2.2 Look-Ahead Cache Feature

2.2.2Caching parameters

The IDD supports the MODE SELECT parameters (caching parameters: page code = 8) shown in Figure 2.5 for controlling the cache feature. See Section 4.1 concerning details of the MODE SELECT parameters.

[Caching Parameters (Page Code = 8)]

 

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

 

2

1

0

Byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

1

 

0

0

0

1

 

 

X‘0A’ or X‘12’ (Page Length)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

IC

ABPF

CAP

DISC

SIZE

 

WCE

MS

RCD

 

Default

0

0

0

1

0

 

1

0

0

 

Variable

1

0

0

0

0

 

1

0

1

3

 

 

 

X‘00’ (Reserved)

 

 

 

4-5

 

 

 

Prefetch-suppressed block count

 

 

 

Default

 

 

 

X‘FFFF’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable

 

 

 

X‘0000’

 

 

 

 

 

6-7

 

 

 

Minimum prefetch

 

 

 

 

Default

 

 

 

X‘0000’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable

 

 

 

X‘0000’

 

 

 

 

 

8-9

 

 

 

Maximum prefetch

 

 

 

 

Default

 

 

 

X‘00xx’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable

 

 

 

X‘0000’

 

 

 

 

 

10-11

 

 

 

Maximum prefetch limit block count

 

 

Default

 

 

 

X‘FFFF’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable

 

 

 

X‘0000’

 

 

 

 

 

12

FSW

LBCSS

DRA

VS

VS

 

 

Reserved

 

 

Default

1

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

 

Variable

0

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

13

 

 

 

Cache segment count

 

 

 

 

Default

 

 

 

X‘08’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable

 

 

 

X‘3F’

 

 

 

 

 

14-15

 

 

 

Cache segment size

 

 

 

 

Default

 

 

 

X‘0000’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable

 

 

 

X‘0000’

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

X‘00’ (Reserved)

 

 

 

17-19

 

 

 

Non cache buffer size

 

 

 

 

Default

 

 

 

X‘000000’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable

 

 

 

X‘000000’

 

 

 

 

 

Remark:

The variable column indicates whether the parameter can be changed or not (if "1", the parameter can be changed).

Figure 2.5 Cache control parameters

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