2-28
Theory
of
Operation
When
all
32
locations of the healer are
full,
no
further healing
or
automatic changes to the healer
CAM
occur
on
that Memory Controller. When
all
healer locations have
been
used, the healer
overflow bit in the
MC
status register
is
set. When
all
healer locations are
full,
the operating system
checks each healed location to determine
if the location
is
still
faulty. If the location fault was caused
by a momentary failure, the overflowed
CAM
can
be
cleared
and
reused by the operating system.
HEALER
CAM
(ADDRESS)
HEALER
RAM
(DATA)
o 31 o
31
32 39
DATA
•
•
•
•
•
•
I
C~ii:
1
0
1
31
.....
_----------
.....
___________
~131
/
--
/
/
( 0 1
,--_..,.,A,
__
.....
I ,
1-HEALED
LOCATION
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10
11
28
29
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X
AND
Y
ADDRESS
Ix
~
PHYSICAL
MEMORY
ADDRESS---.J
r-
(18
BITS)
~
X-DON'T
CARE
Figure 2-18. 1 Megabyte Memory Healing
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X
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