PREFETCH

Operation

Hints that EA will be read soon; faults only under the configured prefetch-fault policy.

Assembler Syntax

PREFETCH <ea>(e)

Privilege

Unprivileged

Repeat eligibility

REP eligible

Computes the byte-addressed source without an architectural read and issues an optional temporal read-prefetch hint. Ignoring the hint has no architectural effect except under an explicitly configured prefetch-fault policy.

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Encodings

PREFETCH <ea>(e)

Format: Instruction format for PREFETCH <ea>(e)