List of Registers

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

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Downstream

 

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

 

 

21555 discards a downstream posted write transaction after receiving

3

Posted Write

R/W1TC

224 target retries from the secondary bus target (Retry counters must

 

Data

 

not be disabled).

 

Discarded

 

 

 

Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:4

Reserved

R

Reserved. Returns 0 when read.

 

 

 

 

 

Upstream

 

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

 

Delayed

 

 

 

secondary master timeout counter expires and an upstream delayed

8

Transaction

R/W1TC

transaction completion is discarded from the 21555’s queues.

 

Master

 

 

 

Reset value is 0

 

Time-out

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upstream

 

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

 

Delayed

 

21555 discards an upstream delayed read transaction request after

9

Read

R/W1TC

receiving 224 target retries from the primary bus target (Retry

 

Transaction

 

counters must not be disabled).

 

Discarded

 

Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

 

Upstream

 

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

 

Delayed

 

21555 discards an upstream delayed write transaction request after

10

Write

R/W1TC

receiving 224 target retries from the primary bus target (Retry

 

Transaction

 

counters must not be disabled).

 

Discarded

 

Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

 

Upstream

 

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

 

 

21555 discards an upstream posted write transaction after receiving

11

Posted Write

R/W1TC

224 target retries from the primary bus target (Retry counters must not

 

Data

 

be disabled).

 

Discarded

 

 

 

Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15:12

Reserved

R

Reserved. Returns 0 when read.

 

 

 

 

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21555 specifications

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