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BRK
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| Basic Info | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addressing Mode | Opcode | Length | Speed | ||||
| Stack (Interrupt) | 00 | 2 bytes | 8 cycles* | ||||
| Flags Affected | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | V | M | X / B | D | I | Z | C | |
| 65c816 native mode | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | . | . |
| 6502 emulation mode | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
BRK (Break) is a 65x instruction designed to trigger a software interrupt. The byte following the opcode is called the Signature Byte. The state of the interrupt disable flag has no effect on the behavior of BRK. In other words, BRK causes an NMI.
Control is routed to the BRK handler, whose address is stored at the BRK vector. In native mode, this vector is at $00:FFE6. In emulation mode, this vector is at $FFFE.
Syntax
BRK BRK sig
Cycle Skipped
BRK takes one fewer cycle in emulation mode as it doesn't need to push the program counter bank register to the stack.
See Also
External Links
- Eyes & Lichty page 436, on BRK: https://archive.org/details/0893037893ProgrammingThe65816/page/436
- Figure 13.3. illustration. Lbid. page 256
- Labiak page 126 on BRK: https://archive.org/details/Programming_the_65816/page/n136
- MCS6500 Manual page 144 on BRK: https://archive.org/details/mos_microcomputers_programming_manual/page/n164
- Carr page 252 on BRK: https://archive.org/details/6502UsersManual/page/n265
- Leventhal page 3-49 on BRK: https://archive.org/details/6502-assembly-language-programming/page/n98
- snes9x implementation of BRK: https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/blob/master/cpuops.cpp#L2547
- Pickens, John. http://www.6502.org/tutorials/6502opcodes.html#BRK