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IBM PowerPC 750GX and GL RISC Microprocessor
gx_04.fm.(1.2)
March 27, 2006
Exceptions
Page 167 of 377
The following is also true after a hard reset operation:
• External checkstops are enabled.
• The on-chip test interface has given control of the I/Os to the rest of the chip for functional use.
• Since the reset exception has data and instruction translation disabled (MSR[DR] and MSR[IR] both
cleared), the chip operates in direct address-translation mode (referred to as the real-addressing mode in
the architecture specification).
• Time from HRESET
deassertion until the 750GX asserts the first transfer start (TS) (bus parked on the
750GX) or BG
is 8 to 12 bus clocks (SYSCLK).
4.5.2 Machine-Check Exception (0x00200)
The 750GX implements the machine-check exception as defined in the PowerPC Architecture (OEA). It
conditionally initiates a machine-check exception after an address or data-parity error occurred on the bus or
in either the L1 or L2 cache, after receiving a qualified transfer error acknowledge (TEA
) indication on the
750GX bus, or after the machine-check interrupt (MCP
) signal had been asserted. As defined in the OEA, the
exception is not taken if MSR[ME] is cleared, in which case the processor enters the checkstop state.
Certain machine-check conditions can be enabled and disabled using HID0 bits, as described in Table 4-8.
Table 4-8. HID0 Machine-Check Enable Bits
Bits Field Name Description
0EMCP
Enable MCP
. The primary purpose of this bit is to mask out further machine-check excep-
tions caused by assertion of MCP
, similar to how MSR[EE] can mask external interrupts.
0Masks MCP
. Asserting MCP does not generate a machine-check exception or a
checkstop.
1 Asserting MCP
causes a checkstop if MSR[ME] = 0 or a machine-check excep-
tion if MSR[ME] = 1.
1DBP
Disable 60x bus address-parity and data-parity generation.
0 Parity generation is enabled.
1 Disable parity generation. If the system does not use address or data parity and
the respective parity checking is disabled (HID0[EBA] or HID0[EBD] = 0), input
receivers for those signals are disabled, do not require pull-up resistors, and
therefore should be left unconnected. If all parity generation is disabled, all parity
checking should also be disabled and parity signals need not be connected.
2EBA
Enable/disable 60x bus address-parity checking.
0 Prevents address-parity checking.
1 Allows an address-parity error to cause a checkstop if MSR[ME] = 0 or a
machine-check exception if MSR[ME] = 1.
EBA and EBD allow the processor to operate with memory subsystems that do not gener-
ate parity.
3EBD
Enable 60x bus data-parity checking.
0 Parity checking is disabled.
1 Allows a data-parity error to cause a checkstop if MSR[ME] = 0 or a machine-
check exception if MSR[ME] = 1.
EBA and EBD allow the processor to operate with memory subsystems that do not gener-
ate parity.
15 NHR
Not hard reset (software use only)
0 A hard reset occurred if software previously set this bit
1 A hard reset has not occurred.