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RM7000 cache question

DISCUSSION Pete Popov 1 participant 1 message Feb 22, 2001 MIPS

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Question on the RM7000 caches:

The function __flush_cache_all_d32i32() (and some other ones), flush the entire primary data cache using blast_dache32(). Since writebacks from the primary cache go to the secondary and tertiary/main memory, this function seems fine. However, blast_dcache32() uses indexed cache instructions. The primary data cache is only 16KB; the secondary cache is 256KB. So my question is, since we're using indexed instructions, and the primary data cache is only 16KB, will that flush only one of the 4 ways of the secondary cache, since each way is 64KB?

static void __flush_cache_all_d32i32(void)

{
        blast_dcache32();
        blast_icache32();
}                              

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