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MSB900/L Detailed Technical Manual V1.0

5.9.2.System I/O map

The following table details the legacy I/O range for 000h through 4FFh. Each I/O location has a read/write (R/W) capability.

Note the following abbreviations:

---Unknown or can not be determined.

Yes

Read and write the register at the indicated location. No shadow required.

WO

Write only. Value written can not be read back. Reads do not contain any useful information.

RO

Read only. Writes have no effect.

Shw

The value written to the register can not be read back via the same I/O location. Read back is

accomplished via a “Shadow” register located in MSR space.

 

Shw@

Reads of the location return a constant or meaningless value.

Shw$

Reads of the location return a status or some other meaningful information

Rec

Writes to the location are “recorded” and written to the LPC. Reads to the location return the re-

corded value. The LPC is not read.

 

I/O Map

I/O Addr.

Function

Size

R/W

Comment

 

 

 

 

 

000h

Slave DMA Address - Channel 0

8bit

Yes

16bit values in two transfers.

 

 

 

 

 

001h

Slave DMA Counter - Channel 0

8bit

Yes

16bit values in two transfers.

 

 

 

 

 

002h

Slave DMA Address - Channel 1

8bit

Yes

16bit values in two transfers.

003h

Slave DMA Counter - Channel 1

8bit

Yes

16bit values in two transfers.

 

 

 

 

 

004h

Slave DMA Address - Channel 2

8bit

Yes

16bit values in two transfers.

 

 

 

 

 

005h

Slave DMA Counter - Channel 2

8bit

Yes

16bit values in two transfers.

006h

Slave DMA Address - Channel 3

8bit

Yes

16bit values in two transfers.

 

 

 

 

 

007h

Slave DMA Counter - Channel 3

8bit

Yes

16bit values in two transfers.

 

 

 

 

 

008h

Slave DMA Command/Status - Channels [3:0]

8bit

Shw$

 

009h

Slave DMA Request - Channels [3:0]

8bit

WO

Reads return value B2h.

 

 

 

 

 

00Ah

Slave DMA Mask - Channels [3:0]

8bit

Shw@

Reads return value B2h.

 

 

 

 

 

00Bh

Slave DMA Mode - Channels [3:0]

8bit

Shw@

Reads return value B2h.

00Ch

Slave DMA Clear Pointer - Channels [3:0]

8bit

WO

Reads return value B2h.

 

 

 

 

 

00Dh

Slave DMA Reset - Channels [3:0]

8bit

WO

Reads return value B2h.

 

 

 

 

 

00Eh

Slave DMA Reset Mask - Channels [3:0]

8bit

Shw@

Reads return value B2h.

00Fh

Slave DMA General Mask - Channels [3:0]

8bit

Shw@

Reads return value B2h.

 

 

 

 

 

010h-01Fh

No Specific Usage

---

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

020h

PIC Master - Command/Status

8bit

Shw$

 

021h

PIC Master - Command/Status

8bit

Shw$

 

 

 

 

 

 

022h-03Fh

No Specific Usage

---

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

040h

PIT – System Timer

8bit

Shw$

 

041h

PIT – Refresh Timer

8bit

Shw$

 

 

 

 

 

 

042h

PIT – Speaker Timer

8bit

Shw$

 

 

 

 

 

 

043h

PIT – Control

8bit

Shw$

 

044h-05Fh

No Specific Usage

---

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

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