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3.6.10 Receive Register

(RX)
The RX register is the receive buffer used by the debug handler to get data sent by the
debugger through the JTAG interface.
Since the RX register is accessed by the debug handler (using MRC) and the debugger
(through JTAG), handshaking is required to prevent the debugger from writing new
data to the register before the debug handler reads the previous data out. The
handshaking is described in “RX Register Re ady Bit (RR)” on page 99.

3.6.11 Debug JTAG Access

There are four JTAG instructions used by the debugger during software debug: LDIC,
SELDCSR, DBGTX and DBGRX. LDIC is described in “Downloading Code in ICache” on
page 116. The other three JTAG instructions are described in this section.
SELDCSR, DBGTX and DBGRX use a common 36-bit shift register (DBG_SR). New data
is shifted in and captured data out through the DBG_SR. In the UPDATE_DR state, the
new data shifted into the appropriate data register.

3.6.11.1 SELDCSR JTAG Command

The ‘SELDCSR’ JTAG instruction selects the DCSR JTAG data register. The JT AG op code
is ‘01001’. When the SELDCSR JTAG instruction is in the JTAG instruction register, the
debugger can directly access the Debug Control and Status Register (DCSR). The
debugger can only modify certain bits through JTAG, but can read the entire register.
The SELDCSR instruction also allows the debugger to generate an external debug
break.
Table 44. RX Register
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9876543210
RX
reset value: unpredictable
Bits Access Description
31:0 SW Read-only
JTAG Write-only Software reads to receives data/commands from
debugger