List of Registers

Table 87. I2O Inbound Free_List Head Pointer

Byte Offsets: 04B:048h

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

1:0

Reserved

R

Reserved. Returns 0 when read.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies the local memory Dword address of the Inbound Free_List

31:2

Inbound Free Head

R/W

Head Pointer. Increments when the I2O Inbound Queue at offset 40h

Ptr

is read on the primary bus. This pointer automatically wraps when it

 

 

 

 

 

reaches the upper boundary of the Inbound Free_List.

 

 

 

 

Table 88. I2O Inbound Post_List Tail Pointer

Byte Offsets: 04F:04Ch

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

1:0

Reserved

R

Reserved. Returns 0 when read.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies the local memory Dword address of the Inbound Post_List

31:2

Inbound Post Tail

R/W

Tail Pointer. Increments when the I2O Inbound Queue at offset 40h is

Ptr

written on the primary bus. This pointer automatically wraps when it

 

 

 

 

 

reaches the upper boundary of the Inbound Post_List.

 

 

 

 

Table 89. I2O Outbound Free_List Tail Pointer

Byte Offsets: 053:050h

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

1:0

Reserved

R

Reserved. Returns 0 when read.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies the local memory Dword address of the Outbound

 

Outbound Free Tail

 

Free_List Tail Pointer. Increments when the I2O Outbound Queue

31:2

R/W

at offset 44h is written on the primary bus. This pointer

Ptr

 

 

automatically wraps when it reaches the upper boundary of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outbound Free_List.

 

 

 

 

Table 90. I2O Outbound Post_List Head Pointer

Byte Offsets: 057:054h

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

1:0

Reserved

R

Reserved. Returns 0 when read.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies the local memory Dword address of the Outbound Post_List

31:2

Outbound Post

R/W

Head Pointer. Increments when the I2O Outbound Queue at offset

Head Ptr

44h is read on the primary bus. This pointer automatically wraps

 

 

 

 

 

when it reaches the upper boundary of the Outbound Post_List.

 

 

 

 

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21555 specifications

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