buffer_load_sbyte GPU Native ISA AMD Vector

Buffer Memory

buffer_load_sbyte

Load 8 bits of signed data from a buffer surface, sign extend to 32 bits and store the result into a vector register.

Also written as buffer_load_i8. AMD's machine-readable ISA specification lists this name for the same instruction.

Encoding

Binary Layout (AMD CDNA 4)
SOFFSET
63:56
ACC
55
unassigned
54:53
SRSRC
52:48
VDATA
47:40
VADDR
39:32
111000
31:26
unassigned
25
0010001
24:18
NT
17
LDS
16
SC1
15
SC0
14
IDXEN
13
OFFEN
12
OFFSET
11:0
 

The ENC_MUBUF layout from AMD's machine-readable ISA specification (AMD CDNA 4). Opcode 17 in OP rebuilds 0x00000000E0440000, an identifier AMD lists for this encoding. Bits marked unassigned have no field in the specification. Not the same in every generation: AMD CDNA 2 (field layout), AMD CDNA 1 (field layout), AMD RDNA 2 (layout not verifiable), AMD RDNA 1 (layout not verifiable). The same in AMD CDNA 3.

Format MUBUF
Width 64 bits
Opcode 17
Identifier 0x00000000E0440000

Operands

  • VDATA
    Written. N/A Data format: Value can be anything. (OPR_VGPR_OR_ACCVGPR, FMT_ANY)
  • VADDR
    Read. N/A Data format: Value can be anything. (OPR_VGPR, FMT_ANY)
  • SRSRC
    Read. N/A Data format: 128-bit buffer resource constant. (OPR_SREG, FMT_RSRC_SCRATCH)
  • SOFFSET
    Read. N/A Data format: Value can be anything. (OPR_SSRC_NOLIT, FMT_ANY)

In AMD's order, as its machine-readable ISA specification lists them for the ENC_MUBUF encoding (AMD CDNA 4).

GFX Target Compatibility

Per-target GFX compatibility has not yet been verified for this instruction.

Related

More in Buffer Memory

Reference

AMDGPU / GFX ISA

Example

buffer_load_sbyte v5, off, s[8:11], s3

A real instruction accepted by the LLVM assembler, taken verbatim from LLVM's own AMDGPU MC test suite (gfx10_asm_mubuf.s). Not from an AMD document, and not authored here.

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