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A section descriptor provides the base address of a 1MB block of memory. Figure 3.5 shows the format of a section descriptor.
Section descriptor bit assignments are described in Table 3.4.
Table 3.4. Section descriptor bits
Bits | Description |
|---|---|
31:20 | Form the corresponding bits of the physical address for a section |
19:12 | Always written as 0 |
11:10 | (AP) Specify the access permissions for this section |
9 | Always written as 0 |
8:5 | Specify one of the 16 possible domains (held in the domain access control register) that contain the primary access controls |
4 | Should be written as 1, for backward compatibility |
3:2 | These bits (C and B) indicate whether the area of memory mapped by this section is treated as write-back cachable, write-through cachable, noncached buffered or noncached nonbuffered |
1:0 | These bits must be 10 to indicate a section descriptor |