Re: [Gems-users] Cache Miss Rate

[Greg Byrd <gbyrd@xxxxxxxx>]

I don't think the following paragraph (that I wrote) is correct.  Please ignore.

...Greg


Greg Byrd wrote:
> I believe the "requests missed" refers to fast path misses.  If you have 
> fast path enabled, then the sequencer will look for an L1-cached block 
> containing the requested address.  If it's in the L1 cache and the state 
> is compatible, then the sequence will immediately return the value as a 
> hit, without sending a CacheMsg to the L1Cache component.  If it can't 
> find the block, or if it is in the wrong state, then it's considered a 
> "fast path miss" and is send to the L1Cache.  You should refer to the 
> cache statistics to get an accurate count of misses, but if the fast 
> path is enabled, then the fast path hits should be added to the hits 
> that are reported by the L1Cache statistics.