ARM Architecture Reference Manual ARMv7-A and ARMv7-R edition

Contents
Appendix D Deprecated and Obsolete Features
D.1 Deprecated features .................................................................. AppxD-2
D.2 Deprecated terminology ............................................................. AppxD-5
D.3 Obsolete features ....................................................................... AppxD-6
D.4 Semaphore instructions ............................................................. AppxD-7
D.5 Use of the SP as a general-purpose register ............................. AppxD-8
D.6 Explicit use of the PC in ARM instructions ................................. AppxD-9
D.7 Deprecated Thumb instructions ............................................... AppxD-10
Appendix E Fast Context Switch Extension (FCSE)
E.1 About the FCSE ......................................................................... AppxE-2
E.2 Modified virtual addresses ......................................................... AppxE-3
E.3 Debug and trace ........................................................................ AppxE-5
Appendix F VFP Vector Operation Support
F.1 About VFP vector mode ............................................................. AppxF-2
F.2 Vector length and stride control ................................................. AppxF-3
F.3 VFP register banks .................................................................... AppxF-5
F.4 VFP instruction type selection .................................................... AppxF-7
Appendix G ARMv6 Differences
G.1 Introduction to ARMv6 .............................................................. AppxG-2
G.2 Application level register support .............................................. AppxG-3
G.3 Application level memory support ............................................. AppxG-6
G.4 Instruction set support ............................................................. AppxG-10
G.5 System level register support .................................................. AppxG-16
G.6 System level memory model ................................................... AppxG-20
G.7 System Control coprocessor (CP15) support .......................... AppxG-29
Appendix H ARMv4 and ARMv5 Differences
H.1 Introduction to ARMv4 and ARMv5 ............................................ AppxH-2
H.2 Application level register support ............................................... AppxH-4
H.3 Application level memory support .............................................. AppxH-6
H.4 Instruction set support .............................................................. AppxH-11
H.5 System level register support ................................................... AppxH-18
H.6 System level memory model .................................................... AppxH-21
H.7 System Control coprocessor (CP15) support ........................... AppxH-31
Appendix I Pseudocode Definition
I.1 Instruction encoding diagrams and pseudocode ......................... AppxI-2
I.2 Limitations of pseudocode .......................................................... AppxI-4
I.3 Data types ................................................................................... AppxI-5
I.4 Expressions ................................................................................ AppxI-9
I.5 Operators and built-in functions ................................................ AppxI-11
I.6 Statements and program structure ............................................ AppxI-17
I.7 Miscellaneous helper procedures and functions ....................... AppxI-22
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