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Two SPRs contain status on the type of reset that has occurred. The Debug Status Register (DBSR)
contains the most recent reset type. The Timer Status Register (TSR) contains the most recent
watchdog reset.
3.1.1 Machine State Register Contents after Reset
After all resets, all fields of the Machine State Register (MSR) contain zeros. Table 3-1 shows how
this affects core operation.
Table 3-1. MSR Contents after Reset
Register Field
Core
Reset
Chip
Reset
System
Reset Comment
MSR AP 0 0 0 APU unavailable
APE 0 0 0 Auxiliary processor exception disabled
WE 0 0 0 Wait state disabled
CE 0 0 0 Critical interrupts disabled
EE 0 0 0 External interrupts disabled
PR 0 0 0 Supervisor mode
FP 0 0 0 Floating point unavailable
ME 0 0 0 Machine check exceptions disabled
FE0 0 0 0 Floating point exception disabled
DWE 0 0 0 Debug wait mode disabled
DE 0 0 0 Debug interrupts disabled
FE1 0 0 0 Floating point exceptions disabled
DR 0 0 0 Data translation disabled
IR 0 0 0 Instruction translation disabled