Freescale Semiconductor MC9S12XDP512 9.3.2.6 XGATE Semaphore Register (XGSEM)

Chapter 9 XGATE (S12XGATEV2)
MC9S12XDP512 Data Sheet, Rev. 2.11
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9.3.2.6 XGATE Semaphore Register (XGSEM)
The XGATE provides a set of eight hardware semaphores that can be shared between the S12X_CPU and
the XGATE RISC core. Each semaphore can either be unlocked, locked by the S12X_CPU or locked by
the RISC core. The RISC core is able to lock and unlock a semaphore through its SSEM and CSEM
instructions. The S12X_CPU has access to the semaphores through the XGATE semaphore register
(Figure 9-8). Refer to section Section 9.4.4, “Semaphores” for details.
Read: Anytime
Write: Anytime (see Section 9.4.4, “Semaphores”)
Module Base +0x0001A
15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
R00000000 XGSEM[7:0]
W XGSEMM[7:0]
Reset 0 0 0 0000000000000
Figure 9-8. XGATE Semaphore Register (XGSEM)
Table 9-7. XGSEM Field Descriptions
Field Description
15–8
XGSEMM[7:0]
Semaphore Mask — These bits control the write access to the XGSEM bits.
Read:
These bits will always read "0".
Write:
0 Disable write access to the XGSEM in the same bus cycle
1 Enable write access to the XGSEM in the same bus cycle
7–0
XGSEM[7:0]
Semaphore Bits — These bits indicate whether a semaphore is locked by the S12X_CPU. A semaphore can
be attempted to be set by writing a "1" to the XGSEM bit and to the corresponding XGSEMM bit in the same
write access. Only unlocked semaphores can be set. A semaphore can be cleared by writing a "0" to the
XGSEM bit and a "1" to the corresponding XGSEMM bit in the same write access.
Read:
0 Semaphore is unlocked or locked by the RISC core
1 Semaphore is locked by the S12X_CPU
Write:
0 Clear semaphore if it was locked by the S12X_CPU
1 Attempt to lock semaphore by the S12X_CPU