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MEMCONTROL(8)		    System Manager's Manual		 MEMCONTROL(8)

NAME
       memcontrol -- control system cache behaviour with respect to memory

SYNOPSIS
       memcontrol list [-a]
       memcontrol set -b base -l length	-o owner attribute
       memcontrol clear	-o owner
       memcontrol clear	-b base	-l length

DESCRIPTION
       A  number  of supported system architectures allow the behaviour	of the
       CPU cache to be programmed to behave differently	depending on  the  re-
       gion being written.

       The memcontrol utility provides an interface to this facility, allowing
       CPU cache behavior to be	altered	for ranges of system physical memory.

       These  ranges  are  typically power-of-2	aligned	and sized, however the
       specific	rules governing	their layout vary between architectures.   The
       memcontrol utility does not attempt to enforce these rules, however the
       system will reject any attempt to set an	illegal	combination.

       list   List range slots.

	      -a      List all range slots, even those that are	inactive.

       set    Set memory range attributes.

	      -b base
		      Memory range base	address.

	      -l length
		      Length of	memory range in	bytes, power of	2.

	      -o owner
		      Text identifier for this setting (7 char max).

	      attribute
		      Attributes applied to this range;	combinations of	force,
		      uncacheable,  write-combine,  write-through, write-back,
		      and write-protect.

       clear  Clear memory range attributes.  Ranges may be cleared  by	 owner
	      or by base/length	combination.

	      To clear based on	ownership:

	      -o owner
		      All ranges with this owner will be cleared.

	      To clear based on	the base/length	combination:

	      -b base
		      Memory range base	address.

	      -l length
		      Length of	memory range in	bytes, power of	2.

	      Base and length must exactly match an existing range.

SEE ALSO
       mem(4)

FreeBSD	14.3		      September	15, 2002		 MEMCONTROL(8)

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