    ;   Program not yet converted!!!!

    ;       xmm0:  input data

    ;       move xmm0 to xmm1
    ;       shift left
    ;       move xmm0 to xmm2
    ;       shift right
    ;
    ;       use punpcldw to convert low bytes to words
    ;       use pslldq to shift left 2 bytes
    ;       use psrldq to shift right 2 bytes
    ;       use pmullw, paddw
    ;       use cvtpi2ps to convert dwords to float
    ;       use punpcklwd to convert low words to dwords
    ;       use punpckhwd to convert high words to dwords

    ;rdi, rsi, rdx, rcx, r8, r9
    ;xmm0-7

    ;caller cleans up stack
    ;stack aligned on 16 bytes so that local data for functions can be properly
    ;aligned for SSE, ...

    ;callee must preserve rbx, rbp, r12-r15

    %macro  multipush 1-*
        %rep  %0
            push    %1
            %rotate 1
        %endrep
    %endmacro

    %macro  multipop 1-*
        %rep %0
            %rotate -1
            pop     %1
        %endrep
    %endmacro

    ;       sobel ( input, output, rows, cols );
    ;       char input[rows][cols]
    ;       float output[rows][cols]
    ;       boundary of the output array will be unfilled
    ;
            segment .text
            global  sobel, main
    sobel:
    .cols   equ     0
    .rows   equ     8
    .output equ     16
    .input  equ     24
    .bpir   equ     32
    .bpor   equ     40
            multipush   rbx, rbp, r12, r13, r14, r15
            sub     rsp, 48
            cmp     rdx, 3
            jl      .noworktodo
            cmp     rcx, 3
            jl      .noworktodo
            mov     [rsp+.input], rdi
            mov     [rsp+.output], rsi
            mov     [rsp+.rows], rdx
            mov     [rsp+.cols], rcx
            mov     [rsp+.bpir], rcx
            imul     rcx, 4
            mov     [rsp+.bpor], rcx

            mov     rax, [rsp+.rows]; count of rows to process
            mov     rdx, [rsp+.cols]
            sub     rax, 2
            mov     r8, [rsp+.input]
            add     r8, rdx
            mov     r9, r8          ; address of row
            mov     r10, r8
            sub     r8, rdx         ; address of first byte of row-1
            add     r10, rdx        ; address of first byte of row+1
            vzeroall
    .more_rows:
            mov     rbx, 1          ; first column to process
    .more_cols:
            ;       8 low data              row-1
            ;       8 low data shifted left
            ;       8 low data shifted right
            ;       8 low data              row
            ;       8 low data shifted left
            ;       8 low data shifted right
            ;       8 low data              row+1
            ;       8 low data shifted left
            ;       8 low data shifted right

            movdqu  xmm0, [r8+rbx-1]        ; data for 1st row of 3
            vpsrldq  xmm1, xmm0, 1
            vpsrldq  xmm2, xmm0, 2
            movdqa  xmm3, xmm0
            movdqa  xmm4, xmm1
            movdqa  xmm5, xmm2
            vpunpcklbw   xmm3, xmm0, xmm13
            vpunpcklbw   xmm4, xmm1, xmm14
            vpunpcklbw   xmm5, xmm2, xmm15         ; 8 values for 1st row
            psubw   xmm11, xmm3
            psubw   xmm9, xmm3
            paddw   xmm11, xmm5
            psubw   xmm9, xmm4
            psubw   xmm9, xmm4
            psubw    xmm9, xmm5      ; finished tally for 1st row, 1st 8
            punpckhbw  xmm0, xmm13
            punpckhbw  xmm1, xmm14
            punpckhbw  xmm2, xmm15
            psubw   xmm12, xmm0
            psubw   xmm10, xmm0
            paddw   xmm12, xmm2
            psubw   xmm10, xmm1
            psubw   xmm10, xmm1
            psubw   xmm10, xmm2     ; finished tally for 1st row, last 6

            movdqu  xmm0, [r9+rbx-1]        ; data for 1st row of 3
            vpsrldq  xmm2, xmm0, 2
            movdqa  xmm5, xmm2
            vpunpcklbw   xmm3, xmm0, xmm13
            vpunpcklbw   xmm5, xmm2, xmm15         ; 8 values for 1st row
            psubw   xmm11, xmm3
            psubw   xmm11, xmm3
            paddw   xmm11, xmm5
            paddw   xmm11, xmm5
            punpckhbw  xmm0, xmm13
            punpckhbw  xmm2, xmm15
            psubw   xmm12, xmm0
            psubw   xmm12, xmm0
            paddw   xmm12, xmm2
            paddw   xmm12, xmm2     ; finished tally for 2nd row, last 6

            movdqu  xmm0, [r10+rbx-1]        ; data for 3rd row of 3
            vpsrldq  xmm1, xmm0, 1
            vpsrldq  xmm2, xmm0, 2
            vpunpcklbw   xmm3, xmm0, xmm13
            vpunpcklbw   xmm4, xmm1, xmm14
            vpunpcklbw   xmm5, xmm2, xmm15         ; 8 values for 3rd row
            psubw   xmm11, xmm3
            paddw   xmm9, xmm3
            paddw   xmm11, xmm5
            paddw   xmm9, xmm4
            paddw   xmm9, xmm4
            paddw   xmm9, xmm5      ; finished tally for 3rd row, 1st 8
            punpckhbw  xmm0, xmm13
            punpckhbw  xmm1, xmm14
            punpckhbw  xmm2, xmm15
            psubw   xmm12, xmm0
            paddw   xmm10, xmm0
            paddw   xmm12, xmm2
            paddw   xmm10, xmm1
            paddw   xmm10, xmm1
            paddw   xmm10, xmm2     ; finished tally for 3rd row, last 6

            add     rbx, 14         ; process 14 Sobel values
            cmp     rbx, rdx
            jl      .more_cols

            add     r8, rdx
            add     r9, rdx
            add     r10, rdx
            sub     rax, 1          ; 1 fewer row to process
            cmp     rax, 0
            jg      .more_rows
    .noworktodo:
            add     rsp, 48
            multipop    rbx, rbp, r12, r13, r14, r15
            ret