APPENDIX A MIPS III INSTRUCTION SET DETAILS
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SYSCALL System Call SYSCALL
SPECIAL
0 0 0 0 0 0 Code
31 26 25 6 5 0
620
SYSCALL
0 0 1 1 0 0
6
Format:
SYSCALL
Description:
A system call exception occurs, immediately and unconditionally transferring control to the exception handler.
The code field is available for use as software parameters, but is retrieved by the exception handler only by loading
the contents of the memory word containing the instruction.
Operation:
32, 64 T: SystemCallException
Exceptions:
System Call exception