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diff --git a/src/machine.tex b/src/machine.tex index a3a8e92..6a9d922 100644 --- a/src/machine.tex +++ b/src/machine.tex @@ -1580,8 +1580,9 @@ systems. Platforms provide a 64-bit memory-mapped machine-mode timer compare register ({\tt mtimecmp}), which causes a timer interrupt to be posted when the {\tt mtime} register contains a value greater than or equal to the value in the {\tt mtimecmp} register. -The interrupt remains posted until it is cleared by writing the {\tt - mtimecmp} register. The interrupt will only be taken if interrupts +The interrupt remains posted until {\tt mtimecmp} becomes greater than +{\tt mtime} (typically as a result of writing {\tt mtimecmp}). +The interrupt will only be taken if interrupts are enabled and the MTIE bit is set in the {\tt mie} register. \begin{figure}[h!] |