List of Registers

Table 119. Power Management Capabilities Register

Bits [14:9,5,2:0] are loadable through the serial ROM or are programmable by the local processor.

• Primary byte offset: DF:DEh

• Secondary byte offset: DF:DEh

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power Management Version. Loadable by serial ROM.

2:0

PM Version

R/(WS)

Reset value is Signal 001b to indicate that this device is compliant to the PCI

 

 

 

Power Management Interface Specification, Revision 1.1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clock Required for PME# Assertion. Reads as 1 to indicate that a clock is

3

PME Clock

R

required to assert PME#, when any of bits [15:11] in this register are

asserted. Read as 0 when bits [15:11] are all 0, indicating that the 21555

 

 

 

 

 

 

does not assert PME#.

 

 

 

 

4

APS

R

Auxiliary Power Source. Not defined since the 21555 does not have PME#

support from D3cold. Read only as 0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Device-Specific Initialization. Loadable by serial ROM.

 

 

 

• When 0, indicates that the 21555 does not have device-specific

5

DSI

R/(WS)

initialization requirements.

• When 1, indicates that the 21555 has device-specific initialization

 

 

 

 

 

 

requirements.

 

 

 

• Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

8:6

Reserved

R

Reserved. Read only as 0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D1 Power State Support Indicator. Loadable by serial ROM.

 

 

 

• When 0, indicates that the 21555 does not support the D1 power

9

D1 Support

R/(WS)

management state.

• When 1, indicates that the 21555 supports the D1 power management

 

 

 

 

 

 

state.

 

 

 

• Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D2 Power State Support Indicator. Loadable by serial ROM.

 

 

 

• When 0, indicates that the 21555 does not support the D2 power

10

D2 Support

R/(WS)

management state.

• When 1, indicates that the 21555 supports the D2 power management

 

 

 

 

 

 

state.

 

 

 

• Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PME# support. Indicates whether the 21555 asserts p_pme_l when in a

 

 

 

given power state. Bit 11 corresponds to D0; bit 15 corresponds to D3cold.

 

 

 

Bits [14:11] are loadable by serial ROM.

15:11

PME

R/(WS)

Bit 15 always reads as 0 and is not loaded by serial ROM nor writable from

Support

the secondary interface, since the 21555 never asserts PME# when in

 

 

 

 

 

D3cold.

 

 

 

Reset value is 0 to indicate that the 21555 does not implement the PME#

 

 

 

pin.

 

 

 

 

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21555 specifications

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