Translates the effective address (EA) to a real address, sends the real address to a controller, and loads the word returned by the controller into a register.
Note: The eciwx instruction is defined only in the PowerPC architecture and is an optional instruction. It is supported on the PowerPC 601 RISC Microprocessor, PowerPC 603 RISC Microprocessor, and PowerPC 604 RISC Microprocessor.
eciwx | RT,RA,RB |
The eciwx instruction translates EA to a real address, sends the real address to a controller, and places the word returned by the controller in general-purpose register RT. If RA = 0, the EA is the content of RB, otherwise EA is the sum of the content of RA plus the content of RB.
If EAR(E) = 1, a load request for the real address corresponding to EA is sent to the controller identified by EAR(RID), bypassing the cache. The word returned by the controller is placed in RT.
Notes:
The ecowx (External Control Out Word Indexed) instruction.