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General Forums => The Campus => Topic started by: dan on March 16, 2008, 12:43:48 PM

Title: cache content
Post by: dan on March 16, 2008, 12:43:48 PM
Hi
Is there a way to see the contents of any of the cache memories (i.e. L1 or L2), through a debugger or any other tool?

thanks in advance
Dan Lavigne
Title: Re: cache content
Post by: Tedd on March 16, 2008, 03:03:55 PM
Unlikely.

(Maybe there are some MSRs for testing during manufacture, but I doubt there will be a specific mechanism open to the public.)
Title: Re: cache content
Post by: MichaelW on March 16, 2008, 03:50:58 PM
AFAIK on recent systems the only memory contents that you can "see" are in the L1 cache.
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