AMD Sempron™ Processor Model 10 with 256K L2 Cache Data Sheet | 
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   | 
  | 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   | 
  | the Northbridge disconnects the AMD Athlon system bus again.  | 
4.2  | Connect and Disconnect Protocol | 
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  | Significant power savings of the processor only occur if the  | |
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  | processor is disconnected from the system bus by the  | |
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  | Northbridge while in the Halt or Stop Grant state. The  | |
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  | Northbridge can optionally initiate a bus disconnect upon the  | |
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  | receipt of a Halt or Stop Grant special cycle. The option of  | |
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  | disconnecting is controlled by an enable bit in the Northbridge.  | |
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  | If the Northbridge requires the processor to service a probe  | |
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  | after the system bus has been disconnected, it must first  | |
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  | initiate a system bus connect.  | 
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Connect Protocol | In addition to the legacy STPCLK# signal and the Halt and Stop  | ||
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  | Grant special cycles, the AMD Athlon system bus connect  | |
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  | protocol includes the CONNECT, PROCRDY, and CLKFWDRST  | |
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  | signals and a Connect special cycle.  | 
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  | AMD Athlon system bus disconnects are initiated by the  | |
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  | Northbridge in response to the receipt of a Halt or Stop Grant.  | |
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  | Reconnect is initiated by the processor in response to an  | |
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