Difference between single and double precision instructions
We all know that MIPS FPU has two precisions, single or double. When I looked it in the instruction set, I found for a same operation, the instruction for single precision and double precision have no different.
For example, here from the MIPS Architecture For Programmers Volume II: , the instruction ADD.fmt 
No matter it is double or single precision, the operand and function code are both same. How decoder know it is a single or double precision instruction? Or any hidden information in the 5-bit fmt region? I can not find any good answers from google, can someone explain how this instruction works?
The MIPS documentation has details on this, under "FPU Operand Format Field". The fmt field contains that specific data.
The fmt field is 5 bit length and it can take the following values:
0-15: reserved
16: single
17: double
18-19: reserved
20: word
21: long
22-31: reserved
Word and Long are Unimplemented for ADD.S and ADD.D.
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