OS_GetProcMode

C Specification

#include <nitro/os.h>

OSProcMode OS_GetProcMode( void );

Arguments

None.

Return Values

Returns current ARM processor operation mode.

Description

This function returns the current ARM Processor operation mode. The following is the OSProcMode list type.

OS_PROCMODE_USER User mode
OS_PROCMODE_FIQ FIQ mode
OS_PROCMODE_IRQ IRQ mode
OS_PROCMODE_SVC Supervisor mode
OS_PROCMODE_ABORT Abort mode
OS_PROCMODE_UNDEF Undefined mode
OS_PROCMODE_SYS System mode

(Example)
OSProcMode mode = OS_GetProcMode(); if ( mode == OS_PROCMODE_USER ) OS_Printf( "current processor mode is USERMODE.\n");

Internal Operation

Gets the current processor mode from the CPSR (current program status register).

See Also

None.

Revision History

12/01/2003 Initial Version