MOV (immediate, merging)

Move signed integer immediate to vector elements (merging)

Move a signed integer immediate to each active element in the destination vector. Inactive elements in the destination vector register remain unmodified.

The immediate operand is a signed value in the range -128 to +127, and for element widths of 16 bits or higher it may also be a signed multiple of 256 in the range -32768 to +32512 (excluding 0).

The immediate is encoded in 8 bits with an optional left shift by 8. The preferred disassembly when the shift option is specified is "#<simm8>, LSL #8". However an assembler and disassembler may also allow use of the shifted 16-bit value unless the immediate is 0 and the shift amount is 8, which must be unambiguously described as "#0, LSL #8".

Encoding: SVE

Variants: FEAT_SVE || FEAT_SME (FEAT_SVE || FEAT_SME)

31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			0	1					0	1
								size				Pg					M	sh	imm8								Zd

MOV <Zd>.<T>, <Pg>/M, #<imm>{, <shift>}

Equivalent to: CPY <Zd>.<T>, <Pg>/M, #<imm>{, <shift>}

Explanations

<Zd>: Is the name of the destination scalable vector register, encoded in the "Zd" field.
<T>: <Pg>: Is the name of the governing scalable predicate register, encoded in the "Pg" field.
<imm>: Is a signed immediate in the range -128 to 127, encoded in the "imm8" field.
<shift>:

Operational Notes

If PSTATE.DIT is 1:

• The execution time of this instruction is independent of:
  • The values of the data supplied in any of its operand registers when its governing predicate register contains the same value for each execution.
  • The values of the NZCV flags.
• The response of this instruction to asynchronous exceptions does not vary based on:
  • The values of the data supplied in any of its operand registers when its governing predicate register contains the same value for each execution.
  • The values of the NZCV flags.

This instruction might be immediately preceded in program order by a MOVPRFX instruction. The MOVPRFX must conform to all of the following requirements, otherwise the behavior of the MOVPRFX and this instruction is CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE:

• The MOVPRFX can be predicated or unpredicated.
• A predicated MOVPRFX must use the same governing predicate register as this instruction.
• A predicated MOVPRFX must use the larger of the destination element size and first source element size in the preferred disassembly of this instruction.
• The MOVPRFX must specify the same destination register as this instruction.
• The destination register must not refer to architectural register state referenced by any other source operand register of this instruction.