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

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Chapter A3<br />

Application Level Memory Model<br />

This chapter gives an application level view of the memory model. It contains the following sections:<br />

Address space on page A3-2<br />

Alignment support on page A3-4<br />

Endian support on page A3-7<br />

Synchronization <strong>and</strong> semaphores on page A3-12<br />

Memory types <strong>and</strong> attributes <strong>and</strong> the memory order model on page A3-24<br />

Access rights on page A3-38<br />

Virtual <strong>and</strong> physical addressing on page A3-40<br />

Memory access order on page A3-41<br />

Caches <strong>and</strong> memory hierarchy on page A3-51.<br />

<strong>ARM</strong> DDI 0406B Copyright © 1996-1998, 2000, 2004-2008 <strong>ARM</strong> Limited. All rights reserved. A3-1

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