
ColdFire Core
MCF5272 ColdFire
®
Integrated Microprocessor User’s Manual, Rev. 3
Freescale Semiconductor
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Figure 2-3. ColdFire Programming Model
2.2.1.1
Data Registers (D0–D7)
Registers D0–D7 are used as data registers for bit, byte (8-bit), word (16-bit), and longword (32-bit)
operations. They may also be used as index registers.
2.2.1.2
Address Registers (A0–A6)
The address registers (A0–A6) can be used as software stack pointers, index registers, or base address
registers and may be used for word and longword operations.
2.2.1.3
Stack Pointer (A7, SP)
The processor core supports a single hardware stack pointer (A7) used during stacking for subroutine calls,
returns, and exception handling. The stack pointer is implicitly referenced by certain operations and can
be explicitly referenced by any instruction specifying an address register. The initial value of A7 is loaded
31
0
D0
Data registers
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
31
0
A0
Address registers
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
Stack pointer
PC
Program counter
CCR
Condition code register
31
0
MACSR
MAC status register
ACC
MAC accumulator
MASK
MAC mask register
15
31
19
(CCR)
SR
Status register
Must be zeros
VBR
Vector base register
CACR
Cache control register
ACR0
Access control register 0
ACR1
Access control register 1
ROMBAR
ROM base address register
RAMBAR
RAM base address register
MBAR
Module base address register
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