Process context register, Process context register fields description, Ibox iprs – Compaq 21264 User Manual

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Internal Processor Registers

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Ibox IPRs

Figure 5–24 Process Context Register

Table 5–14 describes the process context register fields.

Table 5–14 Process Context Register Fields Description

Name

Extent

Type

Description

Reserved

[63:47]

ASN[7:0]

[46:39]

RW

Address space number.

Reserved

[38:13]

ASTRR[3:0]

[12:9]

RW

AST request register—used to request AST interrupts in
each of the four processor modes.
To generate a particular AST interrupt, its corresponding
bits in ASTRR and ASTER must be set, along with the
ASTE bit in IER.
Further, the value of the current mode bits in the PS register
must be equal to or higher than the value of the mode associ-
ated with the AST request.
The bit order with this field is:

User Mode

12

Supervisor Mode

11

Executive Mode

10

Kernel Mode

9

ASTER[3:0]

[8:5]

RW

AST enable register—used to individually enable each of
the four AST interrupt requests.
The bit order with this field is:

User Mode

8

Supervisor Mode

7

Executive Mode

6

Kernel Mode

5

Reserved

[4:3]

63

39

9

38

8

47 46

5 4

13

3

12

2 1 0

ASN[7:0]

ASTRR[3:0]

ASTER[3:0]

FPE

PPCE

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