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Exception and Trap Instructions

rfe Return From Exception
Restore the Status register.

syscall System Call
Register $v0 contains the number of the system call (see Table 1) provided by SPIM.

break n Break
Cause exception n. Exception 1 is reserved for the debugger.

nop No operation
Do nothing.



Antony Hosking
Fri Apr 12 10:48:03 EST 1996