User’s Manual

IBM PowerPC 750GX and 750GL RISC Microprocessor

Terminology Conventions

The following table describes terminology conventions used in this manual and the equivalent terminology used in the PowerPC Architecture specification.

PowerPC Architecture Specification

750GX User’s Manual

 

 

 

 

Data-storage interrupt (DSI)

DSI exception

 

 

Extended mnemonics

Simplified mnemonics

 

 

Fixed-point unit (FXU)

Integer unit (IU)

 

 

Instruction storage interrupt (ISI)

ISI exception

 

 

Interrupt

Exception

 

 

Privileged mode (or privileged state)

Supervisor-level privilege

 

 

Problem mode (or problem state)

User-level privilege

 

 

Real address

Physical address

 

 

Relocation

Translation

 

 

Storage (locations)

Memory

 

 

Storage (the act of)

Access

 

 

Store in

Write back

 

 

Store through

Write through

 

 

Instruction Field Conventions

The following table describes instruction field conventions used in this manual and the equivalent conventions from the PowerPC Architecture specification.

PowerPC Architecture Specification

750GX User’s Manual

 

 

 

 

BA, BB, BT

crbA, crbB, crbD (respectively)

 

 

BF, BFA

crfD, crfS (respectively)

 

 

D

d

 

 

DS

ds

 

 

FLM

FM

 

 

FRA, FRB, FRC, FRT, FRS

frA, frB, frC, frD, frS (respectively)

 

 

FXM

CRM

 

 

RA, RB, RT, RS

rA, rB, rD, rS (respectively)

 

 

SI

SIMM

 

 

U

IMM

 

 

UI

UIMM

 

 

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