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10. CACHE Instructions<br />

This chapter describes the CacheOps (CACHE † ) used in the <strong>R10000</strong> processor.<br />

The format of the CACHE instruction is:<br />

CACHE op, offset(base)<br />

In a CACHE instruction, the 16-bit offset is sign-extended and added to the<br />

contents of the general register base to form a Virtual Address (VA). The VA is<br />

translated to a Physical Address (PA) using the TLB. The 5-bit sub-opcode<br />

specifies a cache instruction variation for that address.<br />

† CacheOp and CACHE instruction are used interchangeably in this text.<br />

<strong>MIPS</strong> <strong>R10000</strong> <strong>Microprocessor</strong> <strong>User's</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> Version 2.0 of January 29, 1997187

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