Jonathan Balkind

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Mismatch between uarch spec and implementation for FwdRdAck/LOAD_FWDACK transition to Shared

Hi there! Thanks for taking a look at this. Could you tell me more about your methodology here? I want to be sure that we have a full understanding of...

Mismatch between uarch spec and implementation for FwdRdAck/LOAD_FWDACK transition to Shared

Ok so am I right in understanding that you haven't actually identified a correctness issue that manifests as a functional bug (with evidence of that bug)? Rather, you're using the...

Mismatch between uarch spec and implementation for FwdRdAck/LOAD_FWDACK transition to Shared

Ok I see. There are multiple other considerations about the protocol that make it more complex than a simple MESI. For one, the L1.5 is likely sending a writeback guard...

Mismatch between uarch spec and implementation for FwdRdAck/LOAD_FWDACK transition to Shared

I'm working on putting together RTD markdown sources for the docs that we can bring up to date. Will give you an update once I have something that seems more...