AMD Sempron™ Processor Model 10 with 256K L2 Cache Data Sheet

31994A—1 August 2004

In C2, probes are allowed, as shown in Figure 3 on page 9

 

The Stop Grant state is also entered for the S1, Powered On

 

Suspend, system sleep state based on a write to the SLP_TYP

 

and SLP_EN fields in the ACPI-defined Power Management 1

 

control register in the Southbridge. During the S1 Sleep state,

 

system software ensures no bus master or probe activity occurs.

 

The Southbridge deasserts STPCLK# and brings the processor

 

out of the S1 Stop Grant state when any enabled resume event

 

occurs.

Probe State

The Probe state is entered when the Northbridge connects the

 

AMD Athlon system bus to probe the processor (for example, to

 

snoop the processor caches) when the processor is in the Halt or

 

Stop Grant state. When in the Probe state, the processor

 

responds to a probe cycle in the same manner as when it is in

 

the Working state. When the probe has been serviced, the

 

processor returns to the same state as when it entered the

 

Probe state (Halt or Stop Grant state). When probe activity is

 

completed the processor only returns to a low-power state after

 

the Northbridge disconnects the AMD Athlon system bus again.

4.2

Connect and Disconnect Protocol

 

 

 

Significant power savings of the processor only occur if the

 

 

processor is disconnected from the system bus by the

 

 

Northbridge while in the Halt or Stop Grant state. The

 

 

Northbridge can optionally initiate a bus disconnect upon the

 

 

receipt of a Halt or Stop Grant special cycle. The option of

 

 

disconnecting is controlled by an enable bit in the Northbridge.

 

 

If the Northbridge requires the processor to service a probe

 

 

after the system bus has been disconnected, it must first

 

 

initiate a system bus connect.

 

Connect Protocol

In addition to the legacy STPCLK# signal and the Halt and Stop

 

 

Grant special cycles, the AMD Athlon system bus connect

 

 

protocol includes the CONNECT, PROCRDY, and CLKFWDRST

 

 

signals and a Connect special cycle.

 

 

 

AMD Athlon system bus disconnects are initiated by the

 

 

Northbridge in response to the receipt of a Halt or Stop Grant.

 

 

Reconnect is initiated by the processor in response to an

 

 

 

 

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Power Management

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AMD 10 manual Probe State, Connect Protocol