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Application Note
AN2540/D Rev. 0.1, 6/2003 Synchronizing Instructions for PowerPC™ Instruction Set Architecture
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The architecture for the PowerPC™ Instruction Set provides two types of synchronizing instructions: context-synchronizing and execution-synchronizing instructions. All of the information in this application note is covered in more detail in PowerPC™ Microprocessor Family: The Programming Environments for 32-Bit Processors.
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Context-Synchronizing Instructions
Context-synchronizing instructions for PowerPC include isync, sc, and rfi. In addition, exceptions can cause context synchronization.