User’s Manual

IBM PowerPC 750GX and 750GL RISC Microprocessor

7.2.4.6 Global (GBL)

The global (GBL) signal is an input/output signal on the 750GX.

Global (GBL)—Output

 

State

 

Asserted

Indicates that the transaction is global and should be snooped by other

 

 

 

masters. GBL reflects the M bit (WIMG bits) from the memory management

 

 

 

unit (MMU) except during certain transactions. Copybacks are always

 

 

 

nonglobal. Instruction accesses do not reflect the M bit when the HID0[IFEM]

 

 

 

bit (HID0 bit 23) is '0' and the instruction address translation bit (bit 26) in the

 

 

 

Machine State Register is '1' (MSR[IR] = '1'); or if HID0[IFEM] is '1' and

 

 

 

MSR[IR] is '0'. In either of these cases, the M bit is ignored and the access is

 

 

 

nonglobal.

 

 

Negated

Indicates that the transaction is not global and should not be snooped by

 

 

 

other masters.

Timing

 

Assertion/

The same as A[0–31].

 

 

Negation/

 

 

 

High

 

 

 

Impedance

 

 

 

Global

(GBL)

—Input

 

State

 

Asserted

Indicates that a transaction must be snooped by the 750GX.

 

 

Negated

Indicates that a transaction should not be snooped by the 750GX. (In addi-

 

 

 

tion, certain nonglobal transactions are snooped for reservation coherency.

 

 

 

See Table 7-1on page 256.)

Timing

 

Assertion/

The same as A[0–31].

 

 

Negation

 

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