Re: 68030 CPU cache

[Ignatios Souvatzis <is%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:54:02PM -0800, David Ross wrote:
> Random question...
> In the Atari OS (TOS) for the TT030 there's a way to view/set the state 
> of the 68030 cache.  I've been curious to find out if the CPU cache is 
> enabled when I'm in NetBSD.  Anyone know, or know a quick way to to get 
> the info at runtime w/o learning 68030 assembler?  =)

You can't - but it is. Details: it is selectively enabled via the
MMU for main memory during early boot time. Lines about 1013 and
following in sys/arch/atari/atari/locore.s:

...     movl #CACHE_ON,%d0                      ;valid for '020/'030
        cmpl #MMU_68040,_C_LABEL(mmutype)
        jne Lcacheon
        [68040 and 68060 code here]

Lcacheon:
        movc    %d0,%cacr

(The cache control register is priviledged-code-only, you can't even
read it from user code, that's why you can't easily check it.)

The MMU tables are set in a way that memory regions are using the
cache. Device registers, of course, are mapped uncached.

        -is