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#### 5.47.6 MIPS DSP Built-in Functions

The MIPS DSP Application-Specific Extension (ASE) includes new instructions that are designed to improve the performance of DSP and media applications. It provides instructions that operate on packed 8-bit integer data, Q15 fractional data and Q31 fractional data.

GCC supports MIPS DSP operations using both the generic vector extensions (see Vector Extensions) and a collection of MIPS-specific built-in functions. Both kinds of support are enabled by the `-mdsp` command-line option.

At present, GCC only provides support for operations on 32-bit vectors. The vector type associated with 8-bit integer data is usually called `v4i8` and the vector type associated with Q15 is usually called `v2q15`. They can be defined in C as follows:

         typedef char v4i8 __attribute__ ((vector_size(4)));
         typedef short v2q15 __attribute__ ((vector_size(4)));

`v4i8` and `v2q15` values are initialized in the same way as aggregates. For example:

         v4i8 a = {1, 2, 3, 4};
         v4i8 b;
         b = (v4i8) {5, 6, 7, 8};

         v2q15 c = {0x0fcb, 0x3a75};
         v2q15 d;
         d = (v2q15) {0.1234 * 0x1.0p15, 0.4567 * 0x1.0p15};

Note: The CPU's endianness determines the order in which values are packed. On little-endian targets, the first value is the least significant and the last value is the most significant. The opposite order applies to big-endian targets. For example, the code above will set the lowest byte of `a` to `1` on little-endian targets and `4` on big-endian targets.

Note: Q15 and Q31 values must be initialized with their integer representation. As shown in this example, the integer representation of a Q15 value can be obtained by multiplying the fractional value by `0x1.0p15`. The equivalent for Q31 values is to multiply by `0x1.0p31`.

The table below lists the `v4i8` and `v2q15` operations for which hardware support exists. `a` and `b` are `v4i8` values, and `c` and `d` are `v2q15` values.

C code | MIPS instruction
`a + b` | `addu.qb`
`c + d` | `addq.ph`
`a - b` | `subu.qb`
`c - d` | `subq.ph`

It is easier to describe the DSP built-in functions if we first define the following types:

         typedef int q31;
         typedef int i32;
         typedef long long a64;

`q31` and `i32` are actually the same as `int`, but we use `q31` to indicate a Q31 fractional value and `i32` to indicate a 32-bit integer value. Similarly, `a64` is the same as `long long`, but we use `a64` to indicate values that will be placed in one of the four DSP accumulators (`$ac0`, `$ac1`, `$ac2` or `$ac3`).

Also, some built-in functions prefer or require immediate numbers as parameters, because the corresponding DSP instructions accept both immediate numbers and register operands, or accept immediate numbers only. The immediate parameters are listed as follows.

         imm0_7: 0 to 7.
         imm0_15: 0 to 15.
         imm0_31: 0 to 31.
         imm0_63: 0 to 63.
         imm0_255: 0 to 255.
         imm_n32_31: -32 to 31.
         imm_n512_511: -512 to 511.

The following built-in functions map directly to a particular MIPS DSP instruction. Please refer to the architecture specification for details on what each instruction does.

         v2q15 __builtin_mips_addq_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_addq_s_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         q31 __builtin_mips_addq_s_w (q31, q31)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_addu_qb (v4i8, v4i8)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_addu_s_qb (v4i8, v4i8)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_subq_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_subq_s_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         q31 __builtin_mips_subq_s_w (q31, q31)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_subu_qb (v4i8, v4i8)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_subu_s_qb (v4i8, v4i8)
         i32 __builtin_mips_addsc (i32, i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_addwc (i32, i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_modsub (i32, i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_raddu_w_qb (v4i8)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_absq_s_ph (v2q15)
         q31 __builtin_mips_absq_s_w (q31)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_precrq_qb_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_precrq_ph_w (q31, q31)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_precrq_rs_ph_w (q31, q31)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_precrqu_s_qb_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         q31 __builtin_mips_preceq_w_phl (v2q15)
         q31 __builtin_mips_preceq_w_phr (v2q15)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_precequ_ph_qbl (v4i8)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_precequ_ph_qbr (v4i8)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_precequ_ph_qbla (v4i8)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_precequ_ph_qbra (v4i8)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_preceu_ph_qbl (v4i8)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_preceu_ph_qbr (v4i8)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_preceu_ph_qbla (v4i8)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_preceu_ph_qbra (v4i8)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_shll_qb (v4i8, imm0_7)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_shll_qb (v4i8, i32)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_shll_ph (v2q15, imm0_15)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_shll_ph (v2q15, i32)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_shll_s_ph (v2q15, imm0_15)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_shll_s_ph (v2q15, i32)
         q31 __builtin_mips_shll_s_w (q31, imm0_31)
         q31 __builtin_mips_shll_s_w (q31, i32)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_shrl_qb (v4i8, imm0_7)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_shrl_qb (v4i8, i32)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_shra_ph (v2q15, imm0_15)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_shra_ph (v2q15, i32)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_shra_r_ph (v2q15, imm0_15)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_shra_r_ph (v2q15, i32)
         q31 __builtin_mips_shra_r_w (q31, imm0_31)
         q31 __builtin_mips_shra_r_w (q31, i32)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_muleu_s_ph_qbl (v4i8, v2q15)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_muleu_s_ph_qbr (v4i8, v2q15)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_mulq_rs_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         q31 __builtin_mips_muleq_s_w_phl (v2q15, v2q15)
         q31 __builtin_mips_muleq_s_w_phr (v2q15, v2q15)
         a64 __builtin_mips_dpau_h_qbl (a64, v4i8, v4i8)
         a64 __builtin_mips_dpau_h_qbr (a64, v4i8, v4i8)
         a64 __builtin_mips_dpsu_h_qbl (a64, v4i8, v4i8)
         a64 __builtin_mips_dpsu_h_qbr (a64, v4i8, v4i8)
         a64 __builtin_mips_dpaq_s_w_ph (a64, v2q15, v2q15)
         a64 __builtin_mips_dpaq_sa_l_w (a64, q31, q31)
         a64 __builtin_mips_dpsq_s_w_ph (a64, v2q15, v2q15)
         a64 __builtin_mips_dpsq_sa_l_w (a64, q31, q31)
         a64 __builtin_mips_mulsaq_s_w_ph (a64, v2q15, v2q15)
         a64 __builtin_mips_maq_s_w_phl (a64, v2q15, v2q15)
         a64 __builtin_mips_maq_s_w_phr (a64, v2q15, v2q15)
         a64 __builtin_mips_maq_sa_w_phl (a64, v2q15, v2q15)
         a64 __builtin_mips_maq_sa_w_phr (a64, v2q15, v2q15)
         i32 __builtin_mips_bitrev (i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_insv (i32, i32)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_repl_qb (imm0_255)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_repl_qb (i32)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_repl_ph (imm_n512_511)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_repl_ph (i32)
         void __builtin_mips_cmpu_eq_qb (v4i8, v4i8)
         void __builtin_mips_cmpu_lt_qb (v4i8, v4i8)
         void __builtin_mips_cmpu_le_qb (v4i8, v4i8)
         i32 __builtin_mips_cmpgu_eq_qb (v4i8, v4i8)
         i32 __builtin_mips_cmpgu_lt_qb (v4i8, v4i8)
         i32 __builtin_mips_cmpgu_le_qb (v4i8, v4i8)
         void __builtin_mips_cmp_eq_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         void __builtin_mips_cmp_lt_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         void __builtin_mips_cmp_le_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         v4i8 __builtin_mips_pick_qb (v4i8, v4i8)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_pick_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         v2q15 __builtin_mips_packrl_ph (v2q15, v2q15)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extr_w (a64, imm0_31)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extr_w (a64, i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extr_r_w (a64, imm0_31)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extr_s_h (a64, i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extr_rs_w (a64, imm0_31)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extr_rs_w (a64, i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extr_s_h (a64, imm0_31)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extr_r_w (a64, i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extp (a64, imm0_31)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extp (a64, i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extpdp (a64, imm0_31)
         i32 __builtin_mips_extpdp (a64, i32)
         a64 __builtin_mips_shilo (a64, imm_n32_31)
         a64 __builtin_mips_shilo (a64, i32)
         a64 __builtin_mips_mthlip (a64, i32)
         void __builtin_mips_wrdsp (i32, imm0_63)
         i32 __builtin_mips_rddsp (imm0_63)
         i32 __builtin_mips_lbux (void *, i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_lhx (void *, i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_lwx (void *, i32)
         i32 __builtin_mips_bposge32 (void)