List of Registers

Table 73. Primary and Secondary Interrupt Pin Registers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offsets

 

 

Primary Interrupt Pin

Secondary Interrupt Pin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary byte

 

 

3Dh

7Dh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary byte

 

 

7Dh

3Dh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This register indicates which PCI interrupt pin the 21555 uses on the

7:0

Interrupt Pin

R

corresponding bus. This is a read-only register and always returns 1 when

 

 

 

 

 

read indicating that the 21555 uses INTA#.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 74. Primary and Secondary Minimum Grant Registers

These registers may be preloaded through the serial ROM. The Primary Minimum Grant register may also be programmed by the local processor.

 

Offsets

 

Primary Minimum Grant

Secondary Minimum Grant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary byte

 

3Eh

 

7Eh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary byte

 

7Eh

 

3Eh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PMG: R/(WS)

Specifies how long of a burst period the 21555 needs on the

7:0

MIN_GNT (MG)

corresponding bus in units of 1/4 sec. Reads as 0 before

SMG: R

 

 

 

preload.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 75. Primary and Secondary Maximum Latency Registers

These registers may be preloaded through the serial ROM. The Primary Maximum Latency register may also be programmed by the local processor.

 

Offsets

 

 

Primary Maximum Latency

Secondary Maximum Latency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary byte

 

 

3Fh

7Fh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary byte

 

 

7Fh

3Fh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit

Name

R/W

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:0

MAX_LAT

PML: R/(WS)

 

Specifies how often the 21555 needs to gain access to the

(ML)

SML: R

 

corresponding bus in units of 1/4 sec. Reads as 0 before preload.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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21555 specifications

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