Intel D425 AU80610006252AA User Manual

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Processor Configuration Registers 
 
 
 
 
 
Datasheet  
Processor Configuration 
Registers 
This is Volume 2 of the Intel® Atom
TM
 Processor D400 and D500 Series Datasheet
and is intended to be distributed as part of the complete document. This document 
provides register information for the processor. 
1.1 
Register Terminology 
The following table shows the register-related terminology that is used in this 
document. 
Item Definition 
RO 
Read Only bit(s). Writes to these bits have no effect. These are static 
values only. 
RO-V 
Read Only/Volatile bit(s). Writes to these bits have no effect. These are 
status bits only. The value to be read may change based on internal events. 
RO-V-S Read 
Only/Volatile/Sticky bit(s). Writes to these bits have no effect. 
These are status bits only. The value to be read may change based on 
internal events. Bits are not returned to their default values by "warm" 
reset, but will be reset with a cold/complete reset. 
AF 
Atomic Flag bit(s). The first time the bit is read with an enabled byte, it 
returns the value 0, but a side effect of the read is that the value changes to 
1. Any subsequent reads with enabled bytes return a 1 until a 1 is written to 
the bit. When the bit is read, but the byte is not enabled, the state of the bit 
does not change, and the value returned is irrelevant, but will match the 
state of the bit. 
When a 0 is written to the bit, there is no effect. When a 1 is written to the 
bit, its value becomes 0, until the next byte-enabled read. When the bit is 
written, but the byte is not enabled, there is no effect. 
Conceptually, this is “Read to Set, Write 1 to Clear” 
RW Read/Write 
bit(s). These bits can be read and written by software. 
Hardware may only change the state of this bit by reset. 
RW1C 
Read/Write 1 to Clear bit(s). These bits can be read. Internal events 
may set this bit. A software write of 1 clears (sets to ‘0’) the corresponding 
bit(s) and a write of 0 has no effect. 
RW1C-L-S Read/Write 
to 
Clear/Lockable/Sticky bit(s). These bits can be read. 
Internal events may set this bit. A software write of 1 clears (sets to ‘0’) the 
corresponding bit(s) and a write of 0 has no effect. Bits are not cleared by 
"warm" reset, but will be reset with a cold/complete reset. Additionally there 
is a Key bit (which is marked RW-K or RW-L-K) that, when set, prohibits this 
bit field from being writeable (bit field becomes Read Only/Volatile).