R10000 Microprocessor User's Manual


9. Error Protection and Handling


This chapter presents the
error protection and handling features provided by the R10000 processor.

Two types of errors can occur in an R10000 system:

The following two sections describe them.


Chapter Contents

9.1 - Correctable Errors
9.2 - Uncorrectable Errors
9.3 - Propagation of Uncorrectable Errors
9.4 - Cache Error Exception
9.5 - CP0 CacheErr Register EW Bit
9.6 - CP0 Status Register DE Bit
9.7 - CACHE Instruction
9.8 - Error Protection Schemes Used by R10000
9.9 - Primary Instruction Cache Error Protection and Handling
9.10 - Primary Data Cache Error Protection and Handling
9.11 - Secondary Cache Error Protection and Handling
9.12 - System Interface Error Protection and Handling


Copyright 1995, MIPS Technologies, Inc. -- 29 JAN 96


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