rev8

Byte-reverse register (RV64 encoding)

This instruction is defined by:

Encoding

Synopsis

This instruction reverses the order of the bytes in rs1.

The rev8 mnemonic corresponds to different instruction encodings in RV32 and RV64.

The byte-reverse operation is only available for the full register width. To emulate word-sized and halfword-sized byte-reversal, perform a rev8 rd,rs followed by a srai rd,rd,K, where K is XLEN-32 and XLEN-16, respectively.

Access

Always

Decode Variables

Bits<5> rs1 = $encoding[19:15];
Bits<5> rd = $encoding[11:7];

Execution

Pruned, XLEN == 64
Original

if ((misa.B == 1'b0)) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
}
XReg input = X[rs1];
XReg output = 0;
XReg j = 63;
for (U32 i = 0; true; i = 8) {
  output[(i + 7):i] = input[j:(j - 7)];
  j = j - 8;
}
X[rd] = output;

if (implemented?(ExtensionName::B) && (misa.B == 1'b0)) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
}
XReg input = X[rs1];
XReg output = 0;
XReg j = xlen() - 1;
for (U32 i = 0; i < (xlen() - 8); i = i + 8) {
  output[(i + 7):i] = input[j:(j - 7)];
  j = j - 8;
}
X[rd] = output;

Exceptions

This instruction may result in the following synchronous exceptions:

IllegalInstruction