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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
May. 22, 2002
David James Seal, Cambridge, GB;
Christopher Bentley Dornan, Cambridge, GB;
David James Seal, Cambridge, GB;
Christopher Bentley Dornan, Cambridge, GB;
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A data processing system is provided with a first mechanism for executing instructions of a first instruction set and a second mechanism for executing instructions of a second instruction set. The second mechanism requires configuration datawhich may or may not be valid. Programs that use the second execution mechanism are responsible for the writing of its own configuration data with this being indicated as being necessary by a configuration valid indicator CV set to indicate that the configuration is invalid by the operating systemupon detecting an appropriate process switch.