Compaq 21264 - Manual (Page 65)

Alpha 21264/EV67 Hardware Reference Manual Internal Architecture 2–37
Floating-Point Control Register
UNFD [61] RW Underflow Disable. The 21264/EV67 hardware cannot generate IEEE compli-
ant denormal results. UNFD is used in conjunction with UNDZ as follows:
UNDZ [60] RW Underflow to zero. When UNDZ is set together with UNFD, underflow traps
are disabled and the 21264/EV67 places a true zero in the destination register.
See UNFD, above.
DYN [59:58] RW Dynamic rounding mode. Indicates the rounding mode to be used by an IEEE
floating-point instruction when the instruction specifies dynamic rounding
mode:
IOV [57] RW Integer overflow. An integer arithmetic operation or a conversion from float-
ing-point to integer overflowed the destination precision.
INE [56] RW Inexact result. A floating-point arithmetic or conversion operation gave a result
that differed from the mathematically exact result.
UNF [55] RW Underflow. A floating-point arithmetic or conversion operation gave a result
that underflowed the destination exponent.
OVF [54] RW Overflow. A floating-point arithmetic or conversion operation gave a result that
overflowed the destination exponent.
DZE [53] RW Divide by zero. An attempt was made to perform a floating-point divide with a
divisor of zero.
INV [52] RW Invalid operation. An attempt was made to perform a floating-point arithmetic
operation and one or more of its operand values were illegal.
OVFD [51] RW Overflow disable. If this bit is set and a floating-point arithmetic operation gen-
erates an overflow condition, then the appropriate IEEE nontrapping result is
placed in the destination register and the trap is suppressed.
DZED [50] RW Division by zero disable. If this bit is set and a floating-point divide by zero is
detected, the appropriate IEEE nontrapping result is placed in the destination
register and the trap is suppressed.
INVD [49] RW Invalid operation disable. If this bit is set and a floating-point operate generates
an invalid operation condition and 21264/EV67 is capable of producing the
correct IEEE nontrapping result, that result is placed in the destination register
and the trap is suppressed.
Table 2–14 Floating-Point Control Register Fields (Continued)
Name Extent Type Description
UNFD UNDZ Result
0 X Underflow trap.
1 0 Trap to supply a possible denormal result.
1 1 Underflow trap suppressed. Destination is written with a
true zero (+0.0).
Bits Meaning
00 Chopped
01 Minus infinity
10 Normal
11 Plus infinity