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MICROPROCESSOR INSTRUCTION REFERENCE->STOP

STOP  Load Status Register and Stop

Compatibility: 68020 and CPU32 only.

Immediate operand -> SR

Wait for trace, interrupt or reset exception to occur

Assembler Syntax:   STOP #data16

Size:  Unsized

Moves the immediate operand into the status register (both user and supervisor portions), advances the program counter to point to the nest instruction, and stops the fetching and executing of instructions.  A trace, interrupt, or reset exception causes the processor to resume instruction execution.


Condition Codes:

Set according to immediate operand

This is a privileged instruction