Signal Definitions

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3.4.7PCI Bus Interface Signals (Continued)

Signal Name

BalL No.

Type

Description

Mux

 

 

 

 

 

STOP#

G1

I/O

Target Stop. STOP# is asserted to indicate that the cur-

D15

 

 

 

rent target is requesting that the master stop the current

 

 

 

 

transaction. This signal is used with DEVSEL# to indicate

 

 

 

 

retry, disconnect, or target abort. If STOP# is sampled

 

 

 

 

active by the master, FRAME# is de-asserted and the

 

 

 

 

cycle is stopped within three PCI clock cycles. As an

 

 

 

 

input, STOP# can be asserted in the following cases:

 

 

 

 

1) If a PCI master tries to access memory that has

 

 

 

 

been locked by another master. This condition is

 

 

 

 

detected if FRAME# and LOCK# are asserted dur-

 

 

 

 

ing an address phase.

 

 

 

 

2) If the PCI write buffers are full or if a previously buff-

 

 

 

 

ered cycle has not completed.

 

 

 

 

3) On read cycles that cross cache line boundaries.

 

 

 

 

This is conditional based upon the programming of

 

 

 

 

GX1 module’s PCI Configuration Register, Index

 

 

 

 

41h[1].

 

 

 

 

This signal is internally connected to a pull-up resistor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCK#

H3

I/O

Lock Operation. LOCK# indicates an atomic operation

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that may require multiple transactions to complete. When

 

 

 

 

LOCK# is asserted, non-exclusive transactions may pro-

 

 

 

 

ceed to an address that is not currently locked (at least

 

 

 

 

16 bytes must be locked). A grant to start a transaction

 

 

 

 

on PCI does not guarantee control of LOCK#. Control of

 

 

 

 

LOCK# is obtained under its own protocol in conjunction

 

 

 

 

with GNT#.

 

 

 

 

It is possible for different agents to use PCI while a single

 

 

 

 

master retains ownership of LOCK#. The arbiter can

 

 

 

 

implement a complete system lock. In this mode, if

 

 

 

 

LOCK# is active, no other master can gain access to the

 

 

 

 

system until the LOCK# is de-asserted.

 

 

 

 

This signal is internally connected to a pull-up resistor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEVSEL#

E4

I/O

Device Select. DEVSEL# indicates that the driving

BHE#

 

 

 

device has decoded its address as the target of the cur-

 

 

 

 

rent access. As an input, DEVSEL# indicates whether

 

 

 

 

any device on the bus has been selected. DEVSEL# is

 

 

 

 

also driven by any agent that has the ability to accept

 

 

 

 

cycles on a subtractive decode basis. As a master, if no

 

 

 

 

DEVSEL# is detected within and up to the subtractive

 

 

 

 

decode clock, a master abort cycle is initiated (except for

 

 

 

 

special cycles which do not expect a DEVSEL#

 

 

 

 

returned).

 

 

 

 

This signal is internally connected to a pull-up resistor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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