Encoding:

POOL16C

010001

code

BREAK16

011011

6

4

6

Format: 

BREAK16

microMIPS

Breakpoint

Purpose:

Breakpoint

To cause a Breakpoint exception

Description:

A breakpoint exception occurs, immediately and unconditionally transferring control to the exception handler. The

code field is available for use as software parameters, but is retrieved by the exception handler only by loading the

contents of the memory word containing the instruction.

Restrictions:

None

Availability and Compatibility:

This instruction has been recoded for Release 6.

Operation: 

SignalException(Breakpoint)

Exceptions:

Breakpoint