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• UB: Buffered write bit
Specifies whether a buffered write is performed.
0: Buffered write (Data access of subsequent processing proceeds without waiting for the write
to complete.)
1: Unbuffered write (Data access of subsequent processing is stalled until the write has
completed.)
7.7.4 PMB Function
The SH-4A supports the following PMB functions.
1. Only memory-mapped write can be used for writing to the PMB. The LDTLB instruction
cannot be used to write to the PMB.
2. Software must ensure that every accessed P1 or P2 address has a corresponding PMB entry
before the access occurs. When an access to an address in the P1 or P2 area which is not
recorded in the PMB is made, the SH-4A is reset by the TLB. In this case, the accessed address
in the P1 or P2 area which causes the TLB reset is stored in the TEA and code H′140 in the
EXPEVT.
3. The SH-4A does not guarantee the operation when multiple hit occurs in the PMB. Special
care should be taken when the PMB mapping information is recorded by software.
4. The PMB does not have an associative write function.
5. Since there is no PR field in the PMB, read/write protection cannot be preformed. The address
translation target of the PMB is the P1 or P2 address. In user mode access, an address error
exception occurs.
6. Both entries from the UTLB and PMB are mixed and recorded in the ITLB by means of the
hardware ITLB miss handling. However, these entries can be identified by checking whether
VPN[31:30] is 10 or not. When an entry from the PMB is recorded in the ITLB, H′00, 01, and
1 are recorded in the ASID, PR, and SH fields which do not exist in the PMB, respectively.
7.7.5 Memory-Mapped PMB Configuration
To enable the PMB to be managed by software, its contents are allowed to be read from and
written to by a P1 or P2 area program with a MOV instruction in privileged mode. The PMB
address array is allocated to addresses H'F610 0000 to H'F61F FFFF in the P4 area and the PMB
data array to addresses H'F710 0000 to H'F71F FFFF in the P4 area. VPN and V in the PMB can
be accessed as an address array, PPN, V, SZ, C, WT, and UB as a data array. V can be accessed
from both the address array side and the data array side. A program which executes a PMB
memory-mapped access should be placed in the page area at which the C bit in PMB is cleared to
0.
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