List of Registers

Table 44. Downstream Memory 0, 2, 3, and Upstream Memory 1 Setup Registers

These registers are used to program the type and size of their respective upstream and downstream BARs.

 

Offsets

 

Downstream

Downstream

 

Downstream

Upstream

 

 

 

Memory 0 Setup

Memory 2 Setup

 

Memory 3 Setup

Memory 1 Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary byte

 

AF:ACh

 

B7:B4h

 

BB:B8h

CB:C8h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary byte

 

AF:ACh

 

B7:B4h

 

BB:B8h

CB:C8h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

Type

R

Read only as 0 to indicate memory space is requested by the

Selector

corresponding memory BAR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of space requested. Allowable values are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• 00b to indicate that the space requested by the BAR may be located

 

 

 

 

 

 

anywhere in memory space

 

 

 

2:1

Type

R/(WS)

01b to indicate that it must be mapped below a 1MB boundary

 

 

 

 

 

• 10b for Downstream Memory 3 Setup register to request a 64-bit BAR

 

 

 

 

 

Other values may yield unpredictable results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset value is 00b.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicates whether the space requested by the BAR is prefetchable.

3

Prefetchable

R/(WS)

• When 0, not prefetchable.

 

 

 

When 1, prefetchable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:4

Reserved

R

Read only as 0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These bits specify the size of the address range requested by the BAR.

 

 

 

 

 

• When a bit is 1, the corresponding bit in the BAR functions as a

 

 

 

 

 

 

readable and writable bit.

 

 

 

30:12

Size

R/(WS)

When a bit is 0, the corresponding bit in the BAR functions as a

 

 

 

 

 

 

read-only bit that always returns zero when read.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Reset value is 0 (disabled), except for Downstream Memory 0 Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

register, whose reset value is 7FFFFh (request 4 KB).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAR enable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit [31] of the Downstream Memory 0 Setup register always reads as 1,

 

 

 

 

 

indicating that the BAR cannot be disabled. When a bus master attempts to

 

 

 

 

 

write this bit with a 0, the 21555 returns all bits {31:12] of the setup register

 

 

 

 

 

as 1s (request 4KB).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• When the Upper 32 Bits Downstream Memory 3 Setup register bit [31]

31

BAR_Enable

R/(WS)

 

is a 1, the corresponding BAR is enabled as a 64-bit register, and this

 

bit is part of the size field for the 64-bit BAR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When 0, the corresponding BAR is disabled and reads as 0, with the

 

 

 

 

 

 

exception noted above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• When 1, the corresponding BAR is enabled, with size and type

 

 

 

 

 

 

specified by this setup register.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Reset value is 0, except for Downstream Memory 0 Setup register that

 

 

 

 

 

 

has a reset value of 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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