Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Translation of virtual to physical addresses
- Patent Title (中): 虚拟到物理地址的翻译
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Application No.: US12216253Application Date: 2008-07-01
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Publication No.: US08051271B2Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: Jeremy Piers Davies , David Hennah Mansell , Richard Roy Grisenthwaite
- Applicant: Jeremy Piers Davies , David Hennah Mansell , Richard Roy Grisenthwaite
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F12/02
- IPC: G06F12/02

Abstract:
Address translation circuitry for translating virtual addresses to physical addresses for a data processor in response to access requests from said data processor targeting virtual addresses is disclosed. The address translation circuitry comprises: a data store comprising a plurality of entries for storing a plurality of mappings of ranges of virtual addresses to ranges of physical addresses for said data processor and additional data associated with each of said plurality of mappings within a table; updating circuitry for updating said table in response to an access request for a virtual address that is not mapped by said table, said updating circuitry being responsive to receipt of a mapping for said virtual address to: select a plurality of entries in said table suitable for storing said received mapping; and determine one of said plurality of selected entries to be overwritten by said received mapping in dependence upon at least a portion of said additional data stored in said one of said plurality of selected entries.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100005269A1 Translation of virtual to physical addresses Public/Granted day:2010-01-07
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