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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 region  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 spe-
     cific  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 ports 15.1	       September 15, 2002		   MEMCONTROL(8)

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