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- Subject: Re: Data/Instruction Cache & BURST modes on 68030? Why/when?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.114549.1953@msus1.msus.edu>
- From: lkoop@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (LaMonte Koop)
- Date: 24 Dec 92 11:45:48 -0600
- Reply-To: lkoop@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU
- References: <hellerS.724958427@batman> <72192@cup.portal.com>,<1992Dec22.212901.860@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec22.212901.860@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Keith.Radley@launchpad.unc.edu (Keith Radley) writes:
- >>You should leave the setting alone! A small tutorial is in order!
- >>SetPatch will setup the system correctly so that the caches and burst
- >>are correct for the Amiga.
- >>
- >>several long words of data. This happens faster than if each long
- >>word was a separate access. This pre-loads the cache and allows you
- >>to get extra 'hits' on the instruction cache(or data cache). There
- >>are times(code that branches) where this might slow down the cpu, but
- >>in general it wil speed it up slightly.
- >>
- >>The 68020 has a single cache for data and instructions, the 68030
- >>has separate ones. The cache size in this case is 256 bytes. The
- >>68040 has 4096 byte caches for instruction and for data.
- >>
- >>There are no such things as stupid, dumb, or ignorant questions, just
- >>stupid, dumb, or ignorant people that will not ask questions.
- >
- >Thanks a lot for this info. I have always known about the cache and when
- >I use sysinfo it says data cache off so I put a command in my SS to turn
- >it on thinking I was missing something. I guess I'll turn it off. Since
-
- Wait a minute. Under most circumstances, you should turn the data cache
- ON for best performance. It is the BURST mode of that cache which will
- generally not afford you much. Instruction Cache BURST mode should be
- enabled.
- Do note though that in order for BURST mode on either cache to actually
- have effect, you must have a RAM subsystem capable of being utilized in this
- mode. If not, enabling BURST mode on either cache in the 68030 will not
- have any effect at all (it will be ignored).
-
- >you are answering questions can you tell me what mungwall and enforcer
- >are? I know people mention using it on a 3000 cause it needs an MMU.
- >Thanks for being helpful!
-
- Mungwall and Enforcer are debugging aids for programmers that help in finding
- problems with software under development.
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- LaMonte Koop -- SCSU Electrical/Computer Engineering
- Internet: lkoop@tigger.stcloud.msus.edu -OR- f00012@kanga.stcloud.msus.edu
- "You mean you want MORE lights on this thing???"
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