METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUS SOFTWARE/HARDWARE CACHE FILL

摘要

Methods and apparatus provide a hardware implemented cache refill circuit for managing at least one address translation table cache, the at least one address translation table cache containing data used to translate an external address into a physical address of a processing system; provide a software implemented cache refill function also for managing the at least one address translation table cache; and simultaneously refill the at least one address translation table cache using the hardware implemented cache refill circuit and the software implemented cache refill function.