Overview
MPC5200B Users Guide, Rev. 1
Freescale Semiconductor 11-1
Chapter 11 ATA Controller

11.1 Overview

The following sections are contained in this document:
Section 11.2, BestComm Key Features
Section 11.3, ATA Register Interface, includes:
Section 11.3.1, ATA Host Registers—MBAR + 0x3A00
Section 11.3.2, ATA FIFO Registers—MBAR + 0x3A00
Section 11.3.3, ATA Drive R egiste rs—MBAR + 0x3A00
Section 11.4, ATA Host Controller Operation
Section 11.5, Signals and Connections
Section 11.6, ATA Interface Description
Section 11.7, ATA Bus Background
Section 11.8, ATA RESET/Power-Up
Section 11.9, ATA I/O Cable Specifications
The Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) Controller provides full functional compatibility with ATA-4 documentation, supporting
Ultra-33. For more ATA Standards information, refer to "American National Standard for Information Technology—AT Attachment with
Packet Interface Extension (ATA/ATAPI-4)".
A dedicated MPC5200B pin for ATA reset is not provided. An appropriate signal on the board should be routed to the reset input on the ATA
connector. If ATA reset is tied to HRESET or SRESET on MPC5200B pins, they are asserted and internally held low for an appropriate
period of time to satisfy ATA reset. An MPC5200B GPIO may be used to drive ATA reset independently if special software control is needed.
Figure 11-1 shows the ATA Controller Interface.
Figure 11-1. ATA Controller Interface

11.2 BestComm Key Features

11.2.1 BestComm Read

1. microprocessor sets up descriptors in BestComm RAM and initiates a transfer.
2. BestComm hits on an ATA command FIFO space and writes a command (ATA drive register address, transfer size) into FIFO.
3. ATA Controller reads data from the drive and puts data in FIFO.
(higher priority) IP bus
BestComm
IPBI
ARB
Rx/Tx FIFO
Interface
IPBI
Local Bus
ATA Host
Controller
Ultra DMA
Channel
Multiword
DMA
Channel
Program
Registers
(Host/ Driver)
PIO
Channel
PCI Handshake