Samsung S3C2440A - Manual (Page 48)

S3C2440A RISC MICROPROCESSOR PROGRAMMER'S MODEL
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Accessing Hi-Registers in THUMB State
In THUMB state, registers R8-R15 (“Hi registers”) are not part of the standard register set. However, the
assembly language programmer has limited access to them, and can use them for fast temporary storage.
A value may be transferred from a register in the range R0-R7 (a Lo register) to a Hi register and from a Hi register
to a Lo register, using special variants of the MOV instruction. Hi register values can also be compared against or
added to Lo register values with the CMP and ADD instructions. For more information, Please refer to Figure 3-34.
THE PROGRAM STATUS REGISTERS
The ARM920T contains a Current Program Status Register (CPSR), plus five Saved Program Status Registers
(SPSRs) for use by exception handlers. These register's functions are:
• Hold information about the most recently performed ALU operation
• Control the enabling and disabling of interrupts
• Set the processor operating mode
The arrangement of bits is shown in Figure 2-6.
31
Condition Code Flags
Overflow
N Z C V I F T M4 M3 M2 M1 M0
30 29 27 28 26 25 24 23 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
(Reserved) Control Bits
Carry/Borrow/Extend
Zero
Negative/Less Than
Mode bits
State bit
FIQ disable
IRQ disable
~ ~
~ ~
Figure 2-6. Program Status Register Format