Compaq EV68A Software Interrupt Request Register Sirr, Iercm Register Fields Description

Models: EV68A

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Figure 5–16 Interrupt Enable and Current Processor Mode Register

63

39 38

33 32 31 30 29 28

14 13 12

5

4

3

2

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EIEN[5:0]

SLEN

CREN

PCEN[1:0]

SIEN[15:1]

ASTEN

CM[1:0]

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Table 5–5describes the interrupt enable and current processor mode register fields.

Table 5–5 IER_CM Register Fields Description

Name

Extent

Type

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved

[63:39]

 

EIEN[5:0]

[38:33]

RW

External Interrupt Enable

SLEN

[32]

RW

Serial Line Interrupt Enable

CREN

[31]

RW

Corrected Read Error Interrupt Enable

PCEN[1:0]

[30:29]

RW

Performance Counter Interrupt Enables

SIEN[15:1]

[28:14]

RW

Software Interrupt Enables

ASTEN

[13]

RW

AST Interrupt Enable

 

 

 

When set, enables those AST interrupt requests that are also

 

 

 

enabled by the value in ASTER.

Reserved

[12:5]

 

CM[1:0]

[4:3]

RW

Current Mode

 

 

 

00

Kernel

 

 

 

01

Executive

 

 

 

10

Supervisor

 

 

 

11

User

Reserved

[2:0]

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.2.10 Software Interrupt Request Register – SIRR

The software interrupt request register (SIRR) is a read-write register containing bits to request software interrupts. To generate a particular software interrupt, its correspond- ing bits in SIRR and IER[SIER] must both be set. Figure 5–17shows the software interrupt request register.

5–10Internal Processor Registers

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