Nios® V Processor Reference Manual

Download PDF
ID 683632
Date 10/07/2024
Public
Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Overview 2. Nios® V/c Processor 3. Nios® V/m Processor 4. Nios® V/g Processor 5. Nios V Processor Reference Manual Archives 6. Document Revision History for the Nios® V Processor Reference Manual
1. Overview x
1.1. Quartus® Prime Software Support
2. Nios® V/c Processor x
2.1. Processor Performance Benchmarks 2.2. Processor Pipeline 2.3. Processor Architecture 2.4. Programming Model 2.5. Core Implementation
2.3. Processor Architecture x
2.3.1. General-Purpose Register File 2.3.2. Arithmetic Logic Unit 2.3.3. Reset and Debug Signals 2.3.4. Memory and I/O Organization 2.3.5. Error Correction Code (ECC)
2.3.4. Memory and I/O Organization x
2.3.4.1. Instruction and Data Buses 2.3.4.2. Address Map
2.3.4.1. Instruction and Data Buses x
2.3.4.1.1. Instruction Manager Port 2.3.4.1.2. Data Manager Port 2.3.4.1.3. Choosing a Suitable Interface
2.4. Programming Model x
2.4.1. Privilege Levels
2.5. Core Implementation x
2.5.1. Instruction Set Reference
3. Nios® V/m Processor x
3.1. Processor Performance Benchmarks 3.2. Processor Pipeline 3.3. Processor Architecture 3.4. Programming Model 3.5. Core Implementation
3.1. Processor Performance Benchmarks x
3.1.1. Pipelined 3.1.2. Non-pipelined
3.2. Processor Pipeline x
3.2.1. Pipelined Architecture 3.2.2. Non-pipelined Architecture
3.3. Processor Architecture x
3.3.1. General-Purpose Register File 3.3.2. Arithmetic Logic Unit 3.3.3. Reset and Debug Signals 3.3.4. Control and Status Registers 3.3.5. Trap Controller 3.3.6. Memory and I/O Organization 3.3.7. RISC-V based Debug Module 3.3.8. Error Correction Code (ECC)
3.3.5. Trap Controller x
3.3.5.1. Exception Handling 3.3.5.2. Interrupt Handling
3.3.5.2. Interrupt Handling x
3.3.5.2.1. Timer and Software Interrupt Module
3.3.6. Memory and I/O Organization x
3.3.6.1. Instruction and Data Buses 3.3.6.2. Address Map
3.3.6.1. Instruction and Data Buses x
3.3.6.1.1. Instruction Manager Port 3.3.6.1.2. Data Manager Port 3.3.6.1.3. Choosing a Suitable Interface
3.3.7. RISC-V based Debug Module x
3.3.7.1. Debug Mode 3.3.7.2. Halt from Debug Module 3.3.7.3. Trigger 3.3.7.4. Abstract Commands in Debug Mode 3.3.7.5. Hardware/Software Interface
3.4. Programming Model x
3.4.1. Privilege Levels 3.4.2. Control and Status Registers (CSR) Mapping
3.4.1. Privilege Levels x
3.4.1.1. Machine Mode (M-mode) 3.4.1.2. Debug Mode (D-mode)
3.4.2. Control and Status Registers (CSR) Mapping x
3.4.2.1. Control and Status Register Field
3.5. Core Implementation x
3.5.1. Instruction Set Reference
4. Nios® V/g Processor x
4.1. Processor Performance Benchmarks 4.2. Processor Pipeline 4.3. Processor Architecture 4.4. Programming Model 4.5. Core Implementation
4.3. Processor Architecture x
4.3.1. General-Purpose Register File 4.3.2. Arithmetic Logic Unit 4.3.3. Multipy and Divide Units 4.3.4. Floating-Point Unit 4.3.5. Custom Instruction 4.3.6. Reset and Debug Signals 4.3.7. Control and Status Registers 4.3.8. Trap Controller 4.3.9. Memory and I/O Organization 4.3.10. RISC-V based Debug Module 4.3.11. Error Correction Code (ECC) 4.3.12. Branch Prediction 4.3.13. Lockstep Module
4.3.4. Floating-Point Unit x
4.3.4.1. IEEE 754 Exception Conditions 4.3.4.2. Floating Point Operations
4.3.4.2. Floating Point Operations x
4.3.4.2.1. Floating Point Classification
4.3.8. Trap Controller x
4.3.8.1. Exception Controller 4.3.8.2. Interrupt Controller
4.3.8.2. Interrupt Controller x
4.3.8.2.1. Timer and Software Interrupt Module
4.3.9. Memory and I/O Organization x
4.3.9.1. Instruction and Data Buses 4.3.9.2. Address Map 4.3.9.3. Cache Memory 4.3.9.4. Tightly Coupled Memory
4.3.9.1. Instruction and Data Buses x
4.3.9.1.1. Instruction Manager Port 4.3.9.1.2. Data Manager Port
4.3.9.3. Cache Memory x
4.3.9.3.1. Instruction Cache 4.3.9.3.2. Data Cache 4.3.9.3.3. Configurable Cache Memory 4.3.9.3.4. Bypassing Cache (Peripheral Region) 4.3.9.3.5. Using Cache Memory Effectively
4.3.9.4. Tightly Coupled Memory x
4.3.9.4.1. Instruction and Data Tightly Coupled Memory 4.3.9.4.2. Accessing Tightly Coupled Memory 4.3.9.4.3. Using Tightly Coupled Memory Effectively
4.3.10. RISC-V based Debug Module x
4.3.10.1. Debug Mode 4.3.10.2. Halt from Debug Module 4.3.10.3. Trigger 4.3.10.4. Abstract Commands in Debug Mode 4.3.10.5. Hardware/Software Interface
4.3.11. Error Correction Code (ECC) x
4.3.11.1. ECC Interface 4.3.11.2. ECC Error Injection 4.3.11.3. Affected CSR during ECC Event
4.4. Programming Model x
4.4.1. Privilege Levels 4.4.2. Control and Status Registers (CSR) Mapping
4.4.1. Privilege Levels x
4.4.1.1. Machine Mode (M-mode) 4.4.1.2. Debug Mode (D-mode)
4.4.2. Control and Status Registers (CSR) Mapping x
4.4.2.1. Control and Status Register Field
4.5. Core Implementation x
4.5.1. Instruction Set Reference
1. Overview
2. Nios® V/c Processor
3. Nios® V/m Processor
4. Nios® V/g Processor
5. Nios V Processor Reference Manual Archives
6. Document Revision History for the Nios® V Processor Reference Manual

3.3.5.1. Exception Handling

The Nios® V/m processor architecture provides a simple exception controller to handle all exception types. Each exception, including internal hardware interrupts, causes the processor to transfer execution to an exception address. An exception handler at this address determines the cause of the exception and executes an appropriate exception routine.

You can set the exception address in the Nios® V Processor Board Support Package Editor > BSP Linker Script. Nios® V/m processor stores the address in machine trap vector (mtvec) CSR register.

All exceptions are precise. The processor completes all instructions that precede the faulting instruction and does not start the execution of instructions that follow after the faulting instruction.

Table 24.  Exceptions
Exception Description
Instruction Address Misaligned The core pipeline logic in F-stage detects the exception. This exception is flagged if the core fetched a program counter that is not aligned to a 32-bit word boundary.
Instruction Access Fault The instruction read response signal detects this exception.
Illegal Instruction The instruction decoder in the D-stage flags this exception if an instruction word contains encoding for an unimplemented or undefined instruction.

The control logic for the CSR read and write flags this exception in the E-stage if a CSR instruction accesses a CSR that is not implemented or undefined.

Breakpoint The instruction decoder flags the software breakpoint exception EBREAK in the D-stage.
Load Address Misaligned The core for the load/store unit in the M-stage detects the misalignment. This exception is flagged if the data address is not aligned to the size of the data access.
Store Address Misaligned
Load Access Fault The core for the data read and write response signal detects the exception.
Store Access Fault
Env call from M-mode The instruction decoder in the D-stage detects the instruction.
Level Two Title