2 System Board

The Input/Output Controller Hub 2 (82801BA)

AC’97 ControllerThis is the single-chip CS4299 audio controller that provides full audio

 

features for the Kayak XU700.

 

Refer to page 46 for information about the CS4299 audio solution.
IDE ControllerThe IDE controller is implemented as part of the ICH2 chip and has PCI-

 

Master capability. Two independent ATA/100 IDE channels are provided

 

with two connectors per channel. Two IDE devices (one master and one

 

slave) can be connected per channel. In order to guarantee data transfer

 

integrity, Ultra-ATA cables must be used for Ultra-ATA modes (Ultra-ATA/33,

 

Ultra-ATA/66 and Ultra-ATA/100).

 

The PIO IDE transfers of up to 14 Mbytes/sec and Bus Master IDE transfer

 

rates of up to 66 Mbytes/sec are supported. The IDE controller integrates

 

16 x 32-bit buffers for optimal transfers.

 

It is possible to mix a fast and a slow device, such as a hard disk drive and a

 

CD-ROM, on the same channel without affecting the performance of the fast

 

device. The BIOS automatically determines the fastest configuration that

 

each device supports.
DMA ControllerThe seven-channel DMA controller incorporates the functionality of two

 

82C37 DMA controllers. Channels 0 to 3 are for 8-bit count-by-byte

 

transfers, while channels 5 to 7 are for 16-bit count-by-word transfers (refer

 

to table on page 93 for allocated DMA channel allocations). Any two of the

 

seven DMA channels can be programmed to support fast Type-F transfers.

 

The ICH2 DMA controller supports the LPC (Low Pin Count) DMA. Single,

 

Demand, Verify and Incremental modes are supported on the LPC interface.

 

Channels 0-3 are 8-bit, while channels 5-7 are 16-bit. Channel 4 is reserved

 

as a generic bus master request.
Interrupt Controller

The Interrupt controller is equivalent in function to the two 82C59 interrupt

 

controllers. The two interrupt controllers are cascaded so that 14 external

 

and two internal interrupts are possible. In addition, the ICH2 supports a

 

serial interrupt scheme and also implements the I/O APIC controller. A table

 

on page 59 shows how the master and slave controllers are connected.

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