Reference Guide
Property Description
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown
• 1 = Other
• 2 = Direct Mapped
• 3 = 2-way Set-Associative
• 4 = 4-way Set-Associative
• 5 = Fully Associative
• 6 = 8-way Set-Associative
• 7 = 16-way Set-Associative
CacheType
Defines whether this is for instruction caching (value=2),
data caching (value=3) or both (value=4, "Unified"). Also,
"Other" (1) and "Unknown" (0) can be defined.
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown
• 1 = Other
• 2 = Instruction
• 3 = Data
• 4 = Unified
Dependent
The LogicalElement.
ReadPolicy
Policy that is employed by the Cache for handling read
requests. For example, "Read", "Read-Ahead" or both can
be specified using the values, 2, 3 or 4, respectively. If the
read policy is determined individually (ie, for each
request), then the value 5 ("Determination per I/O") should
be specified. "Other" (1) and "Unknown" (0) are also valid
values.
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown
• 1 = Other
• 2 = Read
• 3 = Read-Ahead
• 4 = Read and Read-Ahead
• 5 = Determination Per I/O
WritePolicy
Defines whether this is write-back (value=2) or write-
through (value=3) Cache, or whether this information
"Varies with Address" (4) or is defined individually for each
I/O (5). Also, "Other" (1) and "Unknown" (0) can be
specified.
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown
• 1 = Other
• 2 = Read
• 3 = Read-Ahead
• 4 = Read and Read-Ahead
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