Commit Graph

9 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Rose Thompson
195def5808 Extended the abhcacheinterface to zero a cacheline's worth of uncached memory on cbo.zero. 2023-11-27 21:24:30 -06:00
Ross Thompson
f895898d22 Improved the critical path even more. The Arty A7 works upto 19Mhz easily. Testing out 22Mhz now. 2023-07-21 16:31:26 -05:00
Ross Thompson
052bc95966 More parameterization. Copied Lim. Still no slow down. 2023-05-24 14:49:22 -05:00
Limnanthes Serafini
53847269da More changes 2023-04-13 21:02:15 -07:00
Ross Thompson
366a96a0fc Possible fix for issue 148.
I found the problem. We use a Committed(F/M) signal to indicate the IFU or LSU has an ongoing cache or bus transaction and should not be interrupted. At the time of the mret, the IFU is fetching uncacheable invalid instructions asserting CommittedF. As the IFU finishes the request it unstalls the pipeline but continues to assert CommittedF. (This is not necessary for the IFU). In the same cycle the LSU d cache misses. Because CommittedF is blocking the interrupt the d cache submits a cache line fetch to the EBU.

I am thinking out loud here. At it's core the Committed(F/M) ensure memory operations are atomic and caches don't get into inconsistent states. Once the memory operation is completed the LSU/IFU removes the stall but continues to hold Committed(F/M) because the memory operation has completed and it would be wrong to allow an interrupt to occur with a completed load/store. However this is not true of the IFU. If we lower CommittedF once the operation is complete then this problem is solved. The interrupt won't be masked and the LSU will flush the d cache miss.

This requires a minor change in the cachebusfsm and cachefsm. I will report back after I've confirmed this works.
2023-03-28 14:47:08 -05:00
Ross Thompson
b5a58502d0 Replaced tabs -> spaces cache. 2023-03-24 15:15:38 -05:00
Ross Thompson
b518177a45 Updated EBU to replace tabs with spaces. 2023-03-24 15:01:38 -05:00
David Harris
7cf98811f3 Parenthesized reduction operators to avoid DC lint 2023-02-04 18:49:47 -08:00
David Harris
78eb90715c Removed pipelined level of hierarchy 2023-02-02 14:14:11 -08:00