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The Cortex-M3 Processor
■ Usage Fault. A usage fault is an exception that occurs because of a fault related to instruction
execution, such as:
– An undefined instruction
– An illegal unaligned access
– Invalid state on instruction execution
– An error on exception return
An unaligned address on a word or halfword memory access or division by zero can cause a
usage fault when the core is properly configured.
■ SVCall. A supervisor call (SVC) is an exception that is triggered by the SVC instruction. In an
OS environment, applications can use SVC instructions to access OS kernel functions and device
drivers.
■ Debug Monitor. This exception is caused by the debug monitor (when not halting). This exception
is only active when enabled. This exception does not activate if it is a lower priority than the
current activation.
■ PendSV. PendSV is a pendable, interrupt-driven request for system-level service. In an OS
environment, use PendSV for context switching when no other exception is active. PendSV is
triggered using the Interrupt Control and State (INTCTRL) register.
■ SysTick. A SysTick exception is an exception that the system timer generates when it reaches
zero when it is enabled to generate an interrupt. Software can also generate a SysTick exception
using the Interrupt Control and State (INTCTRL) register. In an OS environment, the processor
can use this exception as system tick.
■ Interrupt (IRQ). An interrupt, or IRQ, is an exception signaled by a peripheral or generated by
a software request and fed through the NVIC (prioritized). All interrupts are asynchronous to
instruction execution. In the system, peripherals use interrupts to communicate with the processor.
Table 2-9 on page 83 lists the interrupts on the LM3S1N16 controller.
For an asynchronous exception, other than reset, the processor can execute another instruction
between when the exception is triggered and when the processor enters the exception handler.
Privileged software can disable the exceptions that Table 2-8 on page 82 shows as having
configurable priority (see the SYSHNDCTRL register on page 139 and the DIS0 register on page 112).
For more information about hard faults, memory management faults, bus faults, and usage faults,
see “Fault Handling” on page 88.
Table 2-8. Exception Types
Exception Type
-
Vector
Number
0
Reset
1
Non-Maskable Interrupt
2
(NMI)
Hard Fault
3
Memory Management
4
Priority^a
-
-3 (highest)
-2
-1
programmable^c
Vector Address or
Offset^b
0x0000.0000
0x0000.0004
0x0000.0008
Activation
Stack top is loaded from the first
entry of the vector table on reset.
Asynchronous
Asynchronous
0x0000.000C
0x0000.0010
-
Synchronous
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