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HOLDInitiated Inquire Hit to Shared or Exclusive Line
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AMD-K6®-2 Processor Data Sheet Preliminary Information 21850J/0-February 2000 HOLD-Initiated Inquire Hit to Shared or Exclusive Line Figure 62 shows a HOLD-initiated inquire cycle. In this example, the processor samples HOLD asserted during the burst memory read cycle. The processor completes the current cycle (until the last expected BRDY# is sampled asserted), asserts HLDA and floats its outputs as described on page 142. The system logic drives an inquire cycle within the hold acknowledge cycle. It asserts EADS#, which validates the inquire address on A[31:5]. If EADS# is sampled asserted before HOLD is sampled negated, the processor recognizes it as a valid inquire cycle. In Figure 62, the processor asserts HIT# and negates HITM# on the clock edge after the clock edge on which EADS# is sampled asserted, indicating the current inquire cycle hit a shared or exclusive cache line. (Shared and exclusive cache lines have not been modified and do not need to be written back.) During an inquire cycle, the processor samples INV to determine whether the addressed cache line found in the processor's instruction or data cache transitions to the invalid state or the shared state. In this example, the processor samples INV asserted with EADS#, which invalidates the cache line. The system logic can negate HOLD off the same clock edge on which EADS# is sampled asserted. The processor continues driving HIT# in the same state until the next inquire cycle. HITM# is not asserted unless HIT# is asserted. 144 Bus Cycles Chapter 5