Date   : Fri, 05 Feb 1988 16:27:47 GMT
From   : oliveb!intelca!mipos3!cadev4!dbraun@AMES.ARC.NASA.GOV (Doug Braun ~)
Subject: Sieve benchmark for Z280

In article <8801301850.AA19041@newton.arpa> bridger%rcc@RAND-UNIX.ARPA
(Bridger Mitchell) writes:
>My third-hand understanding is that the current z280 mask doesn't
>correctly handle code (and data?) changes that occur in the
>associative cache memory.  Self-modifying code is therefore
>unreliable, and possibly there are problems with data values also.

I have heard:
1: The above is a problem only in 8-bit bus mode.  (I use 16-bit)
2: The latest mask revision (due out any day now) has fixed this.

Would it make sense to start a Z-280 mailing list?  I have no
idea how this is done.  If a moderator is needed, I would volunteer.

Doug Braun                             Intel Corp CAD
                                       408 496-5939

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