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Invalidating a range of two or more translation table entries and instruction therefore

US8452942B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Timothy J. Slegel · Staatsburg, US
Lisa C. Heller · Rhinebeck, US
Erwin Pfeffer · Eppelheim, DE
Kenneth E. Plambeck · Poughkeepsie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 13, 2012
Grant date	May 28, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2212/683
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An instruction is provided to perform invalidation of an instruction specified range of segment table entries or region table entries. The instruction can be implemented by software emulation, hardware, firmware or some combination thereof.

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