Architecture

6.3.9Reset exception

Cause

The reset signal in the R3900 Processor Core is asserted and then de-asserted.

Exception mask

The Reset exception is not maskable.

Processing

A special interrupt vector (0xBFC0 0000) that resides in an uncached area is used. It is therefore not necessary for hardware to initialize cache memory in order to process this exception.

The contents of all registers in the R3900 Processor Core become undefined. See the description of each register earlier in this section for details.

All data cache and instruction cache valid bits are cleared to 0, as are all data cache lock bits.

If a Reset exception is raised during a bus cycle, the bus cycle is immediately ended and the reset is allowed to proceed.

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