Bus Interface
ARM DDI 0337G
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12.8
Access alignment
The processor supports unaligned data accesses using the ARMv6 model. The DCode
and System bus interfaces contain logic that converts unaligned accesses to aligned
accesses.
The unaligned data accesses are described in Table 12-2. The table shows the unaligned
access in the first column, with the remaining columns showing what the access is
converted into. Depending on the size and alignment of the unaligned access, it is
converted into two or three aligned accesses.
Note
Unaligned accesses that cross into the bit-band alias region are not treated as bit-band
requests, and the access is not remapped to the bit-band region. Instead, they are treated
as a halfword or byte access to the bit-band alias region.
Table 12-2 Bus mapper unaligned accesses
Unaligned access
Aligned access
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Cycle 3
Size
ADDR
[1:0]
HSIZE
HADDR
[1:0]
HSIZE
HADDR[1:0]
HSIZE
HADDR[1:0]
Halfword
00
Halfword
00
-
-
-
-
Halfword
01
Byte
01
Byte
10
-
-
Halfword
10
Halfword
10
-
-
-
-
Halfword
11
Byte
11
Byte
{(Addr+4)[31:2],2b00}
-
-
Word
00
Word
00
-
-
-
-
Word
01
Byte
01
Halfword
10
Byte
{(Addr+4)[31:2],2b00}
Word
10
Halfword
10
Halfword
{(Addr+4)[31:2],2b00}
-
-
Word
11
Byte
11
Halfword
{(Addr+4)[31:2],2b00}
Byte
{(Addr+4)[31:2],2b10}