Digi NS9215 User Manual

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MemoryManagement Unit (MMU)

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page tables have 1024 entries, splitting the 1 MB that the table describes into 1 KB
blocks. The next two sections show the format of a fine page table descriptor and
define the fine page table descriptor bit assignments.

Note:

If a fine page table descriptor is returned from the first-level fetch, a
second-level fetch is initiated.

Fine page table
descriptor format

Fine page table
descriptor bit
description

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This figure illustrates the complete section translation sequence.

Fine page table base address

SBZ

Domain

1

1

1

1

0

2

3

4

5

8

9

11

12

31

SBZ

Bits

Description

[31:12]

Forms the base for referencing the second-level descriptor (the fine page table index for
the entry is derived from the MVA).

[11:9]

Always written as 0.

[8:5]

Specifies one of the 16 possible domains (held in the Domain Access Control register)
that contain primary access controls.

4

Always written as 1.

[3:2}

Always written as 0.

[1:0]

Must be 11 to indicate a fine page table descriptor.

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