摘要:
A system, method and computer program product for translations in a computer system. The system includes a general purpose register containing a base address of an address translation table. The system also includes a millicode accessible special displacement register configured to receive a plurality of elements to be translated. The system further includes a multiplexer for selecting a particular one of the plurality of elements from the millicode accessible special displacement register and for generating a displacement or offset value. The system further includes an address generator for creating a combined address containing the base address from the general purpose register and the generated displacement or offset value.
摘要:
A system, method and computer program product for performing a Perform Timing Facility (PTFF) instruction for steering a Time of Day (TOD) clock of the computer system for synchronizing the TOD clock with TOD clocks of other computer systems. The computer system comprises a memory; and, a processor in communications with the computer memory. The processor is capable of performing a PTFF instruction comprising: obtaining a function code specified in a first general register, the function code for identifying any one of a query function or a control function to be performed; obtaining, from a second general register, a memory address of a parameter block; responsive to the function code specifying a query function, storing timing information of the computer system in the parameter block according to the specified query function; responsive to the function code specifying a control function, using timing information obtained from the parameter block to perform the specified control function; and setting a condition code value indicating an outcome of the specified function.
摘要:
A system, method and computer program product for a millicode store access checking instruction are provided. The system includes an operand access control register (OACR) including a test modifier indicator. The system also includes an instruction unit subsystem for fetching and decoding instructions. The instructions include a millicode instruction with an operand defining an address to check for a store access exception. The system further includes an execution unit to execute the millicode instruction. The execution unit performs a method. The method includes receiving the millicode instruction from the instruction unit subsystem, testing for the store access exception at the address as if the test modifier is set absent an update to the OACR, and outputting a result of the testing for the store access exception.
摘要:
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a method and system for managing a result returned from a translator co-processor to a recovery unit of a central processor. The computer system has a pipelined computer processor and a pipelined central processor, which executes an instruction set in a hardware controlled execution unit and executes an instruction set in a milli-mode architected state with a millicode sequence of instructions in the hardware controlled execution unit. The central processor initiates a request to the translator co-processor a cycle after decode of a perform translator operation instruction in the millicode sequence. The translator co-processor processes the perform translator operation instruction to generate a perform translator operation result. The translator co-processor returns the results to a recovery unit of the central processor. The recovery unit stores the perform translator operation result in a system register. The request for the perform translator operation result by the central processor is interlocked by a hardware interlock of the recovery unit until the translator co-processor returns the perform translator operation result. The mechanism allows the recovery unit to maintain the correct perform translator operation result with speculative execution and instruction level retry recovery throughout the duration of the perform translator operation.
摘要:
A range check instruction sequence, which performs a logical comparison between two 32-bit values and updates the condition code as a result. It operates identically to the ESA/390 instruction compare logical (CLR) except for the way in which the condition code is set. The new condition code is a function of both the comparison result and the previous condition code. If the first operand is greater than the second operand, the condition code remains unchanged. If the first operand is less than or equal to the second operand, the condition code is set to 2 if it was previously 0 or 1, and is set to 3 if it was previously 2 or 3. This may be understood as advancing the state of the condition code among the groups (0,1), 2, and 3 if the first operand is not greater than the second operand.
摘要:
Access to an input/output adapter by a configuration is controlled. For each requested access to an adapter, checks are made to determine whether the configuration is authorized to access the adapter. If it is not authorized, then access is denied. If it is authorized, but access should be temporarily blocked, then instruction execution is altered to indicate such. If access is permitted, but should be blocked for another reason (other than temporarily), then access is denied.
摘要:
An instruction is provided to establish various operational parameters for an adapter. These parameters include adapter interruption parameters, input/output address translation parameters, resetting error indications, setting measurement parameters, and setting an interception control, as examples. The instruction specifies a function information block, which is a program representation of a device table entry used by the adapter, to be used in certain situations in establishing the parameters. A store instruction is also provided that stores the current contents of the function information block.
摘要:
A microprocessor equipped to provide hardware initiated prefetching, includes at least one architecture for performing: issuance of a prefetch instruction; writing of a prefetch address into a prefetch fetch address register (PFAR); attempting a prefetch according to the address; detecting one of a cache miss and a cache hit; and if there is a cache miss, then sending a miss request to a next cache level and attempting cache access in a non-busy cycle; and if there is a cache hit, then incrementing the address in the PFAR and completing the prefetch. A method and a computer program product are provided.
摘要:
One or more message signaled interruption requests from one or more input/output (I/O) adapters are converted to I/O adapter event notifications while retaining the message vector indication. An I/O adapter event notification may be routed and presented to a host or to a guest that the host is executing. To present the notification to the correct host or to the correct guest, various data structures in host and/or guest memory are used.
摘要:
One or more message signaled interruption requests from one or more input/output (I/O) adapters are converted to I/O adapter event notifications while retaining the message vector indication. An I/O adapter event notification may be routed and presented to a host or to a guest that the host is executing. To present the notification to the correct host or to the correct guest, various data structures in host and/or guest memory are used.