> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Efficient Memory List > <snip> > > Are there instructions which perform for cache operations > analogous to what PGLOAD and PGOUT do for main memory? > Is anything to be gained by anticipatory fetching from a > cache line to cause it to be brought from main storage? > If the result of the fetch is ignored, can it proceed > concurently, without causing a pipeline stall? > > -- gil
On the z196, there is a "cache load" type instruction. I can't find the URL to the paper, but I vaguely remember it. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-691-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM
