Toshiba TX39 user manual Lock bit clearing, Auto-lock bits

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Architecture

(3) Lock bit clearing

Cache register

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

12

11

10

9

8

 

 

 

IALo

DALo

IALp

DALp

IALc

DALc

 

 

exception raised

 

 

 

 

0

0

IALo

DALo

IALp

DALp

IALc

DALc

13

12

11

10

9

8

 

 

IALo

DALo

IALp

DALp

IALc

DALc

 

RFE executed

IALo

DALo

IALp

DALp

IALc

DALc

IALo,IALp and IALc are reserved for the instruction cache.

Figure 7-5. Auto-lock bits

The lock bit for an entry is cleared using the CACHE instruction IndexLockBitClear. Clearing the lock bit disables the lock function.

Clear the lock bit as follows when data written to a locked line should be stored in main memory.

1)Read the locked data from cache memory

2)Clear the lock bit

3)Store the data that was read

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Toshiba TX39 user manual Lock bit clearing, Auto-lock bits