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authorPeter Hinch <peter@hinch.me.uk>2016-01-11 06:48:35 +0000
committerDamien George <damien.p.george@gmail.com>2016-01-13 21:53:26 +0000
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@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Miscellaneous instructions
* wfi() Suspend execution in a low power state until an interrupt occurs.
* cpsid(flags) set the Priority Mask Register - disable interrupts.
* cpsie(flags) clear the Priority Mask Register - enable interrupts.
+* mrs(Rd, special_reg) ``Rd = special_reg`` copy a special register to a general register. The special register
+ may be IPSR (Interrupt Status Register) or BASEPRI (Base Priority Register). The IPSR provides a means of determining
+ the exception number of an interrupt being processed. It contains zero if no interrupt is being processed.
Currently the ``cpsie()`` and ``cpsid()`` functions are partially implemented.
They require but ignore the flags argument and serve as a means of enabling and disabling interrupts.