2.1.6
Floating-point unit (FPU)................................................................................................................64
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.1.9
Operating modes ...........................................................................................................................65
2.1.10 Cache ............................................................................................................................................65
2.1.11 Instruction pipeline .........................................................................................................................66
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
Instruction classes .........................................................................................................................67
2.3
Pipeline........................................................................................................................................84
2.3.1
Pipeline stages ..............................................................................................................................84
2.3.2
Branch delay..................................................................................................................................87
2.3.3
Load delay .....................................................................................................................................87
2.3.4
Pipeline operation ..........................................................................................................................88
2.3.5
2.3.6
Program compatibility ..................................................................................................................100
2.4
Memory Management System ................................................................................................101
2.1.1
2.1.2
Virtual address space ..................................................................................................................102
2.1.3
Physical address space ...............................................................................................................116
2.1.4
System control coprocessor.........................................................................................................117
2.1.5
CP0 registers ...............................................................................................................................119
2.5
Exception Processing.............................................................................................................129
2.5.1
2.5.2
Precision of exceptions ................................................................................................................130
2.5.3
2.1.4
Details of exceptions....................................................................................................................142
2.1.5
2.2
Initialization Interface ..............................................................................................................165
2.2.1
Cold reset ....................................................................................................................................165
2.2.2
Soft reset .....................................................................................................................................165
2.2.3
V
4120A processor modes ..........................................................................................................165
2.3
Cache Memory..........................................................................................................................168
2.3.1
Memory organization ...................................................................................................................168
2.3.2
Cache organization ......................................................................................................................169
2.3.3
Cache operations.........................................................................................................................171
2.3.4
Cache states................................................................................................................................172
2.3.5
2.3.6
Cache data integrity .....................................................................................................................174
2.3.7
2.4
CPU Core Interrupts.................................................................................................................182
2.4.1
2.4.2
Ordinary interrupts .......................................................................................................................182
2.4.3
2.4.4
Timer interrupt .............................................................................................................................182
2.4.5
Asserting interrupts ......................................................................................................................183
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