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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2005
Timothy J. Siegel, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Lisa C. Heller, Rhinebeck, NY (US);
Erwin F. Pfeffer, Wuerttemberg, DE;
Kenneth E. Plambeck, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Timothy J. Siegel, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Lisa C. Heller, Rhinebeck, NY (US);
Erwin F. Pfeffer, Wuerttemberg, DE;
Kenneth E. Plambeck, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An instruction is provided to perform clearing of selected address translation buffer entries (TLB entries) associated with a particular address space, such as segments of storage or regions of storage. The buffer entries related to segment table entries or region table entries or ASCE addresses. The instruction can be implemented by software emulation, hardware, firmware or some combination thereof.