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Exception and Trap Instructions


rfeReturn From Exception
Restore the Status register.


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


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


nopNo operation
Do nothing.



Ian Moor
1998-09-11