sext.h

Sign-extend halfword

This instruction is defined by:

Encoding

Synopsis

Sign-extends the least-significant halfword in the source to XLEN by copying the most-significant bit in the halfword (i.e., bit 15) to all of the more-significant bits.

Access

M	HS	U	VS	VU
Always	Always	Always	Always	Always

Always

Decode Variables

Bits<5> xs1 = $encoding[19:15];
Bits<5> xd = $encoding[11:7];

Execution

Pruned, XLEN == 64
Original

if (implemented?(ExtensionName::B) && (misa.B == 1'b0)) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
}
X[xd] = {{48{X[xs1][15]}}, X[xs1][15:0]};

if (implemented?(ExtensionName::B) && (misa.B == 1'b0)) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
}
if (xlen() == 32) {
  X[xd] = {{16{X[xs1][15]}}, X[xs1][15:0]};
} else if (xlen() == 64) {
  X[xd] = {{48{X[xs1][15]}}, X[xs1][15:0]};
}

Exceptions

This instruction may result in the following synchronous exceptions:

IllegalInstruction