Compaq 21264 User Manual

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Cache and External Interfaces

Alpha 21264/EV67 Hardware Reference Manual

System Port

ReadBlkMod

10001

Memory read with modify intent.

ReadBlkI

10010

Memory read for Istream.

FetchBlk

10011

Noncached memory read.

ReadBlkSpec

2

10100

Speculative memory read (optional).

ReadBlkModSpec

2

10101

Speculative memory read with modify intent (optional).

ReadBlkSpecI

2

10110

Memory read for Istream (optional).

FetchBlkSpec

2

10111

Speculative memory noncached ReadBlk (optional).

ReadBlkVic

3

11000

Memory read with a victim (optional).

ReadBlkModVic

3

11001

Memory read with modify intent, with a victim (optional).

ReadBlkVicI

3

11010

Memory read for Istream with a victim (optional).

WrVictimBlk

00100

Write-back of dirty block.

CleanVictimBlk

00101

Address of a clean victim (optional).

Evict

4

00110

Invalidate evicted block at the given Bcache index (optional).

ReadBytes

01000

I/O read, byte mask.

ReadLWs

01001

I/O read, longword mask.

ReadQWs

01010

I/O read, quadword mask.

WrBytes

01100

I/O write, byte mask.

WrLWs

01101

I/O write, longword mask.

WrQWs

01110

I/O write, quadword mask.

CleanToDirty

6

11100

Sets a block dirty that was previously clean (optional for duplicate tags).

SharedToDirty

6

11101

Sets a block dirty that was previously shared (optional for multiprocessor
systems).

STCChangeToDirty

6

11110

Sets a block dirty that was previously clean or shared for a STx_C
instruction (optional for multiprocessor systems).

InvalToDirtyVic

3,5

11011

Invalid to dirty with a victim (optional).

InvalToDirty

5

11111

WH64 Acts like a ReadBlkMod without the fill cycles (optional).

Table 4–14 21264/EV67-to-System Commands Descriptions (Continued)

Command

Command
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Function

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