List of Registers

Table 78. Chip Control 1 Register (Sheet 3 of 3)

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

Primary byte offset: CF:CEh

Secondary byte offset: CF:CEh

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enables the I20 message unit.

 

 

 

• When 0, the I20 message unit is disabled. Memory accesses to the

 

 

 

Inbound and Outbound FIFO registers at CSR offsets 40h and 44h

 

 

 

result in TRDY# and discarded data on writes, and TRDY# with a

12

I20_ENA

R/W

return of FFFFFFFFh on reads.

 

 

 

• When 1, the I20 message unit is enabled. Memory writes cause a

 

 

 

posting to the Inbound Post or Outbound Free list; Reads remove an

 

 

 

entry from the Inbound Free or Outbound Post list.

 

 

 

• Reset value is 0.

Selects the I20 FIFO size. The 21555 supports the following values:

000b : 256 entries

001b : 512 entries

010b : 1 K entries

011b : 2 K entries

15:13 I20_SIZE

R/W

100b : 4 K entries

101b : 8 K entries

110b : 16 K entries

111b : 32 K entries Reset value is 000b

Table 79. Chip Status Register

All of the following conditions can cause the assertion of p_serr_l or s_serr_l if the corresponding SERR# enable bit is set and the disable bit for this condition is not set.

Primary byte offset: D1:D0h

Secondary byte offset: D1:D0h

Bit

0

1

2

Name

R/W

Description

Downstream

 

This bit is set to a 1 and p_serr_l is conditionally asserted when the

Delayed

 

 

primary master timeout counter expires and a downstream delayed

Transaction

R/W1TC

transaction completion is discarded from the 21555’s queues.

Master

 

 

Reset value is 0

Time-out

 

Downstream

 

This bit is set to a 1 and p_serr_l is conditionally asserted when the

Delayed

 

21555 discards a downstream delayed read transaction request after

Read

R/W1TC

receiving 224 target retries from the secondary bus target (Retry

Transaction

 

counters must not be disabled).

Discarded

 

Reset value is 0

Downstream

 

This bit is set to a 1 and p_serr_l is conditionally asserted when the

Delayed

 

21555 discards a downstream delayed write transaction request after

Write

R/W1TC

receiving 224 target retries from the secondary bus target (Retry

Transaction

 

counters must not be disabled).

Discarded

 

Reset value is 0

 

 

 

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21555 specifications

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