Re: cache line size (was Help booting MBX through bootd)

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.muc.de>]

In message <376501C2.FAF2B207@switchboard.ericsson.se> you write:
> 
> > But the cache line size differs even for different models of the  8xx
> > family!
> 
> Are you sure?

Well, yes. But not exact enough. I silently included the 82x0 in  the
8xx family.

> I browsed my 821, 823, 850 and 860 manuals and I found out that Motorola
> seem to have 2 different cpu cores.
> 
> budget   core: 850/823 - 8/8 TLBs, 2/1 Kbyte cache.
> standard core: 860/821 - 32/32 TLBs, 4/4 Kbyte cache.
> deluxe   core: 860P    - 32/32 TLBs, 16/8 Kbyte cache
> 
> All seem to have 4 words a 32 bits in each cache line.

You are right.

> What about the other cpus; 60x, 750/740?

32 bytes per cache line = 8 32-bit words

> And the other embedded ones; 8240/8260?
> 
> 8 words a 32 bits in each cache line? 

Yes, the 82x0 have 8 32-bit words in each line.

Wolfgang Denk

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