Chapter 5 Input/Output Interfaces
5.8.2 AC97 AUDIO CONTROLLER
The AC97 Audio Controller is a PCI device (device 6/function 0) that is integrated into the MCP component and supports the following functions:
♦Read/write access to audio codec registers
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♦Acoustic echo correction for microphone
♦AC’97 Link Bus
♦ACPI power management
5.8.3AC97 LINK BUS
The audio controller and the audio codec communicate over a
T1 | T2 | T18 | T19 | T38 | T39 | T58 |
BIT_CLK (12.288 MHz)
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SD OUT | Codec | Bit 15 Bit 14 | Bit 0 | Bit 19 Bit 18 | Bit 0 | Bit 19 Bit 18 | Bit 0 Bit 19 |
or SD IN | Ready |
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0Bit 15: Frame valid bit
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1Command address: Bit 19, R/W; Bits 18..12, reg. Index; Bits 11..0, reserved.
2Command data
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5Modem codec data (not used in this system)
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12 | I/O control |
Figure 5-11. AC’97 Link Bus Protocol
Second Edition – April 2003