Compaq ECQD2KCTE manual 11-4Alpha Architecture Handbook

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Table 11–2 : Privileged Windows NT Alpha PALcode Instruction Summary (Continued)

Mnemonic

Operation and description

rdirql

Read the current IRQL from the PSR

 

The rdirql instruction returns the contents of the interrupt request level (IRQL)

 

field of the PSR internal processor register.

rdksp

Read initial kernel stack pointer for the current thread

 

The rdksp instruction returns the contents of the IKSP (initial kernel stack

 

pointer) internal processor register for the currently executing thread.

rdmces

Read the machine check error summary register

 

The rdmces instruction returns the contents of the machine check error sum-

 

mary (MCES) internal processor register.

rdpcr

Read the processor control region base address

 

The rdpcr instruction returns the contents of the PCR internal processor register

 

(the base address value of the processor control region).

rdpsr

Read the current processor status register (PSR)

 

The rdpsr instruction returns the contents of the current PSR (Processor Status

 

Register) internal processor register.

rdstate

Read the current internal processor state

 

The rdstate instruction returns the internal processor state to an internal buffer.

rdthread

Read the thread value for the current thread

 

The rdthread instruction returns the contents of the THREAD internal proces-

 

sor register (the value of the currently executing thread).

reboot

Transfer to console firmware

 

The reboot instruction stops the operating system from executing and returns

 

execution to the boot environment. Reboot is responsible for completing the

 

ARC restart block before returning to the boot environment.

restart

Restart the operating system from the restart block

 

The restart instruction restores saved processor state and resumes execution of

 

the operating system.

 

 

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