Preface
ARM DDI 0388I
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Read this for a description of the Cortex-A9 level two memory interface, the AXI
interface attributes, and information about
STRT
instructions.
Read this for a description of the
Preload Engine
(PLE) and its operations.
Read this for a description of the Cortex-A9 support for debug.
Read this for a description of the Cortex-A9
Performance Monitoring Unit
(PMU) and associated events.
Read this for a summary of the Cortex-A9 signals.
Cycle Timings and Interlock Behavior
Read this for a description of the Cortex-A9 instruction cycle timing.
Read this for a description of technical changes between released issues of this
book.
Glossary
The
ARM Glossary
is a list of terms used in ARM documentation, together with definitions for
those terms. The
ARM Glossary
does not contain terms that are industry standard unless the
ARM meaning differs from the generally accepted meaning.
See
ARM Glossary
,
http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.aeg0014-/index.html
.
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