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Re: [f-cpu] PC management ?



On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, nicO wrote:

> Why the PC isn't mapped inside the register bank ?
> 
> Is there is specific reason ? Because cJump/cmove are really similar.
> And there is some instruction to produice hit in specific adresse.
> 
> Concerning the gestion of the L0. I propose to say that the alias aren't
> manage at all. BUT we must see how a c compiler could handel pointer.
> I'm really afraid that that it's almost impossible to be sure that some
> C code use to much pointer to the same area.

Usually most pointers are computed out of base pointers and
offset when it's needed, e.g. array/structure/class access.
But this should only affect data cache access. Is it also
setup in lines?

JG

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