[Libre-soc-dev] microwatt / libresoc dcache

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 6:47 AM Paul Mackerras <paulus at ozlabs.org> wrote:
> On Fri, May 07, 2021 at 05:17:44AM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > clk             rise  fall  rise fall  rise  fall
> > rd_in:          1      0      0     0     0      0
>
> Do you mean rd_en?

yes, sorry.  late night. errr, early morning.

> The other point, which you don't seem to have taken in yet, is that
> this is NOT the critical path.

i've not yet closely examined the virt path, for this analysis.

> > essentially, i am questioning why ADD_BUF was added.
>
> To match the latency of the path to the way multiplexer data inputs
> with the latency to the way multiplexer address inputs (the way
> multiplexer is the statement "data_out := cache_out(r1.hit_way);").

oh hang on... the address is asserted a cycle early, isn't it?
arrgh, that means that the ADD_BUF is needed to get the
data to "catch up" with the rest of the code.

yuk! :)

l.