摘要:
A microprocessor architecture (310) has a plurality of functional units arranged in a parallel manner between one or more source buses (412 and/or 414) and one or more result buses (490). At least one of the functional units within the architecture is a content addressable memory (CAM) functional unit (430) which can be issued CPU instructions via a sequencer (480) much like any other functional unit. The operation of the CAM (430) may be pipelined in one or more stages so that the CAM's throughput may be increased to accommodate the higher clock rates that are likely used within the architecture (310). One embodiment involves pipelining the CAM operation in three stages (510, 520, and 530) in order to sequentially perform data input and precharge operations, followed by match operations, and followed Finally by priority encoding and data output.
摘要:
A method and circuit for a data processing system (200) provide a processor-based partitioned priority blocking mechanism by storing interrupt identifiers, partition identifiers, thread identifiers, and priority levels associated with accepted interrupt requests in special purpose registers (35-38) located at the processor core (26) to enable quick and efficient interrupt priority blocking on a partition basis.
摘要:
For use in a data processing system comprising a processor configured to execute a first set of instructions corresponding to a first thread and a second set of instructions corresponding to a second thread, a method is provided. The method comprises in response to execution of a debug related instruction by the first thread while executing the first set of instructions, generating a debug event for processing by the second thread, wherein processing the debug event comprises causing a halting operation related to the processor.
摘要:
A method and circuit for a data processing system provide virtualized instructions for accessing a partitioned device (e.g., 14, 61) by executing a control instruction (47, 48) to encode and store an access command (CMD) in a data payload with a hardware-inserted partition attribute (LPID) for storage to a command register (25) at a physical address (PA) retrieved from a special purpose register (46) so that the partitioned device (14, 61) can determine if the access command can be performed based on local access control information.
摘要:
A data processing system and method of operation has a processor coupled to a cache. Cache control circuitry is coupled to the cache and performs error detection. A user programmable error action control register stores a control value for selecting a type of error action to be taken when a cache error is detected. A first value of the control value permits handling of a cache error that is transparent to the processor, and a second value permits handling of the cache error by taking an exception that is visible to the processor. Various alternate actions to a detected error, including error correction or cache line invalidation, may be taken in response to other values of the control value.
摘要:
An integrated circuit (10) has a conditional yield instruction (305) which may be used to conditionally yield execution of a currently active thread based on priority and status of other threads. In one embodiment, an I bit 304 may be used to designate whether the priority selection bits (50) are stored in the instruction itself. If the priority selection bits (50) are not stored in the instruction itself, a portion of the instruction (302) may be used to store a location indicator which indicates where the priority selection bits (50) are located (e.g. register file 22).
摘要:
A data processing system having a processor and a target device processes decorated instructions (i.e. an instruction having a decoration value). A device of the data processing system such as the processor sends transactions to the target device over a system interconnect. A decorated storage notify (DSN) transaction includes an indication of an instruction operation, an address associated with the instruction operation, and a decoration value (i.e. a command to the target device to perform a function in addition to a store or a load). The transaction on the system interconnect includes an address phase and no data phase, thereby improving system bandwidth. In one form the target device (e.g. a memory with functionality in addition to storage functionality) performs a read-modify-write operation using information at a storage location of the target device.
摘要:
A method and circuit for a data processing system provide a partitioned interrupt controller with an efficient deferral mechanism for processing partitioned interrupt requests by executing a control instruction to encode and store a delay command (e.g., DEFER or SUSPEND) in a data payload with a hardware-inserted partition attribute (LPID) for storage to a command register (25) at a physical address (PA) retrieved from a special purpose register (46) so that the partitioned interrupt controller (14) can determine if the delay command can be performed based on local access control information.
摘要:
A method and circuit for a data processing system (200) provide a processor-based partitioned priority blocking mechanism by storing interrupt identifiers, partition identifiers, thread identifiers, and priority levels associated with accepted interrupt requests in special purpose registers (35-38) located at the processor core (26) to enable quick and efficient interrupt priority blocking on a partition basis.
摘要:
A method includes communicating a first message between processors of a multiprocessor system via a coherency interconnect, whereby the first message includes coherency information. The method further includes communicating a second message between processors of the multiprocessor system via the coherency interconnect, whereby the second message includes interprocessor message information. A system includes a coherency interconnect and a processor. The processor includes an interface configured to receive messages from the coherency interconnect, each message including one of coherency information or interprocessor message information. The processor further includes a coherency management module configured to process coherency information obtained from at least one of the messages and an interrupt controller configured to generate an interrupt based on interprocessor message information obtained from at least one of the messages.