I think the O3 cpu loads a whole cache line of instructions at a time,  
but perhaps I'm mistaken. EIther way the CPU and l1 cache are so  
closely integrated in a actual design that I don't know how realistic  
a generic bus power model would be for that transfer.

Ali


On Aug 28, 2008, at 9:10 PM, Steve Reinhardt wrote:

> You're correct that in the standard configs there's no bus between  
> the L1 and the CPU.  However the CPU normally never loads or stores  
> more than 64 bits at a time so it's generally not an issue.  If you  
> added some instruction that loaded entire cache blocks, then you  
> might have to worry about that.
>
> Steve
>
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM, richard strong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
> wrote:
> I see that for the l2bus, but the l1cache does not have such a  
> width. It
> appears that the entire cache line (packet) is sent at once to the  
> cpu.
>
> -Rick
>
> nathan binkert wrote:
> > All busses have a width parameter.  Check out config.ini.
> >
> >   Nate
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:00 PM, richard strong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am trying to determine the bus width of the bus connected to a  
> cache.
> >> Is this just the address range of the port connected to the cache?
> >>
> >> -Rick
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