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Memory Protection Unit
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5.2 MPU functional description
The attribute bits, TEX, C, B, AP, and XN, of the Region Access Control Register control access
to the corresponding memory region. If an access is made to an area of memory without the
required permissions, then a permission fault is raised. For more information, see the ARMv7-M
Architecture Reference Manual.