[coreboot] Cache as RAM - is it possible to execute code in cache?

Stefan Reinauer stepan at coresystems.de
Fri Sep 5 17:19:38 CEST 2008


Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 05.09.2008 12:54, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
>
>   
>> On 05.09.2008 09:45, Jackie Pan wrote:
>>     
>>> if it's possible to place code into cache-emulated RAM
>>>       
>> Core 2 Duo can do cache for ram and code... But it works well enough
>> to just set an mtrr to make rom cacheable during car and that also
>> works for older intel CPUs
>>     
>
> We're talking about different things.
> Jackie was talking about executing code stored inside the pseudo-RAM CAR
> area. I was talking about that as well.
> Stefan wrote about using cache for code outside the CAR area.
>   
No, not at all different things. As I said, the Core 2 Duo can execute
code stored in CAR.



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