Intel 41210 8.2 Initialization Sequence

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System Management Bus Interface

8.2 Initialization Sequence

All configuration read and writes are accomplished through SMBus write(s) followed by an

SMBus read (for a read command). For configuration access, the SMBus write sequence is used to

initialize the following parameters:

• Bus number

• Device/function number

• 12-bit register number (in two separate bytes on SMBus)

Each of the parameters above is sent on the SMBus in separate bytes. The register number

parameter is initialized with two bytes, and the 41210 ignores the most significant four bits of the

second byte that initializes the register number.

The initialization of the information can be accomplished through any combination of the

supported SMBus write commands (Block, Word or Byte). The internal command field for each

write must specify the same internal command every time (read or write). After all the information

is set up, the last write (end bit is set) initiates an internal read or write command. On an internal

read, when the data is not available before the slave interface acknowledges this last write

command (ACK), the slave “clock stretches” until the data returns to the SMBus interface unit. On

an internal write, when the write is not complete before the slave interface acknowledges this last

write command (ACK), the slave “clock stretches” until the write completes internally. When an

error occurs (internal time-out or internal abort) during the internal access, the last write command

receives a NACK.

The 41210 supports only read Dword to internal register space. All configuration reads are

accomplished through an SMBus write (or writes) and are followed later by an SMBus read to read

the status and the read data. For SMBus read transactions, the last byte of data (or the PEC byte

when enabled), is NACKed by the master to indicate the end of the transaction. The SMBus read

command returns the status of the previous internal command and the data associated previous

internal read command. The status field encoding is shown in Table 27 :

Examples of configuration reads are shown in Figure6 through Figure 9. For the definition of the

diagram conventions below, refer to the System Management Bus Specification, Revision 2.0.

Table 27. SMBus Status Byte Encoding

Bit Description

7 Internal time-out. This bit is set when an SMBus request is not completed in 2 m s internally.

6 Reserved

5 Internal master abort

4 Internal target abort

3:1 Reserved

0 Successful