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8.6.1
IC Address Array
The IC address array is allocated to addresses H'F000 0000 to H'F0FF FFFF in the P4 area. An
address array access requires a 32-bit address field specification (when reading or writing) and a
32-bit data field specification. The way and entry to be accessed are specified in the address field,
and the write tag and V bit are specified in the data field.
In the address field, bits [31:24] have the value H'F0 indicating the IC address array, and the way
is specified by bits [14:13] and the entry by bits [12:5]. The association bit (A bit) [3] in the
address field specifies whether or not association is performed when writing to the IC address
array. As only longword access is used, 0 should be specified for address field bits [1:0].
In the data field, the tag is indicated by bits [31:10], and the V bit by bit [0]. As the IC address
array tag is 19 bits in length, data field bits [31:29] are not used in the case of a write in which
association is not performed. Data field bits [31:29] are used for the virtual address specification
only in the case of a write in which association is performed.
The following three kinds of operation can be used on the IC address array:
1. IC address array read
The tag and V bit are read into the data field from the IC entry corresponding to the way and
entry set in the address field. In a read, associative operation is not performed regardless of
whether the association bit specified in the address field is 1 or 0.
2. IC address array write (non-associative)
The tag and V bit specified in the data field are written to the IC entry corresponding to the
way and entry set in the address field. The A bit in the address field should be cleared to 0.
3. IC address array write (associative)
When a write is performed with the A bit in the address field set to 1, the tag in each way
stored in the entry specified in the address field is compared with the tag specified in the data
field. The way numbers of bits [14:13] in the address field are not used. If the MMU is enabled
at this time, comparison is performed after the virtual address specified by data field bits
[31:10] has been translated to a physical address using the ITLB. If the addresses match and
the V bit in the way is 1, the V bit specified in the data field is written into the IC entry. In
other cases, no operation is performed. This operation is used to invalidate a specific IC entry.
If an ITLB miss occurs during address translation, or the comparison shows a mismatch, an
exception is not generated, no operation is performed, and the write is not executed.
Note: This function may not be supported in the future SuperH Series. Therefore, it is
recommended that the ICBI instruction should be used to operate the IC definitely by
handling ITLB miss and reporting ITLB miss exception.
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