List of Registers

Table 77. Chip Control 0 Register (Sheet 4 of 4)

This register may be preloaded by serial ROM or programmed by the local processor before host configuration.

Primary byte offset: CD:CCh

Secondary byte offset: CD:CCh

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allows selection of larger page sizes when programming the page size

 

 

 

field in the Chip Control 1 configuration register.

 

LUT Page

 

• When 0, page sizes 256 bytes through 4 MB are available in the page

12

Size

R/W

size field.

 

Extension Bit

 

• When 1, page sizes 8 MB through 32 MB are available in the page

 

 

 

size field.

 

 

 

• Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disables or enables all 224 retry counters in both directions.

 

 

 

• When 0, all 224 retry counters are enabled. When the 21555 attempts

 

 

 

a posted write or delayed transaction as a master and receives 224

13

Retry Counter

R/W

target retries, the 21555 discards the transaction.

• When 1, all 224 retry counters are disabled and do not place any limits

 

 

 

 

 

 

on the number of attempts the 21555 makes when initiating a posted

 

 

 

write or delayed transaction.

 

 

 

• Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enables address decoding and transaction forwarding of the following

 

 

 

VGA transactions:

 

 

 

• Frame buffer memory addresses 000BFFFF:000A0000h

 

 

 

• VGA I/O addresses 3BB:3B0h and 3DF:3C0h, where AD[31:16] =

 

 

 

0000h and AD[15:10] are not decoded.

 

 

 

The following values control how the 21555 decodes and forwards VGA

 

 

 

memory and I/O transactions:

 

 

 

• 00: VGA memory and I/O transactions on the primary and secondary

15:14

VGA Mode

R/W

buses are ignored (unless decoded by some other mechanism).

 

 

 

• 01: VGA memory and I/O transactions on the primary bus are

 

 

 

forwarded to the secondary bus. VGA transactions on the secondary

 

 

 

bus are ignored.

 

 

 

• 10: VGA memory and I/O transactions on the secondary bus are

 

 

 

forwarded to the primary bus. VGA transactions on the primary bus

 

 

 

are ignored.

 

 

 

• 11: Illegal.The 21555 behavior is unpredictable.

 

 

 

Reset value is 00b

 

 

 

 

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21555 specifications

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