摘要:
An error correction system in an agent provides an error correction in a circuit path extending from an internal cache to an output of the agent. When data errors are detected for data to be processed internally within the agent, the error correction system passes the corrupted data through the error correction circuit, and out of the agent and back into the agent. The error correction changes internal data requests into an external transaction when data errors are detected.
摘要:
A processing agent is used in a system that transfers data of a predetermined data line length during external transactions. The agent may include an internal cache having a plurality of cache entries. Each cache entry may store multiple data line lengths of data. The agent further may include a transaction queue system having queue entries that include a primary entry including an address portion and status portion, the status portion provided for a first external transaction of the agent, and a secondary entry including a status portion provided for a second external transaction.
摘要:
Increased efficiency in a multiple agent system is provided by allowing all explicit writebacks to continue during a snoop phase. Upon each incoming external bus request, an agent determines if the address of that request matches an address of data within the agent. If there is a match, the agent copies this most recent data, changes the state of the data to unmodified, changes the length of the data to zero (for pending explicit writebacks), and performs an implicit writeback. Additionally, prior to each explicit writeback, an agent determines if the address of the explicit writeback and any incoming snoop request requests are the same. If there is a match, the agent changes the data length of the explicit writeback to zero prior to issuing the explicit writeback.
摘要:
Increased efficiency in a multiple agent system is provided by allowing all explicit writebacks to continue during a snoop phase. Upon each incoming external bus request, an agent determines if the address of that request matches an address of data within the agent. If there is a match, the agent copies this most recent data, changes the state of the data to unmodified, changes the length of the data to zero (for pending explicit writebacks), and performs an implicit writeback. Additionally, prior to each explicit writeback, an agent determines if the address of the explicit writeback and any incoming snoop request requests are the same. If there is a match, the agent changes the data length of the explicit writeback to zero prior to issuing the explicit writeback.
摘要:
A processing agent is used in a system that transfers data of a predetermined data line length during external transactions. The agent may include an internal cache having a plurality of cache entries. Each cache entry may store multiple data line lengths of data. The agent further may include a transaction queue system having queue entries that include a primary entry including an address portion and status portion, the status portion provided for a first external transaction of the agent, and a secondary entry including a status portion provided for a second external transaction.
摘要:
A prefetching control system provided for a processor. The prefetching queue may include an arbiter, a cache queue and a prefetch queue. The arbiter issues requests including read requests. Responsive to a read request, the cache queue issues a control signal. The prefetch queue receives the control signal and an address associated with the read request. When the received address is a member of a pattern of read requests from sequential memory locations, the prefetch queue issues a prefetch request to the arbiter.
摘要:
A data control method in a microprocessor is disclosed. According to the method, a request is generated on an external bus for data to be read to the processor. The requested data is read from the external bus to an intermediate memory in the processor and, thereafter, read from the intermediate memory to a destination. When the intermediate memory is full, the read of data from the external bus is stalled until the intermediate memory is no longer full. Typically, stalling is accomplished by generating a stall signal on the external bus, which may be generated during a cache coherency phase of the transaction to which the requested data relates.
摘要:
A processing agent is used in a system that transfers data of a predetermined data line length during external transactions. The agent may include an internal cache having a plurality of cache entries. Each cache entry may store multiple data line lengths of data. The agent further may include a transaction queue system having queue entries that include a primary entry including an address portion and status portion, the status portion provided for a first external transaction of the agent, and a secondary entry including a status portion provided for a second external transaction.
摘要:
Increased efficiency in a multiple agent system is provided by allowing all explicit writebacks to continue during a snoop phase. Upon each incoming external bus request, an agent determines if the address of that request matches an address of data within the agent. If there is a match, the agent copies this most recent data, changes the state of the data to unmodified, changes the length of the data to zero (for pending explicit writebacks), and performs an implicit writeback. Additionally, prior to each explicit writeback, an agent determines if the address of the explicit writeback and any incoming snoop request requests are the same. If there is a match, the agent changes the data length of the explicit writeback to zero prior to issuing the explicit writeback.
摘要:
An error correction system in an agent provides an error correction in a circuit path extending from an internal cache to an output of the agent. When data errors are detected for data to be processed internally within the agent, the error correction system passes the corrupted data through the error correction circuit, and out of the agent and back into the agent. The error correction changes internal data requests into an external transaction when data errors are detected.