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MPC8260 PowerQUICC II Family Reference Manual, Rev. 2
III-2 Freescale Semiconductor
MPC82xx Documentation
Supporting documentation for the PowerQUICC II can be accessed through the world-wide web at
www.freescale.com. This documentation includes technical specifications, reference materials, and
detailed applications notes.
Conventions
This document uses the following notational conventions:
Bold entries in figures and tables showing registers and parameter RAM should
be initialized by the user.
mnemonics Instruction mnemonics are shown in lowercase bold.
italics Italics indicate variable command parameters, for example, bcctrx.
Book titles in text are set in italics.
0x0 Prefix to denote hexadecimal number
0b0 Prefix to denote binary number
REG[FIELD] Abbreviations or acronyms for registers or buffer descriptors are shown in
uppercase text. Specific bits, fields, or numerical ranges appear in brackets. For
example, MSR[LE] refers to the little-endian mode enable bit in the machine state
register.
x In certain contexts, such as in a signal encoding or a bit field, indicates a don’t
care.
n Indicates an undefined numerical value
¬ NOT logical operator
& AND logical operator
| OR logical operator
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Table i contains acronyms and abbreviations used in this document. Note that the meanings for some
acronyms (such as SDR1 and DSISR) are historical, and the words for which an acronym stands may not
be intuitively obvious.
Table III-1. Acronyms and Abbreviated Terms
Term Meaning
BD Buffer descriptor
BIST Built-in self test
BRI Basic rate interface
CAM Content-addressable memory
Bold