is a single struct copy (`ctx.cr[crfd] = ctx.cr[crfs]`). Matches PowerISA semantics exactly.
## Related Instructions
- [`mfcr`](mfcr.md) — read the entire 32-bit CR into a GPR.
- [`mtcrf`](mtcrf.md) — write selected CR fields from a GPR (uses an 8-bit field-mask).
- [`mcrxr`](mcrxr.md) — copy `XER[SO..CA]` into a CR field and clear them.
- [`mcrfs`](mcrfs.md) — copy an FPSCR field into a CR field.
- [`crand`](crand.md), [`crandc`](crandc.md), [`creqv`](creqv.md), [`crnand`](crnand.md), [`crnor`](crnor.md), [`cror`](cror.md), [`crorc`](crorc.md), [`crxor`](crxor.md) — bit-level alternatives.
- [`bcx`](../branch/bcx.md) — typical consumer.
`mcrf` has no simplified mnemonics.
## IBM Reference
- [AIX 7.3 — `mcrf` (Move Condition Register Field)](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3.0?topic=set-mcrf-move-condition-register-field-instruction)