Epson ARM.POWERED ARM720T User Manual

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Glossary

ARM720T CORE CPU MANUAL

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Glossary-5

Saved Program Status Register

The Saved Program Status Register which is associated with the current

processor mode and is undefined if there is no such Saved Program Status

Register, as in User mode or System mode.

See also

Program Status Register.

SBO

See

Should Be One fields.

SBZ

See

Should Be Zero fields.

Should Be One fields

Should be written as one (or all ones for bit fields) by software. Values other

than one produces Unpredictable results.

See also

Should Be Zero fields.

Should Be Zero fields

Should be written as zero (or all 0s for bit fields) by software. Values other

than zero produce Unpredictable results.

See also

Should Be One fields.

Software Interrupt Instruction

This instruction (SWI) enters Supervisor mode to request a particular

operating system function.

SPSR

See

Saved Program Status Register.

Stack pointer

A register or variable pointing to the top of a stack. If the stack is full stack

the SP points to the most recently pushed item, else if the stack is empty,

the SP points to the first empty location, where the next item will be

pushed.

Status registers

See

Program Status Register.

SP

See

Stack pointer

SWI

See

Software Interrupt Instruction.

TAP

See

Test access port

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