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

A4.8 Miscellaneous instructions
The Instruction Sets
Table A4-12 summarizes the miscellaneous instructions in the ARM and Thumb instruction sets.
Instruction See
Clear-Exclusive CLREX on page A8-70
Debug hint DBG on page A8-88
Data Memory Barrier DMB on page A8-90
Data Synchronization Barrier DSB on page A8-92
Instruction Synchronization Barrier ISB on page A8-102
If Then (makes following instructions conditional) IT on page A8-104
No Operation NOP on page A8-222
Table A4-12 Miscellaneous instructions
Preload Data PLD, PLDW (immediate) on page A8-236
PLD (literal) on page A8-238
PLD, PLDW (register) on page A8-240
Preload Instruction PLI (immediate, literal) on page A8-242
PLI (register) on page A8-244
Set Endianness SETEND on page A8-314
Send Event SEV on page A8-316
Supervisor Call SVC (previously SWI) on page A8-430
Swap, Swap Byte. Use deprecated. a
SWP, SWPB on page A8-432
Wait For Event WFE on page A8-808
Wait For Interrupt WFI on page A8-810
Yield YIELD on page A8-812
a. Use Load/Store-Exclusive instructions instead, see Load/store instructions on page A4-19.
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