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Page 171: Section 5.3.9, Mbox iprs, 9 mbox control register – m_ctl

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Alpha 21264/EV67 Hardware Reference Manual

Internal Processor Registers

5–29

Mbox IPRs

Note:

The Ra field of the instruction that triggered the error can be obtained from
the Ibox EXC_SUM register.

5.3.9 Mbox Control Register – M_CTL

The Mbox control register (M_CTL) is a write-only register. Its contents are cleared by
chip reset. Figure 5–32 shows the Mbox control register.

Figure 5–32 Mbox Control Register

FOR

[2]

RO

This bit is set when a fault-on-read error occurs during a read
transaction and PTE[FOR] was set.

ACV

[1]

RO

This bit is set when an access violation occurs during a transac-
tion. Access violations include a bad virtual address.

WR

[0]

RO

This bit is set when an error occurs during a write transaction.

Table 5–18 Memory Management Status Register Fields Description (Continued)

Name

Extent

Type

Description

63

6

4

5

3

1 0

SMC[1:0]

SPE[2:0]

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