Intel
®
81341 and 81342 I/O Processors
December 2007
Developer’s Manual
Order Number: 315037-002US
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Exception Initiator and Boot Sequence—Intel
®
81341 and 81342
10.0
Exception Initiator and Boot Sequence
This chapter describes the 81341 and 81342 Exception Initiator. It also describes the
Intel XScale
®
processor booting sequence. The operation modes, setup, and
implementation of the Exception Initiator are described in this chapter.
10.1
Overview
The 81341 and 81342 supports two Intel XScale
®
processors, and provides the
following features to facilitate the co-existence of two cores:
• Core ID
• Inter-Processor Reset
• Inter-Processor Interrupt
Each Intel XScale
®
processor has a co-processor register in CP6 that contains a unique
core identification number (coreID). The coreID is used by software to be able to
identify and direct each core’s execution path. The coreID is also used for inter-
processor reset or interrupt generation. For example, each core can initiate a core reset
to another core in the system, including itself. And each core can also generate
software interrupts to another core, including itself.