Intel SA-1100 Coprocessors

SA-1100 Developer’s Manual 5-1
Coprocessors 5
The operation and configuration of the Intel® StrongARM® SA-1100 Microprocessor (SA-1100) is
controlled with coprocessor instructions, configuration pins, and memory-management page
tables. The coprocessor 15 instructions manipulate on-chip registers that control the configuration
of the cache, write buffer, MMU, read buffer, breakpoints, and other configuration options.
Note: The gray areas in the register and translation diagrams are reserved and should be programmed 0
for future compatibility.
5.1 Internal Coprocessor Instructions
The on-chip cache, MMU, write buffer, and read buffers are controlled using MRC instructions and
MCR instructions. These operations to coprocessor 15 are allowed only in nonuser modes except
when read-buffer operations are explicitly enabled. The undefined instruction trap is taken if
accesses are attempted in user mode. Figure5-1 shows the format of internal coprocessor
instructions MRC and MCR.
Figure 5-1. Format of Internal Coprocessor Instructions MRC and MCR
Cond ARM™ condition codes
n 1 MRC register read
0 MCR register write
CRn SA-1100 register
Rd ARM register
OPC_2 Function bits for some MRC/MCR instructions
CRm Function bits for some MRC/MCR instructions
1110 n 1111 1
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Cond CRn Rd OPC_2 CRm