Mcr/Mrc; Figure 8-4 Mcr/Mrc Cycle Timing - ARM ARM926EJ-S Technical Reference Manual

Coprocessor Interface
8.3

MCR/MRC

Coprocessor pipeline
CLK
CPINSTR[31:0]
nCPMREQ
CPPASS
CPLATECANCEL
CHSDE[1:0]
CHSEX[1:0]
CPDOUT[31:0]
MCR
CPDIN[31:0]
MRC
8-6
These cycles look very similar to STC/LDC. An example with a busy-wait state is
shown in Figure 8-4.
Fetch
Decode
MCR/MRC
WAIT
First, nCPMREQ is driven LOW to indicate that the instruction on CPINSTR is
entering the Decode stage of the pipeline. This coprocessor decodes the new instruction
and drives CHSDE[1:0] as required.
In the next cycle, nCPMREQ is driven LOW to indicate that the instruction has now
been issued to the Execute stage. If the condition codes pass and the instruction is to be
executed, the CPPASS signal is driven HIGH and the CHSDE[1:0] handshake bus is
examined (it is ignored in all other cases).
For any successive execute cycles the CHSEX[1:0] handshake bus is examined. When
the LAST condition is observed, the instruction is committed. In the case of an MCR,
the CPDOUT[31:0] bus is driven with the register data during the coprocessor Write
stage. In the case of an MRC, CPDIN[31:0] is sampled at the end of the ARM9EJ-S
memory stage and written to the destination register during the next cycle.
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Execute Execute
Memory
(WAIT) (LAST)
LAST Ignored
Coproc data

Figure 8-4 MCR/MRC cycle timing

Write
Coproc data
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