[libre-riscv-dev] Vector Operations Extension (cross, dot, length, lerp, slerp)

[lkcl]

http://bugs.libre-riscv.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142
(Tracking this extension here)

Found a paper which describes vector normalisation in terms of dotproduct, 
scalar recipsqrt and then scalar-vector fmul.

With VLENGTH being also expressible as dotproduct followed by scalar sqrt, 
is it reasonable to have both normalisation as well as VLENGTH as macro op 
fused sequences?

Or, are they sufficiently common that there is significant overhead in 
loops, particularly from the vector-scalar context setup, that both or 
either warrant their own opcode (done most likely as microcode)?

L.