VFP Programmer’s Model
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20.4.6
Media and VFP Feature Register 1
The purpose of the Media and VFP Feature Register 1 is to provide information about the
features that the VFP unit contains.
Media and VFP Feature Register 1 is:
•
a 32-bit read-only register
•
accessible in any mode when the VFP is enabled by the EN bit, see
Floating-point
exception register, FPEXC
on page 20-16
•
accessible only in Privileged modes when the VFP is disabled by the EN bit.
Figure 20-9 shows the bit arrangement for Media and VFP Feature Register 1.
Figure 20-9 Media and VFP Feature Register 1 format
Table 20-10 shows how the bit values correspond with the Media and VFP Feature Register 1
functions.
The values in the Media and VFP Feature Register 1 are implementation defined.
-
31
8 7
3
0
-
-
-
4
11
12
Table 20-10 Media and VFP Feature Register 1 bit functions
Bits
Name
Function
[31:12]
-
Reserved
UNP/SBZ.
[11:8]
-
Indicates support for media extension, single precision floating point instructions.
0x0
, no support in ARM1176JZF-S processors.
[7:4]
-
Indicates support for media extension, integer instructions.
0x0
, no support in ARM1176JZF-S processors.
[3:0]
-
Indicates support for media extension, load/store instructions.
0x0
, no support in ARM1176JZF-S processors.