P.11 handling of extended upa bus interface error, P.11.1 handling of extended upa address bus error, P.11.2 handling of extended upa data bus error – FUJITSU Implementation Supplement Fujitsu SPARC64 V User Manual

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Release 1.0, 1 July 2002

F. Chapter P

Error Handling

197

sTLB Way Reduction

When a way reduction condition is recognized for the

sTLB

way W (W = 0 or 1),

hardware executes the following way reduction procedures:

1. When only one way in sTLB is active because of previous way reductions:

The previously reduced way is reactivated.

2. Regardless of how many ways were previously active, way reduction occurs:

Hardware reduces the way and invalidates all entries in sTLB way W. Way W
will never be refilled.

The restrainable error

ASI_AFSR.DG_L1$U2$STLB

is reported to software.

P.11

Handling of Extended UPA Bus Interface
Error

This section specifies how SPARC64 V handles UPA address and data bus errors.

P.11.1

Handling of Extended UPA Address Bus Error

The extended UPA address bus is protected by a parity bit attached to every 8 bits.

When the SPARC64 V processor detects a parity error in the extended UPA address
bus, the processor takes one of the following actions, depending on the

OPSR

setting:

1. Upon detection of the error, the processor enters the CPU fatal error state.

2. Upon detection of the autonomous urgent error

ASI_UGESR.AUG_SDC

, the

processor tries to continue running. However, in some situations, the processor
detects a fatal error and enters the CPU fatal error state.

P.11.2

Handling of Extended UPA Data Bus Error

The extended UPA data bus is protected by a single-bit error correction and double-
bit error detection ECC code attached to every doubleword.

Error marking is applied to the data transmitted through the extended UPA data
bus. The SPARC64 V processor will detect the following three types of errors at the
extended UPA data bus interface:

Correctable error (1-bit error)

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