Table 9–2 : Privileged OpenVMS Alpha PALcode Instructions Summary (Continued)

Mnemonic

Operation and Description

STQP

Store quadword physical

 

The quadword contents of R17 are written to the memory location whose phys-

 

ical address is in R16. If the operand address in R16 is not quadword-aligned,

 

the result is UNPREDICTABLE.

SWPCTX

Swap privileged context

 

SWPCTX returns ownership of the data structure that contains the current

 

hardware privileged context (the HWPCB) to the operating system and passes

 

ownership of the new HWPCB to the processor.

SWPPAL

Swap PALcode image

 

SWPPAL causes the current PALcode to be replaced by the specified new

 

PALcode image. Intended for use by operating systems only during bootstraps

 

and by consoles during transitions to console I/O mode.

WTINT

Wait for interrupt

 

WTINT requests that, if possible, the PALcode wait for the first of either of the

 

following conditions before returning: any interrupt other than a clock tick; or,

 

the first clock tick after a specified number of clock ticks has been skipped.

 

 

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