Table 7-2, Level one descriptor bits -7, Table 7-3 – Epson ARM.POWERED ARM720T User Manual

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7: Memory Management Unit

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Level one descriptor bit assignments are shown in Table 7-2.

The two least significant bits of the level one descriptor indicate the descriptor type as shown

in Table 7-3.

Table 7-2 Level one descriptor bits

Bits

Description

Section

Coarse

Fine

31:20

31:10

31:12

These bits form the corresponding bits of the
physical address

19:12

-

-

Should Be Zero

11:10

-

-

Access permission bits. Domain access control on
page 7-17 an
d Fault checking sequence on page
7-19
show how to interpret the access permission
bits

9

9

11:9

Should Be Zero

8:5

8:5

8:5

Domain control bits

4

4

4

Must be 1

3:2

-

-

These bits, C and B, indicate whether the area of
memory mapped by this page is treated as
cachable or noncachable, and bufferable or
nonbufferable. (The system is always
write-through.)

-

3:2

3:2

Should Be Zero

1:0

1:0

1:0

These bits indicate the page size and validity and
are interpreted as shown in Table 7-3

Table 7-3 Interpreting level one descriptor bits [1:0]

Value

Meaning

Description

0 0

Invalid

Generates a section translation fault

0 1

Coarse page
table

Indicates that this is a coarse page table
descriptor

1 0

Section

Indicates that this is a section descriptor

1 1

Fine page table

Indicates that this is a fine page table
descriptor

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