AMD SC1201, SC1200 manual PRD1 PRD2, PRD3

Core Logic Module 32579B

4)Read the SMI Status register to clear the Bus Master Error and End of Page bits (bits 1 and 0).

Set the correct direction to the Read or Write Control bit (Command register bit 3). Note that the direction of the data transfer of a particular bus master is fixed and therefore the direction bit must be programmed accordingly. It is assumed that the codec has been properly programmed to receive the audio data.

Engage the bus master by writing a “1” to the Bus Master Control bit (Command register bit 0).

The bus master reads the PRD entry pointed to by the PRD Table Address register and increments the address by 08h to point to the next PRD. The transfer begins.

Example - The bus master is now properly pro- grammed to transfer Audio Buffer_1 to a specific slot(s) in the AC97 interface.

5)The bus master transfers data to/from memory responding to bus master requests from the AC97 interface. At the completion of each PRD, the bus mas- ter’s next response depends on the settings of the flags in the PRD.

Example - At the completion of PRD_1 an SMI is gen- erated because the EOP bit is set while the bus mas- ter continues on to PRD_2. The address in the PRD

Table Address register is incremented by 08h and is now pointing to PRD_3. The SMI Status register is read to clear the End of Page status flag. Since Audio Buffer_1 is now empty, the software can refill it.

At the completion of PRD_2 an SMI is generated because the EOP bit is set. The bus master then con- tinues on to PRD_3. The address in the PRD Table Address register is incremented by 08h. The DMA SMI Status register is read to clear the End of Page status flag. Since Audio Buffer_2 is now empty, the software can refill it. Audio Buffer_1 has been refilled from the previous SMI.

PRD_3 has the JMP bit set. This means the bus mas- ter uses the address stored in PRD_3 (Address_3) to locate the next PRD. It does not use the address in the PRD Table Address register to get the next PRD. Since Address_3 is the location of PRD_1, the bus master has looped the PRD table.

Stopping the bus master can be accomplished by not read- ing the SMI Status register End of Page status flag. This leads to a second EOP which causes a Bus Master Error and pauses the bus master. In effect, once a bus master has been enabled it never has to be disabled, just paused. The bus master cannot be disabled unless the bus master has been paused or has reached an EOT.

Address_3
32-byte		Address_1
boundary
	EOT = 0
	EOP = 1		Size_1
	JMP = 0
		Address_2
	EOT = 0
	EOP = 1		Size_2
	JMP = 0
		Address_3
	EOT = 0
	EOP = 0		Don’t Care
	JMP = 1

Address_1

PRD_1

PRD_2

Address_2

PRD_3

Audio

Buffer_1

Audio

Buffer_2

Size_1

Size_2

Figure 6-12. PRD Table Example

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