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  FFFFB000 - FFFFE000: mapped L2 MMU tables (1FFF5000 - 1FFF8000)
 
  FFFFB000 - FFFFE000: mapped L2 MMU tables (1FFF5000 - 1FFF8000)
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==0xFF4XX000==
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Each [[KThread|thread]] is allocated a 0x1000-byte page in this region: the first page at 0xFF401000 is for the first created thread, 0xFF403000 for the second thread. This region is used to store the SVC-mode stack for the thread, and thread context data used for context switching. When the IRQ handler, prefetch/data abort handlers, and undefined instruction handler are entered where the SPSR-mode=user, these handlers then store LR+SPSR for the current mode on the SVC-mode stack, then these handlers switch to SVC-mode.
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This page does not contain a dedicated block for storing R0-PC(etc). For user-mode, the user-mode regs are instead saved on the SVC-mode stack when IRQs such as timers for context switching are triggered.
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Structure of this page, relative to page_endaddr-0xC8:
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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|-
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!  Offset
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!  Size
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!  Description
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|-
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| 0x0
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|
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| SVC-mode stack-top
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|-
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| 0x18
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| 0x28
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| SVC-mode saved registers, stored/loaded during context switches: R4-R9, SL, FP, SP, LR. After loading these registers, the context switch code will jump to the loaded LR.
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|-
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| 0xC0
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| 4
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| fpexc from vmrs, used during context switches with the above saved registers.
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|}
    
=ARM11 User-land memory regions=
 
=ARM11 User-land memory regions=

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