ADSP-BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference
3-1
3 OPERATING MODES AND
STATES
The ADSP-BF535 processor supports three processor modes:
• User mode
• Supervisor mode
• Emulation mode
Emulation and Supervisor modes have unrestricted access to the core
resources. User mode has restricted access to certain system resources, thus
providing a protected software environment.
User mode is considered the domain of application programs. Supervisor
mode and Emulation mode are usually reserved for the kernel code of an
operating system.
The processor mode is determined by the Event Controller. When servic-
ing an interrupt, non-maskable interrupt (NMI), or exception, the
processor is in Supervisor mode. When servicing an emulation event, the
processor is in Emulation mode. When not servicing any events, the pro-
cessor is in User mode.
The current processor mode may be identified by interrogating the
IPEND
memory-mapped register (MMR), as shown in
Table 3-1
.
MMRs cannot be read while the processor is in User mode.
Summary of Contents for ADSP-BF535 Blackfin
Page 80: ...Development Tools 1 26 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...
Page 312: ...Working With Memory 6 86 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...
Page 332: ...System Interfaces 7 20 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...
Page 360: ...Dynamic Power Management Controller 8 28 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...
Page 446: ...Beginning and Ending an SPI Transfer 10 40 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...
Page 522: ...Timing Examples 11 76 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...
Page 562: ...IrDA Support 12 40 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...
Page 608: ...PCI I O Issues 13 46 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...
Page 672: ...References 14 64 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...
Page 810: ...SDRAM Controller SDC 18 86 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...
Page 811: ...ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference 18 87 External Bus Interface Unit...
Page 812: ...SDRAM Controller SDC 18 88 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...
Page 860: ...DMA Bus Debug Registers 20 30 ADSP BF535 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference...