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wrtee
Write External Enable
wrtee
Write External Enable
MSR[EE] ← (RS)
16
The MSR[EE] is set to the value specified by bit 16 of register RS.
If instruction bit 31 contains 1, the contents of CR[CR0] are undefined.
Registers Altered
• MSR[EE]
Invalid Instruction Forms:
• Reserved fields
Programming Note
Execution of this instruction is privileged.
This instruction is used to provide atomic update of MSR[EE]. Typical usage is:
mfmsr Rn #save EE in Rn[16]
wrteei 0 #Turn off EE
• #Code with EE disabled
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•
wrtee Rn #restore EE without affecting any MSR changes that occurred in the disabled code
Architecture Note
This instruction part of the IBM PowerPC Embedded Operating Environment.
wrtee RS
31 RS 131
0 6 11 21 31