User's Manual

14 SPARC/CPU−56T

Using this Guide

This Reference Guide is intended for users qualified in electronics or electrical

engineering. Users must have a working understanding of Peripheral Component

Interconnect (PCI), VMEbus, and telecommunications.

Conventions

Notation Description

57 All numbers are decimal numbers except when used with the

notations described below.

00000000

or 0x00000000

Typical notation for hexadecimal numbers (digits 0 through F),

e.g. used for addresses and offsets

0000

or 0b0000

Same for binary numbers (digits are 0 and 1)

x Generic use of a letter

n Generic use of numbers

0.75 Decimal number

Bold Used to emphasize a word

Courier Used for on−screen output

Courier+Bold Used to characterize user input

Italics For references, table, and figure descriptions

File > Exit Notation for selecting a submenu

<text> Notation for variables and keys

[text] Notation for buttons and optional parameters

... Repeated item (example: A1, A2, A3, ..., A12)

Omission of information from example/command that is not

necessary at the time being

.. Ranges, e.g.: 0..4 means one of the integers 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4

(used in register description tables)

| Logical OR

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