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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
May. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711163 ; 711154 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
A method for accessing a control register in a data processing system which ignores a first write to sensitive control bits when in a first mode, but allows subsequent writes to the sensitive control bits. When operating in a user mode, the method allows a first write to the sensitive control bits, but does not allow any subsequent writes. When a write access is made to the sensitive control bits during test mode only non-initial writes are effective. When a write access is made to the sensitive control bits during user mode only an initial write is effective. The method is effective in a data processing system having a control register write access scheme.