Signal Descriptions

Table 6. Primary PCI Bus Interface Signals (Sheet 2 of 2)

Signal Name

Type

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Primary PCI interface parity. Signal p_par carries the even parity of the 36 bits of

 

 

p_ad[31:0] and p_cbe_l[3:0] for both address and data phases. Signal p_par is

 

 

driven by the same agent that drives the address (for address parity) or the data (for

 

 

data parity). Signal p_par contains valid parity one clock cycle after the address is

 

 

valid (indicated by assertion of p_frame_l), or one clock cycle after the data is valid

p_par

TS

(indicated by assertion of p_irdy_l for write transactions and p_trdy_l for read

 

 

transactions). Signal p_par is tristated one clock cycle after the p_ad lines are

 

 

tristated.

 

 

The device receiving data samples p_par as an input to check for possible parity

 

 

errors. When the primary PCI bus is idle, the 21555 drives p_par to a valid logic

 

 

level when p_gnt_l is asserted (one clock cycle after the p_ad bus is parked).

 

 

 

p_req_l

 

Primary PCI bus REQ#. Signal p_req_l is asserted by the 21555 to indicate to the

TS

primary bus arbiter that it wants to start a transaction on the primary bus. Signal

 

 

p_req_l is tristated during the assertion of chip reset.

 

 

 

 

 

Primary PCI interface STOP#. Signal p_stop_l is driven by the target of a

 

 

transaction, indicating that the target is requesting the initiator to stop the transaction

 

 

on the primary bus.

 

 

• When p_stop_l is asserted in conjunction with p_trdy_l and p_devsel_l

 

 

assertion, a disconnect with data transfer is being signaled.

p_stop_l

STS

• When p_stop_l and p_devsel_l are asserted, but p_trdy_l is deasserted, a

target disconnect without data transfer is being signaled. When this occurs on

 

 

the first data phase, that is, no data is transferred during the transaction, this is

 

 

referred to as a target retry.

 

 

• When p_stop_l is asserted and p_devsel_l is deasserted, the target is

 

 

signaling a target abort.

 

 

Upon completion of a transaction, p_stop_l is driven to a deasserted state for one

 

 

clock cycle and is then sustained by an external pull-up resistor.

 

 

 

 

 

Primary PCI interface TRDY#. Signal p_trdy_l is driven by the target of a

 

 

transaction to indicate the target's ability to complete the current data phase on the

 

 

primary PCI bus.

 

 

During a write transaction, assertion of p_trdy_l indicates that the target is able to

p_trdy_l

STS

accept write data for the current data phase.

During a read transaction, assertion of p_trdy_l indicates that the target is driving

 

 

 

 

valid read data on the p_ad bus. Once asserted during a given data phase, p_trdy_l

 

 

is not deasserted until the data phase completes.

 

 

Upon completion of a transaction, p_trdy_l is driven to a deasserted state for one

 

 

clock cycle and is then sustained by an external pull-up resistor.

 

 

 

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