SPARC Register Windows

SPARC processors use register windows. Each register window consists of eight in registers, eight local registers, eight out registers, and eight global registers. Out registers are the in registers for the next window. The number of register windows ranges from 2 to 32, depending on the processor implementation.

Because drivers are normally written in C, the compiler usually hides the fact that register windows are used. However, you might have to use register windows when debugging the driver.