
Chapter 7 Board-control Commands
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Note
The adapter will enforce a minimum burst size equal to the transfer width. The adapter will also enforce a maximum burst for Block Mode transfers, in order to ensure adherence to the VME specification— rules 2.12 and 2.75— related to address boundaries.
Bus Throttle
The bus throttle control allows you to regulate the flow of SCSI data on the VMEbus. The flow of data is regulated by limiting the number of bytes that the adapter is allowed to transfer each time it acquires the bus. The adapter transfers the data in bursts. You may specify the number of bytes that the adapter transfers in a burst by placing the appropriate value in the Bus Throttle field.
The number of bytes in a burst is expressed as a power of 2. The possible values are 0 though 0BH.
The table below translates the Bus Throttle field values into number of bytes per burst.
The default setting for this field is 0BH, 2048 bytes per burst.
Value | Represents | Number of Bytes per Burst |
00H | 20 | 1 |
01H | 21 | 2 |
02H | 22 | 4 |
03H | 23 | 8 |
04H | 24 | 16 |
05H | 25 | 32 |
06H | 26 | 64 |
07H | 27 | 128 |
08H | 28 | 256 |
09H | 29 | 512 |
0AH | 210 | 1024 |
0BH | 211 | 2048 |
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Table 72: Bus Throttle Field Values
Select Flags
The Select Flags are used to determine several operating factors for the RF3880 adapter. Use of Block Mode transfers by the adapter is affected by Select Flags.
Other factors pertain to the SCSI bus: parity checking and disconnect/ reconnect.
The format of the Select Flags byte is as follows:
BITS
7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | BMT | PAR | DIS |
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Table 73: Select Flags Byte
DIS Disconnect/Reconnect - With this bit you are able to select whether the RF3880 adapter will allow peripherals to disconnect from the SCSI bus while performing a command.
0 ⇒ Disallow Disconnect/Reconnect.
1 ⇒ Allow Disconnect/Reconnect.
The default value for this bit is one — allow disconnects on all commands.
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