Table 5-4. Eflags Register - AMD Geode LX 600@0.7W Data Book

CPU Core
5.3.4 EFLAGS Register
The EFLAGS register contains status information and con-
trols certain operations on the Geode LX processor. The
Bit Name Flag Type
31:22 RSVD
21 ID System
20:19 RSVD
18 AC System
17 VM System
16 RF Debug
15 RSVD
14 NT System
13:12 IOPL System
11 OF Arithmetic
10 DF Control
9 IF System
8 TF Debug
7 SF Arithmetic
6 ZF Arithmetic
5 RSVD
4 AF Arithmetic
3 RSVD
2 PF Arithmetic
1 RSVD
0 CF Arithmetic
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Table 5-4. EFLAGS Register

Description
-- Reserved. Set to 0.
Identification Bit. The ability to set and clear this bit indicates that the CPUID instruction is sup-
ported. The ID can be modified only if the CPUID bit in CCR4 (Index E8h[7]) is set.
-- Reserved. Set to 0.
Alignment Check Enable. In conjunction with the AM flag (bit 18) in CR0, the AC flag deter-
mines whether or not misaligned accesses to memory cause a fault. If AC is set, alignment
faults are enabled.
Virtual 8086 Mode. If set while in protected mode, the processor switches to virtual 8086 oper-
ation handling segment loads as the 8086 does, but generating exception 13 faults on privileged
opcodes. The VM bit can be set by the IRET instruction (if current privilege level is 0) or by task
switches at any privilege level.
Resume Flag. Used in conjunction with debug register breakpoints. RF is checked at instruction
boundaries before breakpoint exception processing. If set, any debug fault is ignored on the next
instruction.
-- Reserved. Set to 0.
Nested Task. While executing in protected mode, NT indicates that the execution of the current
task is nested within another task.
I/O Privilege Level. While executing in protected mode, IOPL indicates the maximum current
privilege level (CPL) permitted to execute I/O instructions without generating an exception 13
fault or consulting the I/O permission bit map. IOPL also indicates the maximum CPL allowing
alteration of the IF bit when new values are popped into the EFLAGS register.
Overflow Flag. Set if the operation resulted in a carry or borrow into the sign bit of the result but
did not result in a carry or borrow out of the high-order bit. Also set if the operation resulted in a
carry or borrow out of the high-order bit but did not result in a carry or borrow into the sign bit of
the result.
Direction Flag. When cleared, DF causes string instructions to auto-increment (default) the
appropriate index registers (ESI and/or EDI). Setting DF causes auto-decrement of the index
registers to occur.
Interrupt Enable Flag. When set, maskable interrupts (INTR input pin) are acknowledged and
serviced by the CPU.
Trap Enable Flag. Once set, a single-step interrupt occurs after the next instruction completes
execution. TF is cleared by the single-step interrupt.
Sign Flag. Set equal to high-order bit of result (0 indicates positive, 1 indicates negative).
Zero Flag. Set if result is zero; cleared otherwise.
-- Reserved. Set to 0.
Auxiliary Carry Flag. Set when a carry out of (addition) or borrow into (subtraction) bit position
3 of the result occurs; cleared otherwise.
-- Reserved. Set to 0.
Parity Flag. Set when the low-order 8 bits of the result contain an even number of ones; other-
wise PF is cleared.
Reserved. Set to 1.
Carry Flag. Set when a carry out of (addition) or borrow into (subtraction) the most significant
bit of the result occurs; cleared otherwise.
lower 16 bits of this register are used when executing 8086
or 80286 code. Table 5-4 gives the bit formats for the
EFLAGS register.
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