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- From: abraham@neutron.amd.com (Abraham Prasad)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
- Subject: i860XP pin functions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.153704.22012@dvorak.amd.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 15:37:04 GMT
- Sender: usenet@dvorak.amd.com (Usenet News)
- Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Austin TX.
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- 1] CACHE#
- The manual describes this pin as indicating the processor's
- intention to cache the data on cacheable reads and code fetches.
- How does the external core logic use this information? Unlike
- PCD, this pin indicates the cacheability on a line-by-line
- basis. Does the CACHE# pin become useful in the case where
- paging is disabled, or for a cycle that is not paged? But
- even in this case, the internal cacheability of the line is
- disabled since PCD=1.
-
- 2] EWBE#
- The value on this pin during reset determines the ordering
- mode used. The i860XP manual mentions that in systems that do
- not have external write-buffers, this pin can be tied to Vss
- for strong ordering, and to Vcc for weak ordering. This would
- mean that this pin remains always asserted for strong ordering,
- in systems not using external write-buffers. Is the EWBE# pin,
- ignored in this case?
-
- Any clarifications?
-