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Table 5-7, Cr4 bit descriptions, Table 5-8 – AMD Geode LX [email protected] User Manual

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AMD Geode™ LX Processors Data Book

CPU Core

33234H

Table 5-7. CR4 Bit Descriptions

Bit

Name

Description

31:9

RSVD

Reserved. Set to 0 (always returns 0 when read).

8

PCE

Performance Counter Enable. Set PCE = 1 to make RDPMC available at nonzero privi-
lege levels.

7

PGE

Page Global Enable. Set PGE = 1 to make global pages immune to INVLPG instruc-
tions.

6:5

RSVD

Reserved. Set to 0 (always returns 0 when read).

4

PSE

Page Size Extensions. Set PSE = 1 to enable 4 MB pages.

3

DE

Debug Extensions. Set DE = 1 to enable debug extensions (i.e., DR4, DR5, and I/O
breakpoints).

2

TSC

Time Stamp Counter Instruction.
0: RDTSC instruction enabled for all CPL states.
1: RDTSC instruction enabled for CPL = 0 only.

1:0

RSVD

Reserved. Set to 0 (always returns 0 when read).

Table 5-8. CR3 Bit Descriptions

Bit

Name

Description

31:12

PDBR

Page Directory Base Register. Identifies page directory base address on a 4 KB page
boundary.

11:0

RSVD

Reserved. Set to 0.

Table 5-9. CR2 Bit Descriptions

Bit

Name

Description

31:0

PFLA

Page Fault Linear Address. With paging enabled and after a page fault, PFLA contains
the linear address of the address that caused the page fault.

Table 5-10. CR0 Bit Descriptions

Bit

Name

Description

31

PG

Paging Enable Bit. If PG = 1 and protected mode is enabled (PE = 1), paging is
enabled. After changing the state of PG, software must execute an unconditional branch
instruction (e.g., JMP, CALL) to have the change take effect.

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