The following notation is used in connection with translation
from virtual to physical addresses:
Address |
Cache |
virtual |
TLB |
VPN |
Virtual page number |
VPO |
Virtual page offset (in bytes) |
TLBI |
TLBI index |
TLBT |
TLB tag |
After translating the virtual address to a physical address,
another cache is checked to see if it contains the memory contents
of the physical address. This notation is used:
Address |
Cache |
physical |
L1 |
(physical adddresses) |
PPN |
physical page number |
PPO |
physical page offset (PPO = VPO) |
CI |
Cache index |
CO |
Byte offset in cache block |
CT |
Cache tag |