List of Registers

Table 64. Primary and Secondary Class Code Registers

 

 

These registers may be preloaded through the serial ROM. The Primary Class Code register may also be

 

 

programmed by the local processor before host configuration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offsets

 

 

 

 

Primary Class Code

Secondary Class Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary byte

 

 

 

 

0B:09h

 

4B:49h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary byte

 

 

 

 

4B:49h

 

0B:09h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit

Name

 

 

R/W

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:0

 

Prog IF (PIF)

 

 

PPIF: R/(WS)

 

Reads as zero.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPIF: R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15:8

 

Sub-Class Code (SCC)

 

PSCC: R/(WS)

 

Reads as 80 hex to indicate that this bridge device is

 

 

 

SSCC: R

 

classified as “other”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23:16

 

Base Class Code (BCC)

 

PBCC:R/(WS)

 

Reads as 06 hex to indicate device is a bridge device.

 

 

 

SBCC: R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 65. Primary and Secondary Cache Line Size Registers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offsets

 

 

Primary Cache Line Size

 

Secondary Cache Line Size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary byte

 

 

0Ch

 

 

4Ch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary byte

 

 

4Ch

 

 

0Ch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit

 

Name

R/W

 

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Designates the cache line size for the corresponding interface in units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of 32-bit Dwords. Used for prefetching memory reads and for

 

7:0

 

Cache Line Size

R/W

 

 

 

terminating MWIs. Valid cache line sizes are 8, 16, and 32 Dwords.

 

 

 

 

 

When the cache line size is set to any other value, the 21555 uses the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

same behavior as when the cache line size is set to 8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset value is 00h.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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21555 specifications

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