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ARM DDI0198D
Copyright ©
2001-2003
ARM Limited. A
ll rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
2
Change History
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Copyright © 2001-2003 Arm Limited. All Rights Reserved
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Table of Contents
3
List of Tables
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Preface
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About this Manual
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Key to Timing Diagram Conventions
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Feedback
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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About the ARM926EJ-S Processor
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Figure 1-1 ARM926EJ-S Block Diagram
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Figure 1-2 ARM926EJ-S Interface Diagram (Part One)
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Figure 1-3 ARM926EJ-S Interface Diagram (Part Two)
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Chapter 2 Programmer's Model
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About the Programmer's Model
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Summary of ARM926EJ-S System Control Coprocessor (CP15) Registers
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Table 2-1 CP15 Register Summary
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Table 2-2 Address Types in ARM926EJ-S
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Table 2-3 CP15 Abbreviations
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Figure 2-1 CP15 MRC and MCR Bit Pattern
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Register Descriptions
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Table 2-4 Reading from Register C0
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Table 2-5 Register 0, ID Code
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Table 2-6 Ctype Encoding
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Figure 2-2 Cache Type Register Format
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Figure 2-3 Dsize and Isize Field Format
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Table 2-7 Cache Size Encoding (M=0)
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Table 2-8 Cache Associativity Encoding (M=0)
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Table 2-9 Line Length Encoding
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Table 2-10 Example Cache Type Register Format
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Figure 2-4 TCM Status Register Format
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Table 2-11 Control Bit Functions Register C1
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Figure 2-5 Control Register Format
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Table 2-12 Effects of Control Register on Caches
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Table 2-13 Effects of Control Register on TCM Interface
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Figure 2-6 TTBR Format
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Table 2-14 Domain Access Control Defines
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Figure 2-7 Register C3 Format
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Table 2-15 FSR Bit Field Descriptions
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Figure 2-8 FSR Format
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Table 2-16 FSR Status Field Encoding
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Table 2-17 Function Descriptions Register C7
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Table 2-18 Cache Operations C7
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Figure 2-9 Register C7 MVA Format
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Figure 2-10 Register C7 Set/Way Format
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Table 2-19 Register C8 TLB Operations
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Figure 2-11 Register C8 MVA Format
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Table 2-20 Cache Lockdown Register Instructions
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Figure 2-12 Cache Lockdown Register C9 Format
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Table 2-21 Cache Lockdown Register L Bits
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Table 2-22 TCM Region Register Instructions
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Table 2-23 TCM Region Register C9
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Table 2-24 TCM Size Field Encoding
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Figure 2-13 TCM Region Register C9 Format
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Table 2-25 Programming the TLB Lockdown Register
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Figure 2-14 TLB Lockdown Register Format
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Table 2-26 FCSE PID Register Operations
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Figure 2-15 Process ID Register Format
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Table 2-27 Context ID Register Operations
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Figure 2-16 Context ID Register Format
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Chapter 3 Memory Management Unit
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About the MMU
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Table 3-1 MMU Program-Accessible CP15 Registers
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Address Translation
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Figure 3-5 Section Descriptor
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Figure 3-1 Translation Table Base Register
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Figure 3-2 Translating Page Tables
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Figure 3-3 Accessing Translation Table First-Level Descriptors
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Table 3-2 First-Level Descriptor Bits
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Figure 3-4 First-Level Descriptor
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Table 3-3 Interpreting First-Level Descriptor Bits [1:0]
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Table 3-4 Section Descriptor Bits
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Figure 3-6 Coarse Page Table Descriptor
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Table 3-5 Coarse Page Table Descriptor Bits
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Figure 3-7 Fine Page Table Descriptor
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Table 3-6 Fine Page Table Descriptor Bits
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Figure 3-8 Section Translation
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Table 3-7 Second-Level Descriptor Bits
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Figure 3-9 Second-Level Descriptor
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Table 3-8 Interpreting Page Table Entry Bits [1:0]
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Figure 3-11 Small Page Translation from a Coarse Page Table
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Figure 3-12 Tiny Page Translation from a Fine Page Table
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MMU Faults and CPU Aborts
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Table 3-9 Priority Encoding of Fault Status
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Table 3-10 FAR Values for Multi-Word Transfers
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Domain Access Control
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Table 3-11 Domain Access Control Register, Access Control Bits
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Table 3-12 Interpreting Access Permission (AP) Bits
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Fault Checking Sequence
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Figure 3-13 Sequence for Checking Faults
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External Aborts
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TLB Structure
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Chapter 4 Caches and Write Buffer
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About the Caches and Write Buffer
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Write Buffer
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Enabling the Caches
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Table 4-1 CP15 C1 I and M Bit Settings for the Icache
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Table 4-2 Page Table C Bit Settings for the Icache
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Table 4-3 CP15 C1 C and M Bit Settings for the Dcache
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Table 4-4 Page Table C and B Bit Settings for the Dcache
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TCM and Cache Access Priorities
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Table 4-5 Instruction Access Priorities to the TCM and Cache
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Table 4-6 Data Access Priorities to the TCM and Cache
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Cache MVA and Set/Way Formats
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Figure 4-1 Generic Virtually Indexed Virtually Addressed Cache
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Table 4-7 Values of S and NSETS
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Figure 4-2 ARM926EJ-S Cache Associativity
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Figure 4-3 ARM926EJ-S Cache Set/Way/Word Format
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Chapter 5 Tightly-Coupled Memory Interface
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About the Tightly-Coupled Memory Interface
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TCM Interface Signals
112
Table 5-1 Relationship between DMDMAEN, DRDMACS, and DRIDLE
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TCM Interface Bus Cycle Types and Timing
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Figure 5-1 Multi-Cycle Data Side TCM Access
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Figure 5-2 Instruction Side Zero Wait State Accesses
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Figure 5-3 Data Side Zero Wait State Accesses
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Figure 5-4 Relationship between DRDMAEN, DRDMACS, DRDMAADDR, DRADDR and DRCS
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Figure 5-5 DMA Access Interaction with Normal DTCM Accesses
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Figure 5-6 Generating a Single Wait State for ITCM Accesses Using IRWAIT
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Figure 5-7 State Machine for Generating a Single Wait State
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Figure 5-8 Loopback of SEQ to Produce a Single Cycle Wait State
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Figure 5-9 Cycle Timing of Loopback Circuit
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Figure 5-10 DMA with Single Wait State for Nonsequential Accesses
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Figure 5-11 Cycle Timing of Circuit with DMA and Single Wait State for Nonsequential Accesses
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TCM Programmer's Model
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TCM Interface Examples
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Figure 5-12 Zero Wait State RAM Example
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Figure 5-13 Byte-Banks of RAM Example
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Figure 5-14 Optimizing for Power
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Figure 5-15 Optimizing for Speed
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Figure 5-16 TCM Subsystem that Uses Wait States for Nonsequential Accesses
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Figure 5-17 Cycle Timing of Circuit that Uses Wait States for Non Sequential Accesses
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Figure 5-18 TCM Subsystem that Uses the DMA Interface
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Figure 5-19 TCM Test Access Using bist
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TCM Access Penalties
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TCM Write Buffer
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Using Synchronous SRAM as TCM Memory
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TCM Clock Gating
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Chapter 6 Bus Interface Unit
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About the Bus Interface Unit
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Supported AHB Transfers
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Table 6-1 Supported HBURST Encodings
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Table 6-2 IHPROT[3:0] and DHPROT[3:0] Attributes
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Figure 6-1 Multi-Layer AHB System Example
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Figure 6-2 Multi-AHB System Example
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Figure 6-3 AHB Clock Relationships
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Chapter 7 Noncachable Instruction Fetches
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About Noncachable Instruction Fetches
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Figure 8-7 Privileged Instructions
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Chapter 8 Coprocessor Interface
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About the ARM926EJ-S External Coprocessor Interface
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Figure 8-1 Producing a Coprocessor Clock
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Figure 8-2 Coprocessor Clocking
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Ldc/Stc
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Figure 8-3 LDC/STC Cycle Timing
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Table 8-1 Handshake Signal Encoding
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Mcr/Mrc
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Figure 8-4 MCR/MRC Cycle Timing
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Figure 8-5 Interlocked MCR
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Cdp
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Figure 8-6 Latecanceled CDP
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Privileged Instructions
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Busy-Waiting and Interrupts
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Figure 8-8 Busy Waiting and Interrupts
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Cpburst
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Table 8-2 CPBURST Encoding
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Cpabort
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Figure 8-9 CPBURST and CPABORT Timing
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Ncpinstrvalid
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Connecting Multiple External Coprocessors
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Figure 8-10 Arrangement for Connecting Two Coprocessors
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Chapter 9 Instruction Memory Barrier
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About the Instruction Memory Barrier Operation
172
IMB Operation
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Example IMB Sequences
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Chapter 10 Embedded Trace Macrocell Support
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About Embedded Trace Macrocell Support
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Chapter 11 Debug Support
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About Debug Support
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Table 11-1 Scan Chain 15 Format
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Table 11-2 Scan Chain 15 Mapping to CP15 Registers
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Chapter 12 Power Management
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About Power Management
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Figure 12-1 Deassertion of STANDBYWFI after an IRQ Interrupt
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Figure 12-2 Logic for Stopping ARM926EJ-S Clock During Wait for Interrupt
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Appendix A Signal Descriptions
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Table A-4 JTAG Signals
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Table A-5 Miscellaneous Signals
189
Signal Properties and Requirements
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AHB Related Signals
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Table A-1 AHB Related Signals
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Coprocessor Interface Signals
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Table A-2 Coprocessor Interface Signals
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Debug Signals
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Table A-3 Debug Signals
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JTAG Signals
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Miscellaneous Signals
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ETM Interface Signals
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Table A-6 ETM Interface Signals
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TCM Interface Signals
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Table A-7 TCM Interface Signals
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CP15 Test and Debug Registers
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Appendix B CP15 Test and Debug Registers
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About the Test and Debug Registers
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Figure B-1 CP15 MRC and MCR Bit Pattern
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Figure B-2 Rd Format for Selecting Main TLB Entry
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Figure B-3 Rd Format for Accessing MVA Tag of Main or Lockdown TLB Entry
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Table B-5 Encoding of the TLB MVA Tag Bit Fields
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Figure B-4 Rd Format for Accessing PA and AP Data of Main or Lockdown TLB Entry
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Table B-6 Encoding of the TLB Entry PA and AP Bit Fields
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Table B-7 Main TLB Mapping to Mmuxwd
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Figure B-5 Write to the Data RAM
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Figure B-6 Rd Format for Selecting Lockdown TLB Entry
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Table B-8 Encoding of the Lockdown TLB Entry-Select Bit Fields
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Figure B-7 Cache Debug Control Register Format
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Table B-9 Cache Debug Control Register Bit Assignments
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Figure B-8 MMU Debug Control Register Format
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Table B-10 MMU Debug Control Register Bit Assignments
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Figure B-9 Memory Region Remap Register Format
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Table B-11 Memory Region Remap Register Instructions
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Table B-12 Encoding of the Memory Region Remap Register
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Table B-13 Encoding of the Remap Fields
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Table B-1 Debug Override Register
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Table B-2 Trace Control Register Bit Assignments
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Table B-3 MMU Test Operation Instructions
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Table B-4 Encoding of the Main TLB Entry-Select Bit Fields
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Figure B-10 Memory Region Attribute Resolution
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