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- From: cookshak@cuug.ab.ca (Kelvin Cookshaw 266-3642)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
- Subject: 68030 MMU Info
- Summary: subject says it all
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.035515.10295@cuug.ab.ca>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 03:55:15 GMT
- Sender: cookshak@cuug.ab.ca
- Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group
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- I have been trying to write 68030 code using the 030's MMU and using the
- Addison&Wesley 68030 book. As it turns out this book seems to be a bit wrong
- in some areas. Could someone answer a couple questions please?
-
- 1. Are there limits on how many bits you can use for each level? I
- tried 1 bit for level a (to seperate the memory into two 4Gb areas)
- and that doesn't seem to work. I have to use at least 6 bits in
- level a for it to work.
-
- 2. What is the function of the Lower/Upper Limit information in long
- page descriptors? The A&W manual is very confusing on this whole
- area (has a paragraph stating "if L/U is one then ... otherwise if
- it is a one then ...").
-
- 3. What if the CPU space in the Function Code selectors? I understand
- the breakdown of Supervisor&User Code/Data but what is CPU?
-
- 4. Can you use the Function Codes as part of your table breakdown on
- a 68040?
-
- Thanks for answering these questions or pointing me to materials that will
- answer them for me!
-
- Brad Pepers (cookshak@cuug.ab.ca)
-