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| author | Andrew Waterman <andrew@sifive.com> | 2018-11-09 00:05:49 -0800 |
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| committer | Andrew Waterman <andrew@sifive.com> | 2018-11-09 00:05:49 -0800 |
| commit | ccf4b94c4ba1930c8084406b2b7899491051be91 (patch) | |
| tree | 80caf87a533fc4bcd06af3f33b58cd650ac3a12d /src/machine.tex | |
| parent | fd1917cf04f14453e32e4e536027a9ed38b3f676 (diff) | |
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WFI is not a HINT
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diff --git a/src/machine.tex b/src/machine.tex index 6de2495..c3edd9f 100644 --- a/src/machine.tex +++ b/src/machine.tex @@ -2122,8 +2122,8 @@ that a simple return from the trap handler will execute code after the WFI instruction. \end{commentary} -The WFI instruction is just a hint, and a legal implementation is to -implement WFI as a NOP. +The purpose of the WFI instruction is to provide a hint to the implementation, +and so a legal implementation is to simply implement WFI as a NOP. \begin{commentary} If the implementation does not stall the hart on execution of the |