SMSTART

Enables access to Streaming SVE mode and SME architectural state

This instruction enables access to Streaming SVE mode and SME architectural state.

SMSTART enters Streaming SVE mode, and enables the SME ZA storage.

SMSTART SM enters Streaming SVE mode, but does not enable the SME ZA storage.

SMSTART ZA enables the SME ZA storage, but does not cause an entry to Streaming SVE mode.

This is an alias of MSR (immediate). This means:

System
(FEAT_SME)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
110101010000001101000xx101111111
op1CRmop2Rt

Encoding

SMSTART {<option>}

is equivalent to

MSR <pstatefield>, #1

and is always the preferred disassembly.

Assembler Symbols

<option>

Is an optional mode, encoded in CRm<2:1>:

CRm<2:1> <option> Description
00 RESERVED
01 SM

Maps to <pstatefield> SVCRSM.

10 ZA

Maps to <pstatefield> SVCRZA.

11 [absent]

Maps to <pstatefield> SVCRSMZA.

Operation

The description of MSR (immediate) gives the operational pseudocode for this instruction.


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