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2.2.3: Special Registers

The SPARC architecture includes two special registers which are critical to the programming model: the Processor State Register (psr) and the Window Invalid Mask (wim). The psr contains the condition codes, processor interrupt level, trap enable bit, supervisor mode and previous supervisor mode bits, version information, floating point unit and coprocessor enable bits, and the current window pointer (cwp). The cwp field of the psr and wim register are used to manage the register windows in the SPARC architecture. The register windows are discussed in more detail below.


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