List of Registers

Table 124. CompactPCI Hot-Swap Capability Identifier and Next Pointer Register

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offsets

 

 

HS ECP ID

HS Next Pointer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary byte

 

 

ECh

EDh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary byte

 

 

ECh

EDh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:0

HS ECP ID

R

Enhanced capabilities ID. Reads only as 06h to indicate that these are

CompactPCI Hot-Swap registers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:0

HS NXT

R

Pointer to next set of ECP registers. Reads only as 0 to indicate that

PTR

these are the last ECP registers in this list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 125. CompactPCI Hot-Swap Control Register (Sheet 1 of 2)

• Primary byte offset: EF:EEh

• Secondary byte offset: EF:EEh

Bit

Name

R/W

Description

 

 

 

 

0

Reserved

R

Reserved. Read only as 0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENUM# Interrupt Mask.

 

 

 

• When 0, the 21555 asserts p_enum_l when an insertion or removal

1

ENUM_MASK

R/W

event occurs.

 

 

 

• When 1, the 21555 does not assert p_enum_l.

 

 

 

• Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

2

Reserved

R

Reserved. Read only as 0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LED On/Off (LOO) Control. Allows software control of the l_stat pin and

 

 

 

therefore the state of the LED.

 

 

 

• When 0, the 21555 tristates l_stat. When REM STAT is low, the

3

LED On/Off (LOO)

R/W

LED is off when the ejector handle is closed and on when the

ejector handle is open. When REM STAT is high, l_stat is not

 

 

 

 

 

 

tristated but continues to be driven by the 21555 (LED is off).

 

 

 

• When 1, the 21555 drives l_stat high and the LED is forced on.

 

 

 

• Reset value is 0

 

 

 

 

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Intel 21555 user manual CompactPCI Hot-Swap Control Register Sheet 1, HS Next Pointer

21555 specifications

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