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User’s Manual
IBM PowerPC 750GX and 750GL RISC Microprocessor
11.9 Checkstops
A checkstop causes the processor to halt and assert the checkstop output pin, CKSTP_OUT. Once the 750GX enters a checkstop state, only a hard reset can clear the processor.
11.9.1 Checkstop Sources
Following is the list of checkstop sources:
•Machine Check with MSR[ME] = 0.
If MSR[ME] = 0 when a
–TEA assertion on the 60x bus
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–Locked L2 Snoop, with the snoop hit in locked line error enable bit in the L2 Cache Control Register (L2CR[SHEE]) set
–A parity error in either the instruction tag, data tag, instruction cache, data cache, or L2 tag (if enabled)
•Checkstop input pin (CKSTP_IN)
11.9.2 Checkstop Control Bits
Some of the checkstop sources can be controlled via
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| Performance Monitor and System Related Features | |||
March 27, 2006 |
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| Page 361 of 377 |