v5.0.0
The major modification in this release is the support of the write-back (WB) policy (in
addition to the write-through (WT) policy). The cache can either implement one of these
policies or both in a per-cacheline basis.
- Added
- Support of the WB policy.
- Configuration parameters to choose between WT or WB, or both, at synthesis time.
- Validation testbench compatible to Verilator.
- Add a write-policy hint field in the request to select between WT and WB, dinamically.
- Removed
- WbufSendFeedThrough parameter removed
- Changed
- Arbitration between cacheable and uncacheable memory requests is done inside the
HPDcache. The memory interface implements 5 channels, instead of 10.
- The CMO type is into the operation field of the request (instead of the size field).
- Select the victim cacheline at cache miss time (before was done on refill time). The
slot is pre-allocated and written by the miss handler when the refill response arrives.