Totalview® for HPC Reference Guide : PART IV Platforms and Operating Systems : Chapter 11 Architectures : Intel x86 : Intel x86 MXCSR Register
Intel x86 MXCSR Register
This register contains control and status information for the SSE registers. Some of the bits in this register are editable. You cannot dive in these values.
The bit settings of the Intel x86 MXCSR register are outlined in the following table.
Value
Bit Setting
Meaning
FZ
0x8000
Flush to zero
RC=RN
0x0000
To nearest rounding mode
RC=R-
0x2000
Toward negative infinity rounding mode
RC=R+
0x4000
Toward positive infinity rounding mode
RC=RZ
0x6000
Toward zero rounding mode
EM=PM
0x1000
Precision mask
EM=UM
0x0800
Underflow mask
EM=OM
0x0400
Overflow mask
EM=ZM
0x0200
Divide-by-zero mask
EM=DM
0x0100
Denormal mask
EM=IM
0x0080
Invalid operation mask
DAZ
0x0040
Denormals are zeros
EF=PE
0x0020
Precision flag
EF=UE
0x0010
Underflow flag
EF=OE
0x0008
Overflow flag
EF=ZE
0x0004
Divide-by-zero flag
EF=DE
0x0002
Denormal flag
EF=IE
0x0001
Invalid operation flag