bexti

Single-Bit extract (Immediate)

This instruction is defined by:

  • anyOf:

    • B, version >= B@1.0.0

    • Zbs, version >= Zbs@1.0.0

This instruction is included in the following profiles:

  • RVA22U64 (Mandatory)

  • RVA23U64 (Mandatory)

  • RVB23U64 (Mandatory)

Encoding

This instruction has different encodings in RV32 and RV64.
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Assembly format

bexti rd, rs1, shamt

Synopsis

This instruction returns a single bit extracted from rs1 at the index specified in rs2. The index is read from the lower log2(XLEN) bits of shamt. For RV32, the encodings corresponding to shamt[5]=1 are reserved.

Access

M HS U VS VU

Always

Always

Always

Always

Always

Decode Variables

Bits<5> shamt = $encoding[24:20];
Bits<5> rs1 = $encoding[19:15];
Bits<5> rd = $encoding[11:7];
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Execution

if (implemented?(ExtensionName::B) && (CSR[misa].B == 1'b0)) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
}
XReg index = shamt & (xlen() - 1);
X[rd] = (X[rs1] >> index) & 1;
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Exceptions

This instruction may result in the following synchronous exceptions:

  • IllegalInstruction