8. Custom CSRs¶
The core includes the following custom CSRs implemented in the non-standard space for extra control and features.
8.1. custom control (0x800)¶
This CSR is used to the enable or disable the caches, branch predictor and arithmetic exceptions at run-time. Each of the above can be controlled independently of each other enabled by setting a 1 to the corresponding bit and disabled by clearing the bit to 0.
Bit Position |
Reset Value |
Description |
|---|---|---|
0 |
1 |
Enable or disable the data-cache. |
1 |
1 |
Enable or disable the instruction-cache. |
2 |
1 |
Enable or disable the branch_predictor. |